Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-25
PAVING IN FACE
OF OBJECTIONS
Opposition to Eleventh Az
enue Improvement Board
Goes Ahead.
ORDINANCE TO BE DRAWN
Property Owners Declare They Will
Fight Project in the County
Court.

The board of local improvements
held a special meeting at the city hall
this morning and the Eleventh avenue
paving matter was discussed at con
siderable length, with the result that
finally, upon the motion of City En-
gineer Wallace Treichler, the board
PASSED a resolution recommending TO
the council that an ordinance be pass
ed calling for the paving of the ave
nue.. The DIRECTORS to the proposed
improvement were out in force. being
represented by Attorney Dudley Mar
shall of the firm of Searle & Marshall
Have Many Objections.
A petition was presented re the board
on which were the names of a large
majority of the property owners along
the avenue, and all of those who had
signed were opposed to the paving.
They set down in the petition the fol
| lowing reasons which have caused
them to oppose the proposed improve
ment:
First-That the expense of said pro
posed paving would be in excess of
any benefit that might accrue there
from at the present time
Second-That the expense of said
proposed paving is greater than many
of these DIRECTORS can conveniently
pay.
Third-That the expense of said pro-
posed paving is greater than some of
these DIRECTORS can pay and may ne
cessitate the sale of their property.
Called Burden.
Fourth-That some of these objec-
tors have not as yet finished the pay
ment of their assessment for street
paving, and do not desire, and are not
able, to assume a further burden of
| assessment.
Fifth-That a majority of the front
age among said proposed Improvement
/ is owned by persons who do not de-
| sire the proposed paving at this time.
Sixth-That there is 10 public de-
mand or necessity for said proposed
paving.
Seventh-That the city of Rock Is
land is not financially able at the pres
ent time to pay for the paving of the
street and alley intersections, as is
usual and customary, thus necessita-
ting another unusual charge on the
property holders
| Eighth-That the surface water COM
| ing from the bluff in time of rain and
storms is not adequately taken care of
and that said paving. if laid, would
be constantly deluged with mud and
debris
SisncrS to Petition.
| The names of the following property
owners appeared upon the petition:
| Cornelius Hayes. Charles F. BIadel.
Amalie Jochims, Elizabeth Blech-
schmidt, Bertha ROessler. w. H
Hare and Alice Hare, by John Rinck.
their attorney in fact, John Rinck and
Edith Rinck, NJ. D. Mclaughlin. c. J.
Searle, F. A. Marshall by c. B. Mar
shall, agent. Robert RexdaIe. Mrs
Martha Willis, Mrs. J. NJ. Sturgeon,
Emil c. Blechschmidt, Gustav Blech-
schmidt, Bertha NJ Vogels. e. H.
Fletcher. William McConochie, Will
liam H. McConochie, Margaret Scott
by John K Scott, agent, Mrs B. E
Ainsworth, Mrs. Hattie LENS, William
w. Montgomery. T. P. Baumbach,
Henry Ehrhorn, E. L. Wadsworth, T.
]. O'Brien, NJ. B. DeSilva by Joseph
| DeSilva, c. w. Horton, William Copp
Board FavOrs Improvement.
The board took the stand that it was
not in its power to smother the i'm
provement because of the objections
| offered. The members felt convinced
that the paving would be a good thing,
and for this reason decided to
recommend it TO the council and leave
| it in the hands of the latter body DIS
to whether or not the objections should
| be listened to. The DIRECTORS state
that they will fight the matter in the
council, and if they fail there they
will take it to the county court and
| fight it to finish before they will let
the city go ahead and pave the avenue
against their will.
The Improvement is a much desired
one that would prove of immediate ad-
vantage to the entire city and ulti-
mately to those now opposing it.
Other Matters Considered.
| In addition to the Eleventh avenue
paving the board considered a number
of other Improvement matters and
most of them were passed over with
out being either recommended or 9TH
erwise disposed of. They will come
up at future meeting and given final
hearing. Among these improvements
were the paving with asphalt of For
ty-third street from Fourteenth to
Eighteenth avenues, the paving with
asphalt of Eighth avenue from Tween
tieth to Twenty-first street, the laying
of a sewer on Forty-fifth street be-
tween Fifth and Second avenues, and
the paving with asphalt of Third ave-
nue., Second avenue, and Twentieth