The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-27
[OR WIDENING
Of HIGHWAY BY
GENERAL TAXES
p.altors Urge Twenty fourth
street Improvement ut Pub
lie Expense.

The Rock Island Real Estat,
.osrd last night adopted resolu
ions approving the widening O
Trenty-fourth street, but with pro
ssso that the expense of the i'm
,rnyement be financed through gen
s.ral taxation, and not by assassin,
ne AUDITING property owners.
i resolution offered by a specia
,araulttee consisting of Ira H. Buff
nm. z. b. Kreis and J. A. Moral
- adopted. 1t stated:
whereas, Twenty fourth
street is the main entrance TO
our city and an indispensable
ink in the inter-city, the inter-
state and the trans-continental
route over the Rock Island
bridge, and
whereas. the congestion on
said street is already at the
danger point, and will soon be
much greater upon the COM
pletion of the state highways,
which will avert not only the
east and west tranS-continental
traffic, but likewise the north
and south travel, between ST
Louis and st. Paul to this river
crossing, thereby rendering the
congestion a positive menace,
and
whereas, the city planning
commission, after exhaustive
study, has 'emphatically recon-
mended the widening and
bouleyarding of said street as
the initial undertaking as we'll
as the most ben eficial improve
ment that can be made, there
fore:
Resolved, that the Rock Is
land real estate board does
hereby heartily endorse said
project, as real necessity; as
an establishment best calcu-
lated to advertise to travellers
the enterprise of our city; as
an Improvement universally
beneficial to all our citizens; as
an inspiration for other under
takings, both public and pri-
vate.
Resolved, that we direct our
secretary to furnish a copy of
these resolutions to our city
government as testimony of
our belief that the execution of
this project will serve as a
, tonic to dispell the depression
that now kills both public and
private initiative, and as evil
dence Of our belief that a start
should be made at once, and
we respectfully suggest that
the cost shall be borne by gen.
eral taxation"
Urge Levee Protection.
committee consisting of ]. 4
Koran, Mayer Levi, Raymon
Walker and E. B. kreis, presiden
vii cooperate with the Rock Is
Ind Chamber of Commerce to urg
Tie United States government I
hike action to prevent Manufactur
Es addition from being fioode
rom the overflow of the Mississippi
nTer.
The members of the board ex
pressed themselves also as favor
hg the extension of Eighteent
venue west to the MISSISSIPPI
nFer.
discussion on the exclus;v
listing Of real estate by member
Of the board was led by ]. A. Nc
Fan, and resolution prevailed ar
proving the principle of exclusiv
listing. and stating that no listin
vas to be regarded as exclusiv
Unless expressed in writing.
A communication was receive
nom the state department of edu
aiion and registration to the ei
feet that after May l, the depart
ment intended to begin activitie
against real estate dealers who ha
not registered and paid the stat
fee.
The firm of Boutwell, and Swan
son, with Offices in the State Ban
building, was admitted to member
ship.
The realtors dined in the Roc
Island club at O'Clock and til
BUSINESS session followed.