Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-11-25
Extensive improvements in
Twin Cities Promises AM
pie Employment for Our
Workers for Some Time
10 Come.

Na1Hfsakh aisH Nfh3na afe
entering unan period ef ptaercss
as never before attempted hy any
community or cities Of their size IN
the United States, according t. the
report madc 10 the Twin Iity Fed.
eration Of labor by the public i'm.
prosement committee appointed some
time ago TO take up the proposition
Of a new city hall with the city Of.
heials and other civic bodies af Cham.
palgs.
survey Of new improvements aud
buildings under way ana completed
include the following.
New University buildings $ 600 600
Shaiam sssvse ess~. s--asz. 2,uun,Oun
ufhana's new hotel 200 600
Holy Cross Church -- enn. 600
Mercy Hospital 100 600
Barlham Hospital addition To,00n
Colonial Theatre addition "a. 600
Along with these buildings COMES
new fraternity and sorority houses
aud scores Of neW residences.
In the line of focal public Improve
men,s comes first the real big prob
lems-sthat ef drainage. Champaign
must take care of the drainage before
the Stadium can be built. This i'm.
proyement will run into the hundreds
of thousands of dollars aud when
complete will eoSer the entire city Of
Champaign The city engineer Is
now working ON the specifications,
New specifications are being made
Tor the downtown or business dis.
triet lighting system. which will cor
meet with the University lighting
system by going south on First street
90 Springfield avenue aud ~ far south
on Neil as Green street and the sub.
way.
Another ornamental lighting sys-
tenn 10 be started next year viii be
that west OF Prospect avenue To the
city limits ami from University ave-
nue. north. These two lighting sys-
TENS 20 start next year will coat in
the neighborhood of S22b.o0n.
Much paving and street improve
ments II In prospect for next year.
Several streets around tho business
district will be widened tu take care
Of auto parking space. This includes
the widening OF Hlll street from Neil
10 State, Park, from Neil 20 State,
UniverSlty. from Nell 10 Randolph
Clark, from Neil TO Randolph. Ran
dolph, from Clark To Washington,
Washington, from Randolph 10 Neil.
The paving of West Church street
from Russell 10 the city limits Is now
under way. Petitions were received
this week for the paving OF South
Third street from Springfield TO Ar
mory and South Fourth street from
Armory to Gregory. and Gregory
from Fourth 10 First street.
Petitions are in circulation for the
paving of Daniel street from Pine
west to the city limits, Vine street
from Neil to Harris, and the paving
of Clark street from Prospect west
10 the city limits. There are also
several streets 10 be paved for dis
tance Of from one 10 three blocks.
The building of the stadium will
mean the expenditure of hundreds of
Of dollars made necessary
TO accommodate the traffic and
crowds drawn here 90 attend the
games. The Illinois Central railroad
win make the roadway from the sta
tion In Champaign To the sub-station
which they will build To the Stadium,
the beauty spot Of the system" en-
taIling an expenditure of considerably
over 100000. The city will have 20
widen the streets leading To the ata-
dium TO width Of from 7b 10 100
feet, and TO provide subwaya by
which the stadium drain can be taken
care Of properly.
When the committee appointed by
the Federation met with the city
commissioners Monday 10 study these
problems and the future growth of
the necessity of new
city building and what might be
termed a convention hall or commun-
ity building became more apparent.
That Champaign has no hall large
enough TO hold good-sized audience
Ia a well-known fact. Many conyen-
tions could be brought 20 Champaign,
expositions, ETC., could be arranged If
n place suitable 10 hold them could
be obtained, which would be Of untold
value 10 the community. And II Is
with this In mind that the Federation
through its committee Is urging and
asks the support Of all publie-spirited
citizens In backing.