Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-01
AROUSE |NTEREST
IN ROAD PROJECT
Enthusiastic Meetings for Rival Routes
for Diagonal Trail Held in
Davenport
MAKE SELECTION TOMORROW
Conference of Boosters Scheduled for
Tomorrow Afternoon at the
Rock Island Club.


Rock Island Club.
Unusual interest is being aroused
over the selection of the official route
for the Cedar Rapids, Rock Island &
Peoria division of the Diagonal Trail,
which when completed will connect
. Miami, Florida and Seattle, Wash, be-
ing the longest improved road in the
world
Definite decision relative to the route
Will be made at a conference which
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock at the Rock Island club, to
which the public will be welcome
Seven routes are competing for the
/ road from Rock Island to Cedar Rap
ids, and three from Rock Island TO
! Peoria.
Looks for Crowd.
A. E. NiSsen, who is boosting the
trail movement, will preside and he
expects that at least 100 from Iowa will
be present for the gathering and is
hopeful that Illinois will at least do
as well. A credentials committee will
be appointed and each town on all of
the routes proposed will be entitled to
have one delegate, if he has credentials
signed by the mayor or postmaster of
his town. Each town represented will
get but one vote, regardless of size or
the number of delegates present. By
laws will be adopted and at 8 o'clock
a picture will be taken of those pres
Tho M Of Cnlootjp 70
from Rock Island to Peoria will next
be voted on. Each delegate will be des-
ignated to vote The route getting the
most support will be designated as
official The route from Rock Island
to Cedar Rapids will then be consid-
cred and delegates living on the sue
cessful Illinois road and the Iowa rep
resentatives alone will vote
Officers are to be elected. including
a supervisor from Rock Island who
: will be in charge of the entire division;
two assistant supervisors, one for the
trail from here to Peoria and the other
for the road from here to Cedar Rap
ids, and a director from each town on
the trail.
; Two Meetings Held.
; Keen interest and competition has
| been aroused in Scott county over the
. road to be chosen. Mr. Nissen attend
= ed two meetings yesterday in Daven-
! port in the interest Of the route going
= through Marquette street and out
through the main business district OF
northwest Davenport and through New
, Liberty, Barnett, Upton, Williamsville
g Lincoln Way" to Cedar Rapids This
O is what is known as the Davenport
? Tipton-Cedar Rapids. short line.
y, The sessions were held at the North.
= west Davenport bank, from to ant
in the evening from to S:15 1t was
agreed to send out letters to every
9 farmer on the route and two men to-
i day are going over the district in auto
q mobiles urging a large attendance a
the meeting here tomorrow afternoon
, From $50 to 10:40 last night Mr.
Nissen addressed meeting of boost
: ers from North Harrison street, held a
Moetzels drug store, 1911 Harrison
street, Davenport. They are working
for route No. 5, which goes from Greer
Tree, Dixon and Wheatland, and TIL
Lincoln Highway into Cedar Rapids
Letters urging big attendance at tn
meeting here tomorrow have been sen
out to the farmers on the route.
This evening from $50 to 9, the an
nual meeting and banquet of the Nortl
Harrison street Booster club will b
held at which time the members of tn
city council and the county board vii
be present. The officials will be aske
to assist in improving Harrison stree
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Although this road is not a count
road it is one of the most important i
the county.
Iowa City on Toes.
That the Iowa City boosters are O
their toes and working for route No.
which is the River to River" road t
Iowa City and Burlington Way to c.
dar Rapids, is evident from a lette
which Mr. Nissen received today froI
E. S. Browning, secretary of the low
City Commercial club in which it
stated:
Spent the day working the sma
towns between here and DavenpOr
We are going to route the Diagon;
Trail through Iowa City over the Bul
lington Way and the River ito Rive
road if possible.
Il am counting on you absolutely I
remember the Burlington Way q
through this meeting. If we have &
representation at all it will be due
personal work done today and | a
counting on 100 per cent represent;
ton. OF course you know how thes
fellows sometimes fall down on 70
but indications today were very Ell
couraging, for every town pledged
least a representative if not a del
CATION Each one is coming under Il
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