Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-31
BY +. w. BENDER.
Secretary.

The Rock Island Chamber of
deavor by taking steps looking for
ward to the consolidation of the
board of directors of the Rock Is
land club and Chamber of Com
merce. At the time the Chamber
of Commerce was organized the
plan then adopted provided for two
boards of directrs, one to admins
ter the affairs of the Chamber of
Commerce and the other to handle
the business of the Rock Island
club. 1t was. shown that the two
organizations were running paral-
lei and that it would be in the in
terest of greater efficiency if the
two boards of directors were con-
solidated, and working on this the
DRY consolidation was put
through in April of this year. The
board of directors of both organ
izations resigned and a board of 10
members was elected as their sue
eessors. Those elected were
Messrs. NJ. S. Heagy, w. A. Rosen-
field. H. S. Cable. T. B. Davis, H.
II. CIeaveland. J. L. Vernon. II. Z.
Curtis, c. A. Hallgren. Fl. A. Clev-
enstine, Z. H. Stafford, J. M. WEIGH,
Frank Mixter. w. P. zimmerman,
Will Roth and j. A. Weishar.
Inasmuch as the Chamber of
Commerce and industrial commits
sion are practically one institution
the report of endeavor set forth
i in the following is a complete re-
port of all of the work accomplish
ed through these organizations.
Those handling the affairs of the
industrial commission are as fol
| lows: NJ. H. Sexton, NJ. S. Heagy
| c. e. Shields, H. Fl. Cleaveland. J
| L. Vernon. H. E. Curtis, H. NJ
Sehriver, NJ. T. Rudgren and Phi
Mitchell.
JANUARY.
A proposition was put through
whereby John NJ. Ryan Of Indian
apolis took over the Rock Island
Metal foundry. This institution
was reorganized. capital increased
and during the year has increased
it's payrolls and former manufac
turing volume equal to four time:
its previous pay roll and output.
Steps were taken looking for
ward to the consolidation of tn
board Of directors Of the Rock Is
land club and Chamber of Com
merce. 1t was pointed out that tn
work of the two organizations wa
along parallel lines and that a con
solidation of the two bodies woul
considerably increase the organic
atoms efficiency.
FEBRUARY.
A contract was closed for tn
coming to Rock Island of c.
Scott & Son. This institution pur
chased a lot on First avenue an
erected a fireproof factory build
ing, increasing the city's factor
employees by Is. The c. U. Scott ,
Son company are manufacturers {
steel hardening furnaces and ar
doing a business of commerce.
steel hardening.
MARCH.
, The question of reciprocal rele
tions between the states of lllinoi
and Iowa relative to smoothing OF
the differences between Davenpol
and Rock Island on the question {
motor vehicle licenses was laid be
a fore the secretary of state and ruin
was obtained to the effect that tn
| automobile license law did not a
, feet the operation of any othe
than commercial cars. The matte
| was further carried on with II
: idea OF having the question of |
1 censing commercial cars adjud
4 Gated.
3 APRIL.
= The annual meeting of the Chan
l Der of Commerce and Rock IslaI
4 club was held, at which consol
dation of the board of directors
= the Rock Island club and Chan
: Der of Commerce was put into e
I feet. Congressman w. J. Graha
was the speaker of the evening.
The club was authorized TO pril
: 5000 annual reports and give the
!, wide distribution throughout Il
!, city.
Election of officers was held,
H. Cleaveland being elected pres
dent; w. A. Rosenfield, first VIE
president and chairman of the eli
lie bureau; j. NJ. WEIGH, secor
vice president and chairman of Il
agricultural bureau, Frank Mixte