Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-31

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to Seventh avenue, IS
feet wide, brick ... 5,421.41
Forty-third street, Railroad
TO Seventh avenue, "a
feet wide. brick ........ 27,69494
Second avenue and Seventh
street. 40 feet wide. brick 1862. 1C
Sixteenth street, First 70
! Second avenue. resurface,
brick -. ............ 4.1Ss.OS
/ The Independent Construction com
pany laid:
Ninth avenue. Twelfth to
Twenty-first street, p
/ feet wide. brick ...... 19,49s.6O
Ninth avenue. Twenty-first
TO Twenty-fifth street, So
feet wide, brick .. 11,5SS.05
Eighth-and-a-half avenue.
Twenty-fifth to Thirtieth
street, "a feet wide. brick 14.792.54
Thirty-first street. Fifth to
Sixth avenue, "a feet
wide. brick ......... S,OS3.5O
The Tri-City Railway company laid:
Right-of-way. Ninth avenue
Twenty-first to Twenty
fifth street, brick ....... 17,120.40
Total, (4.49 miles) ...-..S212, 1882
Many Watermains Laid.
Rock Island kept its system OF wat
ermains growing TO keep pace with
the improvements TO the pumping sta
ton during 1914. and opened many
new fields. by the laying mains in "a
distinct territL-i4s.
City Engineer Wallace Treichler
laid during the year at a cost Of $751;
OBJ 80. The contractors received $751;
1853 OF this. the remainder OF cost
being for commissioners fees, etc.
OF the total 2.s62 feet were of -
inch pipe. 4,1O6 feet of 1O-inch, 21.175
feet OF 6-inch. and 4 feet OF finch. Six
ty-nine new fire hydrants were attach
ell in the new Waterman districts.
Following is the list of the projects:
street, Eighth ave
enue. 6-inch. 4O7 feet, two
fire hydrants .....S $3.50 |
street, Four
teenth to Fifteenth aven-
ue, 6-inch. ISL feet .. 10000 I.
Eighth avenue. McInnes
Bros, addition. 6-inch,
rants -. ..-... s,26O.5O
Dearborn street and Michi-
gan avenue. s-inch. $40
feet. and G-inch. 2,1S9 feet,
six fire hydrants ........ 4.5O6.95
Webb street. S-inch. AS
feet, and 6-inch. 1899. 3
fire hydrants ........... 2.sO12O
First street, Twelfth to
Thirteenth avenue. 6-inch
us feet, fire .hydrants 1850
Tenth avenue. Ninth 20 Ele-
venth street, 6inch, $40
feet, two fire hydrants .. 1.26O.O5
rwenty-fourth and-a-half
street. Fifteenth to Six
teenth avenues, 5-inch,
712 feet. fire hydrants.. l,O42.4O
rwenty-first street, Ken =
nedy's addition, 6-inch.
574 feet, one fire hydrant 763.10
'wenty-seventh street. 7
Eighteenth to Twentieth
avenues. 1Oinch. 675 feet.
6-inch. I .4O3 feet. four fire
hydrants -. ..... s.s7s.7o
street, Eff
teenth TO Sixteenth aven-
ne, 6-inch. 623.5 feet. one 4
fire hydrant ...-.. T715-53 {
street,
Eighteenth. Nineteenth
and Twentieth avenues, c
IO-inch, $50 feet, and g.
inch. 1854 feet, two fire
hydrants $3.50. .... 3.42l6O \
ixth avenue and Thirty
first street. 6inch. 6i5
feet, fire hydrants go. I,O07.95 :
orty-first street, Eigh-
teenth TO Nineteenth av-
enues. 6-inch, 6S2 feet. l =
fire hydrant ....- 931.1O 8
eventh street. near
Twelfth avenue. 6-inch.
654 feet, three fire hyd- 2
rants. crock excavation :
2.190 cubic feet) .... 1O.G7s50 :,
orty-second street, north
OF Fourteenth avenue,
6-inch. 200 feet, one fire :.
hydrant 49,. ....... 275.7O :;
orty-third street. railroad :
TO Tenth avenue. Ginch. =
LIS. fire hydrants .... 2.696.OO ..
scOnd avenue. in paving. =
6-inch. IS feet, fire hyd-
rants. land commission
err gaaeh ,o-o ~ =.