Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-31
MUCH PAVING is
DONE DURING 1912.
Rock Island Lays Two Miles of
Brick and Asphalt at Total
Cost of 100000.
MUCH MORE IS PLANNED
Numerous Jobs Held Up by Court Pro-
ceedinss-WhoIe City Has Sewer
and Watermains.

The year 1912 saw an unusual
amount of paving laid in the city OF
Rock~Island, total of 100000 being
expended by the taxpayers for this
sort of improvement alone. Compared
with last year, this is an excellent
showing as last year the total for
city improvement such as paving,
watermains, sewers, was but $4,000 in
excess Of the amount spent for paw
ing this year. Further, the city showed
a disposition to get away from the
brick as paving material and a con-
siderable quantity of asphalt was laid
Following is a list of the paving
jobs of the year together with the
material used in each case
Twenty-fourth street, Third to
Fifth avenue, brick
Fourth avenue. Sixteenth to Twen-
tieth street, brick.
Sixth avenue, Thirty-fourth to Thir-
ty-dfth street, brick.
Tenth avenue, Nineteenth to Twen-
tieth streets, asphalt.
Twehty-seventh street, Fifth to
Ninth avenues, brick.
Nineteenth street, Second to Third
avenue, brick
Twentieth street, First to Second
avenue, brick
Twentieth street, Second to Seventh
avenue, asphalt.
Sixth avenue, Twentieth to Twenty
first streets, asphalt.
Second avenue, Fourteenth to Twen-
ueth streets, asphalt.
Alley Ia rear of New Harper house,
brick.
Alley, block IA, s. & c. addition,
brick
SEWER AND WATERMAN.
A considerable amount has been
spent during the year towards the
Improvement of the sewer and water
facilities of the city and as a result,
with the exception of a few small sec
tons, the entire city is provided with
these convenience. During the year,
$1,000 was spent for watermains east
/ OF Forty-fourth street and $4,000 was
speat in the district bounded by Thir-
tieth and Thirty-fifth streets and
Fourteenth and Eighteenth avenues.
At the present time a $4,000 improve
ment in the second ward is progress
ing nicely.
Comparatively little money was
/ spent on sewers during the year as
there was no great need for new
/ .eads Highland Park addition was
improved with sewer at a cost of ST.
/ SEQ and a line on Fourth street cost
/ S4O0. In the seventh ward $4,000 s
being expended for a new sewer sys-
: TEN on the bluff section.
In miles, the public improvements
were as follows: paving, two; water
mains, three and half, and sewer, one
half.
MUCH IN CONTEMPLATION.
4 In addition to the work started and
/ finished this year, number of paw
ing jobs were started but have been
held up by court procedure. In near
~ every case the city hopes to have
the work done before another year
rolls around. The jobs are: Thirty
fourth street from Seventh 10
Ninth-and-a-half avenue, Third av-
enue from Fifteenth to TWEEN
ty-fourth street, Nineteenth street
from First to Second avenue,
Forty-fourth street from Seventh to
Fourteenth avenues and Thirty eighth
street from Seventh to Eighteenth
avenues
Paving improvements under con-
temptation for next year include:
/ Second avenue, Seventh to Four
teenth streets.
Seventh street, Second to Fourth
avenues.
Twenty-fifth street, Ninth to Eigh-
teenth avenues.
Ninth avenue, Eleventh to Twenty
fifth street.
Eleventh street, First to Eleventh
avenues.
Twentieth street, Seventh to Eigh-
teenth avenues.
Eleventh avenue. Twelfth to TWEEN
ty-third streets.
Fourteenth street, Seventh TO Eigh-
teenth avenues.
Fourteenth-and-a-half street. Seventh