Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-01
EXPRESS FIRMS
NOT OPPOSED TO
CITY PLAN, CLAIM
Local Representatives OF Companies
Expect no DifficuIty IN Extending
Delivery Limits.
COMMISSION MUST ACT FIRST
Revision Of Present boundaries BY In
ierstate and Public Utilities
Bodies l. Necessary.

Il is not considered likely that the
city commission win meet with any
serious difficulty In securing express
delivery service south Of Eighteenth
avenue
The matter Of getting such service
was taken up Monday afternoon at a
meeting Of The city commissioners and
in a resolution City Attorney }. X
Scott was instructed TO write the
local agents Of express companies
having Offices 60 Rock Island in re-
gard 10 the matter. The limit recog-
nlzed BY the express companies was
revised recently in order to take IN
the Rock Island arsenal the revision
becoming effective July / last as fol-
lows: Mississippi river at Forty
sixth street, south on Forty-siXth
street to Eighteenth avenue; west on
Eighteenth avenue to Mississippi
river: north and east along Mississip-
ri river to Forty street, and from
foot OF Twenty-fourth street north to
the Main avenue on the arsenal;
thence along Main avenue 70 the re-
ceiying and forwarding departments
Of the United States arsenal
This is the limit fixed according to
law by the interstate commerce com
mission and the Illinois public utiii-
ties commission. That is declared to
be the only way the request OF the
city commission can be met-by the
express companies referring the mat
ter to both the state and interstate
commissions for a decision
Companies Not Opposed.
Local representatives of the express
companies Wells Fargo, American
and Adams having Offices in Rock Is
land announce that 10 opposition is
expected to the proposal Of the city
commission despite the fact that If
will mean a considerable addition tC
the express companies expense. The
local Representatives can merely take
the matter up with the division sup
erintendents and they will turn il over
to the interstate commerce commits
sion and state public utilities commits
sion for a decision and probable reyi-
sion Of the limits now In force here
Ii the new limits for the express
companies are extended by lac inter
state and state commissions To take in
all Of that part OF the city of Rock Is
land south OF Eighteenth avenue ID
viii mean a great amount of addition
al work ard consequent additional
equipment ANA expense for the ex
press runipaa.s thr.r representa-,
tives here point out
The Additional Territory.
The additional territory Is included
by the following boundaries. From
Forty-5iXth street along Eighteenth
avenue To- Forty-Gfth street, south OH
Forty street>to Nineteenth ave.
nue.; west on Nineteenth avenue tC
Forticth street. north on Forfeit
street to Eighteenth avenue; west OF
Eighteenth avenue % Thirty-fourtl
street; south on Thirjy-tourth street
to Nineteenth avenue; west on Nine.
teenth avenue to Thirty street
north or 1hhty-secoHd street To Eight
centh avenue. west on Eighteenth ave
nue. 10 Twenty seventh street, sOuti
on Twenty street to the north
ell boundary line Of the Lutheran
cemetery, ga point about wher,
Tweuiy-fourth avenue would be if Gu
through; west on the boundary lin,
Of the cemetery TO Twenty-fourtl
street 20 Richmond avenue; west OF
RicAw' avenue to Seventeenth
stf, y ON Seventeenth street t.
For avenue or Rock river
then c D the Mississippi river an,
then uorth and east along the Mssis
sippi river 10 Eighteenth avenue.
After the interstate and state com
missions have officially fixed the new
delivery limits, ID will then be Up Il
the express companies to decide nov
they can best handle the additiona
territory. whether BY each firm put
ting on more wagons or auto truck
TO he used to take care of only tn
business in the outlying district, al
three going together toward support
ing the necessary service, or by eacl
company only making two deliverie
each week in the section south O
Eighteenth avenue as il is said is bein
done in Moline.