Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-18
AN ORDINANCE
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Providing for the construction and
completion of storm drain On TWEEN
ty-fourth stree. and Ninth avenue and
Twenty-fifth street and for the pay
ment of the city's proportion OF the
total cost of the same.
Whereas, in consequence of sundry
improvements and territorial changes
10y Plating land, a wafer course car
ryiBg the water from the Twenty-fifth
street and Ninth avenue region west
crly TO the river was changed, causing
the water in case of heavy rains or
storms to spread over paved streets
and property a5utting thereon, and
FIJI cellars in the centre portion of the
|city of Rock Island, thereby causing
and threatening to cause great damage
to valuable property: and
Whereas. the City Council of the
lefty of Rock Island did ON the thir-
tenth day of April. a. d., 1896, pass
an ordinance. entitled
AN ORDINANCE
for the construction of n storm drain
i'm the city of Rock Island. Illinois, be-
ginning ut the foot ofTwcnty-fourth
street at the point of intersection Of
the centre line of said street with the
Mississippi river; thence southerly on
or near the centre line of said Twenty
fourth street to n stake, two hundred
and eighty-two ard sixteen hundredths
(2s2 16-1OO) feet north OF the centre
of Ninth avenue, (said centre of Ninth
h. l.
boundary line) and twenty-one and
two tenths Gel 2-10) feet east of the
ives; side of said Twenty-fourth street;
thence southerly to stake one hun
drcd and forty-two Ci2) feet north
of the centre of said Ninth avenue, and
fourteen 14) feet east of the west line
of said Twenty-fourth street: thence
southerly and easterly in curve, to
which the last mentioned line is n
tangent, with a radius of one hundred
and forty-nine and eight tenths Gas
s-10) feet for so much of n circle rs
will be measured by an arc of one hun.
dre6 and seven degrees and fifteen
minutes; thence easterly along q
tangent to said curve, fifty-six and
seventy-five one hundredths CSC $4,000
feet; thence easterly and southerly
along a curve, to which the last men
toned line is n tangent. with n radius
of one hundred and ninety-three and
two-tenths (193 2-10) feet, for so much
of n circle as will he measured by al
are of eighty-seven degrees and fifteer
minutes; thence easterly along a tan
gent, to said last mentioned curve
seventy-four (74) feet.
| The estimated cost of which storm
drain is about S16.oO000 which cost j.
by the terms of said ordinance to b,
raised by special assessment: and
Whereas. the commissioners appoint
ed by the County Court of Rock ISLAND
county to make said special assess
ment have estimated that rs per cen
of said total cost will he of benefit Il
of Rock Island to this extent. and
Whereas. the said improvement pro
vided for by said ordinance is now il
course of construction and nearing il.
corlpletion, and the said city of Rocl
Island is called upon to pay its sait
proportion of said cost; and
Whereas. this condition has ariscI
after the annual appropriation ha
been made. therefore, be it ordained b,
the City Council of the city of Rocl
lIslard;
Sec. 1. That an emergency exists.
Sec. .. That said storm drain nov
lin course OF construction he completed
lacccrding to the ordinance providin;
for its construction and the plans an,
specifications adopted by the sai'
Council and on file in the Office of tn
tCity Clerk of said city.
Sec. ;. That the Mayor and tn
finance committee of the said Coucil o
the city of Rock Island be authorize,
and directed TO borrow n sufiicien
amount OF money to provide for tn
payment of the proportion of the tota
cost of said improvement assessed
against said city on such terms as ma,
be most favorable and advantageous I
the city of Rock Island.
Passed November 0, 1896.
Attest: Approved:
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