The Sentinel=record., 1912-12-03
APPROVES
 "GREAT WHITE WAY'
HUNDREDS OF NEW ELECTRIC LleHAs FOR CENTRAL AVE
 NuR UNDER THIS PLAN.
Former Alderman Strauss Presents Question to the Council Which
 Receives It with Applause.

The proposal for great white way" extending on Centrai avenue from the jundtion of Park and Whit tington avenu&s, south to the insec- tion of Market \ street, and extending over to the Irc{l Mountain and Rock IIsland depets was presented before the city council Mast nigat at it's reg lular monthly me@ting by former Al derman Gus Strahss and met with hearty approval.
 MT. Strauss speaking from the view 1 point of a merchant and tax payer, set forth briefly the obhect and purposes. land the assurance Vhat such an i'm provement would h4lp business, ad- vance property interests, and be greatly appreciated Ay the visitors He believed it would \cost about six cents running foot for ltle first year, l five cents the second yea(r. four cen7ts the third year, and thencS afterwards only three cents, the fitst expense being larger because of building the expensive improvements.
 It is proposed to put shall group of lights suspended from iron posts every 50 feet apart on eacp side of Central avenue. That would, (Nith the posts alternated. make lights every I25 feet on the avenue.
 There were present at the tcouncil full quota of the aldermen, which is Isomething unusual, and there was some surprise occasioned when at the finish of the roll call these had all answered aye: Ellis, Shepherd, 'Hor- lner, Reynolds Rigsbee, Weaver, Me Laughlin, Petit. Ledgwidge, Mooney, Burgauer and Guntaer.
 The police reports showed that the |sum of $3.S75 had been assessed as fines in the city court. and the sum of $3,2S1 had been paid There were 561 cases tried, and the police arrest ed 15 suspects, of which but two were released. The police department also reported that it had recovered $975 in checks during the month, that had been stolen.
 c. F. Smith, city engineer. report ed that it would cost about s2.945 to install drainage to take care of the same drainage pipe now complained of by Bedding & Stallcup, as passing through the cellar of property they rent on Central avenue.
 Many residents of South Hot Springs filed 9 petition protesting be- cause they have not had natural gas extensions in their section They be lieved that because that was less thickly settled they were being neg lecsed in this matter and asked the council to take action. The matter was referred to a committee to in- vestigate
 Improvement districts filed their an. nual reports, which called the atten ton of the council to the condition of Central aveNue.
 Alderman Horner stated that he did not believe that paving had been prop erly fixed and he urged that radical action be taken. because of the fact a good thoroughfare on Central ave nue. and because the present paving had been woefnlly neglected.
 Mayor Waters staetd that the pay ing company had tried to get the city to enter into an agreement for con sideration, to release it from keeping the paving up for the remaining four wears of the contract. but that he did not believe in releasing it.
 Both the mayor and Mr. Homer agreed that tie pavement ,now indi- cated that it would not last the re- maining four years, it was uneven, land unsatisfactory. and if properly kept up. would cost probably $20,000 to he made right. and they were for making the paving company keep to it's contract The matter was refer red to the streets and alleys commit tee. of which MT. Horner is chairman
 The board of public affairs has au- thoroized City Clerk J. R. Housley |not to receive bills against tae city unless. acquisitions are with the bills when they are brought in.
 For new improvement district No 37 appraisers were named in EG Mooney. w. A. Bethel and c. R. Ray,