Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-06
REPORTS PLANTO
SAFEGUARD LIVES
Review 0f Commissions Activities Is
Givea TO Council By Duryea,
Secretary.

There was read and approved at a
special conference oE the Moline city
council yesterday the report Of the
grade crossing commission submitted
Dr. n. J 0urEeG. secretary. The re-
port was volGminouz. covering as it
does every detail OF investigation
made by ela railway companies and
the commission since appointment Of
the commission by Mayor ~ + Carl
SOB the latter part of February. The
proposition was gone into very thor
ouEhly az the initial meeting Of the
commission March . For. says theI
report iE was the sense of those
present that the problem was . grave
one and that it was important and
necessary 70 find solution that safe
guard she lives Of the citizens of Mo
line and yet not prove detrimental TO
the interests OF the great industrial
plants that are 1he life Of the com
muaLty It was decided that j. would
he wise. as we'll as equitable, to work
in cooperation with the railroad cor
poratl0us serving Moline ia the effort
10 solve the crossing problem, and the
secretary was instructed 70 arrange
to get the railroad companies TO send
their engineers 10 Moline to confer
with the commission on the subject
First Consider Elevation.
Elevation OF the tracks was given
. consideration at the first meeting 81
the commission This was believed
10 be tle most practicable plan, but
the physical difficulties in the way,
the serious afsadvarfara= 4hfs vvaui5
bring upon certain of the industries
located close 70 che Rock Island
tracks through the disarrangemeut Of
all their shipping facilities. made it
seem DractcaTlv impossible"
BIT Durvaa vent 10 Cbf-aro and
conferred with officials 81 f-a rail
roads involved an the same +frsa max
f77a. arrar z-z.r7a-r4z for rar~azerta sfgaz
of the a1eEaeer5nz aanartn7anfs to
visit Moline
con March G. a. Morse. chief en-
zfneer. Mr. RamsdaI. assistant gen
eral MANAGER. and RTr. Peterson. dis
trfct engineer. Of the Rock Island svz-
ter. met wlrE the commission for an
extensive conferences They were -a-
ken over -ha around and given every
r7n-rE.r-=zr ~ see conditions at cross
frEz z-a- we're .--rrsfsa-14 most 5sr-
zaroez.
zTa~za. Offers plan.
aCbzarFfrz The 5iHea11ffez fr the
WAY 7F track elevation Mr. zTa~sz -f-
Tered as a no=s#rrz solution +ha n1an
to fence --4e rfrrr ~ va IN the =6l7Tr
side and On fse nor-n Side where
possible with > solid zrrn fence
wnsrh v1r1a make IL fmnassfbta Tor
ra1ul= r. cross the tracks axeerr III
DESIGNATED ..-.-szsrss In addition +1
me f-rrz he zHr-5s-a4 he rrre#r7r-
tt7n al sabwarz for pedestrians at
+ the most DANGEROUS crossings.
SIN rnzn0rea ~ q c4mnfafn+ NJ The
---na 81 men now used ~ me railroad
.z--rsr.zz ~ -H--z r~7s-fnez he -ue-
zes-za. as mart If his plan. that traffic
gHeare in uniforms. who v1ufa he
members of the Moline police DEPART
ner- be placed in charge Of the most.
dangerous crossings and that the city
officials pass the proper ordinances
rr9.fsfra the usa Of such CROSSINGS
son March Is NJ Il RrerkznrIdza
o-rsnaa~ If --ef~fera=ra ST. WAYS al
-rs pfr1f-a+-- system and Mr.. Grant
r4~--5r -qa~arzr eli me d e
~ r-h tHa commission fer
discussion RI the rr0zsfne. problem In
view ~ t1s fsaz that lie Milwaukee
usas The r r. Il n mr. tracks.
F8tEl are owned Jointly 0F the E4E-