Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-10

I streets. IN shat section Of the city a
mine cave has recently taken down
th~ street and damaged many prop
critics.
ptd tHss" property owner own the
coal beneath fEr street, Had tbsy
the riEIf Co cell if- was the double
question % Councilman Linen
We'll. rm r1t saying whether thsg
did or d.duf own ffr COAL" Director
90 Public WORKS Haves replied. -huf
9 du know Fire highway was there luuE
before coal mines were Thought nf
around here
Cant 700 collect from those aro
sold che coal from beneath fHe street
Linen persisted
20 am nor saying whether sou can or
not. t1e director replied -but Sion
90 g. Edwards. presiding judge OF
f.aeEawaura county COT which Scran-
fgr o. tEr county seats is one OF th.
gentlemen Uho leased lle coal 20 the
middle 90 fle street and Doc g. getting
a royalty from Dr. uos ilis property
and ths coal Doc leased are 3uFt tbe
other side OF th~ present mine cave
Judge Edwards later said Whether
the company has mined coal from uu-
der tfc street and whether have r.
relV-d royaifi~a Tor ff- coal o. O. mat.
Ter uul EASY fH determine The ques-
fion 20 fh@ rights uf tH- lessee f1 mine
coal fo tls csIfer OF tls street is also
a matter vh.ct ml-t b. decided by
court upon proper evidence"
The problem 1f tle anthracite reg
iou ia stiu far from solution. ON one
side ls tbf danger tp life and property
on che surface and on the other is
private iutrr~at ln exploiting the coal .
The machinery Cf fr~ laa seems 90 fa- .
v1r The coal OPERATOR.
-s~ Property Suffers
Upwards % 5000 instance of il-
Igry 90 property from mine caves iu .
thr anthracite district could be- cited .
Here are a fea typical oues from flr F..
city - Scranton
80. tE Public School Dropped be- /
tween six and eight feet. Rebuilt OFF "a
cost % about SEQ 600 The building
fortunately collapsed iu August b--
fore opening for tas school term. That .
flr building vaf uuoccupird prevented f.
a fFiEhtfgi i1ss OF life Removal %
coal pillars caused the cave
No Is Public school Damaged by +.
a mine cave that nrc-ssitaf.d closing
the building The s~ttine occurred F.
on Sunday vt-r che building vas un-
occupied
No. - Public school pamaEcd by
a cave that assumed alarming proper
tions durtaE the night when the build
tnF vas unoccupisd
No. 90 Public School Closed a. a
result % mine cave that threatens the
destruction of building Cave occur
r-d in August structure badly dam
aged and unsafe
Postomcc. North Main Avenue
branch Building wrecked. New
quarters secured.
-. AIMS Monastery - Building ts.ice
damaged. First repairs cost SIC 600
\ public fund % s1S.OO0 noN being
raised 90 repair the building again and
provide for underground supports iu
order 90 save 10 from collapse
Graz Furnace Cos Manufacturing
completely wrecked by
mine cave. Plant kept from moving
out % an. city a. result % ar agree
meat sith the Scranton Board 90
Trade whereby the board agrees TO
assume a percentage % the losses a a
result % min. cave damages Ia the
iuture
World Theafrc-Wrsckcd BY a mine
ave that occurred during the niEht
> hen the theatre Was closed
Simpson Methodist Episcopal
rhurch and Parsonage -DamaEcd by
nine ease Coal under tire church
= hitch was reserved discovered TO have
been stolen
suburban Presbyterian Chureh-Is
settling as result % mine disturbances
Building Inspector investigating 90 de-
ermins whether building must be
.iosed
German Presbyterian Church Dam
E-d BY mine cave.
Cathedral Cemetery Scores %
odiss have dropped into the mines as
csuif of caves
All the ness all the tims-Ths