Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-31
ESTIMATES FOR
BOND ISSUE ARE
NOW AGREED ON
City Commissioners Approve
Plan tc Submit $4,000
Improvement Plan.
TO VOTE OF THE PEOPLE
Big Outlet Sewer Costing s165. 900 Is
Eliminated from Liz of Pro-
posed Projects.

whether or not bonds TO the ap-
proximate extent of s161 900 shall be
issued by the city for a number OF
needed public improvements AMI i'm
por-ant Projects. will be determined
by the electorate on August %. On
that date the voters will have an CD
pcrtunity % express -beir approval or
disapproyal Of an elaborate movement
for lettering the wa.erworks and fire
department systems Of the city. A
number Of other propositions are to be
submitted including the purchase Of
the baseball park, The annexation Of
one and PERHAPS two districts from
South Rock Island. and the refooring
Of the Rock river bridges with con.
y crete.
APPROVE ESTIMATES.
The city engineers estimate on the
various projects were finally approved
at an informal meeting of the city
council this morning. II was foun
that he budget considered yesterday
was entirely too high in its total ana
II was decided to eliminate the pro.
posed cons ruction of the big ontIe;
sewer west from Tenth street TO the
river along Eighteenth avenue which
would cost sl65.00O if closed all the
way and s11s,OOO if open west OF The
railroad tracks. This Improvement is
needed but the commissioners figured
II would bring the total to over $500.
600 for the proposed bend issue and
they did not feel ike submitting such
heavy burden on the public at once.
1t is probable that later this project
can be put through.
STILL WITHIN LIMIT.
Should every item on The Proposed
bond issue carry, Rock Island would
stu be about $4,000 Under the limi.
II the bonded debt allowed under the
law which is per cent of the assess
ed valuation. The CITY now has $50.
600 general bonds out. $4,000 water
bends ana $4,000 water certificates
The city also has On deposit the tidy
sum Of 100000 which. while il canno.
be applied on the bonded indebted
ness, still IS a valuable asset anc
shows the excellent financial condf
ton IN which the city is at he present
The total bonded indebtedness of the
city will be about $275.225 should the
bond issue carry. Commissioner NJ
I. Rudgren hopes % have the bond.
voted at the coming election. all paiC
of I'm from s to 10 years The bond,
will be registered and the tax payer.
VIII scarcely know they are paying fol
these importan. projects.
y To BIZ SEPARATED.
The propositions are to be submitted
TO tie public separately. The vote
VIII have an opportunity to vote TO
any one Hr for all OF the projects
The bonds Proposed for each will br
expressly statei>and in this way Tn,
individual will know Just what tn
money is going for. The blanket bont
plan was disapproved by the council
The work Of preparing the ordinance
is being rushed. They will have to b
submitted to a firm of experts il
Chicago for their approval and it 4
proposed to do this as soon as pos
sible. 1t is hoped % have the ord
nances, calling for the bond issu,
ready for next Monday when it IS e,
pected that they will be finally adop
ed. They will then go before the peoplt
THE ESTIMATES.
The final estimates. in round nun
bers, determined on Ly the council 70
the various projects follow;
For the purchase Of Island City ba
park, S21, 900.
For construction OF elevated ste
tank at the reservoir pumping station
$4,000.
Fer refooring Rock river bridge
with concrete. $1,000.
For installation OF police alarm ~
TEN, $4,000.
For construction OF watermains G
Eighteenth avenue between Fifteent
and Twentyfourth streets and in ne,
~ annexed territory. s16.5OO.
For establishment Of new fire st