Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-14
LONG VIEW LOOP
SOON COMPLETED
Plan for Strengthening Twenty
fifth Street Abandoned for
the Present.
COUNCIL ORDERS WORK
Grade Is Established and Company
Will Have Contractor on Job
Shortly.

In order 10 AVOID any further delay
in the completion of the Long View
loop, the city council at its meeting
last night voted to dispense with the
Strengthening of Twenty-ffth street.
Ninth TO Thirteenth avenues, for the
present, and permit the Trf-City Rail
way company to proceed uninterrupt-
ed with the Improvement, long and
patiently awaited by the public. partic-
ularly that portion residing in the ter
ritory adjacent to the proposed extern
sion.
Under the terms of the recently
adopted franchise extension ordinance
of the railway company the Long View
line is to be connected up by October
/ next. While there is no such con-
dition prescribed in the ordinance.
there was a verbal understanding be-
tween the officials of the company
and the members of the council that
the jog in Twenty-fifth street was to
be removed before the work should
be commenced on the completion of
the loop, the eastern terminus of
which is now Twenty-fifth street and
Ninth avenue. 1t was agreed by the
railway people and by the members of
the council that the accident hazard
on the street would be materially les
sened if it were Strengthened
PROPERTY OWNERS PROTEST.
The city attorney had begun pro-
ceedings in the county court to con-
denim needed property, but as a gener-
al proposition these proceedings are
slow, and the people whose homes are
on Twenty-fifth street and in that vi
cinity peritoned the council protest
ing against any further extension of
time to the railway company. There
We're 40 names signed to the petition
read last night. and in it the council
was requested to hold the railway
company to its agreement to finish the
loop within 1S months after passage
of its ordinance, and showing further
more there was no immediate need
for the Strengthening OF the street.
r. r. Reynolds appeared al attorney
for the petitioners. He said the peO-
pie whose homes were in the local
ity and who were most effected by the
lack Of accommodations We're the ones
whose wishes first ought 10 be con
suited They had long remained ST
lent in the hope that the company
would fulfil its promise made when |
the line first was established, and
they could see only further putting OFF
of the needed extension by a decision F.
to cut the joys out of the streets. .
They felt that this defect could be
remedied later on when the street .
was permanently improved. What
they needed and demanded was trans /
portation accommodations.
PROCEEDINGS DISCUSSED.
The petition Ct the property own
ers, together with the Recommended
ton for the Abandonment of the plans
for the Strengthening OF the street |
was adopted by unanimous vote of the
council, and the city attorney was
ordered to dismiss the condemnation
suits in the county court. Thereupon
an ordinance establishing a six per
cent grade for Twenty street was
drafted by the city engineer and city
attorney and Immediately considered /
and adopted by the council
J. F. Porter, president Of the Tri- /
City Railway company, vas present
at the meeting of the Council w
had been of the impression all along
that it was the desire of the council
that the street be Strengthened before
the tracks were put in place" Mr..
Porter said. However, since evident
ly this is not the wish of the coun-
Gil, our company is willing to proceed
with the street in its present cOndi-
ton
WILL RUSH WORK.
Mr. Porter told The Argus today
that work on the loop connecting link
would be taken up as soon as posi- .
BILE The council has established he
grade for US. and just as soon as we
can secure the services of a contrac-
tor We will begin eXcavating on the
street. and viii push the extension
through. Under our ordinance, of
course we have until Oct. ! to finish
the job, but ii is possible we will have
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