Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-06-29
WITH A BIG WHOOP
Council Puts Through Public
improvements.
FIRST SECTION OF THE LEvEB.


May BE more reaieht- rak1sg Is n
Tioe.
The Rock Island council went into
the Wholesale improvement business
last night and showed itself 40 pro-
gressive as any Of them in . pinch.
DESTROYS Of getting the work. not only
for this season. but for several year .
to come laid out before the first Of the
me nth, when. BY reason of one Of the
brilliant acts of the late Legislature.
the consent of two-thirds Of the
property holders affected 10 essen
tial to any Improvement by specia
assessessment, numerous ordinan.
ces were submitted and put through
by unanimous vote. OF these the
first stage in Mayor Medil,'s plan
for tho river front was the most lon.
Portant. and it received the appro.
baton it merited. The suoseq uent
ordinance for the levee proper will
come up at the first meeting 10 July,
and IS this must be done by
general taxation and with the
cooperation of the railroads, it is
not essential to have it rushed
through. 1t may b. said. however,
that the railroads have signified such
friendliness toward the adjustments
Of the matter that the ci,y's portion
will be but slight for what it is pro-
posed to put in this Year-the inter-
sections Of Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth and the proper grading of the
entire river front-the contributions
from the railroads and the ferry
company's pledge covering the bulk
of the expense. And Mayor Medill's
| project will insure the removal like.
wise of obnoxious tracks. and, in
fact, the settlement of the whole
question in . manner mutually ad-
vantageeus and satisfactory.
The ordinances providing for
macadam insure several streets in
Rock Island of the new material
which Mayor Medill went with Pres
ident X. E. Cable, of the Rock Island
road, and John Crubaugh to Joliet
to see, and - heretofore descrjb bed, ,
10 pulverizsd pebbles. making. when
properly treated, . hard. smooth
surface equal to brick and more
economical.
Plenty Of Ordinances Pushed rhrough.
The specifications for the improve.
ment Of east and west Seventh ave-
nue. were first read and adopted. and
thereupon the ordinance for the i'm
provement Of Forty-fourth street
from . point u feet north of the
south line Of Railroad avenue to the
north line OF Fourteenth avenue, and
on Sixth avenue from the east lime
of Forty fourth street to the west
line Of Forty fourth street, running
south by macadam' zing was called
up, IS was . remembrance against
the same. The latter was receive ed
and placed on file. Aid. Msucker's
motion to consider the ordinance
WAS adopted unanimously. and then
upon the motion of AID. Maucker the
ordinance was adopted.
Aid. Kennedy presented an ordi-
nance for the Improvement by macad-
amizing Of Twenty-sixth street from
the south line Of Fifth avenue to the
north line Of Seventh avenue, and it
being consented to at once, q motion
Of AID Kennedy WAS adopted.
Ordinances for the improvement of
Tenth street from the south line of
Second avenue to the north line OF
Third avenue. BY macadamizing, and
OF Ninth street from the south line
OF Second avenue to the north line
Of Third avenue, were formally con.
sidered and ordered paved in . SINH
lar manner, on Aid. Johnton's mo-
ton In each instance.
The mayor then called up the ordi-
rance for the Improvement Of First
avenue from the east line Of Six
teenth street TO the west line OF
Twentieth street, which WAS read By
City Clerk Hussing. Mayor Medill
explained the advantage Of doing the
work on the river front this year in
separate ordinance. instead Of in one
~ last year, and that one for the
levee would be presented at the next
meeting. He also explained that the
Burlington road had agreed to the
removal Of track. thereby widening
the avenue for some distance. Aid.
Dauber moved the consideration of
the ordinance II once, which carried,
and then upoa Aid. Maucker's motion
1t was adopted. unanimously.
The Estinates.
The estimate Of the cost OF i'm
proving Thirtieth street 10 - fol.
lows: Property holders, $l9. S9s so;
city. tS. 08S SO; street railway COM
pany. IS. les SO; superintendence and
engineering. $500; court costs and
making aud Ievyiug assessments,
$3.50; total, $50, 3S8 so. Tenth street
from Second to Third avenues:
Property holders, t1,l57.40; city,
$3.50; engineering and sepsrs tend
ence. $40; court costs and making and
levying assessment, $50; total, el,-
SSS.10. Twenty-sixth street from
Fifth avenue to Seventh avenues:
Property holders t2.586 60; city,
$ssA.S5; engineering and superintend-
ence $50; court costs and making
and levyirg aseessment, $50; total.
SS.4Sl.25. Ninth from Second to
Third avenues: Property holders,
81. 1S7. ~; city, tS5.70; engineering