Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-11
DAY IN DAVENPORT

Ia L LIN IL
s3,342 Machinery Bought by County
Purchase of S3,342 worth of road
machinery for the improvement OF the
thoroughfares of Scott county was
voted at meeting of the county board
of supervisors. The machinery pur-
chased consists of tractor. leveler
and a grader. The tractor is bought of
the International Harvester company
at a cost of S2,517.50. the leveler from
the Western Boiler Pipe company of
Illinois for 5000 and the grader from
the same company at a cost of $225.
All of the machinery purchased was
| given the hardest kind of test on the
river-to-river road one mile north of
Walcott, the test lasting for two days,
| Wednesday and Thursday. The road
was in poor condition with center low
4 er than the sides for a considerable dis
lance. In addition there was from one
/ to six inches of frost with which to
contend. The board of supervisors and
| County Engineer Malloy were present
at the demonstration, which was at
I tended by over 100 farmers. The In
! ternational Harvester company ma
chinery was demonstrated by ]. More
house and that of the Western Boiler
Pipe company by II. E. Miller.
Bricks Are NJ. G. Say AIdermen-Old
fashioned brick sidewalks in the bust
ness district of the city of Davenport
must go. They're out of style and will
not be tolerated by the council. Side
walk Inspector William Munchrath
and Clerk of Board of Public Works
Fred Friedholdt, are now preparing
list of properties with view to con-
demning the brick sidewalks. Mr.
Friedholdt estimates that approximate
~ two miles of the old walk will have
to be replaced by concrete, at cost of
$4,000.
Workman Falls 80 Feet-Losing his
balance while walking on six-inch
strip OF scantling 30 feet above the
floor of the Davenport Foundry and
Machine company plant, Christopher
Schneider crashed to the floor. break
ing his right leg in two places, bruis-
ing his body and gashing his face to
the bone He was taken to his home,
-NOIlll avenue the CITY
ambulance. Physicians stated that no
internal injuries had yet developed.
Schneider was employed by the found
~ as a painter. He was painting the
iron work and when he attempte, to
walk across the frail and narrow
bridge TO an adjoining beam, he be-
came dizzy. whirled, and with a shrek
of fear dropped from the scaffold.
Four Building Permits Issued-Two |
garages and two dwelling houses are
to be added to Davenport's colony of |
new buildings. Permits were Issued |
to Henry Struck and Fritz Voss for
$500 garages. The former is to be To- |
Gated at 1926 West Fifteenth street |
and the latter at 2109 West Third |
street. w. Giecen expects to erect a
two-story frame dwelling at Sturde-
want and Florence lane at a cost of |
$1,000 and Gustav Anderson will erect !
a 11s story frame dwelling at 1142
East Locust street at a cost OF 81 500.
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Police Not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
Davenport police force have not been
loafing on the job during the past year
according to statistics Incorporated in
Chief Schram's annual report, which
show that 2,492 arrests were made in
the IL months endings March 81 OF
these 1872 were state and 1,12O city
cases. In the state section, the discf-
pies of the grape take first prize, 1876
individuals being taken in
to custody. or the city law breakers.
peace disturbers carry every precinct
with a grand total of SIT arrests.
There was but one murder, the Barn.
ard anair, in which colored people
were involved
Reward for lneendiary-A price has
been suspended over the heads of the
lncendiaries of the Duggleby meat
market fire Thursday morning by Mrs.
Henry Niels. the owner of the build
Ing. who announced she would nav
500 for the arrest and conviction OF
The frebugs. The local police are still
working on the case and Developments
are expected within "a hours. Adytces
rom Des Moines received by Chief
Denger this afternoon are to the effect
hat Ole Il. Roe. state fire marshal will
arrive tonight or tomorrow and upon
lis arrival arrests are expected.
Jury In Record Time-A new record
or returning a verdict in Scott county
vas established, when Il took
he jury exactly one minute and a half
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