Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-30

C. - m tne Duiiong aoo PUBIC I'M
jvenent line during the year Just
jsins. fully sustaining IT'S record
-z1fch The Argus annual review for a
quarter Of a century. as published at
ne closing Of each year. has shown.
The growth has been apparent IN ey-
cry avenue OF LIES activities, locally
1pe1lZing. New factories and enlarge
ucnt Of the long established ones, new
churches. a new library, enlarged pub
nc school buildings, a new theatre.
new postoflce building. two new banks,
q new commercial and social club, new
business blocks. and hundreds or new
bones, all testify to the steady prog
ress the city has made in a single
year. and 10 making year by year
The record is one of which every
citizen IN Rock Island may feel Justly
proud. The entire total. including pub
nc utility and municipal improvements,
a. described under separate heads on
this page. mounts the surprisingly
magnificent total OF s2,574313.5s, as
against s1.672.226 for the year proceed
inG.
That 1911 has been a banner year,
the review in detail which has been
prepared by The Argus with great care,
VII fully show. The general list fol-
lows:
Penn OIL q Supply company, Thir-
teenth avenue between First and Sec
ond streets, one store brick warehouse
and basement and galvanized iron
boiler house: waste and can ware
house. cost of buildings $4,000.
Blake Speciality company, Mil street
and Eighteenth avenue, one-story
brick building. size 1s5x14G, machine
boiler and foundry. $4,000.
Standard OIL company. Mill street,
machinery and oil storage plant, $685.
900.
Kahike Bros. Mil street, material
and supplies for boats, $4,000.
IA Rock Island Plow company, Second
avenue and Sixth street, eight-story
steel frame and concrete warehouse,
100000; shop and plant remodeled
complete, trolley system and motor
driven. $50, 900; track and grounds re
constructed. 10000: total, $S6O,0O0.
Central Presbyterian church. corner
Fourteenth treet and Tenth avenue
cut stone eollce. $4,000.
Henry Horst, 1417-1421 Second ave
nue., twostory vitrified brick, stone
facings. garage and Browns Business
college, 80x150 feet, $4,000.
Mrs. John Hauberg, Thirteenth ave
ma hn< a.l
fyfourth streets. house and garage
100000; grading, concrete, ETC., 800,
900; total. s25O.o00.
United States postofice, Second
avenue and Sixteenth street, three
story. brick. stone and stucco, $3.50,
= 600.
Rock Island Sash & Door works
.Iwenty-sixth street between Thirt
and Fourth avenues, three-story bricl
addition 70 factory; one-story bricl
lumber warehouse; one steel tank, LII
feet high: total cost. $4,000.
Marcus Henderson, Twenty-thir,
street and Eleventh avenue, two-stor,
etucco. modern. IL rooms, $4,000.
Trinity Episcopal church, Sixth ave
nue. and Nineteenth street, one-stor.
brick addition. $4,000.
Rock Island Brewing company. FIT
avenue and Thirty-fourth street, on
frame auto garage. $1,000: machiner
bottiing house, $4,000; total. $4,000
Rock Island club. Nineteenth stree
ebetween Second and Third avenues
lthree-story pressed brick club hous,
$4,000.
Rock Island Savings bank, Eigf
teenth street and Third avenue, one
story cut stone banking house, 500
900.
State bank. Second avenue and SCI
sixteenth street, remodeled bankin
house. $4,000.
Empire theatre. Fourth avenue b.
tween Nineteenth and Twentiet
streets. two-story brick. two store
theatre. size Hx150 feet $4,000.
Peoples National bank, Second avr
nue. and Eighteenth street, remodele
fourstory brick. $4,000.
Leo DeSmith. 4512-10-0S-06 Fou
y seenth avenue. four two-story fran
cottages, modern, seven rooms eacl
5000 each. total $4,000.
Denkmann Memorial library, Sc
enth avenue and Thirty-fifth stree
100000; concrete boiler house, SIC
geo; total. $4,000.
Augustana Book concern, Sevent
avenue and Thirty-eightn street, fou
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