Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31


of the industrial bureau; H. A
Clevenstine, fourth vice president,
and in charge of the retail bureau;
]. L. Vernon, treasurer and F. W.
Bender, secretary The question
of whether or not the board of di-
rectors should follow out the ques-
ton of civic and industrial prob
lens or concentrate it's endeavorS
in behalf of obtaining new hotel
for Rock Island was discussed and
a resolution passed to the effect
that every possible effort be put
forth to bring about the building
of hotel and that everything else
be pushed aside in an effort to put
through this one achievement.
MAY.
The industrial committee report
ed that it had been working in be-
half of a warehouse and had the
matter sufficiently developed, as to
assure it's being put through pro-
viding industrial conditions and
the high cost of building operations
did not interfere. The matter was
laid on the table to await the ac-
ton Of the principals interested in
the proposition. Considerable time
of the office was given to the devel-
| opment of the warehouse project.
The secretary appeared before the
public utilities commission and OBJ
ttained a permit for its erection.
| However, the project did not ma
terialize because the principals be-
lieved it impractical to finance the
undertaking at that time,
A contract was executed where
by the Victor Storage Battery COM
pany of Moline agreed to move to
Rock Island. build a $4,000 plant
and transfer its employees, Office
and operations to Rock Island
This plant is practically completed
and the principals expect to have
it in operation this coming
January.
JUNE.
A contract was entered into by
the Burlington railway and III. l.
Becker and the Heinz Pickle com
pany which brought about the re
modelling of the Becker building or
First avenue and Sixteenth street
obtaining for Rock Island branch
of the Heinz Pickle company. Th;:
branch is now in operation and op
crates a corps of travelling sales
men out of Rock Island.
] The Chamber of Commerce tool
. Iup in communion with the Chicag,
, Association of Commerce the worl
Of obtaining employment for job
| less soldiers. The Chamber o
Commerce was successful in lob
ttaining employment for all its ap
!plicants.
J Reciprocal arrangements wer
made whereby members of tn
Rock Island club were extende
, courtesies in the Moline and DaV
Ienport Commercial clubs.
I The Chamber of Commerce wen
to work on stimulating interest i
f the hard road movement in an et
, fort to get the roads to the sout
! of Rock Island surveyed and th
state highway department commit
! ted to a definite route and defin
= tie time as to when building opera
: tions could be expected. Severe
+ meetings were held with the reI
+ resentative committees and organ
+ izations in the south half of tn
lcounty and definite steps were tax
/, en- looking forward to the unitin
q of efforts.
: JULY.
r A contract was executed wit
+ the G.. & F. Anti-Freeze compan
e who petitioned for the use of lot
: 2, s, 9 and 10 Of Manufacturers az
! dition to Rock Island, the G. &
Anti-Freeze company agreeing
iexpend 100000 and employ
: force of $50 men within a periC
d of two years.
i Arrangements were made for tt
# extension of the switch traC
+ across Sixteenth street, extendir
: to the rear of the Becker propert
n in which the Heinz Pickle compar
had been located.
It The hotel committee which ha
n been appointed on which were ser
E ing Messrs. w. A. Rosenfield. Fran
] AIixter, II. E. Curtis, NJ S. Heag
[. |. S. White, H. S. Cable, J. l.. We
i non and H. Fl. cleveland. repor
e ed that considerable progress h.
= been made and options had bes
d taken on the property extendir
e 100 feet on Third avenue and Il
r, feet on Nineteenth street.