Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-08
DIVISION OF TRAIL
FULLY ORGANIZED
Selection OF Officers Completed for Sec.
ton OF Diagonal Trail by Nam.
ing Secretary.
LOUIS SAvADGE IS CHOSEN
Enthusiastic Meeting of Good Roads
Boosters Is Held at the Rock
Island Club.

Diagonal Trail was completed at a
meeting of the officers and directors
held yesterday afternoon at the Rock
Island club. S. ". Searle, general su-
perviSor for the division, presided, and
A. E. Nissen acted as temporary sec
rotary
After the opening remarks by Mr..
Searle, he suggested that Mr.. Nissen be
requested to give suggestions in order
that the Diagonal Trail from Cedar
Rapids to Peoria would be thoroughly
organized, blazed and sign boarded in
the near future. Mr.. Nissen explained
in detail his ideas in regard to the
proper methods to pursue and sug-
gested that the first thing ought to be
to decide definitely on the official rout-
ing
Change Is Made.
From Cedar Rapids to Iowa City
there was no contest and the route is
now permanently established to fol-
low the same road as the Burlington
Way from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City.
From Iowa City to West Liberty, how
ever, there was a channge made at the
request of L. E. Lyon, the Iowa City
director, also the Iowa City CONNER
cial club and Mr. Nissen. The change
is as follows: Instead of using the
River-to River road connecting West
Liberty and Iowa City, it was decided
to use the road known as Ford Ave
nue." which is the same distance and
which leaves West Liberty at the same
place and enters Iowa City at the same
n1a to
This Fort Avenue" however, goes
through Downey whereas the River
to-River does not From West Lib
erty to Durant the official River-to-
River road will be followed and upon
motion of Mr.. Nissen, seconded by ".
D. Harris. Wilton, it was voted to
establish the Diagonal Trail from Dur
ant to Wilton by way of the River-to-
River road to a point one-fourth mile
north of Wafcott, then south one mile,
through Walcott, then east parallel
with the River-to-River road to the
place known as Probstei This rout-
ing, however, is not to be official I'M
less a legal guarantee is signed by re-
sponsible business men of Walcott and
Davenport and the farmers of this
proposed road. amounting to not less
than 1000 either in work. material or
cash The same to be available not
later than July !. 1916, and in case the
same is not available by that date, the
routing to be by way of the River-tO-
River road from Davenport to Durant.
Arrange Walcott Meeting.
| Mr. Nissen agreed to have a meeting
at WalcOtt in the near future and see
what could be done about securing this
, guarantee. Through Davenport the
road will start at Five Points, go east
! on Locust street to Harrison, south on
Harrison to Second street, east of Sec
1 ond street to the bridge. The routing
/ from Davenport to Milan was decided
on as follows: Across the Rock Is
! land bridge and arsenal, thence west
on Third avenue to Seventeenth street
south on Seventeenth street to Sew
enth avenue, west on Seventh avenue
to Twelfth street, south on Twelfth
street to Eighteenth avenue, Continu-
ing on Twelfth street to Milan. The
routing from Milan to Cambridge was
not settled at this meeting.
Upon motion of W. d. Harris. sec
onded by c. A. Hallgren, the matter OF
deciding this official route was left en-
tirely to S. W. Searle, A. Z. Nissen anC
Mayor Hartz of Wyoming.
Rival Routes.
The route7 in question between
Milan and Cambridge are as follows
Route No. Taking the angling roat
in southeasteriy direction through
sections %, 81, 81, Black Hawk town
ship, sections D, S. Is and p, Rura
township. thence east on the section
road seven and a half miles to Orion
thence follow the Logan-Lee highwa!
Ito CISCO, Cambridge, Bishop Hill anC
lGalva; the opposition road to thi!
route will be as follows: Taking thu
same route as the former to the sOutl
lime of section p. Rural township
thence southeaSterly one mile and cas-
lone mile through the center of section
Ia. Rural township, south half mill
and east 1512 miles to the railroad
tracks. (one-half mile south and on
and a half miles east of Osco), theI
take the LOgan-Lee highway to Cam
bridge, Bishop Hill and Galva. Tn,
last named route from Cambridge t
Milan is about mile shorter than tn,
route through Orion and CISCO. 1t alst
eliminates four railroad crossings ant
about eight turns.
A strong objection to the last named
route, however, is that it eliminates
CISCO and Orion from the Diagona
Trail. MessrS. Searle. Nissen ant
Hartz will call a meeting at the Rocl
Island club sometime in the near fu
ture for the purpose of having thu
boosters from these two routes pres
ent to explain the merits of same Blu
they will recommend that both route;
get busy Immediately with a subscrip
ton list and have as much none,
subscribed as possible to be used t
improve the route. The subscriptions
being conditional upon the Diagona
Trail being officially established thei
way.
Savadge Named Secretary.
The next thing was the election o
eCretary-treasurer, and it was movet
by H. A. Pillsbury. Cambridge, sec
onded by w. D. Harris of Wilton June
iioH, tIdL LOUIS odFduSe, hoCh IoIdHu
be elected as the secretary treasure
Of this division for the ensuing year
to he compensated according to the by
laws of the organization and to fulfll
the duties required. The motion wa
carried unanimously
The offer of the Lovell-McConnei
Manufacturing company OF Newark
\ / the manufacturers of the "klaX
on" auto horn, to supply free OF cos
and prepay freight danger signs wa
accepted with thanks and the score