Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-01
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FIXTURE is Uncertain.
II is hard to tell what the next year
will bring forth, and l believe it is!
vol, for us to make only such I'M
movements as are demanded by petit
ton from property owners. If the &C
tiyities on the arsenal are as great
next year as they were in l9l', the
CITY will be in no position to secure
necessary material for constructing
having. sidewalks, etc. Therefore, we
shall not plan an elaborate program.
Our city engineer is now making
plans and specifications estimating
the cost for the widening of pave
ment on Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Sixteenth streets to width OF 30
feet. Before this work is accomplished
we should consider the enlargement
of the storm drains in these streets,
as they have proved far too small, and
larger drains must be provided to
take care of the storm water.
improvements Cost $122,S15.6S.
Public improvements completed IN
the last year represent a total eX-
penditure of $122,S15.60. OF this
amount s36,6O3 was for pavement,
s44.S79.5S was for storm drains,
S19.970.5S was for sidewalks and S21,-
362.54 for miscellaneous improve
ments. Paving of Twenty-fifth street
from Fifteenth to Twenty-third ave-
nue. and iptersecting avenues, has
been postponed until 1918. Contract
for the job has already been awarded
at cost of $37,45S.
Here is an itemized report Of the
years improvements:
Paving.
Seventeenth avenue, Tenth to Six
teenth street, asphalt, costing $13,4S6.
Fifth avenue, Thirteenth to Seven
teenth street. wood block, costing
$22,236
Alley between Sixth and Seventh
avenue, from Twelfth street A to
Thirteenth street, concrete, costing
1851.
Storm Drains.
Twelfth avenue, Nineteenth to
Twenty-fourth street place, and
Twenty-fifth street, Twelfth to Fiji
teenth avenue, yitritied pipe. $3,957.03.
Nineteenth street, Twelfth to Nine
teenth avenue, concrete, $12,999
! First street, Tail-ace to Railroad
avenue, cement block, $27,762, under
/ construction.
/ River drive. Twenty-sixth street to
concrete. $1,170.
! Sidewalks.
! Under ordinance No. l, 3,042 feet
! $2,549.14.
Under ordinance No. ., 5,201.4 feet
! 1851.
Under ordinance No. 5, 1892 feet
$1.14O.94.
| Under ordinance No 6, 4,492.S feet
/ S4,O35.
! Fifth avenue. 1865 feet, s1,913.92.
Under general ordinance, 5,644.t
feet. $4,515.60.
intersections, 1,464.3, S1,1S4.96.
These give total of 22,S36 feet OF
4,5G miles
! Miscellaneous.
Grading. Nineteenth street. Twelfth
to Thirteenth avenue, $10,492. This
job is about half completed.
Grading. Twelfth avenue, Nine
teenth to Twenty-tifth street. Twenty
/ fourth street place. Twenty-fiftl
street, Twelfth to Fifteenth avenue
$6,35S.54.
i Waterman, Eighteenth avenue
Eighteenth to Eighteenth street C
III feet l2-inch pipe and Ito feet 6
! inch pipe, $3.50.
i Sewer. Eighteenth, avenue, Eigh
!, teenth to Eighteenth street c, lis,
feet S-inch pipe, 1912.
Things Council Didn't DO.
These were some things the cit,
council did not do. 1t failed to insis
that the city hospital board increas
rates to out-of-town patients, whicl
would have given taxpayers of Mo
line square deal as regards the hos
pital-something they do not get now
AS matters now stand, Moline peOpl
pay taxes for upkeep of the hospital
+ while people outside the city do not
, and yet Moliners must pay the sam
rates as out-of-tOwn patients whe
', they go there. In this way, Moliner
are taxed twice for the benefit of out
, siders. The maternity home, in par
ticular, draws patients from all owe
! this county and many from Daven
Q port as it is the only maternity HON
in the tri-cities. The hospital shoul
o be operated for benefit of Moline pee
pie first, and for benefit OF rest c
county and part of Iowa second.
i The council also failed to tax
q steps to increase the c:iy revenue Tn
a city it now in bad hole. financial,
n and some such steps must be taken.
d 1t failed to bring the Rock Islam
). road to the point of finally erecting
q new passenger station in Moline an
a now that the government has take
control of the railroads it means thu
n the proposition will be postponed il
n definitely.
In addition to achievements enun
Grated here Mayor Carlson in his r.
n port, the city council insisted on til
q state law being enforced in Molin
+ according to the will of the voters a
q expressed at the local option electio
p in April of 1916, and drove blind pig
: from the city.
The mayor upheld by the council
put an end to street meetings tn;
sentiment contrary to the best intel
{ { ests of the United States might NJ
II be expressed by anti-war propagant
u lists.
II MONEY Is MISSING.
.: Eugene Mcconnell, night man /;
y the Bradley restaurant, 1401 Sixt
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