The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-01
BUSINESS CLUB
MEMBERS VOTE
CHANGE IN name
East Moline Organization Here
after to Be Known as Chan.
Der of Commerce.

At q membership meeting of the
East Moline club. held last night
in the clubrooms, it was voted to
change the name Of the organiza-
ton to the East Moline Chamber
Of Commerce. Other minor chang
es were made in the bylaws Of the
club, and it was voted not to
change the social membership dues
Of the club, and for the present
they will remain the same as pre-
viously.
Edward Kehoe. city freight
agent, was unable to attend the
meeting. but he wrote a message
to the club, which was read by the
secretary, Ralph E. Stolz. Mr.. Ke-
hoe offered a special car to East
Moline, If merchants could obtain
a daily tonnage of 10000 pounds,
and il the tonnage fell below that
the "set OUT car would be avail
able every other day. He also urg-
ed the local merchants to CONSOLE
date their shipments on one road,
preferably the c., R. l. & P, which
could offer better transportation
facilities, and thereby obtain better
service. He pointed out that East
Moline could not divide its freight
traffic between the three roads
serving it, and obtain good service.
He stated that 10000 pounds ap-
proximates only half a carload and
he did not think this was too much
to expect from a city the size of
East Moline.
President L. F. Haemer address,
ed the club for few minutes, and
described the continuation school,
which the newly passed law re-
quired in cities in Illinois. He de-
scribed the working Of such a
school. explaining that the re-
requirements Of the law were that
all chillren out Of the eighth grade
between the ages of 16 to IS years
would be compelled to attend this
school. Mr.. Haemer urged that
special attention be paid to the
kind OF vocational training that
would best suit the needs of the
student and his employers, Offer
ing as an example the schools Of
Minneapolis, where most Of the
work is confined to the milling and
the baking industries, and suggest
ing that the school of East Moline
be largely devoted to the study of
implement manufacture.
The club was addressed BY Aus
tin Schaible Of Moline on the sub
ject Of good roads. Mr.. Schaible
told Of the resolutions adopted in
the December meeting Of the COM
mittee appointed to investigate the
matter Of good roads and of the
report that would be read at the
meeting next March.
1T was decided at that meeting
to confer with the officials Of the
rural districts, through which
these roads would be made" said
the speaker. "A conference OF
every highway representative was
called and we had a full represen-
tation at that meeting" he contin-
'ned. Our purpose was to discuss
the best routes and the routes that
were needed most, and to take
steps to get these routes through
The rural districts were taken up
first and the cities next"
The speaker told Of the money
that could be raised by taxation to
meet the expense of the building
OF these roads, which would
amount to about $132, 900 a year for
five years, the limit of time that
the people could be taxed for this
project.
Macadam roads were chosen by
the committee, said the speaker, as
when the original cost and the up-
keep, and the durability of this
kind Of roadbed was taken into
consideration. it was deemed the
best possible one to be obtained
with the funds at hand. The esti-
mated cost OF this road would be
about $4,000 a mile, and at this
figure It was estimated that sixty
miles of road could be constructed
in the five years.
Mr.. Schaible also stated that the
township would be required Ia
bring the roads to the grade, and
the entire amount available would
be only for the construction Of the
roadbed.