Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-31
IMPROVING RIVER
FRONT NEXT PLAN.
New Movement for Giving Rock Island
Modern Leyee Facilities Latest
Undertaking.
WORKING Upon PRELMINARIEs
Information Concerning Project Ii
Being Sought BY Committee
Directing Matter.

Water front Improvement has had
the attention OF the Chamber of Com
merce.
Members Of the board Of directors
have long appreciated that the water
front improvement problem was a
most difficult one and offered almost
unsurmountabIe phases Just at this
tine the federal government has been
making a drive on an of the cities To-
Gated ON the Mississippi river looking
forward TO the building Of traffic ter
mlnas 30 that the water transporta-
uou which 30 hopes TO develop may
bo handled economically both as to
leading and unloading.
In cooperation with the mayor, a
representative committee was ap-
pointed On whose hands was to be
placed The water front Improvement
project Those serving on this COM
mittee are o.. B. Davis, c. A. Hall
rren. C. j. Searlo. T. w Bender. A. B.
Du Won r. w. Lamont and Commits
si0ners NJ r. Rudgren. n. T. Juhl, j.
Liedtke and j. A. Nurrin. Mr. Davis.
Mr. Iallrren. Mr. Searle and Mr.. Ben
DER represent the Chamber of Com
merce. Mr.. Du Won and Mr. Lamont
the Business Mems association and the
mayor and commissioners the city as
whole This committee has held its
first meeting and decided upon its
course Of procedure. Secretary Ben
DER was asked to get into communica-
ton with AN OF the river cities in Iii
nois and obtain from them a statement
as To- fine methods of procedure which
thew were putting in force in behalf OF
water from. Improvement The mayor
was authorized 40 obtain a map show
ing the property rights on the riyet
front within the corporate limits oil
the otv As soon as the Information
has been secured and the question Of
river front property ownership has
been decided The committee will meet
and map out its next step.
The question i'm the perspective pre-
seuts largely engineering and lega
phases which must first be solved, anC
1t is expected that the committeel
next step will be that of Determining
riparian rights Of way and will re
quire long tedious grind Of months
The committee is entering into til,
problem without any misunderstood
ing as TO the amount of work ant
length Of time necessary to max
beadway. but they are as a whole dc
termned 90 do everything within thei
power 10 get % satisfactory solution o
the problem The city commissioner
have announced their willingness T.
improve tue Two blocks which are mu
nicipalIy owned. but that it hesitate
70 de so until some definite plan ha
been evolved covering the entire rive
frontage
Points out Difficulties.
70 was pointed out by n. H. Tunni
clide the engineer for the Dayeupor
leyee commission, that the hardes
(, work OF the commission was that c
making plans coordinate with the frs
II steps which the commission took, an
that both the commissioners and tn
committee should go about the wor
in studied manner and determine
upon q complete plan before improy
ing even that which the city no
Il owned. Mr. Tuunicliffe also cautione
the committee about being swept o
i.s feet by me demands Of those VIII
wartcd quick results pointing OIL
that the first years work OF the <0u
mttee would i'm all probability M
make any appreIable showing to Ii
outsider.