Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-29
LOCAL BUILDERS
SEEK CONTRACTS
FOR 22O HOUSES
Horst and LorenE Companies said
- BE in Field for Securing
construction Work.
PROJECT MANAGER ARRIVES
Government I mplo!eS 10 Have Ar
tistic and Modern Homes
Repetition Eliminated.

T. IS generally believed that local
contractors viii he Hsrded the
WorA Of building and cons rucuug
tre government houses which are
90 be homes for government work
CTS
I'd is understood that the Horst
Construction company OF Rock Is
land and the LUTeuz company OF
Moline VII make bids for the worN
on fine Illinois side or tho Miss,s-
zppt Bids are no he submitted to
tie government during next vCcA-
r II. Niclsr.i>. project manager
for me crumcnts housing cor
p0rsriou. IS in the tri-Cities today
making arrangements to secure
bids for 81 81 the local housing
work He mas 6ccn iu conference
wttI the con FACTORS interested in
securing the building work in Rock
Island and Moline
Contractors have made no an
rouuccment Of their present plans.
hu' jf rs understood that informa-
sion from Washington Is being
awaited which viii start action on
their part
INEth ASldtlA v lil nave q PdL VI
its ucu houses well under construc-
ton before November. it is gener-
ally said Ceryin ( Horn. archi-
tc~ts in charge OF planning build
IuEs on the Illinois side. will finish
their ara wings of the 220 new
houses Saturday. The plans will
then be submitted the Washington
officials Further plans and the
awarding Of the contracts Will he
made from that city.
Make Effort.
Government workers who are u
occupy the new houses can feel as
sured that the buildings will be
made Of the best material obtain
able Every effort has been exert
ed on the part of CeTvin & Horn TO
make the houses the most attrac-
tive possible. No two homes in
the same vicinity will be alike The
houses will be constructed with
four. five and six rooms. Some are
10 be frame. others stucco and d
few with artistic sidings. Several
double houses are also planned.
The completed blocks with the
houses constructed will resemble
i'm ever way perfectly designed
Tiat= With the absence Of repeti-
lion IN the kinds OF houses each
building Will appear as though it
was constructed personally for the
occupants
Members Of the Cervin & Horn
firm announced today that Rock Is
land $ homes for government work
crz are not 20 be of the type gener-
ally used in towns where houses
are constructed by factory officials
for their employees. In other cities
The buildings have been designed
bv engineers and are as rule all
or the same type
Fix Grounds.
Plans are we'll under way to have
The grounds for each of the new
fUuses placed in first class conc
ton before winter Grass is to be
sCwCI. trees replanted and shrub
berry srti5tically placed so as to
make the homes attractive
Iacu of the houses IS 10 he con
Et~ucted not less than s feet apart.
Ample room is 10 he left in the rear
cf the houses for garden plots. In
other words. Rock Islands new
houses Tor the government workers
Will lie OF the most modern type
POSSIBLE. The government request
n that Cervin & Horn make their
plans so a to provide the best or
homes for the workers.
The cit-'s new houses are to he
CONSTRUCTED in three diferenr dis
tric.- on the bluff several will bo
erected on Eighteenth avenue near
the Moline boundary line Others
between Fifteenth and Eighteenth
avenues and Thi-ty-nin-h and For
iv-frst streets Another block Is
'0cated between Sixteenth and
] ssteeutH avenues and Thirty
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