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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the  State  of  Illinois wish to congratulate the citizens of
 4    Arlington  on  the   occasion   of   their   sesquicentennial
 5    celebration; and

 6        WHEREAS,  In  1840,  Captain  Michael  Kennedy,  a gifted
 7    mathematician and engineer who worked  as  superintendent  of
 8    the Illinois and Michigan Canal and served as a contractor of
 9    the  Peru and Galena Railroad, bought the land where the town
10    of Arlington would be located; 13 years  later,  on  December
11    19,  1853,  he  platted the village and changed the name from
12    Lost Grove to Arlington, after the city in New York  that  he
13    was from; and

14        WHEREAS,  An  early  settler, Peter Cassidy, laid out the
15    southwest addition to the town in  1854,  and  various  other
16    sections  were being claimed which would be additions bearing
17    the names of their owners; the real development of  Arlington
18    began  with  the  collapse of the Illinois Michigan Canal and
19    when Mr. Kennedy managed to have the  Chicago,  Burlington  &
20    Quincy Railroad routed through Arlington; and

21        WHEREAS, In 1867, Arlington boasted a population of 1,586
22    people and was home to 3 dry goods stores, 1 grocery store, 1
23    clothing  store,  1  hotel,  3  doctors, 3 churches, 2 school
24    buildings, 1 drug store, and a steam mill; in 1901, the first
25    financial institution offered its services when the Arlington
26    Exchange Bank was chartered; and

27        WHEREAS,  This  year,  Arlington   will   celebrate   its
28    sesquicentennial; therefore, be it

29        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
30    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
31    we  congratulate the citizens of Arlington on the occasion of
 
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 1    their sesquicentennial celebration; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 3    presented  to  the  city of Arlington as an expression of our
 4    respect and esteem.