The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-12
Mckinley Avenue Extension Will be
in Operation Within the Next
sixty Days, is
Belief.
MANY NEW BUILDINGS
over Forty-five New Houses In This
District Grading Work Be-
Ing Done
Now.


new Mckinley avenue line within the
next sixty days unless something un
forseen delays the work Of building
the proposed line. II Is hoped by
street car company officials that the
work Of constructing the line can be
started within the next three weeks
at the most and it is entirely possible
that 1t can be started before that
length OF time. At present the com.
pany Is waiting for the city to com.
plete the preliminary grading on the
new streets, and this work at present
is under way. 80
Other improvement work is being
rushed in this new residence district.
A number Of new houses are being
erected in the two new additions to
tile city, Belknap Place and Home
Park. Already much OF the grading
has been completed in these additions
and sidewalks have been placed. Ce-
ment sidewalks have already been
completed on both sides OF Mckinley
avenue, on both sides Of Belknap
Place and on Belknap Boulevard in
front Of both the new subdivisions.
4 Practically the only grading work
that remains for the city to do before
the street car company can extend
its line Is that on Palean street north
OF Nineteenth street. At present the
car line runs out Nineteenth street
past Palean to the cemetery. When
the extension has been completed the,
cars will not run to the cemetery but
will turn OF on Palean at Nineteenth.
They will then run UP Palean for sew
eral blocks to the intersection OF Nc
Kinley avenue and then out Mckinley
avenue to Belknap Place, the private
street in the center of the Belknap1
addition. At this place 'sY'' will be
constructed and the cars will turn
there Next year the line will be ex-
tended from this point to the new
baseball park, distance Of about q
half mile further.
Forty-fivs New Houses.
A great amount Of improvement has
been carried on in this section OF the
city during the past year. No less
than forty-fve houses have been built,
or are nearing completion. inside a
section OF few blocks square. The
proposed seventh viard school build
ing is practically in the center Of this
district. When this building has been
completed It is believed that it will
be practically the best in the state
from the standpoint Of UP to date con-
struction.
Water mains will follow the car
line. and, Of courses electric lines for
lighting will also 90 with the car
line. The sewer, however, will come
in to the new additions through the
Kilbourne place. The sewer will run
the full length of Belknap place where
1t will end.
Negotiations for q change of grade
Is being made by the city with the
property owners on Palean street be-
tween Nineteenth and Twenty-seconf,
where the grade is now too steep.
Johnson street between Twenty
second and Twenty-fourth has been
opened up and graded by the city,
while Twenty-fourth street between
johnson and Main and Twenty-second
street between Main and Exchange
have been graded. It was necessary
for the city to buy small amount OF
property at Twenty-second and Main
streets in order to run the street
through here. This improvement at
Twenty-secon0 street gives access to
the proposed new school building.