Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-30
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Council Provides for . Couple
Of New Streets.
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The Rock Island city council at lie
special session last even
ing provided for tive more paved
streets. under the emergency that
exists In view OF the Law which BE-
comes operative tomorrow designed
to put an end to public improve
ments under . system that has made
many Of the cities Of the state. in
Rock Island and Moline,
what they are today. Twsnty.frst
and Twenty-second streets from
Third avenue to the old township
line, on Tenth avenue - It 10, were
ordered paved at such time % the
may Designate, and all the
essential prsliminaries and formali-
ties disposed Of. the idea being 70
get the ordinances In shape and
leave the actual improvement
to . future time. There was some
to the action BY
Aid. Wheslan. who contonded
that while he was In favor Of
public improvements hs felt IL his
duty to sustain the wishes Of his CON.
sitaents. the property holders. on
the thoroughfsres where the pro-
jected Improvements are to b made,
and he believed the majority Of them
were opposed to the work: For
Twenty street F. &. Robbins,
president Of the board Of educatiea,
spoke for the property holders. He
said large percentage Of them, % far
as Tenth at least. he believed desired
the Improvement. Aid. Naucker
stated that he believed that every
street and avenue from Ninth to
Thirtieth and north Of Ninth avenue
should be improved. and he would
vote for every permanent improve
ment that was proposed.
The council finally decided in turn
to consider each ordieanoe after Il
had been read, and adopted. both in
order. Twenty second street reeeiv.
ing attention first and then Twenty.
first.
The estimates were received fer
Forty-fourth street, ordered the night
before. the figures for IL and The
work laid out last night being % fol.
lows:
Forty-ioursh street, intersection,
etc. 5000 20; property owners.
sl9.44S; street railway tracks, eSs;
suPerintendeaoe and engineering,
$500; court costs. $3.50; total. elS, !.
l2S. 20. Twenty-sesond street, intsr-
sections, e7.06e.7e; property holders.
SIS. 787; street car tracks, o67. 10;
superintendsnoe and engineering,
$3.50; court costs. 800; total, GIG, .
S60.80. Twenty first street, inter
sections, %. 206. 10; property owners.
el6. $40; street car tracks, $50. 20; su-
perintendsnee aad engineerinR, $3.50;
court costs. $500; total, o1s, 6i2. so.
The aggregate amount Of the i'm
provements for which the council has
adopted ordinances 10 e124,l46.7l,
but OF this the lsves. the tive sections
Of Seventh avenue. and Ninth and
Tenth streets, constitute all that will
be put in this year.
City Attorney c. 3. Marshall spoke
% . property holders south Of Tenth
avenue on Twenty-6rst street. stating
that the taxpayers there had volun-
tarily put their street in good oondi-
tion at considerable expense, but
that he would undertake and prom
ise that after the other Improvement
running to Tenth avenue was pat In
the property holders % far south %
Twelfth would bring In IN ordinance
for the carrying forward Of the i'm.
Provsment Of the additional two
blocks, themselves.
John Brennan and others entered
Q protest against the ordnance for
the pavement Of Twenty-sixth street,
bat IL was merely received and
placed on de.
Tho council received an invitation
for steam boat ride. and one alder.
men was for fixing the date Ut two
weeks from Sunday. but while the
courtesy Was accepted, the time was
left open. another alderman seisipp
the opportunity 10 remind his col
leagues that IN invitation had been
accepted 10 attend church the COM
ing Sunday.
Several improvement ordinances
which the Moline city council held .
special meeting to consider last
night were laid on the table. One
provided for the appropriation of
5000 10 fill the tail race. The
others were for paving and mscada-
missing several streets. Moline never
did come within hailisg distance Of
Rock leland In the matter Of public
mProvements. Now, the new Law
operative. the contrast will b great
or than ever.
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