Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-26
BOARD DECIDES
TO PAVE Fourth
At Meeting This Morning Only
Change Is From Brick to
Asphalt.
TO REsURREcT ORDINANCE
Bill Calling for Paving OF Second and
Third Avenues to Be Brought
up Monday

Fourth avenue between Sixteenth
and Twentieth streets viii be paved
with asphalt according to a decision
reached by the board Of local i'm
provements this morning when the
final meeting with the property own
ers and DIRECTORS vas held in the
mayors Office. Also immediate steps
Will be taken towards the paving OF
Second and Third avenues and of
Twentieth streets as contemplated in
the ordinance drawn and given its
first reading nearly year ago. This
ordinance will be resurrected and
viii be presented TO the commission
Monday morning for its second read
ing.
While there were differences of
opinion among the Fourth avenue
property owners as to the immediate
requirements of the situation, there
was no difference in sentiment as TO
the desirability Of doing the job right
If il is to be done. The result OF it
ali will be that Fourth avenue will
have the credit for being in the van
guard for giving 10 Rock Island met
ropolitan business streets.
WILL LAY NEW DRAIN.
Incidental 70 the paving of Fourth
avenue a new storm drain will be laid
out Seventeenth street from the riv-
or 10 Seventh avenue and this will
prevent any further flooding of the
streets and cellars after heavy rains
The following resolution along this
line was adopted by the board this
morning: The city engineer shall
prepare an estimate for a 36-inch
drain on Seventeenth street, begin
ming at the river and running back
70 Fifth avenue and for a 24-inch
drain beginning at Fifth avenue and
continuing back to Seventh All in
teTsecting avenues shall be connect
ed with said storm drain and a pub
lie hearing on the matter shall be
had at the mayors office at 9 O'Clock
in the morning. Sept. 3" Mayor
Schriver and Engineer Treichler vot-
ed for The resolution and Commits
sioner Reynolds opposed it.
CHANGE FROM BRICK.
Another resolution adopted by a
vote similar to the above. was The
original proposition 70 pave Fourth
avenue from Sixteenth to Twentieth
10 asphalt and the original resolution
to pave shall be adhered to-"
Representatives Of property own
ers from Twentieth street were pres
ent before the board this morning to
push the project OF the paving Of that
thoroughfare. Because OF the exist
ence OF the ordinance which is to be
resurrected Monday. no action was
taken I'm regard to the matter
PATCHING SUGGESTED.
At the meeting this morning Com
missioner Reynolds presented a reso-
luton calling for the paving of one
block OF Fourth avenue, that be
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth and
the patching up OF the other three
blocks The resolution was promptly
voted down by Mayor Schriver and
Engineer Treichler. Then the reso-
lutions favorable to asphalt paving
were passed upon.
AT WORK IN EARNEST.
Said Mayor Schriver this morning,
there will be no further delay about
these Improvement matters II I can
prevent f. The need for them is so evi-
dent that It IS a crime to neglect them
longer or sidestep them in any way.
There IL no question in my mind but
that Monday will see the passage of
the ordinance requiring the laying OF
asphalt paving on our down town
streets and up Third avenue to the
bridge. And while the work is being
done II shall be done right. We viii
see 10 it that future tearing up of the
paving viii be rendered unnecessary.
Sewers and water pipes will be in