Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
Selected From List Of
Several Applicants by
City Council.
TO HAVE EARLY REPORT
Fight on TWenty-Seventh Street
Paving - Eighth Avenue
Grade Causes Trouble.

John Alvord of Chicago was engaged
by unanimous vote of the city council
at its meeting last evening to pass
upon the seven bids from as many dit
ferent concerns over the country ON
the construction of the proposed me
chanicaI filtration plant to be built in
Reservoir park.
Seven propositions from engineers
were received by the city clerk, as
follows: Herring & Fuller, New York,
! $50 per day and expenses; f. A. Bar
bour. Boston, $50 per day and expens-
os; Alexander Potter, New York, $50
per day and expenses: Hazen & Hip
pie, New York, $50 per day and ex-
penses; John w. Hill, Wyoming, Ohio.
$50 per day and expenses; Dabney II.
Maury, Peoria. $50 per day and ex
penses; John Alvord, Chicago. $50 per
day and expenses.
Mr.. Alvord prepared the specifica-
lions upon which the present proposals
for the building of the plant were in
vited. II was he who also recommend
ed the rejection of the bids received
last spring. when the council was I'M
determined in the choice of location of
the plant, whether it should be placed
at the river pumping station at the
foot of Twenty-fourth street, or in Res
ervoir park. The council has been
guided wholly by the judgment of Mr..
Alvord I'm selecting the hill site. The
present basins there can be utilized
as a part of the new plant, and this in
Wi -. he
city. 1t is expected that the entirs
new improvement can be made at an
expenditure of 100000.
Mr.. Alvord will be in the city We'd
nesday of this week. In the meantime
time the bidding companies will be no
tilted. in accordance with their re-
quest. and will have their representa-
tives here to confer and explain the
features of their proposals When called
upon 10 do so. City Engineer Wallace
Treichler will act with Mr.. Alvord In
Analysing the bids. It is probable that
"A recommendation as to the most de-
sirable bid for acceptance by the city
will be made at the meeting OF the
council next Monday evening.
Oppose Paving Improvement.
Owners on the frontage of Twenty
seventh street, between Fifth and
Ninth avenues, the paving of which
was recommended in an ordinance re-
ported by the board OF local improve
ments, are divided. and both sides
were represented at the meeting last
evening. The total frontage is 1904
feet. OF this frontage owners of 1,6C5
feet have signed a petition objecfing
to the paving. Frank Meenan was OF
the opinion that the majority should
rule, and. on canvass of the owners.
he found that the majority did nor
want the paving at this time. John
Cramer was willing that the improve
ment be made on condition that the
city pay for the intersections, an ex-
pense that II has not been assuming
in recent Improvements, although II
was the custom to do so in former
years. J. A Dunn said the street was
one of the most inaccessible in the
city in wet weather. The people on
the street had been patient all these
years in enduring the attendant incon-
venience. and ne felt that ali the own
ers ought to join in helping TO get the
paving instead of blocking il. At the
of the mayor the ordinances
was referred back to the board of local
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