Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-10

| NN'N "a 10 NAooEts NNASss CITY Vi Ous-
600. which has parked a portion of the
river front but has gone no further.
Dubuque. Iowa, although having no
public freight landing or terminal IA
cilities at the present time, will not be
long without them. Plans nave been
prepared and sentiment is developing
with a rapidity that will ensure the
beginning of work on a definite i'm
provement project in the near future.
Clinton, Iowa, city of $4,000. has
parked the waterfront in a beautiful
and commendable manner, but has
made no provision for handling
freight. This latter question has re-
Gently been taken up. however, with
every indication of active work being
begun next summer.
Moline and Rock Island, Ill, adjoin-
ing cities of $4,000 each, have extreme
ly limited equipment for handling
sand and coal at the present time but
are becoming interested in the
installation of more adequate ia
cilities as a result of recent indica-
tions that the waterway from the
lakes to the Mississippi, consisting of
the Chicago Drainage canal. the ILL
nois and Michigan canal and the Hen
nepin canal, is to be improved and en-
larged in the near future.
At Muscatine, Iowa, the city coun
Gil and the city engineer are working
on plans for a small freight terminal.
which will probably be financed by i
bond issue. Work will be begun on
this Improvement within the year.
At Burlington. Iowa, a city of "a
600 there are no terminal or
freight handling facilities and no de
finite plans under way. But as this
city is the home Of the president of
the Upper Mississippi River Improve
ment Association. Thomas Wilkin-
son. am convinced a start will be
made in the right direction before
very long.
At Fort Madison and Keokuk. Iowa.
there are no freight terminals but
Keokuk recently had the harbor line
established. surveys made and plan
prepared for a freight terminal of the
type approved by the Upper Mississ-
ippi River Improvement Association.
At Quincy. Ill. a city of $4,000. a
joint waterfront terminal committee
was recently created at the suggestion |
TO prepare plans for sea
wall construction, a freight terminal |
and a municipal belt line.
At Hannibal. Mo. a city of $4,000. !
there are no existing freight terminal |
facilities but public sentiment in fav-
Or of such an improvement on a linn |
ted scale. is growing rapidly and will !
probably crystalize into a definite
plan within the year.
At Alton. Ill. city of 1900 there
s no freight terminal at present but
he city authorities are working out
! docking system and local shippers
are much interested.
The city of Davenport. with a pop
Ilation of $4,000. lying opposite Mo
inc and Rock Island. Ill, and about
between Minneapolis and St.
-ouis. have left until the last in or
Ter to discuss the terminal operations
here somewhat in detail. In 1910. that
.ity, which is under special charter, Sc
.ured the enactment of a law by the
tate legislature, authorizing the Gre
.tion of a levee commission and the
ISSUANCE of terminal bonds. Before
,lans were drawn or work was begun
he senior member of the commission, I
Y. u. Petersen, made trip
through Europe inspecting the ter
ninal basins. warehouses, docks and
andling facilities on the inland wat
rways of Germany and France. Worn
n the Davenport terminal has been In ,
rogress since 1911. Up to the present {
ate nearly one mile of sea wall has (
cen built and more than twenty ,
oF
as cost Sl5O.O0O. II is estimated the !
ntire Improvement will cost about ,
75O. 900. which will include the build i
~ of three miles of sea wall and the [
of 141 acres of land. This
eclaimed land will be worth. conser- j
atively estimated, not less than ;
3. 900, 5000 f
The first section of the industrial
criminal has been completed. This \
ontains thirteen units of 10000 I
luare feet each. which will be leased q
,r twenty periods at rentals ranging :
ON $3.50 to $3.50 per year. These I'M
; are suitable, either singly or in
-oups of two or more, for warehouse
r factory purposes.
The second section of the industrial
.rminal, consisting of twelve units of
10000 square feet each,
now under construction. The sea
all has already been built TO the n
yelve foot stage and the fill begun.
his section will be completed by the
IL of 1915. On this section will be de-
,ted the municipal warehouse.
Work on the third industrial section
twenty-four units will not be begun Z,
,,f1 altar tho first and second sec N
1ns have been entirely completed. v
ont and rear tracks laid. the NUM- Il
pal warehouse built and the locom- q
i've cranes, moving platforms, etc. "
stalled. The entire terminal viii be a
der the direct control of the leyee S
mmissiOn which will operate the Ia
arehouse. the handling apparatus r,
d the Ievee railroad. switching 81