Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-07-03
ANOTHER MEETING.

The town council held another m Getting
last Tuesday night. 1t was not the regu-
lar time for meeting, nor had the reporter
been invited but he was there. Accord
ing to adjournment, as already stated, the
next meeting was to have been held on
the I'd instant.
The reporter happened along by the
courthouse, saw light in the council
chamber, and strolled through the corri-
dor. 1t was early in the evening. Inten-
dant Lowry. and Warden McElwee were
in the chamber. Upon noting this the
reporter concluded that there was to be
meeting later on. He did not say any
thing, but continued his stroll. Warden
McElwee had seen the reporter, and
presently Intendant Lowry called after
him by name. The reporter answered,
turned back and was informed that there
would be meeting of the council duri ng
the evening. The reporter expressed his
thanks for the information, and gave as
surance that he would be there.
After awhile Wardens Moore and Par
ish came along. Clerk Love was sick and
unable to be present, so it was decided
to 20 on without him, and the proceedings
were opened with nonchalant sugges-
ton from Intendant Lowry to pull OIL
your hats and lets get to business"
The occasion for the meeting on Tues
day evening instead of Friday evening,
according to appointment, was explained
as being because Warden McElwee would
l.
day.
Warden Moore, of the committee on
licenses, made a verbal report. He said
that he had written to Columbia for a
copy of the license schedule in vogue in
that city and had procured the same. lie
suggested, however, that it would proba-
bly not be worth while to consider the
question at this time but it would be bet
ter to jrst hang the information on file for
future reference: In the meantime the
fixing up of the streets is the most impor-
tant question before the council and he
thought it would be better to bend every
effort in that direction.
No action was taken upon the report
but, instead, the council drifted into an in
formal discussion of the subject of street
Improvement. 1t was suggested that
with what money there was on hand, and
the street tax which would come in from
the lst to the 18th Of July, and the bor-
rowing of $500 in anticipation of the tax
levy, as much as 81, 900 could be raised for
street improvement, and although no
final result" developed, it seemed to be
the concensus of opinion that the best
thing to be done with this money, under
the circumstances, would be to invest it
in crushed rock, to be applied to the
streets as far as possible now. and the
balance kept upon hand for future use.
The question whether it was best to try
to gather up the necessary rock about or
blast it from some Of the numerous gran
ite boulders nearby, was canvassed, and
as the result, it was decided that the coun-
Gil would, in body, take trip along the
western outskirts of the town next Mon
day morning for the purpose of ascertain
ing the points at which the most desirable
stone could be had at the least cost.
Warden McElwee described peculiar
kind of top soil which, he claimed, would
be as good as macadam for use on the
streets. He had made a pathway across
the street opposite his house with it some
seven years ago. 1t never got muddy or
turned to dust and would last indefinitely.
He had known portions of the streets to
be fixed up with it and it was the best
street in town. The soil, he said, was to
be had on at least three different tracts OF
land, and he suggested that if an acre or
such a matter could be bought at a reasona-
BILE figure, it would be good investment.
II could not only be used on the streets;
but it might be well to let the people OF
the town have as much as they wanted OF
it free of charge for use on their side