Rock Island Argus., 1916-01-11
TO ASK FOR BIDS
ON PROJECT SOON
Twelfth Street Paving Assessment
Roll viii Be Confirmed Within
Another Week.
OFFICIALS PUSH, NINTH NEXT
City Hopes to Be in a Position to Com.
piete Both Improvements Dur
ing the Coming Season.

The city of Rock Island will be in
position to advertise for bids for the
paving of Twelfth street from Eigh-
teenth avenue to the junction of
Twelfth and Ninth streets near the
Rock river bridges within another
week. 1t is understood city authori-
ties and counsel for the objectors have
reached an agreement and that steps
will be taken within a few days for
withdrawal of all objections. This
means the confirmation of the assess
ment roll, carrying an expenditure of
more than $4,000.
Hearing on legal objections was held
some time ago, but Judge Nels A. Lar
son withheld his decision pending the
ruling on the suit to test the validity
of the annexation of Sears to the city.
Since the question Of jurisdiction has
been disposed of the city is ready to
proceed Though Judge Larson gave
no ruling it was intimated by the court
at the time of the hearing on objec-
tions that he would rule with the city
as soon as the question of jurisdiction
, was disposed OF by the supreme court,
in the event of the city's winning in
the annexation case.
! The Twelfth street project was one
Of the improvements provided in the
was annexed to the city. AS soon as
! the assessment is confirmed the city
board of local improvements will take
measures to dispose of other proceed
ings preliminary to construction work,
so that the paving can be started early
in the spring.
To Start Ninth Street.
! The paving of Ninth street, another
I project provided under the union ordi-
nance, it is also hoped will be started
/ the coming season. Steps are now
/ being taken to complete the assess
ment roll and file it in court, so that
hearings on objections can be held at
an early date. The paving of Ninth
street will extend to the Rock river
bridges and will cost more than $751;
! 000, according to the estimate of City
Engineer Wallace Treichler.
The city will endeavor to complete
both these improvements this year
/ with probably a third, almost equally
as important, the opening Of Eleventh
street from Eighteenth avenue to Rock
| river, or at least to Brashar street
Eleventh street now extends to Twen-
tieth avenue, at which points the dou
BILE tracks of the Tri-City Railway
company end The residents of the
southwest section of the city are de
sirous of having the street widened tc
the junction of Ninth and Twelfth
streets, and improved, and the munic
ipal commission has practically assur
ed them that steps to open the stree
as far as Brashar would be taken thi.
season.
Reports are also current that thu
! village of Milan will this season un
dertake to force improvement of tn,
roads between the bridges. Thes,
roads are in bad shape and jurisdic
ton over them is a question of dis
pute. whether the city of Rock IslanC
or the village of Milan holds contro
over them.
| The improvements in this city. witt
the possible betterment OF the road
between the bridges, and the construc
ton of the state aid highway west o
Milan, will give hard road from Rocl
Island to a point on the road to Tay
lor Ridge several miles west of Milan