The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-09-27
WATAUGA AVENUE
TO Cross Montgomery StreeI and In
tersect With West Market.

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tersect With West Market.
Mr.. Tube Hoss, who is liberal
minded man and generous-hearted
citizen, has donated to the city 300xG0
feet Of land, whereby The city will be
enabled to lengthen WataugA avenue
from where it iutersects with Mont.
gomery street to the tannery compa.
ny's property (; and when the av nue.
Is graded and put in proper shape for
travel, over which wagons and other
vehicles can run with safety, Mr. Gil,
dorsleeve,--Teprese the tannery
company, has giSsn his assurance that
che company he represents will do.
Knate portion of them property sulli-
cient to put Watauga fNenue through
to West Market street, Ahich it will
strike Immediately Vest on the fence
enclosing the residence ofNME IAN
Tucker, the dressRaker
Tie city agreed to dig and gather
and house the POTATOES and cora in
the strip Of gr9und belonging to Mr.
Hosr, lhroughwhich the avenue runs,
and rebuild Tie fence on either siGe,
Mr. Hoss -fuI finishing ali that part Of
the OH fence fit for such purpose.
The terps having been mutually
agreed to By botr partier, Cox and his
army laidtiege to The work last Friday,
with plain evidence that they intend
to battle down every barrier obstruct
ing their march, their colors bearing
the inscription, Coward"
Watauga avenue has been pretty
thoroughly repaired from the furnace
to Boone street. From Boone street
to Montgomery quite hill has of ne
cessity to be graded in order to get
Girt with which to fiji in the bottom
on Watauga avenue which intervenes
between the foot OF the hill and Mont
gomery street.
There is also a bottom to be filled
on Montgomery'in close proximity to
the intersection of the last named
street and Wstauga avenue, but the
two hills on Montgomery will furnish,
by proper grading, plenty OF earth to
fill in with
Thus it will be seen that. though the
job is quite an undertaking aud will
require great deal of work and time,
yet l. is not unreasonable to look at
its ultimate completion as dead GER
tainty.
When the avenue reaches West
Market substantial sidewalk is prom
ised on the part OF the city right away,
at least upon one side OF il, and this
will rebound not only to the benefit
OF the school children in Pot Liquor
Flats, but to the entire community on
that side of town, (on both sides, in
TRUTH and reflect credit on the con-
coctors Of the scheme, and upon none
more than Mr.. Hoss and the tannery
company, through whose munificence
the city is enabled to make this i'm
provement.
1t is entirely out OF the order oil
things, especially IN civilized coun-
try, to see school children wading
creeks, climbing fences and encoun-
tering all kinds of inconvenience in
town in order to get to school, yet
such is fact in johnson City, and II
can't be remedied until Watauga ave.
nue. is put through AID finished as
above stated 1t is not only the school
children, but everybody else on either
side of the point in question who sui
fer the same inconvenience.
We think both the donators, Messrs
Hoss and Glider sleeve, and the corpo
ration deserve praise and cred, alike
because the ca rying out OF the pro
ject will work untold benefit to thu
residents in that neighborhood and bC
! a decided improvement in the appear
, ance OF the property on either side o
{ the avenue. Without the aid OF one
E the other could not have made thi
J improvement, therefore, we repea
r that too much praise can not be be
{ slowed upon both the city and the dc
e n tors Of the land.
I This work is bling done principal,
v by city labor; that is, by parties owini
D fines who, not able to ply them, ar
working them out, and by means G
the street tax, the parties preferrin
to work ard have worked ont tn
. amount which every male citizl n ur
!, der forty Eve has to pay. The wor
is pr crossing finely, and we hope
h will soon be completed
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