The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-27


1i1ickeru stood on the Rock
4 5I1nd and Davenport levees this
11ay ami watched other thou
cnnds Of happy prospective pic
sSI1ckefs With anticipation nearing
.eoalixation, % the @. w. Hill slid
slowly ont u port and up the river
howard Ciip1pn for IN All day ex-
eursiVn. falling to stop 81 Rock Is
lard
Although Tie steamer Va loaded
-. capacity. more than one thou
sGnd Nsrs lift behind on the Rock
Itlo14 side, and several hundred
a the Davenport side.
eoms Of the disappointed ones
tifued home again with the days
i)sasant promise defeated: others
IjsAde q good thing Of Q. bad bar
ietn, ttcked ub their baskets and
\ V6nt To the parks; and still others
dtrsd their wrath before the city
datfials. Mayor Harry NJ. Schri-
vst received numerous complaints
dofi Rock Island people who had
tkited for hours on the levee, only
ii see the steamer pull out without
9yen Stopping at the Rock Island
Ode.
Ear agent OF the Wisherd line,
walking this morning in behalf Of
~ company. said that. while it was
u IA regretted that SO many who
Nad gone To the trouble Of packing
@le3f baskets and making all their
tl&nS for the excursion had to be
disappointed, it was circumstance
Tint in this case was unavoidable.
SNo Partially"
There was an apparent discrim-
nation against Rock Island people
d the fact that the steamer took
III sts entire load at Davenport,
MT no actual Partially was shown,
he stated, for there we're as many
Rock Island people as Davenport
eHs aboard the steamer this morn
ine.
At 7:30 o'clock, almost two hours
before the G. W. Hill was sched-
. aled to leave, the ferry and street
cars began to carry the excursion
lists across the river, by dozens
and the assemblage on the Daven-
port levee grew with large pro-
e84tf0n of Rock Islanders who
waited for the gangplank to b.
lowered.
The steamer G. w. Hill is limited
10 1929 passengers. Not an esti
k,aota hut an a oourata on,pt &c Uop
pm every steamer, under the stric
4 direction of the government A
steamer on which this limit is ex
ceeded not only subjects its Off
fiAls to severe punishment. but Il
actually endangering the lives o
Its passengers.
Make Accurate Count.
4 These counts are accurately de
terni1Aad w the taking of measure
nents VI the hull OF every steamer
Rev. RHG. Pearce, as agent of tn
government, - well as officials o.
The steamer, makes note of tn
humhsr Of passengers comin
Abosrd by means Of checking ma
thiHc,
/ NWAs when the G. W. Hill ha,
tonA within . few of its allotte,
humber this morning that tn
kangplank was lifted, 20 minute
before the steamer was schedule
10 leave Davenport. With its deck
Alled to capacity. both with Roc
island and Davenport excursion
lists. the steamer did not stop a
announced on this side, but lei
~ hundreds Of irate ones to watch II
Ioing.
II is said that another excursio
pffer such as that Of today may
Snade by the Wisherd Steamshi
company. 1t may be that in til
Future, the agent stated, two su,
Eessive excursions will be planne
y pne to leave from Rock Island, Il
bther from Davenport.
The motto of the steamship con
pany, First come, first served
vas exenplified this morning. B,
that does not offer recompense, a
tording to the unhappy ones, Il
being left behind.