Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
CITY PLAN TAKEN
|. UP BY CIVIC BODY
Carried te a Point Where Definite
Action Can Be Taken at Any
Time Decided On.
MUST HAVE MORE THAN A YEAI
c. H. West, Expert Expresses His
Opinion at Least Il Months
VIII BE Required.

The most important work requiring
the attention OF the civic bureau OF
the Chamber of Commerce has been
that of a city plan.
The bureau early In its beginning
determined that the developing of
comprehensive city plan would be its
first undertaking and achievement Il
has hewn closely to the mark without
any depression. Many meetings have
been held Of the committee from time
to time before which representatives
of city planning organizations have
appeared for a discussion of the sub
iect. This committee has also ac-
cumutated great volume of CORE
spundenee on city plan work and upon
city planners themselves, trying to
determine which of the men who are
asking a specially Of this line of bust
ness are most capable and would best
render capable service to Rock Island.
On Dec. Z, c. H. West of the Amer
lean Park Builders of Chicago, a city
planning institution, was in Rock Is
land and presented to the committees
plan which it had provided for St.
Augustine, Fla The committee made
a thorough study OF Mr. Vests work,
the objective being to acquire a bet
! ter understanding of just what SER
vice city planners rendered in devel-
I oping city plans.
/ Mr. Vests organization is develop
i ing a city plan for Rockford, Ill. 1t
has completed plans for La Sale. H..
Kenosha. Wis. Lincoln, Neb., and Mil
waukee, Wis The committee believes
that it has carried the work to .
point where definite action may be
taken al an early date.
Mr. West in his discussion of the
matter stated that it would take from
II to Is months to create a city plan
for Rock Island, that it would require
his placing sere corps of engineers
and architects who would spend prac-
ticaily all of their time in laying out
the work The committees are de-
teFmined that in case city plan is
made, special reports will be made on
transportation and water front in1s
provement and sewage
The city commissioners have asi
sured the committee that they wouil
welcome its cooperation in the cress
tlb+4 anu llit litAdAAlbfiiS VI SAb94 a
as it had been repeatedly demonstra
ed that the city could not physical
develop along constructive lines U
less il was working according TO soI
definite plan The committee
inounees that the city plan project
whole viii be forced 10 some ;lefii@ =
conclusion shortly after the first OF
the wear.
Other Work.
Under auspices of the civic depart
ment the young men who were drafted
for military service were entertained
, at Augustana college This entertain
ment involved an expenditure of $500
/ which was raised as a special fund by
the committee 1t also sent s106
{ worth of sweets, fruits and tobaecos
to the members OF Company A. This
. department conducted the Y. NJ c. 4.
war fund campaign. raising SIS, 2oG
/ which crossed the top by at least a
thousand dollars margin. Under the
auspices of this department a Lib
erty loan campaign was conducted
with N. S. Heagy as chairman, which
! placed S1542 900 in Liberty bonds
reaching the maximum quota set for
. Rock Island. The work of the civic
: committee has been in the hands OF
, + Messrs. T. B. Davis. chairman; II. S
Cable. " p Mullane, H. H. Cleaye-
land and NJ. E. Strieter.