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THE AllGUS. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1908. OVER A MIL FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CITY IN 1 908 ias approxiiitely 200,- - T?rrwirfTa art1 ,t rn. t . Th ;:: T u I ainerea oy sewer districts, one and two of the thPrif ?T that during 190 southwest storm draius, the .-Sixth i i 1.000,000 for improvements, ward sewer system, aggregating $01,- Jral vl l ab,Ut eQUal t0 the av" 33S-78: the o Twenty-eighth rage yearly expenditures for building street, costing ?500; cutting Eish ana other -lmnrovoment nihn.mi. .'. . , ' , " """""b" ieum avenue uetveen Fourteenth is Bltghtly less than the amounts spent and Fifteenth streets. S300: filllne in ii g year Some venrlTenth street between Fifth and Sev Tnf ,miI!rovemen,ts have been made, jeath avenues. $1,000; widening Rail 11. .o-l comPletin at a cost of 'road avenue from Fortieth to Forty--n'nnn f Safety bulldInS. sond streets, $5C0; and filling vari a $lo0,000 office building; the con-.ous streets in the First Second and structlon of tho Best hlni-w n s0,n.i!Ti,i..i j ...... . , i " -w .; . j ti C UL f 1,'JUl). X HC avenue, which when comDleted ami tmM -.. i -IV,,..j . 7 " h,w.i liu,iv iu.piuc-- .1,.ai.-u iu represent an outlay of ment in 1908 "w '"""""J "w.uvu; me construction of. 000 tne M. W. A. printing plant at a cost of $35,000; the remodeling and enlarg ing of the city hall at a cost of $12, 000; the building of a new factory for the Rock Island Tool company, at a cost of $25,000; the construction by the National Neck Yoke company, of a new plant at a cost of $26,500; yard and other improvements by the Rock " Island Lumber company, aggregating $10,000 or more; and the building of a new warehouse by the Rock Island -Sash & Door Works at a cost of $25, 000. . A careful exnminnHnn rf oil bio records, and conservative ' esti mates made of the amount expended. The city spent $300 in extending the police and fire alarm system, and the remodeling of the city hall is one of the notable improvements of the year. The fire which gutted the building made extensive improvements neces sary, and the city council wisely ap propriated sufficient money to include changes not absolutely necessary, but desirable. The work when completed will represent an expenditure of about $12,000. Public I'tillty K(oii.m!oii.h. It is estimated that the three cor porations, the People's Power com pany, the Tri-City Railway company and the People's Light company, all big improvements, and scores of new residences and smaller buildings are cither planned or under contempla tion. The Rock Island Club Is consid ering a project for a new four-story club house, there are two big deals under way with a view to the building of more big office structures, several fine residences are to be built, and the different industrial corporations of the city are planning important improve ments. Among the latter are the Rock Island Sash & Door Works and the Rock Island Plow company, both of which have made preparation for big extensions in 1909. A new block is to replace the old Negus building on Sev enteenth street, between Second r.nd Third avenues, now owned by John Vo!k. Done Dur?nK Yrnr. An examination of the records shows that the following improvements have been made during 190S: William Klockau, Sixteenth street and Third avenue, two story brick garage. J. R. Brooks, 4002 Seventh avenue, two story frame. , J. Bollinger, 425-427 Sixth avenue, two story concrete store and apartment building. John Devine, 531 Twenty-eighth street two story frame, seven rooms. 'r IS' BEST" BUILDING (FOR YOUNG! &. McCOMBS.) shows that in building improvements jmerged undc-r the general ownership alone " approximately $700,000 wasl of the Tri-City Railway & Light corn spent, and when to this is added the'rany, commonly termed the public cost of public improvements, and thej funds expended by the public utilities companies In the extension and re construction cf the service, the total Is brought to over $1,000,000. The es timates include the expenditures of the city in various lines of improvement, including the work in the parks; the cost of the different building improve ments noted, and several hundred thouniul rinllsrs enpnt in inereasiner the number of homes in the city by over 150. It is interesting to note that during the year the majority of the residences built have cost more than $1,500, and only a small proportion have cost less than $l,CO0. Many have run up to $3,000 and $1,000, and a few have cost as high as $8,000 and $10, 000. The Public IniprovrnientM. Two miles of pavement went down during the year at an aggregate cost of $81,000.. The streets improved were as follows: From Thirtieth to Thirty , eighth streets on Seventh avenue; "Twenty-fifth street between Fifth and Ninth avenues; Tenth to Eleventh av- enue on Twenty-third street; First to Second avenue on Fifteenth street; First to Second avenue on Fourteenth utilities merger, have put between $135,000 and $150,CiO into improve ments, and that the larger portion of this amount has been Invested on this side of the river. While it is difficult to estimate just what amounts have been spent in Rock Island, since the improvement on this side of the river can hardly be separated, it is certain that over a quarter of the total ha3 been spent in improvements in Rock Island. The People's Power company improvements include big extensions of both gas and electric service and the installation of big new leaders, and improvements at the gas plant and the electric power plant. The Tri-j City Railway company's improvements have consisted in the relaying of track and the installation of new equipment. The improvement on Eleventh street, which is not yet entirely finished, is the most notable work done by the street car company this year. Work in Park. , In the public parks the improve ments this year have been confined to Long View and to the Seventh ave nue boulevard. On the latter $1,200: M. W. A. print building. Sixteenth street, two story brick nrintinsr plant. Mrs. Smith, 4200 Fourteenth avenue, six rooms, one and a half story cot tage. C. C. Pratt, Sr., 815 Forty-third street, two story frame residence. C. C. Pratt, 811 Forty-third street, two-story frame residence. J. P. Dolly, Twenty-third street, near Ninth, avenue, double two story con crete residence. J..H. Stoddard. 1531 Twenty-fourth street, two story frame. William Cansert, R07 Twenty-second street, remodeled two story frame res idence. John Volk, 1S23 Fifth avenue, two story frame. F. T. Myers, 172G Twenty-first street, two story frame. W. li Bailey. 531-533 Twentieth street, two story double brick house, remodeled and veneered with concrete. Henry Kinner, 1101 Fourth avenue, remodeled two story house, veneered with concrete. James McXamara. 1005 Twentieth street, two story concrete residence. A. Pearson, 1123 Twentiath street, two story frame residence. Mrs. E. B. Schmidt, Thirteenth ave nue and Seventeenth street, two story Frank Cierke, 508 Forty-first street, two story double frame residence. Lena Tahl, 1703 Twenty-fourth' street, one and half story frame house. I. Weeda, Twenty-fourth-aud-a-half street and Eighteenth avenue, one and half story frame house. Harry Pahl, Eighteenth avenue and Twenty-foui th-and-a half street, one and half story concrete residence. Henry Luplow, Fifteenth avenue and Twenty-fifth street, two stor,y frame house. Howard Mardis, Twenty-ninth street Eighteenth avenue, one and half story frame house. Archibald Huber, Twenty-ninth street Seventeenth avenue, one and half story frame house. Ceorge Cat pouter. Twenty-ninth street Seventeenth avenue, one story frame house. Albert Zeis, Twenty -ninth street Seventeenth avenue, one story frame house. , v. James Sullivan, Twenty-ninth-and-a-half street and Seventeenth avenue, two story frame house. D. J. Danburg, Twonty-ninth-and-a-half street and Seventeenth avenue, one story frame house. South Park Presbyterian chapel. Thirtieth street and Fifteenth avenue, remodeled, veneered with concrete. Joe Burkhart, i:j31 Thirtieth street, one story fpme barbDr shop. Air. trey, 3o2 l hirty-serond street, one and half story frame house. Oscar Carhson. 1531 Thirty-second street, remodeled. E. H. Caldwell. 1430 Thirty-sixth street, one and half story frame store and flat. Herman Flanker. 1121 Thirty-sixth street, one and half story frame house. Mrs. M. Damn, 1420 Thirty-sixth street, one and half story frame house. Mr. Clow, 1410 Thirty-sixth street, one and half story frame house. William Bleuer. 142S Thirty-sixth street, one and half story frame house. John Dennis, Thirty-eighth street be tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth ave nues, one and half story house. Charles Raisch, 4301 Eighteenth avenue, remodeled frame residence. William Bachelor, Seventeenth ave nue and Forty-third street, one and half story frame residence. William Bletier. Seventeenth avenue between Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth streets, five, one and half story cottages. T. J. Medill. 4501-4503 Sixteenth ave nue, two concrete houses. Ernest Luekenbihl, 3400 Fourteenth avenue, remodeled cottage. Oliver Berger, 1223 Thirty-seventh street, two story frame residence. Kirk Leverich, 1318 Fortieth street, two story frame residence. George Erkhtdk.-Thirty-ninth street and Eleventh avenue, two story frame residence. C. F. De-gen. 14(iS Fortieth street, one and half story frame house. O. II. Anderson, 1314 Forty-fourth street, one and half story house. A. P. Dehr. 1G10 Forty-fifth street, two story concrete Etoe and flat. Frank Weller, Forty-third street be tween Eighth and Ninth avenues, one story frame hou George Elwell, Twenty-third street between Tenth-and Eleventh avenues, two story frame residence. Hattie Kyte. 1104 Sixteenth street, two story frame residence. Jacob Russell, C21 Thirty-ninth street, two story frame house. H. Clevcnstine, 015 Thirty-ninth street, one and half story frame house, Gus Oeger, Twenty-fourth street and Ninth avenue, two story frame res idence. John Schafer, 4520 Eighth avenue, two story frame residence. Mac Potter, 549-551 Thirty-first streets, one story concrete office. street," two story double frame house, remodeled. P. II. Kelly, 2916 Fifth avenue, two story double frame house. C. E. Hodgson, 2900-29i2-2904 Fifth- and-a-half avenue, three houses, re modeled. ' Frank Asplund, 2C30 Eighth-and-a- half avenue, two story frame house, remodeled. Oscar Thiele, 834 Twenty-fifth street, two story frame house. Villa de Chantal, Twelfth avenue and Twenty-second street, remodeled barn. W. A. Riess, 1004 Twenty-second street, two story frame house. Lewis Roofing company, Third ave nue and Twenty-fifth street, two story brick barn and warehouse. Rock Island Sash & Door vorks. Third avenue and Twenty-fifth street, three story brick warehouse. Miss Kate Byrnes, 418 Twenty-second Street, one story frame house, re modeled. Miss Kate Byrnes, 422 Twenty-second street, remodeled house. Miss Kate Byrnes, 424 Twenty-second street, remodeled house. Broadway Presbyterian church, Twenty-third street and Seventh ave- I'nion Printing company. Eighteenth street, one story brick addition and remodeled office. , L. B. Best, Best block on Second ave nue and Seventeenth street, six story brick and concrete. John Volk, Seventeenth street, old Negus block, new building 'mder con struction. M. W. A. printing bi:iluiag, one story addition. City hall. Third avenue and Sixteenth stieet, addition and remodeled. Thomas Rosonfield, Third avenue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, two story brick, remodeled store and flats. Mrs. Mary Bobbins. 739 Fourteenth street, two story frame house, remod eled. Margaret Klotz, 91 C Fourteentn-and-a-half street, remodeled frame house. G. H. Hagis, 748-750 Fifteenth street, two story double frame house. E. H. Stafford, Twentieth street be tween Seventh and Eighth avenues, two story brick residence, remodeled. William Sexton, 315-317 Eighth street, two story double frame house, remodeled. Annie M. Beatty, 1103 Twelfth ave nue one and half story frame house. Rock Island Tool company, factory, First street and Fifteenth avenue. Jacob Nesley, Second street and Thirteenth avenue, one and half story addition. John Sass, 704 Twelfth avenue, one story frame cottage. ; Harry Barth, COi Twelfth avenue, one story frame cottage. , Adolph Ostering, 510 Eleventh ave nue, one story frame cottage. 1 A. F. Swanson, 423 Firth street, one story addition. S. J. Stader, 317 Sixth street, remod eled frame house. Rock Island Plow company, two story frame warehouse, and remodeled office. S. J. Woodin, 510 Eleventh avenue, one and half story frame cottage. Island City Boating association. First avenue and Twelfth street, one story club house. Swan Apple, Third avenue - and Eighth street,"tw flats, remodeled. Mrs. M. E. Ross. 422 Eighth street, two story frame house, remodeled. Ernest Peitch r. Eleventh avenue and Fourteenth s;reet, two story frame cottage. John Koch, S -venteenth street be tween Second ai-d Third avenues, two story brick shop. 1 -vr 4 - Hr i- 3i fU t.;r -VV '4 , v A" & ::"luM III 5 rtl; "Jlr g; Aiir , f , ic .vjI-h , - -w- . A", .l.r r-WT- . . MWDTU -1 1 . nue, two story stone addition. James Burns. 317 Twentieth street, one story concrete shop. H. H. Cleaveland, Eighth avenue aiul Nineteenth street, remodeled tv.-3 story residence, concrete veneer. Charles Bladel, Eleventh avenue and Twelf:h street, two story brick store and flats. and; frame. Mr. Young, 1012 Nineteenth street. was spent in grading and -fillin niruKU 1 emu uu 1 bciuu utcnun un ; --- - o , vi.,nn, Tth T,-0:rtt, nv. the care of the grounds. This prom- ttto stor-v rrame. remodeled t-. j . 4. iclf5i tr. l nnfl nf tho tnnst nttrartivo A- MCLOnnell, IdOl tuue on r urijf-aevuuu niiecu - - - " Watermains were extended on Thir- little beauty spots in the city. t- r,s, -'tr,tv. Tith'Lons View nark 5.000 feet of cementi rsiaKesi to the first allev on Forty-first street i walk was laid, and about the same Tv'dfth street, two story frame house, xo me nrsc aney, on ony nr&i birtt i, rr Prprt.n. on1)" PSffoAnth from Fourteenth tc Eighteenth ave-. amount cr cruanea rocK waiK was put) t "' i::,,: " ieei 01 - . wiss JMc.vianon, 2441 Eighth avenue, W. McConnell, jn Biieei, iwo hiory irame noiise. . ! R. Ttlakeslov. Olenhorsp Twelfth court. A:- IS i,- r.iiesi on Twentv-sixth street from aown. ine noaru nas Tenth to-Thirteenth avenue; on Thir-Curbing installed.. The city was given ty-ninth street from Eleventh to Four-' 100 feet cf asphalt pavinp; at the Fif teenth avenue; on Thirty-fifth and! tcer.th street entrance, to correspond Thirty-sixth streets from Fourteenth ! with the Sevenieenlh entrance, where to Eighteenth avenue; and in Blakes-j another company gave the city a like ley's addition at an approximate cost 'strip of paving. The commissioners of $14,000.; The extensions cover a 'spent $300-, for new shrubbery and distance of three miles all told. .plants. ' New sewers were placed in the al- The Rock Island Exposition com ley of block nine of the Old Town ad-,Pany spent about $5,000 in the perma dition, and blocks 1 and 10 in Spencer ent improvement of its grounds on & Case's addition (Seventeenth street) j Ninth street, i'be Island City Boating covering a distance of one-half mile in j association established a harbor for all," and costing $9,000. ; Ten and one-half miles of new side- launches and small boats at the fool cf Twelfth street, and built an attrac- walks were laid in the Second andive nttie ciut nouse. ttie entire im Seventh wards during 1908, six miles' provemeni amounting to about $500. in the Second and four and one-half miles in the Seventh. The total cost of this improvement work was $40, 000. ' -: . ' ' " Other city improvements made dur ing the year cover amounts spent on, ready-plans are prepared for several house. ProHjM-etn for ICON. While 1908 has shown the average amount of money spent in improve ments, the prospects are that 1909 will two story frdme residence. Albert Utke, 1122 Sixteenth avenue, one and one-half story frame house. Sidney Anderson, 1004 Fourteenth-and-a-half street, t one and one-half story frame house. Herbert Cook, 1028 Fourteenth ave nue, two story frame house'. Ans Anderson, 1412 Twelfth .street, two story frame house. R. McCartney, 122C Fourteenth street, one and half story frame house. A. F. McLean, 1205 Fourteenth street, one and half story frame resi dence. . - Hermen Maiwald, 701 Ninth ave nue, two story frame s.tore and flat. Bennett Organ company, Third ave nue. and Forty-fourth street, two story frame shop and warehouse. Dr. H. G. Trent, Tweb.ty-third street . j -fii ...ii. .T"" . ' SAFETY BUILDING. C. Montoy, Tenth street and Four teenth avenue, one and half story frame house. Mr. Stanbaugh, Eleventh street and Fifteenth avenue,, one story frame house. Mr. Sundquist, Eighth street and Sever t eon th avenue, one story frame house and one story frame shop. John Sfbeurmann, 1700 Sixth street, two story frame house and barn. Albert Burk. 1"(2 beventeentn ave nue, one and half story frame cottage. John Konosky, 1123 Twelfth avenue, one and half story frame cottage. National Neck Yoke company. First street and Sixth avenue, wareroom, 240x32 feet, brick and concrete; arid factory, 300x103 ffet, brick and concrete. Joseph Diesenroth, 503 Fifteenth, street, one and half stry frame.build- ing. Dandruff. Barber's itch even of the wbrst kind and other diseases of the hair, are permanently cured by applying Salubrin in accordance with the "di rections." Avoid new Infection from unsterilized combs, brushes, towels, etc. All druggists. N A Dangerous Operation Is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. "Ring's New Life Pills is ever" subjected to this frightful ordeaL They work so quietly you don't feel thorn. They cure con stipation, headaohe. biliousness and malaria. 25c at all druggists. ROCK ISLAND HAS PARTIAL CLAIM ON NEWLY PROMOTED REAR ADMIRAL if - "irvi2'r . The Xw York World prints a like ness of Rear Admiral Williams Wirt Kimball, brother of J. R. Kimball, and Mrs. E. II. Guyer of this city and a early SC's when this government occu pied the Isthmus of Panama for a time, he fitted up an armored train on th? railway and kept the line open. He was in the bay of Rio de Janeiro frequent visitor here, and gives the i in is'jt when the Detroit, with guns following account of his recent pro-'shotted and trained, broke the .back of the rebellion there. -4H MODERN WOODMEN PRINTING BUILDING. show an even greater aggregate. Al-j and Tenth avenue, two story frame Nel3 Hanson. 4511 Ninth avenue, j two-story frame residence. - Peter Anderson, .4509 Ninth avenue, two story frame residence. . John Johnson, 823 Forty-first street, two stofy frame residence. Augustana.. college, retaining wall along Seventh avenue. ; . . Mrs. Daly, 112G Thirtieth street, one and half story frame residence. August Hildebrandt, 628 Thirty fourth street, one and half story frame residence. Martin Laughlin, Th,irty-third street and Eighth avenue, oae and half story frame house, , - John Grimes, 539 Thirty-first street, on story frame house. Joseph Scheurmann, Twelfth street and Sixteenth avenue, two story brick store and flats.. John Maurris, 142S Fourteenth street, one and half story frame house. Charles Ullemeyer, Fifteenth street and Sixteenth avenue, two story frame house. - Ed Lurdberg, 1209 Fourteenth-and-a- half street, two story frame house. A. C. Dunlap, 1C14 Twelfth street, two story house. Carl Carsten, 1105 Fourteenth street one and half story frame house. Arthur Bladel. , 1C28 Fourteenth street, two story frame house. Volunteer Coal company. First ave nue between Fifteenth and Sixteenth motion: "The latest promotion to the flag rank in the United States navy is that of F.ear Admiral William Wirt Kim ball, who attained that grade on Dec. IS by the retirement of Rear Admiral W. H. Emory. Few naval officers have experienced a more active life. both at sea and on shore, than Ad miral Kimball in the 40 years of his active service. "Born in Paris, Me., Jan. 9, 1848, he attained fleet command at the age of CO, but i3 still active and energetic! He entered the naval academy in 1S63, and soon after receiving his commis sion as ensign in 1S70 he made a spe- "In recent years Kimball has alter nately been commanding battleships, his latest being the New Jersey, and serving as member of important- ad ministration boards. John P. Holland wrote of him: 'Submarining owes more to him than to any other living man, and I trust that later on the same can be gaid of flying. Marked for Death. "Three years ago I was marked for death. A grave-yard cough was tear ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed to help me, and hope had fled, when my husband got Dr. King's New Dis covery," say3 Mrs. A. c wiilins. of clalty of torpedo boat service. Just-Bac, Ky. 'The first dose belped mo before the war with Spain began he and'improiement kept on until I had was placed . in command of the Erst gained 5S pounds in weight and my torpedo boat flotilla organized by the health was fully restored. This medi- United States, and his little ships did; cine holds the world's healing record wonderfully daring duty in that episode. "In earlier cjays Admiral Kimball for coughs end colds and long and throat diseases. It prevents pneu monia. Sold under guarantee at all had much exciting work. Back in the druggists. 50c and $1. Trial bottle free.