Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-09-10
The NEW SECOND AVENUE
Proper Changes in the Grade Sug-
sested.
A special COu neil Meeting Called
---Market 80 uare improvements
Talked of---The Mitchell Il Lynde
Block.

A petition was circulated among intels
ested property no ders by Aid. Negus yes
terday and very numerously signed, asking
the council to pass q n ordinance lowering
the car tracks and pavement to uniform
grade in the midd of the block between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets A
special meeting If the city council has
been called for tonight to consider
the petition. While majority of
the property owners on the street fa-
vor the Improvement. there are one
or two who violently oppose it and
one of these has so far overstepped
the bounds of propriety as to threaten an
Injunction should the council grant the
prayer of the petit oners. In his conduct
this property holder is the first in Rock
Island under the present system of inn
provements to appear in the light of an
obstructionist, snd unless he changes his
mind he IS very likely to get bigger uu>
dertaking on his his hands than he bar,
gains for. He must remember that in
our present improvements. as in other
things. the majority rules; that the con-
tractors in charge of the present work
have given bonds to complete it by GER
tain time. and that they are likely to
make it an expensive job for he who de-
tiers them, as they would haye Just
right to do. If the majority of the prop
erty holders to be affected say bring the
grade down. let it come. Rock Is
land has had quite enough of injunctions
The town is sick Of them; they are gen
orally looked upon as the last resort of
one seeking revenge, and as the ARGUS
has said before, "wOe he to he who will
lingly retards our present street improves
mentsl" He will have the whole city on
his back, who tries it,
The idea of paving Market Square
back to the alley with Bardolph brick has
been discussed by the street and alley
committee of late ana also of moving the
fountain back block. changing the
scale shanty to Third avenue and order
ing t1e light tower moved from its pres
ent ,cstiOn at Mitchell & Lynde's corner
to ID square. The plan is good one
indie, d. not very expensive one and
shon d be carried out.
There has been great deal of com.
plain. about the condition of the walks
not only on Second avenue, but where
| filling has been done. In many local.
ties, for instance OF Seventeenth stree,
sonth of Third avenue and on Fourth
| avenue between Seventeenth and Eigh,
teenth streets, the clay filling is left un.
covered and is almo 1T impossible in rainy
weather. The mayor should see to i,
that all needed walks are put down al
once, and that the city do it at property
holders expense where the latter are dill
story.
Mitchell & Lynde have fully deter.
mined to improve tier building on Sec
ond avenue between East and West
Seventeenth streets. Mr. p. l.. Mitchell
said this morning that the building would
either be torn down and rebuilt or raised
built higher and renodeled so that il
would be as good as new. The owners
have been discussing plans for raising i
and putting in a new granite front. chang
ing all the windows % bow windows, snC
putting in new floors, stairways, msrbl,
wainscoating on the first floor, an elevs'
tor and steam heat. They will either de
this OF rebuild.