Ground and Building Damage Claim Balance
A balance of 9083 dollars is requested to cover damage to ground and buildings. Owners are assessed to share the amount.
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Newspaper
Moline Review Dispatch
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1910
Page
5
Method of Assessment Substantial Costs Added for Fifth Avenue Widening
An assessment roll values widening Fifth avenue from Fifteenth to Eighteenth streets at 31 317 dollars covering damages and changes in the thoroughfare plus 3 093 for alterations. Eastman is absent, delaying filing. Total may rise by 3 300 dollars, shared among twenty two property owners, with abutting parcels only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Fifteenth
Eighteenth Street
Ben 8. Bell
Ebil. Eastman
Isa
Seventeenth
Eighteenth Streets
J T Browning
Sixteenth Streets
Deere
Cr. Josephson
Pierr Brothers
Pastor Slater Accepts Call to Amory Christian Church
The Rev W 8B Slater, pastor of the Christian church at Amory Mississippi for a year, accepted the local call Friday morning after a three week visit. He preached here last Sunday and plans to move with his wife and two sons once a suitable residence is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater
Christian Church
Amory, Miss
Moline
Fragmented Ledger of 80 Ft Listings and Totals
The document lists numerous 80 ft and 160 ft entries with costs and totals such as 586.97 and 3245.23, including firms like Walker & Bon and Telephone Co. It records unit sizes, quantities, and price columns with sums including 36,000 and 28,000 across multiple entries, reflecting a detailed asset or construction ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aierds & Ft
Kaeebérg
Leedy
Landolt
Walker & Bon
Telephone Co
Holt
Wright
Wesversss
Knox
Stephens
Osseee
Chase
Electric road proposed to haul coal from Pryce and Sievers bank
Rumors from Moline say Pryce and Sievers plan an electric road from their coal bank between Coal Valley and Sherrard to Coal Valley, a mile and a half away, to bypass the Rock Island stub line. They rejected a $30,000 two mile Rock Island offer, citing a cheaper, faster route to market. The bank, opened in 1909, spans about 600 acres with a 110 foot vertical coal seam, and 100 tons daily production last winter amid a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Pryce & Sievers
Coal Valley
Sherrard
Peoria
Rock Island
Biewers
Pryce & Slevers
Sievers
Workman Overcome in Gasoline Tank at Arsenal
James Bagley a skilled laborer at the Arsenal fainted while cleaning an underground gasoline tank after pouring gasoline inside. Fellow workers rescued him and air exposure revived him. he fully recovered. The incident followed a brief period of unconsciousness as storm darkness enveloped the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bagley
Rock Island
Arsenal
Bagley
Drummer Causes Stir at California Hotel Porter Scene
A small California town hotel incident ends with the porter asking a guest to calm down. The drummer complains about fleas while refusing a room change, prompting the landlady to be informed by the porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Drumber
Leary
Petition Drives Third Avenue Paving In East Moline
A petition circulated Friday seeks paving of Third Avenue East Moline from Fifth to Ninth Street. Signatures of three fourths of frontage were gathered by evening, signaling board action. Louis Tyler and William McKaufaky led efforts as East Moline adds another paving project. Two and a half miles of paved streets will result, with existing orders and completed work boosting totals. Four miles of cement sidewalks, contracted to Anton Swenson, will also be built this season, bringing concrete walk length to six miles in Fast Moline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
East Moline
Fifth
Ninth Street
Board of Local Improvements
Louis Tyler
William McKaufaky
First Avenue
First
Twelfth Street
Bluff Road
Warner's Crossing
Thirteenth Street
Milwaukee
Anton Swenson
Silvis
Cowley to Extend Scope of Tea and Coffee Business
J A Cowley applies to the secretary of state to incorporate the J A Cowley Co as wholesale and retail dealers in tea and coffee with $10 000 capital. Cowley and A A Boxman will be major stockholders and a chain of tea and coffee houses is planned in several towns. The Chicago area and Galesburg stores will join, with other locations under consideration. Cowley will retire from local management within a year to run a Joslin general store under the new company. He also owns a nearby farm and will oversee it part time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J A Cowley
Secretary of State
J A
Galesburg
Cowley
Joslin
J. A. Cowley Co
Company blamed for death of J H Schaab on viaduct bridge
Coroner’s inquest into the death of Joseph Schaab, killed by a street car on the viaduct bridge in Rock Island, held the Tri-City Railway Co. responsible. The inquiry raised fury from the coroner as evidence or a ruling pointed to the railway company’s role in the fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Schaaheft
Rock Island
Tri-City Railway Co
Neighbors Save Ekstam Residence From May Fire
The Ekstam farm on Forty first street southeast of town faced total loss when a fire in the laundry building spread. Neighbors formed a bucket brigade and saved the home, though the summer house workshop and ice house suffered. Furniture estimated at 150 dollars and contents at 150 dollars were lost. Several helpers were blistered including one Ekstam boy with scorched hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Ekstam
Forty-first Street
Ekstam
Te Ekstam
Road Promoter Persists in Delayed Railway Plan for Twin Cities
Reports indicate Eighty percent of right of way deals are completed for the Rock Island to Galesburg traction line. Promoter McWhinney, backed by eastern financiers, remains optimistic that construction will start mid July with possible grade adjustments near Viola to route the line through that town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McWhinney
Rock Island
Twin-Cities
Galesburg
Gaiesburg
Roch Island Traction Co
Fielding
Deni
Viola
Lne
Palmgren Wins $24,000 Swedish Lutheran Church Contract
Contractor Victor Palmgren returned from Dayton Ohio with the winning bid to erect a new Swedish Lutheran church at a project cost of 24,000 dollars excluding art glass and seating provided by the congregation. Architect O Z Cervin prepared the plans and bids were opened in Dayton with Palmgren and A Berglund as local bidders. Palmgren also lands a four thousand dollar Gowrie Iowa remodeling contract on a percentage basis. both jobs to be started at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Palmgren
Dayton, Lo
O. Z. Cervin
Daytos
Palmgren
A. Berglund
Gowrie
Dayton Job Ware Mason
Safe Held on Murder Charge in Boy Injury Case
August Safe, a Davenport contractor, was arrested on a charge of attempting to murder Richard Heider after an incident at the Pepping building. Bail fixed at $2000, with bond signed by John Pepping and Adolph Klaussen. Safe testified his goal was to remove rowdy boys, claiming one fell from a building edge during their escape. He was arraigned before Police Magistrate Gustafson and bound over to the May term. The injured boy, Heider, is not in danger but will miss court for five weeks, subsisting on liquids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Safe
Gustafson
A H Arp
Adolph Klaussen
John Pepping
Arp
Dispatch Office
Young Holder
Contmctor
Fifteenth Avenue
Youth Attempts to Pass Forged Check at Local Clothiers
A young man posing as a farm worker tried to buy a spring outfit for 42 dollars with a forged 100 dollar check payable to Ben Johnson and bearing Oscar Rathbun's signature. Coleman attempted to cash it and alerted Port Byron authorities while the youth fled the scene. Local residents hosted informal gatherings as visitors from Massachusetts attended companions of Mrs. Wing and Mrs. Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Rathbun
Port Byron
Coleman & Schultz
Tyan
Rathbun
Mes
Fph
Lorenz
Coleman
Burlington-Davenport line gains right of way for Muscatine extension
Burlington officials and Davenport businessmen announce securing right of way to extend the Muscatine north and south line twenty five miles from Elrick Junction to Burlington. The present Muscatine to Bilrick segment will be connected to Burlington with tri city connections via Rock Island and proposed electric interurban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Davenport
Muscatine
Elrick Junction
Bilrick
Tri-City
Exhibits Pipe Detector Boosts Plumbers and Gas Men
An Electric Specialty Manufacturing Co agent demonstrated a pipe detector based on a wireless telephone. Cedar Rapids inventors George A. Bishton and J E Mattison patented the device. A battery powers the system linking two hydrants or faucets to locate water or gas mains with a listener inside and a second receiver in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Specialty Manufacturing Co
George A. Bishton
J E Mattison
Cedar Rapids
LUNATIC SHOOTS PATROLMAN IN DAVENPORT FRIDAY
Caldwell escaped German asylum and fought patrolman Sidney LeCGrange in McClellan Heights. LeGrange shot Caldwell through the left lung after a brutal struggle. Caldwell may die while LeGrange suffers brain concussion and bruises. A second patrolman aided, and Henry Von Maur helped subdue the attacker with a baseball bat. Roy Pickup, a teen, faces burglary and larceny charges from a saloon robbery in Rock Island with bonds set at 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Germany
Sidney Lecgrange
McClellan Heights
Davenport
Henry von Maur
Harned & von Maur
le Crange
von Maur
LeGrange
Mercy Hospital
Fatrolman
Roy Pickup
Rock
Grand Jury
Otto Berner
Fifth Avenue
Thirty Second Street
Rock Island
Residents oppose Fourth Avenue paving in east end district
Property owners in east end territory organized to oppose the proposed Fourth avenue improvement from Thirty to Fifty-Fifth Street. Attorney M. J. McEarry retained to represent demonstrators who plan to fight in court and possibly to the state supreme court. A ten man committee canvasses for signatures while considering paving Third avenue instead and spreading costs per lot to cover legal fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
Fourth Avenue
Fourth
Fifty-fifth Street
Coin
M. J. McEarry
Thive Avenue
Forty-first Street
Gen
Rick
Supreme Court
Yasaigs
Third Avenue
Forty
Street
Youthful burglar pleads guilty and is sent to reform school
Fred Welcher alias Wesley Rounda of this city pleaded guilty to burglary and larceny and received an indeterminate sentence at Pontise Fe reform school. He is 18 and was arrested for burglarizing Dr J W Morgan's office. Leon Livergood and Roy Smith also faced burglary and larceny charges for their alleged roles in breaking into Herman Miedke's grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Welcher
Wesley Rounda
Friday
Pontise
J. W. Morgan
Leon Livergood
Roy Smith
Hernman Miedke
Reynolds and Whitman Open Sacramento Engineering Firm
Frank H. Reynolds of Sacramento joins with partners to form Reynolds and Whitman consulting engineers in a new office. The California state department veteran supervised a reinforced concrete opera house project in Sacramento and remains connected to the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds and Whitman
Sacramento
Cal
Frank H. Reynolds
H. Reynolds
California State Department
Reynolds Kas
Reynolds
State Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canad
Kirmars
Cee
Wim
J. H. Schaab
Ekstan IB
Mcwhinney and
Rock Island Line
Swedish Lutherans of
Dayton
Mr. Safe
Hie
Heider
Safi
Davenport Chours
Ohlaf
Daniel Wing
West Newton
Mase
George Cable
Massatine
Reform School
F.H. Reynolds
John Deere
Disa
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