The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-09

- money for the company I
l h Rock Island.
80 1nspeA this mcfning that
& ths rri-city -Ranxayd
hass for some tiue besn
sakins OF one esf On.
SS Strpet line and tnfning Ill |
~ ssel = seventeenth street. IN
sd RI ennning them to the west
..9 r ~ city. The taking ~ Of
13g .eighth strest stab caS y
SSi Is hAve been deceased
a, Huntoon, gen1Al mau-
.w' Fl ~ company. veft0ed tia
t = curniled service.
H sgl. e.oeat fare has not met The
,soay obligations in . way TO
49, Saything Ikea reasonable
4 1881 On the investment" Mr..
s1oSa said. 1--WE have discussed
s11Ie ~ Elm street cars back ct
nth street. This would a.
ss 4 Is take OF one car. which
6 case an apprecisbls do
ssaaa II the expense Of operation.
~ "a cars that would remain on
/ - rvn would be Sufficient TO keep
I ~. 10 the east up TO the Dres-.
~ asadsrd."
u - Hrutcon had little to SAY rel
/ M % the Thirty eighth street
- Ina. but it was learned that
Is.a ~ taking OH Of this car had
~ talked with at least one city
sGcaL Information obtainable ~
Is ~ meeting WAS to the eject
- this oficial strenuously OBJ
Hlel b the taking on Of the Thir-
si6-eaebtA street ear.
n Mt Ut lows Pel1cy.
4 InforuauOn was obtained that
|! so1lA have It that the street car
l|npany official had talked of
ai,iasins the case before the city
nnnis1,ou in regular meeting
M Aylsw to obtaining sanction OF
sGthe cuetaiIment Of service, and that
IN cdloany Official limited that in
.ssse ~ permission was not grant
IVA the Illinois corporation would
'ldo IL zane as the Iowa corpora
lltiea h. done in curtailing service
n spIts Of refused permission by
dty s@cials.
IN Whsthse or not the city will
nsnt permission remains to be
m, but it Is known that permits
sion Will not be granted without q
hit This much is known that
0re will be strong opposition No
isll check Of, opinion among the
dU ollcials was taken on the mat
NJ loweyer.
Sens recall the fight that has
Nd vaged for months to get bet
III nsyice on the Elm street line
b leck Island. When there was
hlk Of turning tho cars back at
lINeatesnth street to give better
lSuieo to east end Rock Island res
ISas, who have continually COM
2ailed over the crowded cars, the
~ md residents protested. Even
lissA the Third and Fourth ave-
H. lines run to the west end OF
~ city those residents claimed
NJ they were entitled to service
- u Elm street line, when desir-
u 70 ride ever that line. East end
fsNllsaA did not push this matter
~ city officials did not intervene,
NJ Gid the street car company
Devids relief. However. ut this
~ tie company oihcials are dis
.t1wilg changes, but these do not
Ipoatsnplats betterment OF services
east end residents. East end
IaogyicA would remain the same.
oaly I've cars would remain on the
me >fhs stopping Of service to
y vestend would allow the Nth
~ ofthe line to be taken OF. Tbs
uDany would save the operation
ut Of this car, the west end resi-
y)a0 would lose their service and
- saat md residents would not be
teaedtsd thereby.
All of these conditions would
IND to add more grief to the east
ID residents, as they have long
9usht Z better service and have
negusnny cited the fact that In
xoltae Z ripper Is run over the
lin street line up the Fifteenth
fiset hal and over to Fourth
enet, four blocks from Rock Is
and and then TUNED back. This
ssfvlce has been given while the
east end residents of this city have
ven denied tripper service. which
has aroused considerable indigna-
uon, especially as the Moline TRIP
pr goes up over a line tina. runs
over the same route for a consid-
Reole distance with the Prospect
erk car line, giving two lines OF
rvlce over the Fifteenth street
Need Stub Line.
uther east end residents claim
sst the Thirty eighth street stub
MeA q necessity and should not
Aeetsd by the plans Of the
psny They say that while
Any people ride the stub line car
uonafers there are many work
- VINO use the line morning., noon
night and who would be forced
wax : long distance il the one
% the line was taken OF.