The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-15

1horence On the part Of d.
1nke highway cOmmissiOn to the
~ 70 rOat the proposed bond ~
~ hard road No. 3 from East No
IT, to llorrison. By way Of Erie,
QillDdale and Denrock, with . spur
zecln the Hamilton school corners
- PTophetstown. II expected - the
sFooalt Of conference held with
I 0oyornor Lam Small In Springfield
yesterday BY . delegation Of Rock
Iollnd, Moline and East Moline citi-
Aens, headed by Senator Martin r.
Carlson.
Members OF the delegation op-
posed the demand emanating from
Prophetstown that the road be, rout-
"a fro ma point near Hillsdale,
CLOSING the river at Erie, and then
recrOssing the river at Morrison.
The Prophetstown people saw
the governor and the members Of
the highway commission three
weeks ago.
Would Mean Delay.
Their proposal would eliminate
Erie entirely from the district line
and the delegation from thib sec
tion pointed out to the governor
yesterday that the result would be
a delay Of at least two years before
Rock Island and this territory
would be connected by a paved
road with the Lincoln highway at
Morrison.
The road wanted by the Pro-
phetstown delegation goes through
low lying district, would involve
seven miles Of construction and the
erection OF additional bridges, and
It would require two years time for
the grading to settle for the paving
work.
william Whiteside of Moline
voiced the cause of the protestants
to the governor. He offered resolu-
lions passed by civic bodies in Mo-
line and East Moline, supplemented
by a petition signed by many citi-
zens Of Hillsdale.
Presents Resolutions.
Otto F. Hildebrandt presented
resolutions from the Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary, Kiwanis and
Exchange clubs, Mississippi Motor
club and the Business Mems asso-
citation.
Mr.. Whiteside informed the gov
ernor that on account Of condem-
nation proceedings which were to
be settled on Dec. 20, an early de-
cision by the highway commission
was hoped for by the delegation,
and as q matter of fact it is antici-
pated that the governor and the
commission will make known their
finding in very short time.
! While the governor was non
committal, the members Of the dele
cation went away with the impress
sion that the road would be routed
as approved by the state division Of
highways, and that the Prophets.
town effort to cause diversion
would fail
Large Delegation.
In addition to Senator Carlson
the delegation was composed OF
Otto F. Hildebrandt, Rock Island
secretary OF the Chamber of Com.
IneICc, NIdHk 0ACGto, otutC ouP
erintendent Of highways; Mayor G
P. Skinner, Moline; W. H. Effiant
presluent of the Moline Bushes:
Mems association; E. H. Wilson o
the Moline Rotary club; William
Whiteside, Moline; R. c. Burchell
George Riordan and B. F. Pfund
stein, Erie; Samuel Owens Of Fen
ton, and Judge w. A. Blotgatt, Nor
rison, attorney for the Erie ant
Fenton delegations.
Car Is. Derailed.
The Rock Island-Moline delega
ton left Wednesday afternoon 70
Peoria. From there they took
trolley line to Springfield. Thei
car Jumped the track about IL mile
from the capital, and they wer
obliged to make the rest Of thei
journey in a hired Ford roadster.
Telephoning the governor of thet
predicament, they found him in hi
Office awaiting them yesterday
morning at II O'Clock. They calle
upon him before they had an
breakfast, and left the hearing
1880 o'clock In the afternoon.