BUSSINESSES

The Union Malleable Iron Company, making malleable iron castings, with William Butterworth, president, and Charles A. Washburn, secretary and general manager;

Deere & Company, harvester department, W. R. Morgan, manager; the Marseilles Company, agricultural implements, George N. Peck, president, Floyd R. Todd, general manager, and Herbert B. McCahin, secretary and treasurer;

Midland Motor Company, automobile manufacturers, C. H. Pope, president, G. O. Dietz, secretary, and H. P. Pope, treasurer;

Moline Automobile Company, manufacturers of automobiles, William H. Van Dervoort, president, and Rufus Walker, secretary and treasurer; East Moline Sash and Door Works, Charles J. Nelson, president, and John P. Engstrom, sec­ retary;

Standard Calorimeter Company, makers of calorimeters, etc., Orlando J. Root and William H. Van Dervoort proprietors;

The Root and Van Dervoort Engineering Company, combus­ tion engines, William H. Van Dervoort, president, Rufus Walker, Jr., secretary and treasurer;

Moline Pressed Steel Company, pressed steel, F. A. Lundahl, president, William H. Powell, secretary and treasurer.

Moline Scale Factory, Carroll H. Vincent, manager; Tri-City Flexotile Company, tiling, Carl A. Abrahams and Bert N. Porter.

The above are nearly all large plants employing many operatives and the manufactur­ ing industries of the place are constantly in­ creasing, both through the enlargement of the plants, the addition of new equipments and the investment of heavy capital in the establishing of new factories.

There are efficient representatives here of the professions and of other lines of business. Among the physicians may be named: Charles E. Donahoo, Judson H. Long, Henry J. Love, William M. Patton and E. Don Taylor, all medical men of high personal standing.

The legal profession is represented by such men as Arthur B. Johnson, Fred H. Railsback and Floyd E. Thompson. There are two banks, the Manufacturer's State Bank, and the State Bank of East Moline .

The town is well supplied with retail stores representing the usual lines. While there are several theaters there seems to be room for more.

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