Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 4

Sunday morning THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT AND LEADER may 29, 1921 No, 37 Continued From Preceding Page.) AUTO "STALLED" ON RAILWAY TRACK; SUES LINE FOR $800 congress the following year. Something official was now known about the existing conditions, but there the matter rested for many years. It was taken up in 1866, when SoL Haines and a corps of assistant DENIES RIEGEL IS INDEBTED TO IIYNES'S FIRM an iron scoop or dredge, also operated by steam power, and dropped upon fiat boats to be taken to the dredge and chisel boats were engines of 20 horse-power to operate the machinery. The boats were held in position by "spuds" or iron-pointed spurs, working in frames at the bow and stern of the boats. Side anchors rigged with lines working upon a windless or crab ALICIA KAKKERSLY AWomanWhoWoiiiM't-IRemarry By Idah EcGIone Gibson Because a Rock Island engineer refused to stop bis train and avoid wrecking an auto which had stalled engineers made another survey.

and upon their findings Gen. J. IL on tbe crossing at Fifth and Taylor streets, Frank A. Michel, owner of A Letter from Hal Wilson submitted ft congress a report estimating tbe cost of the Improvements at from 1750,000 to $813,000. Consequently the 39th the auto, has filed suit against tbe railway company for $800 tbe ralue of the machine.

The event occurred on March 17 last William Hoersch is attorney for the congress passed a bill in February Attorney Takes Issue with Claims Set Up in Accounting Suit. appropriating the amount of A woman is a very complex entity. I hardly knew myself. I was living at my father's bouse In a kind of dream, or rather many dreams, of varied kinds, which I could not shake; off. And always I erty cf Ceo.

I Davenport Most of the contents were saved, and as the houses had for a long time been an eye-sore, their destruction" was rather a benefit to the city than a calamity. The total damage on them was therefore estimated at but $,000. The adjoining buildings were saved, and substantial structures have bees erected pa the sites of the old bouses. In a confiagaration early in the morning of November 11, the J. D.

Furrow's flour mill, southwest corner of Harrison and Fifth streets, was destroyed. There waa a stiff wind blowing from the west and the flames were rapidly driven thru the building, which was entirely of frame, 80 by 150 feet The fire companies answered promptly to the call of the bells, but the mill could not be saved. French Davles' lumber yard Immediately south of the mill and the dwelling houses on Fifth and Harrison streets were in great danger, but were fortunately saved by the exertions of the firemen and th "bucket brigades" formed by citizens and boys. Tbe mill was erected in 1863, after the extensive brick mill of Mr. Burrows on Front street farther apart One day I had a letter from him.

He had found an apartment of five rooms "tat he thought would suit us, and I determined to have all my wedding presents packed at once, and sent to the rooms before I arrived. One part of Hal's letter interest-ed me greatly. It said; "I met Nell Marshall at the foot of the 500 for government work in this locality $280,000 to begin with- on the rapids. $586,500 for shops and ENGLISH VISITOR HERE WILL RETURN other arsenal buildings, and was obsessed by the feeling that 000 as a first appropriation for a TO EUROPE MONDAY new bridge connecting tbe government Island with the two shores. The same congress also set apart an amount of money for a ship Mrs.

Ada Maria Middleton and son, Dennis B. who have been visiting here with her sister Mrs. canal around the Des Moines rapids near Keokuk. John Thorns, 1408 West Fourteenth Krause, vice-president and secretary; Edwin Smith, treasurer, and John Kidder, Jas. A.

High, J. Turner and J. Baxter, the latter two of Clinton county. The thither end of tbe toll bridge was located on the half -section line of section 9, Win-field township, at Stephens ferry. The contract for the construction of the bridge was let to Neafic and Ankeny of Clinton, whose bid was $6,700 for the entire stone and wood work.

The bridge was completed by New Tear. It was a single span, 200 feet In length and 192 feet la the clear. The roadway was 17 feet wide. The cost was $7,000, and the necessary approaches cost over $1,00 more. The plan for the structure waB drawn by a young colored man.

Henry I. Moon, who three years before had been a slave in the southland was employed in Davenport first by city engineer, W. D. Clark, and later by architect L. CarrolL This young negro soon acquired tbe ways of some white men.

He was praised for his great intellect and as a good draft man, but proved himself a scamp. In August, 1868, he forged the name of his employer, Mr. Carroll, the architect, to a number of checks on the First National bank, disposed of some of them and left for parts unknown. Early in the morning of September 3d, an alarm of fire called the people to witness the destruction of, perhaps, the finest business block in the city, the block erected only a short time previous on the Geo. Davenport property fronting on Brady street extending to Commercial alley and around to Third street Seven houses were destroyed and the damage was estimated at $160,000.

The fire originated from spontaneous combustion In the photographic gallery of P. Jones, probably the best equipped establishment of tbe kind hill yesterday as I was going home. Her motheB.is very ill and she has been obliged to postpone her trip. She seemed quite disappointed that' she will not be able to visit your city while you are there. Nell Is pleased to think that we are going to have a little home of our own.

I'm glad you like her, Alix. I am very fond of her, and some In June the contract for the work C. L. Riegel, resident manager of the American Bond Mortgage company, Chicago, who has been made defendant in a court action filed by Snider, Walsh Hynes, hi former employers, to force an accounting of commission fees collected in connection with the placing of a loan on the Hotel Black-hawk, negotiated the loan for the Chicago concern without the assistance of the firm and against their wishes, according to a statement made Saturday by F. A.

Cooper, attorney tor Riegel. The statement follows: "Not desiring to practice law in the street, wile of Rev. jonn morns, on the npper rapids was let to G. Carse and of Fulton, N. they being the lowest of some leaves tomorrow on their way home to England.

They will stop, enroute to New York at Washington, D. and other points of interest. dozen bidders, at $12.09 per cubic yard of rock removed. They made should very shortly wake up to find myself In strange surroundings. At first it did not seem to me that I could ever get back into the old life at all, but after a little I went out quite frequently.

For the first time since my marriage I hal been able to wear the pretty frocks of my trousseau. It is rather a tragedy when a woman must wait until after her honeymoon to wear her wedding clothes, especially when her husband isn't there to see them. However, I received many compliments on my appearance and my friends seemed to think I was the same old Alix. But to myself I seemed only a mass of contradictions. One minute Ivfelt that I MUST see my husbandthat only with him could I be content and the next instant They will sail June la on the had burnt down.

The loss amounted steamship Cannania from Hoboken. Their home is in Boston, Yorkshire, England. way, she has an attraction for me that no other woman I have ever known possesses not even you, my dear." I had to smile at all this, for Nell Marshall had told tne almost the same thing about my husband. And yet I was not Jealous. I did not newspapers, but at my client'a C.

Kieaers request, I will say in his behalf that I am familiar with the merits and demerits of the alleged cause of action of Snider, Walsh ac Hynes against him. "Mr. Riegel was manager of the veal estate department of that con WRITE $150,000 ON ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT The Register Life Insurance com- care enough about it to ask Hal cern up to last fall and saw fit to what the attraction was ihat proved so fascinating. -However, this assertion of Hal's etter his relations and associations pany wrote $150,000 in 50 new poli and is now a resident manager of the he was Almost forgotten, as I went skimming thru the country on a had one effect upon me. I deter mined to accept that invitation to long drive with Bab, to end up, as I ride which Duane Benton had used to before I was married, with cies Friday of last week, the largest day's business in the history of the organization.

The occasion was the birthday anniversory of Dr. George E. Decker, president of the organization. The mont hof May has been called "Decker month" by the company and up to date new business has totaled over $500,000. on the deck of the boat enabled the workingmen to drop tbe chisel exactly where desired.

Tbe chisel boats were built by Mr. VanSant of LeClare, at a cost of $8,000 each. The dredge boat cost $20,000. The steamboat LeClare, Capt Doty commanding, was employed in towing the flats for transporting the broken rock. C.

G. Case and Co. were a firm of practical experience. The systematic way thew were tearing out a channel some 200 feet wide from the rocky bed at the great river, presented ample evidence that they knew what they had undertaken, and the work was completed within one year, the time set out for it notwithstanding heavy losses and serious handicaps in consequence of a tremendous ice gorge and flood in the. spring of.

1868. The work was done under the supervision of Major C. J. Allen and Major E. T.

Hoffmann, both of the engineer eorps, U. S. A. Tbe river channel thus cleared was of much benefit to the river-men, but at very low water it was not deep enough to permit passage of large steamers. Much money has been spent on river Improvements during the succeeding fifty years, but there was no permanent relief for navigation.

In May 1915. an immense work wa? begun for the building of a dam opposite the Iowa shore, and removing huge masses of rock from the river between LeClare and Smith's island above the town of Princeton, for a ship canel with locks, which will afford the boats comparatively easy passage during tbe entire season. This canai is expected to be completed in 1922, and will have cost approximately somewhat over $1,500,000. The C. R.

I. P. railroad was finished as far as Des Moines and was rapidly pushed farther west The first train for the capital of Iowa left Davenport Monday morning, September 9th. The fastest train mail and express, required nine hours and 30 minutes to make the run of about 180 miles. Much interest was manifested by Davenporters in the projected Peoria and Rock Island railroad, on account of the high rate of freight charges demanded by the C.

R. I. P. road, on which Davenport had to depend for an eastern outlet Considerable shock of the new railroad was taken in Davenport A Second Wapsie Bridge. Mr.

Rothstein's bridge across Wapslpinicon, from grove, had proven to be a valuable means of communication between Scott and Clinton counties. In March, 1867, a company was formed for the purpose of building another aWpsle bridge farther east The directors of the company weret George -L. to $15,000, and broke down the spirit of the enterprising and at several times very wealthy man. A large number of accidents occurred at the bridge during the month of May. The steamer Dub.

uque, of the Northern Line, on May 3d struck tbe large draw pier of the railroad bridge, and was dam aged to the extent of $8,000. None of the persons on board were injured. On the 6th of the month a lumber raft for St Louis, smashed on the bridge. On the 9th a barge of the tow-boat Petrel was wreck ed. On the 10th and 12th two more rafts broke up on the bridge, A terrible boiler explosion on the steamer Lansing occurred near the town of Hampton, 11L, on the afternoon of May 13th," causing the death of six persons.

The boat was plying petweenNport Byron and Davenport in connection with the Western Union railroad along the eastern shore of the Mississippi. The killed were; Geo. White, a pilot of LeClaire, Fireman James Tracy of Rock Island, W. Wan-sigher of Fort Madison, W. H.

Rieh of Colona. H. Noble of Burlington. a dance at the Country club. I found I could get a thrill out of the old pleasures, the old set, and I could enjoy the carefree existence for a little while, perhaps with greater zest because I knew that usef a system of coffer dams.

The first of these dams was commenced early in September, near the mouth of the Duck creek. He took four weeks to build it, and it enclosed an area of 450 feet In length and 205 feet wide. The coffer dam waa constructed of heavy timbers and planking. An outer and inner wall ten feet high, firmly bolted and braced, "with a space between of eight feet which was filled with gravel and earth. material, of which an immense amount was required, was dredged from the mouth of Duck creek.

In the construction of the dam about 150. feet of lumber was used. The water from the enclosure, an area of over 90,000 feet, was pumped out by a centrifugal pump In about forty hours. The capacious pump was located upon the lower end of the dam and afterwards used to keep the dam free from water. About the middle of October tbe contractors commenced blasting the rock within the coffer dam.

At times there were from 100 to 200 men employed at the different kinds of work. In drilling Into the rock 2-lnch "Jumper chisels' and 1-inch "churn" drills were used. The amount of blasting powder required was Immense. The broken rock was placed on flat boats and towed to a wing-dam being con given me. "Poor Hal's letter continued, speaking of Nell Marshall, don't knqw what she is going to do when her mother dies.

It is a foregone conclusion that this is her mother's last illness. She told me yesterday, with an assumption of bravery, that she thought she would have to join a musical com west of Chicago, and located on American Bond at Mortgage company, and that during last summer and fall John Hynes of that firm refused to allow expenses or permit Mr. Riegel to negotiate and deal with the American Bond Mortgage company and that by reason of Mr. Kegel's activity the American Bond Mortgage company bandied a loan for the Miller Hotel company on the Blackhawk hotel property and ent money, opened offices for the transaction of their business here, and took Mr. Riegel into their services.

i "On what theory or proof Snider, Walsh Hynes are entitled to any money spent or sent here by the American Bond Mortgage company for the handling of its business and for pay for services In doing so, I am unable to understand, and he is ready to go to trial on the merits as soon as the Issues are made up and the case la reached for trial' in the near future I should have many responsibilities. I think 1 have a greater capacity for living than loving. Life seems the third story of a new building east of the Davenport National Bank on Third street and above the dry goods store of W. Bell Sou, which store extended back of the bank building in the shape of an to Brady street The heaviest losers by this fire W. Bell Son; Price, Conner whole to me so, much more important than love.

I am trying to make it bring me, if not the greatest pleasure and contentment, at least the FLAT BUILDING ON ROHLF STREET CHANGES HANDS Fred Bothfur has purchased a two-story frame flat building at the northeast corner of Rockingham road ond Rohlf street from Jchn Sorenson for $6,750. There are two stores on the ground floor and four flats above. The deal was made by C. B. Johnson and J.

Krauss, Masonic temple. feeling that I am really getting the sale and retail grocers; Washburn most out of life. I think I love my husband quite and IL Curtis of Dubuque. Several as much, as most women, but already the times when I think of edy chorus as the only thing that she could do was to dance well and sing indifferently. She tells me she will be obliged to earn her living, as the small income upon which her mother and she have been living will cease at her mother's death.

"Nell seemed so blue and unhappy that I walked home with her and stayed to supper. She said the house had been so still that she thought if she were not able to talk to some one who was well, she would go mad. Altho they have a very good nurse, Nell spends most of her time in her mother's sickroom. Gloves for the bride are of Ivory kid worked with seed pearls. There are black kid gloves, too, elbow length and embroidered with emeralds or sapphires.

him with a thrill that shuts out everything else grow farther and i structed by the government at the ft Render, stoves and tinware; E. S. Ballard and his lessee, Joshua Burr, grocers; Goodwin Bissell, wholesale and retail dealer! in. hardware; Geo. L.

Davenport, proprietor of the building south and east around the bank. The upper story of the building of the Davenport National Bank was also badly damaged, and the bank was obliged to do temporary business in the office of the Merchants Union Express corner Second and Perry streets. The fire department was blamed for the slowness of their head of the island of Rock Island, i for the enlargement of the water; power, which drove the Moline mills and was later on to drive the machinery of the shops of the Island. passengers had remarkable escape from death; among the latter was Judge Sidney. A.

Hubbell of New Mexico, a brother of Geo. Hubbell of Davenport His ancle was dislocated and a leg broken, and a Mr. Kneidler, who was blown about 200 feet thru the air and was badly injured. Mr. Hubbell In 1868, recovered damages for Injuries sustained by that explosion, to the amount of $12,000.

Then more litigations of the kind followed, distastroua to the owners of the steamer. A serious affray among rafts-men took place at about midnight of July 18. when a number of the men, returning on the steamer Muscatine, commenced a quarrel with the pilot Myron D. Hill of La Crosse, iriea my nest to cneer her up Hind I guess I succeeded, for when Just below the coffer dam were I left, later than I intended, she anchored two chisel boats and the appearance on the scene of fire. asked me to come again soon.

I'm dredge. The chisels were -of glad you're not a jealous person. and when there tyenty sections of hose was bursted." All right for parades and exhibitions, butadly wrought iron and weighed each 6,000 pounds; they had steel points Alix, for I really do think that poor so nicely tempored that they would wanting of effectiveness when "neither break nor burr." Elevated! WW (7b by steam power several after the manner of a t)ile-driver. they girl needs all the comfort I can give her and besides, I am lonesome. "Dad has made another financial arrangement with me which is going to make us very comfortable.

I am sending you in this letter a greatly in need," it was A fire in the morning of Sept 38 destroyed five wooden buildings on the north side of Second between Brady and Perry streets, the prop descended with great force and broke the rock, which was lifted by Davenport, president; 'Robert (Continued Next Sunday) check for $100, and if you do not something new to talk about and take their minds off the lack of the old diversions at the "19th hole." Chicago News. the ground instead of the ball brings it on In aggregated form, but the seasoned expert may suffer the same symptoms from overde velopment In the neighborhood of the sixth and seventh joints of the neck or in the small of the back. It will occur to believers in old- fashioned cramp and muscle stiffness that golf spine is much ado about nothing, but it will serve a useful purpose if it gives golfers scold me I will tell you a little secret. I won the hundred the night at a friendly game of poker, and this is your rake-off, dear girl." Tomorrow Sister Bab's Ideas. Columbia, Decoration Day 25 cents.

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Golfers will be flattered to lean tbat they have developed a disease of their own, one that has been duly diagnosed, described and named after the grand old game. "Golf spine" has been discovered by a St, Louis physician, Dr. Homer I rmmm fWina iflaVSa JJFA4BB cVn II II rid. Essex Advantages Revealed In Long Hard Service ESSEX gets its long wearing endurence in pref ormance arid smooth operation from a special design and the way it is built For instance, everyone knows how squeaking springs and bodyrattle3 destroy enjoyment. Light cars have not alone been at -fault in that respect Bailey.

He announced his discovery at a recent meeting of the St Louis Osteoptthoc association. According to the findings of Its discoverer, golf spine most often attacks the sixth and seventh Joints of the neck, too It may make itself felt practically anywhere in te back and (mirable dictu) the legs. "Golf enthusiasts," says the doctor, "suffer almost as much with golf spine as the women who drive their own cars suffer with 'automobile back." The peculiar horror of the new golf disease is that one continues liable to attack so long as he plays the game. Automomile back can be cured by hiring a chauffeur. But your caddie can't play your game of golf for you not all of It, anyhow.

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