. The street railway review . & Watertown Railway Co. rents tin. Peoples Power Co. of Moline, E01 the present, butis preparing to erect its own plant this winter. Plans and specifica-tions have been completed for a new car house which will have acapacity for storing 24 cars, the cars being housed at present in tem-porary quarters on 2d St., where the general offices are also on the new car house will soon be under way. The companys officers are: Charles Deere, proprietor of theDeere Plow Co., of Moline, president; U. P. Hord, of Aurora, 111.,vice-president; Fred W. Rank
. The street railway review . & Watertown Railway Co. rents tin. Peoples Power Co. of Moline, E01 the present, butis preparing to erect its own plant this winter. Plans and specifica-tions have been completed for a new car house which will have acapacity for storing 24 cars, the cars being housed at present in tem-porary quarters on 2d St., where the general offices are also on the new car house will soon be under way. The companys officers are: Charles Deere, proprietor of theDeere Plow Co., of Moline, president; U. P. Hord, of Aurora, 111.,vice-president; Fred W. Rank, secretary; L. D. Taylor, treasurer,and Blake A Mapledoram, ..i New York, general manager amichief engineer. The contract for the road was awarded to Blood& Hale, engineers, of Boston, and the road was constructed underthe supervision of Mr. Mapledoram as chief engineer, who will con-tinue with the road as general manager. Jerome Applequist, ofRock Island, 111., was in charge of the engineering corps; F. L. fr<L«. STANDARD I COSED I \K. EAST MOLINE & WATER I \\ N RY. was general foreman in chary. ..1 construction, andJ. c. Hoffman, master mechanic. 1 ampbells Island, situated in the Mississippi Rivi 1 opposite Wateitown and contaiiuig m. 230 acres ..1 oak and hickory lands, i-owned by the railway company, an 1 extensivi preparations arebeing made to improvi thi property .1 .1 it. foi .1 popular urnmer resort. The island will be rendered .... ibli bj a teel tn rtli800 ft. long 0 ivernment dam, which latter is 40 ft in width. iiipany will build thi tre tli 6 ft. above the present dam oid high watei and will thu bi abl nvej crowds 10 the 1 land al all thi ■■■ •• wii bout dim. nil\ A sum . 1,1] |..u ilions, a mil. ■ 1 .11. proji cted, as well as 1 Ctio ■< link-. I. II1 . 1.,1 eball grounds, .I iheatei Chi 1 1 1 ha alreadj ed electrii fountains in ui 1 al the 1 1 Charli lor E po and tin will I., installed al Campbell 1 land
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