Show the rock bock island arsenal I 1 davenport la ia dec 23 now af i j 11 speculation Is being indulged in ai j the mowing that the united sti st I 1 could make upon short notice no t fee in cas can war with great britain the lesout rescue of the government arsenals loca locates teP the islands that divide the tha Mi at this point should not be overcool averi overl ool j the rock island arsenal at presen present f 0 I 1 ploys men in connection wit work of making gun carriages I 1 f i teens saddles and all the other e esil entering into the equipment 11 artillery infantry an and d c cavalry air 8 0 id with the exception only on ly of f arms aam I 1 great empty shops however that t y I 1 built solely with the view of 0 alloa the capacity of the arsenal to be bei il many times in case of war r 4 only the introduction of the li necesis 1 torce force to put this centrally cocat ern rn mental post of industry on if ing from which it Is estimated taij ahk irmy of could be equipped in inu course of 0 a year fl the present plant besides the a aa L n nal al consists of ten immense shops bated upon the highest part of thea the and those now in use are eq equla q asli u li ili f for 0 r rolling rolI lnE and forging metal I 1 in n 1 i cormley with the varied dessi demands rind to of 1 1 I war material and for working in I 1 n w and leather upon a large scale i TT 1 shops are connected with the v power of nearly horse dowil e the government has already devel deve e t on the south side of the island 1 I 1 however Is a small figure fig lire do con with the water power that alg binl ig developed here in case of need as am a M island lies at the foot of the daven dave ire rapids extending twenty miles aj this city Ther therefore bare coal fields is f adjacent in illinois and an uni ill supply of electric p cwb j in 1 I it vw from the three cities bov rock island and which orph ich n surround the island r |