Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
new RECORD SET |
IN PAVING WORK
Rock Island Pays Out Ss22. 039 for
improvement OF City Streets
In Last Year.
SKATERS MARK MADE In 1916
Asphalt Grows in Favor and in Near
~ Half Jebs Installed This
Material Was Used.
A new record for paving was es-

n Kew tOE pdNliS vas SS-
tablished in Rock Island in 1917.
approximately 1922. 039.92 was spent
in improving the streets during the
last year. The exact sum paid out
for improvements is $4,000 more than
was expended in 1916, when the paw
ing projects totaled s200,92446.
Had not war conditions interfered
to a great extent with the progress OF
the work, even a larger total would
have BEN attained. Ninth street was
the biggest of the 20 separate paving
Improvements, though this project was
not half completed during the year,
because of shortage Of labor and ma
teriais. The paving on Ninth street
was finished from Eighteenth avenue
south to Twenty-seventh avenue at
cost of S31 900. When completed the
paving on Ninth street will run to
Rock river. Sixth avenue, Thirty
eighth to Forty-fifth street, was the
second largest project, costing $22,-
521,69 Asphalt was laid there.
The use of asphalt as paving gained
in popularity in 1917 and in nearly
half of the projects completed this
material was used. In 1916 10 times
as much brick as asphalt was used.
/ This year 25,011 square yards of as
/ phalt was laid and $500 square yards
of brick making grand total of 49,
S71 square yards.
| The Mccarthy improvement COM
pany of Davenport secured II of the
| 20 paving contracts, the Tri-City Con-
/ struction company of Davenport six
and the Central Engineering company
and r. J. Mccarthy Of Davenport one
| job apiece.
The Mccarthy Improvement COM
pany secured the following: Seven
teenth avenue, Twenty-slxth street
Twenty street, Forty-firsi
street, Seventeenth avenue, Twenty.
fourth street, Twenty-fourth-a nd-a.
half street. Twenty-fourth street
(Thirteenth to Seventeenth avenues)
Sixth avenue, Fifth avenue. Twenty.
fourth1and-ahalf street Thirteenth Il
Seventeenth avenues, Sixth avenue
(Thirtyeighth to Forty-fifth street.
and Railroad avenue.
The Tri-City Construction COMPANY
installed the following: Twenty-thir,
street, Second avenue Twenty thirt
TO Twenty fourth street,, Forty fourth
street, Railroad avenue (Forty-seeont
to Forty-third street,, Sixth avenue
(Twenty-second to Twenty sixth
street,, Forty-second avenue, Mint
street, eighteenth to Twenty
avenuel.
The Central Engineering ccL,pan.
had the contract for Twentieth street
Twelfth to Seventeenth avenue), an
T. ]. Mccarthy for Sixth avenue, (Sec
ond street west to Railroad avenuel.
The Central Engineering conlpan
had the contract for Twentieth stree
Twelfth to Seventeenth avenue) an
T. J. Mccarthy for Sixth avenue, (Sec
! ond street west to Railroad avenue
II The highest price paid for pawn
was S2.35 per square yard, on Twer
tieth street, brick being used. TIL
. lowest price, $1.S9 per square yarC
: was paid on the Seventeenth ayenu
e and Twenty-sixth street jobs, both a:
II phalt Concrete gutter and curb wa
If used almost exclusively, 53,625 fe'
being laid.
s List of Improvements.
Appended is the list of paving in
Il provements, with location, type of n;
3 terial, width of street and cost.
. Twenty-third street, Second
to Fourth avenue and
~ Seventeenth avenue,
" Twenty-third to Twenty
u fourth streets, brick, So
w feet wide ..........-.S 9,SZo.'
~ Seventeenth avenue, Twen-
~ ty-fifth to Thirtieth
~ street, asphalt, "a feet
% wide ............. 1863
" Twenty-sixth street, Seven
:, ~ tenth to Eighteenth ave-
~ nue., asphalt. "a feet
~ wide ....-....... 1855.
" Twenty-seventh street, Sew
~ enteenth to Eighteenth
~ avenue, asphalt, "a feet
10 wide ............... 1851.
~ Forty-first street, Railroad
= avenue to Indian boun-
III dairy line. brick. % feet
a. a. wide ............ 13.54s.
Seventeenth avenue, TWEEN
ne ty-fourth to Twenty-fifth
w street and Twenty-fourth
or and Twenty-fourth-a
q half street, Seventeenth
n to Eighteenth avenue, as
phalt, "a feet wide 49,. 9,222
Forty-fourth street. Rail-
- road to Seventh avenue
1 and Railroad avenue, For
!, ~ ty-third to F'orty-fifth
= street. brick. 30 feet
{ wide ........ 1882
- / Forty-second street. Sew
"a euth avenue north to
~ Railroad avenue and Rail
= road avenue, Forty-sec-
=. ond to Forty-third street,
-. brick. "a feet wide $3.50. 1891
a aa Twenty-fourth street, Thir-
- teenth to Seventeenth ave-
nue., asphalt, "a feet wide 1926
- Twentieth street, Twelfth
to Seventeenth avenue,
" brick, So feet wide ...... 1915
- Sixth avenue. Ninth to Sew
- enteenth street. brick, "a
feet wide ............,.. 1920