The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-08
TIE DAILY GATE CITY
Vast Improvement Program
Put Through in Last Year

Reid street and other thoroughfares
in West Keokuk.
Commercial alley from the end of
the brick paving to the Des Moines
river bridge, one and seven-tenths
miles, has been reconstructed and
shaped up by the city and will be oil
ed by the Keokuk Retail Merchants
association.
Main street from Twentieth to the
city limits and the river road from
the top of Anschutz hill to the city
limits are to be resurfaced and shap-
ed and both will be oiled.
With these three thoroughfares
leading into and out of the city in first
class shape, combined with the splen-
did entrance over the new bridge and
through Bridge street, Keokuk will
have something to be proud Of.
Other streets throughout the city
have been repaired where needed,
also.
Sewers Constructed.
The city has put in the following
sewers this year:
On North Twelfth from High to
Franklin.
A 225 foot As concrete arch sewer
in Rand Park beginning at the Fiji
teenth street entrance
Last fall a thirty inch sewer was
constructed under Fulton street
from Fourth to Sixth.
Seventy-tive inlets to carry water
into the sewers from the streets have
been put in.
The main sewers of the city are
now in first class condition. The
city had force of men engaged four
months in repairing the main sewers
and they are now practically as good
as new A considerable sum of money
was spent in putting the sewers in
good shape.
The city is contemplating rebuild
ing Main and Johnson street from
Water to Second The macadam has
been washed out Of these two streets
in many places and their Improvement
is necessary 1t has not been decid-
ed yet just what will be done
sidewalks and Cutters.
Over two miles Of new cement side
walks have been laid this summer
and many new cutters have been con-
structed.
The gate to Rand park at Seven
| teenth and Grand avenue has been
taken down and the entrance widen
ed. The entrance at Fifteenth and
Grand avenue is to be improved and
/ the Fifteenth street entrance is be-
ing Strengthened, widened and i'm
proved.
During the last year the street car
tracks were extended to Thirty-second
and Main streets, and just recently
the car company has built a new loop
at Fifteenth and Grand avenue and
has taken up its tracks on Orleans
avenue between Thirteenth and Four
teenth and is preparing to take the
| tracks from Grand avenue.
! Last summer the following streets
were laid: North Sixteenth from
Main to High and from Fulton to
Franklin: South Sixteenth from Main
to Exchange: South Eighth from
| Johnson to Palean; South Tenth from
johnson to Palean: South Eighteenth
from Main to Carroll, and Bridge
street was finished.
Many of the streets laid this sum-
mer from connecting links between
those already improved, with this
years street improvements, the en-
| tire north side, with the exception Of
about five blocks near the park, has
| improved streets.
Seventh Street Bridge.
| Now that the Chicago, Burlington
! E. Quincy railroad in planning to put
| an all steel bridge over the creek at
! Seventh street at a cost Of abtut
$50 ,OOO to replace the old wopSsn
structure, another fine asset VIII soon
be added to the city.