Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-17
ALL LIKE IT.
The Second Avenue Pavement is
Very Popular.
The work on the second Block--.Gas
Pipe Improvements--- The Cross
ings.

The further the pavement proceeds
west on Second avenue the more popular
it becomes, and the more enthusiastic the
people become over it. The PAYERS
found work much easier when they struck
the second block west of Nineteenth
street, as there as more solid base or
foundation on which to build. and the
operations progressed much more rapidly
and more easily. BY tonight the alley
west of the Harp r house. and in the mid.
die of the block bounded by Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets, will have been
reached on the south side. and the exten-
sion of the north side west from TWEEN
tieth street will have been entered upon.
Supt. Nevins stated this morning that he
hoped to throw tie paved district as far
as it had progressed. open to traffic to-
night so that no more of the street than
is absolutely nece sssry that it should be,
will remain blocked over Sunday.
GAS PIPE IMPROVEMENTS.
In the line of public improvements
that are character zing the present season
in Rock Island, those that have been, and
are being made by Supt w. FL. Judge, Of
the Gas company. are by no means the
least important. He has been getting
his pipes in number one shape. 80 that 1t
will not be necessary to disturb them for
years to come Along Second avenue, from
Eighteenth street to Twentieth, there is
not an old pipe remaining, either main or
service, and the latter have been greatly
increased. West Of Eighteenth to Four
tenth there is nothing Old except the
main pipes, and the new service pipe has
been made large enough to supply all
demands for an indefinite period. About
l 800 feet of three inch csst-iron main
pipe to connect with the different
mains is to be put in by Mr..
Judge on Twenty third. from Third to
Fifth avenue. on Twentieth from Third
to Fourth, and on Third avenue from Fiji
teenth to Seventeenth streets. A new
thing that he is introducing in this con-
nection is valve for shutting off GER
tain districts entirely in case of fire or
repairs. The Gas company deserves credit
for the interest and pride it is taking in
aiding these improvements.
COMING TO GRADE
All along Second avenue preparations
are being made to bring storerooms to
the new established grade, and one
property owner talks of sending to Chi
cago for an expert to raise his entire
building up and thus maintain the pres
ent height of his storeroom ceilings.
THE CROSSINGS.
The Junior aldermen from the differ
ent wards, to whom Mayor McCOnochie
referred the location of the stone cross
ings taken up on Second avenue, have
decided upon the fol owing locations
First ward-East side of Fifth street,
across Fourth avenue; south side OF
Third avenue across Sixth street.
Second ward-Solth side of Sixth
avenue across Ninth street; west side of
Twelfth street across Fourth avenue.
Third ward-West side of Thirteenth
street across Second avenue; east side of
Twelfth street across Ninth avenue.
Fourth ward-Easi side of Seventeenth
street across Fourth avenue.
Fifth ward-East side of Twentieth
street across Seventh avenue.
Sixth ward-Souih side of Fifth ave~
nue. across Twenty-sixt street; west
side of Twenty-seventh street across
Seventh avenue.
Seventh ward-East side of Forty.
sixth street across Fifth avenue; south
side of Fourteenth avenue across Tnir-
tieth street.