Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-31
CITY CONSIDERS
LOOP SOLUTION
Mayor schriver Has Secured
Option on Tract That VIII
Supply Dirt for Fill
WILL PURCHASE IF LEGAL
When Community Owns Twenty-fffth
Street Lot There Should Be
No Further Delay.

In order 20 insure the completion OF
the Long View loop it is necessary for
The city of Rock Island TO furnish sufh-
c1ent dirt for the grading and filling in
Of the street, and seeking 10 make
provision for the dirt. Mayor Schrlver
presented d resolution yesterday after
noon providing for the purchase Of
some land Oh Twenty-ffth street above
Eleventh avenue. from W. Z. Bailey.
Through the purchase, he said, enough
ground might be secured and the tract
Is so situated that hills would be cut TO
the grade or nearly 10 the grade. OF
The street, and that though the curves
would not be Strengthened, the cutoff
would at least give a view OF the
tracks for a longer distance. The pvT-
chase price is fixed at $3.50.
QUESTION OF RIGHT
There fs q question as 20 the right
Of the city 70 grade the property TO the
necessary level and the matter is be
ing considered today by several law
vers. Their opinion will be expressed
al an adjou rned meeting Of the council
tomorrow afternoon, and If they city
mas the right TO cut off the knoll. the
purchase VIII probably be made. An
option has been taken on the land.
Nearly 10000 cubic yards OF dirt are re-
quired 70 make the I'll on Twenty-fiftb
street and along Thirteenth avenue.
and the purchase of the property VIII
aid the city materially in fulfilling its
part OF the Tri-ciry Railway company
ordinance
TO PAVE SIXTH AVENUE
Ordinances submitted by the board
~ local improvements were passed up
on by the city council Yesterday after
noon They provide for the paving OF
SIXTH avenue from Twentieth TO Tweu-
ty-irsJ streets with asphalt AZ an esJi-
mated cost OF $@,ygS 60. the LAYING Of
an eight-inch sewer on Twenty-nintb-
and-a-baf street from Fourteenth 10
sixteenth avenues at an estimated cost
OF s425.1U. and the LAYING OF siN-inCh
Waterman along the same line. 10 cou-
meet ar Thirtieth street and Four
teenth avenue az an estimated cost OF
S1.32I-7@. As all OF the people inter
eEfsd ia the imprDy emeuts nave no Oh
.e.ripu. tue commission passed the u--
finances without the u-rIaL Verl IS de-
lay. The estimates were furnished b.
City Engineer Wallace Treichler and
tho ordinances passed unanimously.
PEDDLER<' MEASURES.
Because Of the discrepancies 5r
measures used by peddlcrs. tle city OF
Rock Island Is 20 be equipped with APP
yaratus for the testing OF the weights
and measures. The matter was first
preached IN the council meeting 10y
Comm 'ssiOner Hart. whose resolution
for the framing Of measure ordi-
nance, VAS adopted Later Mayor
Scbriver presented resolution provid-
ing that Commissioner Hart 20 10
Springfield for a conference with Soc
rotary Of State Rose who has ia charge
the standard measurements The Oh
Iect is TO secure standard weights and
measures and then to establish the Of
nee OF CITY sealer and make ever
Deddler and merchant who uses them
have the test seal on them
Moline has such "a system and II has
proven disappearing. The health Of
Gcer there attends 70 the duties of the
Office and is given SO per month as
compensation. In case there is short
age in measure. a test of the recepta-
Gle used would establish proof one
way OF the other. The resolution was
carried, Commissioner Hart being eN-
cused on the vote
PLAT IL ACCEPTED.
The plat OF W r. Bailey in OAK