Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-17
The Day il Davenport

Move For Fire Pr0tection-Repub
Iicans in the city council refused to
go on record in answering the petit
ton of nearly one hundred business
men and residents of the North Har-
rison district for better fire fighting
equipment in hose house No. 8. The
petition was backed by the North
Harrison Street Business Mems asso
citation. The petition asked for the
transfer to hose house No. of one
piece of motor apparatus. The mer-
chants declare that denuding hose No.
3 for the new Locust street hose
house, the pet scheme of the Repub-
lican Alderman Waterman has left
them entirely unprotected. When AL
derman Gosch read the petition from
the Harrison street merchants and
residents last night and introduced
resolution providing for the transfer
of apparatus the move for better fire
protection in the Harrison street dis
trict received the united support of
the democratic aldermen and the
solid opposition of the republicans.
The democrats wanted an immediate
decision on the question while the
republicans voted for postponement
until next Monday night Mayor Muel-
Ter decided the tie vote for the repub-
licans.
Warranty Deeds-Josephine Nc
Cullough and husband to Stephen Con-
kitu, lot 4, block /, Rosedale addi-
ton.
T. A. Beal and wife to John 0. Gan
non, north so feet of the south SO feet
of lot s, Davis subdivision.
Arm0ry Board Meets Tuesday-Se-
lection of site for the new armory
of Battery B. will come to a head next
Tuesday when there will be another
meeting of the armory board Of the
Commercial club. Several sites are
now under consideration. They are
acreage tracts of approximately ten
acres in extent. The armory board
in company with Adjutant General
Logan Of the Iowa national guard
made tour Of suburban Davenport
and listed six possible sites, More
have been brought to the boards at
tention since that time. The raising of
the money for the purchase of tract
and the erection of the necessary
buildings Is now under consideration.
The project probably will be financed
through holding company. The site
selecting tour of the board was in
terrupted when the taxi in which the
party was riding blew a tire.
Take Steps for Paving Main-The
first step in the paving of Main street
was taken at the council meeting
when Alderman Lindholm read a res
olution ordering plats and estimates
on several different kinds of paving
material. The resolution called for
estimates on paving from Fourth
street to Locust street. The project
was taken up last year but was de-
feated. 1t is expected that the pro-
ject will be approved this year. The
Hickok Producing company was
granted the right to install two 5000
gallon tanks on the land it has leased
| on the levee for a distributing station
The company voiced an objection tc
erecting permanent structure &C
cording to the requirements inside the
| fire limits on the ground that the filled
land would not stand. This matter
i is to be threshed out at the meeting
of the council next Monday night.
| Cosson Here on Liquor Case
George Cosson, attorney general. and
1 incidentally, candidate for governor OF
| the state of Iowa on the republican
ticket, arrived in Davenport yester-
| day and is comforting with States At
/ torney Henry H. Jebens and Boiling.
er & Block, counsel for the fighting
| saloon men. The purpose of the con
! lSEcHCt ID 10 HE al dsEeeu statement
Of facts in the district court, to elm
mate the necessity of testimony anG
arguments Of the counsel, to Obtain
the decree. 1t makes no difference
which way the lower court decides
the question will go to the supreme
court of the state. The present NOV,
Is only to dispense with work in tn,
| lower court.
/ Battery B. Gets Orders -Probabilit,
| of Battery B. going to the Mexican
border was increased when Captain
A. NJ. Compton received orders from
headquarters TO Immediately recrui
the command to the full war strength
of 100 men. We want 50 more men,
said Captain Compton. we want mel
| who have seen army service first