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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1903
Page
2
One of the superintendents of work says the public underestimates the scale of the improvement. The project plans show extended shop renovations requiring about three years to complete. Neighborhoods eye the progress and officials defend the lengthy timeline.
Revised plans for Rock Island Pleasant Valley shops by George B Swift Co of Chicago show a large steel and concrete complex. The project includes a 712 30ya sq ft machine shop, a roundhouse, pattern and foundry sections, a coal chute, and a three-story general storehouse, with a three-year construction timeline and full Swift labor force on site.
Yesterday a 645 train delivered thirty workers to the Winston project where men began on the main shop grounds. About thirty carloads of rails arrived from the east for temporary use to speed construction. Heavy tasks like cutting points and ridges still require wheeled scrapers, while cars will handle cleaning and leveling. An estimated 250000 feet of track is needed to serve the workforce.
The Davenport Team Drivers Union ratified a new scale raising minimum driver pay and overtime rules. Wages for men start at eight dollars weekly with increases. drivers earning ten dollars or more see a ten percent raise. Evening shifts have specific hourly fractions, Sunday and holiday work earns double time. Loitering penalties, late arrivals, and drinking in saloons incur fines or forfeiture of union rights after repeated offenses.
The Manufacturers' Hotel will open with a 7 o clock dinner and is described as the finest ever. Contractor Peterson says the hotel should be ready by May with decorating crews from Marshall Field & Co arriving to start work. Marble finishing on the first floor is underway as materials arrive.
Mrs Marshall Mink of Monmouth died after a weeks of extreme insanity linked to a hypnotism study with her husband. The pair had hypnotized each other before being hospitalized. she endured violent episodes, a coma, and a final collapse. Her husband’s mind also showed temporary effects but recovered.
Moline lodge No 1331 elected PF Pruessing as representative to the Grand Lodge at Springfield for two years last Friday and installed officers for the next six months. Officers include Henry A Law N G Chas L Nelson Vo G Chas Morrison recording secretary R Crane financial secretary CF Pruesing treasurer R E Trenaman warden Frank Stoltenberg conductor Gilman Hendricks outside guardian Ross Pickards inside guardian Route Schoate J E Mitchell I N G Art IL Smith R S V G Wm M Powell L S V G Chas Frasier Arthur L Baker Otto J Anderson Baikne Tuffley and others.
Rock Island Railway expects major roadbed reconstruction in Iowa and the Southwest division to bring its tracks up to standard this summer. Headquarters notes current conditions impede timetable adherence and hinder speed, citing the Golden State Limited as consistently 10 to 12 hours late due to poor track quality.
Mrs Bertha E Anderson aged 75 of 1446 Eleventh Street Moline is declared insane by a county court commission consisting of Dr H D Browning and Dr Kohler. The ruling follows examination and confinement to Watertown.
George Rogers one of the men arrested with Estelle and Clark at Memphis escaped ten days ago and remains at large. Believed to be involved in the Burlington train hold up near Savanna last August, he was jailed for concealed weapons and recently escaped from workhouse. Authorities seek his capture and warn of possible aid to his former accomplices. Sheriff Doty received a photo request for Ed Estelle to aid identification in a marshal county jail break and murder case.
In Santa Barbara California Dwight E Wiman son of Mr and Mrs W E Wiman set a poultry record with two Black Minorca eggs weighing 4 ounces each and measuring 6 7 by 7 7 inches surpassing the previous 3 1/2 ounce 6 by 7 inch picket of Goleta.
A Winnipeg based confessor led to links to Major General W. A. Lawrence and other officials in England in a string of blackmail letters. The report also details a separate fraud case at the Modern Woodmen mortuary department in Rock Island, where $12,000 was taken via forged death claims.
William T Sherman Post G R of Bloomington nominates Benson Wood of Effingham for department commander of the Grand Army of Illinois. The election is at the annual convention in May in East St Louis. Judge Wood, a Civil War veteran of the 34th Illinois infantry, is a longtime Bloomington attorney and former congressman.
Advertisers promote Ely's Liquid Cream Balm for nasal catarrh with a 5 cent price including a spraying tube. The copy notes its medicinal properties and availability from druggists or by mail.
H P McIntosh of Cleveland and George B Crouse of Akron were named receivers for the Aultman Miller company, makers of agricultural implements. Liabilities total about 1 8 million, with assets expected to cover the amount upon fair realization. The firm failed to obtain a credit extension.
Secretary A B Hostetter announces 4200 Illinois boys applied for seed corn to grow and exhibit at the St Louis exposition next year. It will take 36 bushels of seed for all applicants with postage about 168 dollars. Johnson county leads with 239 applications and Missouri Indiana Texas and Iowa entrants are also noted.
Thomas Mansill files a chancery suit challenging the will of his father Richard Mansill alleging incompetence and undue influence. The bulk of the estate is allegedly set for Joseph Gough and his wife with a trust, while Mansill seeks a lawful heir’s share. Jury panels for May term were drawn April 2 with numerous names listed for service.
Jo o W Mitchell a judge of the municipal court in Auturn Maine has accepted a position in the United States Department of Commerce under Secretary Cortelyou.
City council votes to repeal Central Union Telephone Co franchise of 1885 in Moline. Aldermen cite new president stance and potential court fight for a perpetual grant. Officials discuss cooperation with Rock Island and payment demands, while Continental-Jewell delays two months on filter plant patterns. Embargo on asphalt sprinkling on Fifteenth Street is extended?
In a 1903 chancery suit in Rock Island County Illinois Moline Manufacturing Company vs Christine Thulin Ernest C Thulin Luther G Thulin Milton S Thulin Edith L G Thulin and Charles P Bohman administrator. The court orders defendants to answer or demur by May next or risk a decree by default. The case is filed on the docket General No 5191.
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