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On December 17, 1922 EU-QU-BUD announced, after a meeting, that it would lead the construction of the auditorium. | On December 17, 1922 EU-QU-BUD announced, after a meeting, that it would lead the construction of the auditorium. | ||
In 1936 the first site proposed for a municipal swimming pool was the southern portion of Rafferty Slough fill. The planning and zoning commission, however, refused to approve it. After several other sites were considered and rejected, proponents of Rafferty Slough came back with the idea of using the northern portion of the fill area. This was also rejected by the planning and zoning commission. (4) | In 1936 the first site proposed for a municipal swimming pool was the southern portion of Rafferty Slough fill. The planning and zoning commission, however, refused to approve it. After several other sites were considered and rejected, proponents of Rafferty Slough came back with the idea of using the northern portion of the fill area. This was also rejected by the planning and zoning commission. (4) The city's proposal for the construction of a municipal pool at Rafferty Slough was submitted to the Public Works Administration in 1936. The estimated cost of the project was $60,000. (2) | ||
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RAFFERTY SLOUGH. Rafferty Slough lies south of the JULIEN DUBUQUE BRIDGE in an area now known as Maus Park.
In 1922 many civic leaders and some members of EU-QU-BUD proposed the site as the ideal loation for a municipal auditorium. The area was at the time being filled in and the city owned the land. The DUBUQUE ELECTRIC COMPANY favored the site because of the ease in establishing street-car facilities. The tracks were planned to loop around the grounds with spur tracks being available to bank cars to carry those in attendance after the closing of a program. (1)
Those opposed to the site considered it out-of-the-way from the business center of the city. They pointed to many businesses along Iowa and Central that were located to the north. These people believed that city residents as well as those from the rural areas to accustomed to traveling to these areas and not a site south. (2)
EU-QU-BUD pointed to the fact that with automobiles available one or two blocks did not make a difference. Since developers were planning on a basement parking area, there was less reason to be concerned with the location of the building. (3)
On December 17, 1922 EU-QU-BUD announced, after a meeting, that it would lead the construction of the auditorium.
In 1936 the first site proposed for a municipal swimming pool was the southern portion of Rafferty Slough fill. The planning and zoning commission, however, refused to approve it. After several other sites were considered and rejected, proponents of Rafferty Slough came back with the idea of using the northern portion of the fill area. This was also rejected by the planning and zoning commission. (4) The city's proposal for the construction of a municipal pool at Rafferty Slough was submitted to the Public Works Administration in 1936. The estimated cost of the project was $60,000. (2)
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Source:
1. "Rafferty's Slough Proposed as Site for Auditorium," Telegraph Herald, Oct. 13, 1922
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. "Council Will Be Asked to Speed Pool Construction," Telegraph Herald, April 12, 1936, p. 2