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lRTHUR briCity Pays High Tribute To Mac Arthur, Bridge Builder ,On* of the highest tributes ever paid a citizen of Burlington, wag | expressed by the city council today through tho adoption of an ordinance of appreciation for the service rendered by J. A. MacArthur, president of the Citizens' Bridge company, who turned over the attain of the,highway bridge to the repree.entat dinance, as adopted. Is as follows:An Ordinance expressing the ap-1 predation of the City of Burlington. Iowa, of the great public service performed by President J. A. MacArthur and the directors and stockholders of the Citizens Bridge company in building the highway bridge across the Mississippi river and in their Luccesstul management thereof.Whereas In the year 1914 the Commercial Exchange of the City of Burlington. Iowa, appointed a committee to build a highway bridge connecting this city with the state of Illinois.And whereas such committee, for such purpose, organized In 19IS the Citizens’ Bridge company and chose J. A. MacArthur to be president of the same, George C. Boesch. vice president. Ed. B. Egan, secretary and J. L. Edwards, treasurer.And whereas such Citizens’ Bridge company offered to make this a civic j project, by providing that if the city would Join therein and contribute! the proceeds of a two per cent tax.1 on the understanding, that the offl-1 cers of the company would receive ! no salary and that as soon as the revenue of the bridge should dls-' charge the bonds of the company and retire at par its common stock (the dividend of which was limited to 6 per cent) the bridge and the property of such company would become the property of the City of Burlington. Iowa.And. Whereas, the City of Burlington. Iowa, Joined in such agreement with the Citizens Bridge company and the obligations of such company are now discharged and its common stock retired and such company has, by formal written instrument, transferred full title in and to such bridge and all its property to the City of Burlington, Iowa, now therefore on this day. which marks thes of the city this morning. The or-end of the trust faithfully and skill-. fully administered by the president1 and directors of the Citizens’ Bridge • ] companyBe It Ordained B the City of Bur- ] lington, Iowa, That the City of Bur-1 ltngton, Iowa, by this ordinance, ex- j press its appreciation of the great i public service performed by J. A. MacArthur, president of such com-; ] pany. who. serving without material reward, and often, we fear, to th9 ( detriment of his own business inter-J ests, introduced and brought home] to his fellow citizens an understand- j . ing of the problems Involved in the ' building of the bridge, the oppor-1 (unities and advantages to be sc- i cured thereby, and who proposed s j plan whereby Burlington and each and all of its citizens might receive | the ultimate ana maximum be- fit therefrom; who went further and; was the leading dominant spirit in t the successful construction and fl- [ c nancing of the bridge, and who, at a I great expenditure of labor, went still a further and personally saw to it that I the business of the bridge company t was so conducted and the bridge it- | self so operated and managed that11 every pledge made to the public has i been fully redeemed long before It! i was thought possible such could 11 have been done. For the sound; ( good Judgment of Mr. MacArthur, l for his shrewd foresight, his enthu-M slasm, his perseverance, his close lt;and constant attention to detail and i his zealous guardianship of the proj- r ect. all loaned to the city without monetary consideration, and above t all for his whole hearted genuine i public spirit, the City of Burlingtou. Iowa, through and by its constituted representatives, offers its thanks and I expresses the hope that the great « satisfaction that comes, and should ((Continued on Page Ten.) i—■ i — ■----- i
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Burlington Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Wed, Aug 01, 1923
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