Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31


already in the city.
Generator Plant.
Through the organization of the
Marion Manufacturing company. a
new concern which was organized by
Mr. Marion personally, the generator
business Of the Ralco Manufacturing
company of Chicago was established
in Rock Island. This generator plant
loses its identity as the Ralco Manu-
featuring company, as ii is being an
sorbed in the Marion Manufacturing
company 1t brings from Chicago
about twenty employees and their fam
lilies. These are also being housed
and cared for through the chambers
housing and employment department
committees. The machinery for this
plant is now being set and becomes a
unit in the manufacture of farm light
ing plants.
Marion Manufacturing Company.
The Marion Manufacturing COM
pany was organized in November with
capital OF $500. 600. $500 600 of which
was common and 5000 600 preferred
stock. The preferred stock is being
placed on the market and is being alb
sorbed by the business men and farm
ers of the tri-cities and Rock island
county. This company proposes the
manufacture OF farm lighting plants
Mr.. Marion, who has been in the farm
lighting business for several years
heads the concern, and farm lighting
experts all over the country are frank
in their statements that Mr.. Marion
has produced a farm lighting plant
superior TO anything else on the mar
ket The superiority of the product is
proved in that before the company had
reached the stage Of production of one
plant day, $500 plants had been sold
/ this being over one-half of the total
output scheduled for the first wear. II
is now estimated that the output OF
the first year will be nearer 5000 than
( the mark set 1t is estimated that the
/ concern will approximate the employ
ment Of 100 men inside OF the next
! year.
/ Housing Industrial Employees.
The Industrial bureau carried OF
through the Office of the secretary {
campaign Of publicity which resulted
in the establishing of rental bureau
in which about two hundred rooms
light housekeeping rooms and house,
have been listed and furnished to tht
employment department of Rock Is
land arsenal a large proportion O
these have been taken advantage O
by the arsenal employees and their fam
lies resulting in a substantial growth
to the city's population through tn,
absorption Of individuals and familie!
into Rock Island homes
This committee also carried adver
tisements in out-of-town papers TO,
skilled mechanics and has to dat,
been successful in obtaining all of tn,
skilled mechanics required for its fac
tory extension work
q New Hotel.
This committee has been workin,
in an effort to obtain a new hotel fo
Rock Island, but to date it has no
been able to obtain concrete results
It, however, has carried the matter t,
a point where a solution of the hote
problem can be obtained the nomen
ithat financial and commercial condi
lions of the country are clarified to
point which would make certain tn
building of a hotel whenever the nee
essary finances were raisei Surpris
ing as it may seem, that phase of tn
/ hotel problem requiring the raising @
! the finances is the least troublesome
The most trying part Of the undertak
I'm
ting any definite assurance for secur
ing labor and materials for a promp
completion OF the work. The con
lmittee hesitates to take definite actio
: on the matter when faced by futur
, as uncertain as that which confront
, them at this time. The committee eA
! tends the assurance to the public tina
the moment conditions are favorabi
for the prompt putting through of thi
project from physical viewpoint th
committee will take prompt action.
= New Depot.
, The committee would like TO max
public the fact that it has not bee
asleep on the question Of securing fc
= the city adequate loading and UNLOAD
ing facilities in the way of a ne
) freight depot A careful investigate
5 of the entire problem has been mad
: and the committee has gone far enoug
t on the project to know absolutely til;
/ relief IN this direction cannot be oil
/ tanned under the present financial COZ
dition of the railroads and that
would be unpatriotic in the eommitts
? to force the issue when every dolIs
: the railroads can obtain is needed
: an increase in rolling stock instead
physical assets. The committee Civ.
: the public the assurance that the nj
ment the time is opportune for II
4 prosecution Of its endeavors in til