Engineer Reports City Advances in Paving and Utilities
City engineer reports substantial progress with paving projects and new sidewalks. Major improvements include water mains and sewers installed, reflecting ongoing infrastructure renewal.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
4
City engineer reports substantial progress with paving projects and new sidewalks. Major improvements include water mains and sewers installed, reflecting ongoing infrastructure renewal.
The Rock Island County Board of Supervisors convened with committees named and members present. Key actions include approval of credentials, election of permanent chairman, adoption of defense of infirmary finances, district territory changes between South Moline and Moline, and authorization for future bridge plans and public works reporting.
The sixth annual meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of Methodist Episcopal churches in the Rock Island district ended with delegates returning home after two days at the local church. Rev F E Shult gave the address on home missions. Mrs M Eastman spoke on model auxiliary meetings. Miss Ella Taylor led devotions. Mrs Cowley chaired discussions on recruiting members. Miss Mary Lindsay Oliver performed Grieg Concerto and Chopin Prelude with Francis Moore. Mr Moore accompanied on the pipe organ, delivering strong organ works and a final Canzone encore.
Misa Nicoline Zedeler gave a praised violin program at the First Congregational church with Svea and Olive Mile choruses backing. She opened with Vieuxtemps Concerto in F sharp minor and followed with Bruch Romance in A minor, Gosser Gavotte, Beethoven Minuet, Wieniawski Scherzo, and Bach Melody on G string, while Mrs Crompton-Sargent accompanied admirably.
Tf appearances talk Uncle Sim has started a campaign to compete with the picture postcard combine for the new No 4-1 S postcard. Forty thousand cards were placed on sale in the local post office. The blue tinted cards feature William McKinley with a bronze ink design and an address only side. Several hundred sold since counters were stocked, driven by postcard rivals testing the new card.
At a meeting on Friday the Moline chapter of the American Womans league authorized buying a lot on the east side of Fifteenth Street between Seventeenth and Eighteenth avenues. An option to May 1 has been secured from Henry Jilop for 30000 dollars, with notes to be issued and a trust deed on the east sixty three feet. The lot, with improvements valued at 2500 dollars, fronts Fifteenth street and is 161 feet deep. The chapter plans a Class 4 house costing 4000 dollars, with a 75 paid up members and over 100 total members. In a separate item, switchman Albin Olson of the Milwaukee Railway Co narrowly escaped losing his right foot when his toe was crushed under a car wheel during a coupling at Twenty third street.
James F Porter presents the annual report showing net earnings of 898 580 for the year, up from 749 761 in 1908. Improvements of 621 007 on property, plans for a 6000 KW turbine at Moline station, new gas generating plants, and extended gas mains are outlined with continued cost reductions and new contracts in Rock Island and Moline.
Mrs Jacob Stofft plans to sell the 1311 Thirteenth Street homestead as the family prepares to move to Canada in late June. Mr Stofft has been in Canada for a year and manages a Strathmore Alberta office of the Canadian Pacific Irrigation Colonization Co. The family contemplates settling near Bassano Alberta or Strathmore, thirty five miles east of Calgary, to gain access to city amenities.
George Dirreen of Watertown employed at the Watertown hospital for the insane has passed the civil service examination for chief clerk. The test was held March 30. Dirreen, connected with the institution for ten years, has served as record clerk for six years. Passing the exam places him on the eligible list for advancement.
Householders in hard water areas struggle with lime deposits on tea kettles. Regular cleaning with hot water and soap helps prevent, but thorough inside rinses and mild abrasive cleaners keep limescale from forming a stubborn film on the kettle’s interior and spout.
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