Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-03-14
PROMISING OUTLOOK.
The Twentieth Street Paving I'm.
provement.
The Public Parks-What Reek leland
Needs Moro than Anything Elise.

The brick lie being distributed along
Twentieth street south of Fourth avenue
by the Rockford Construction company
for the completion Of the paving contract
awarded to that company last spring.
The work here, as on lower Second ave.
nue.. will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
with the opening of Spring weather and
will be finished it is hoped without the
interruptions and delay that characterized
the work last Summer. The paving con-
tractawarded Edwards & Walsh on Fourth
avenue, Twenty third street and Fifth
| avenue to the Moline line, will be entered
upon at once and the contractors prom
Use to have the paving completed to Thir-
ty fifth street the coming season. This
will give Rock Island several miles of as
nice pavement as can he found anywhere.
and aprOpos OF the subject of paving it
should be stated that the Market square
job is one the people are looking for this
season and the council will cause much
public disappointment if it neglects its
duty with regard thereto. This import
ant portion of the city should receive the
attention suggested at once.
Then there is in circulation a petition
for the paving of Third avenue from
Twenty. fourth street west to Ninth street
at least. and possibly further This is an.
other excellent idea and it is to be hoped
the council will act fsYorably upon it
when it comes before them. So far the
municipal body has given its encourage
ment to all such propositions and petit
lions, and it is not to be expected that
there viii be any change in the rule now
One of Rock Islands greatest advance
ments has been in the way of park i'm
provements. The transformation made
in Spencer square last season IS the
object today of pride of all our ci,i-
zens, and Commissioner Jackson has al
ready his plans under way for the com.
pletion of the park. The stone cutters,
Messrs. Joseph Pearson. Thomas Cox,
Will Stephens, John Stephens,
John McConochle and VIM.
McConochie. who have been at
work several months on the designs which
are to ornament the entrances to the
park on Second and Third ave.
nues. and Nineteenth and Twen-
tieth streets, hsye finished their
work and they have succeeded in
carving out six beautiful pieces of
granite. The ornamental arches for the
corner entrances are also practically
ready and the eagle from the Islam work
men for the west triangle has been re-
ceived. The base on which it is to res,
will be put together in 8 few DAYS by
Larkln s. Stephens.
The excavation of Garnsley square has
placed that park in condition to command
attention early in the season, snd dona-
tons OF ornaments may already be said
10 be in order.
While progressive minded people are
bestirring themselves as to the best meth
DDS to pursue TO further the
city's progress and prosperity.
there is one great matter which
Rock Island has always neglected
which ought to command the attention
this spring if ever-tenement houses. 1t
is the crying necessity of the hour in
Rock Island. Many families which prop
erly belong to Rock Island are today liv.
ing in Davenport and Moline because this
city offers them no inducements in way
of houses, and they. therefore. cannot
abide with US, though their business and
home interests are here. THE ARGUS has
learned Of several houses to be erected
the coming season for tenement purposes.
George Schneider, for instance, having de.
cided to erect two on Meline avenue, east
of Twenty-tbird street, but this will be
but drop in the bucket toward attain
ing the one great end sought. Twenty
five TO 30 Louses bringing from $12 10
$40 per month. pleasantly situated,
would all find ready tenements What
will Rock Island do about the matter2
Will people who are abundantly able to
provide these improvements do so. or
will the city continue to obscure it's own