The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-08-20
ELECTION NOTICE.

tennessee, passed at a meeting OF said
Board on July 20, 1908, We, the I'M
lersigned Election Commissioners for
County, Tennessee, here
by give notice, that we will open and
hold, in each of the -Four Wards of the
Town of Johnson City, Tennessee,
On THURSDAY, Sept. II, 1903,
an election according to the laws regu-
lating such elections existing in the
State of Tennessee; said election to be
held for the purpose of determining,
by a majority of the legal votes cast,
whether or not the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, of the Town of johnson
City, shall issue $2S, 10000 Public I'm
provement Bonds, to run for twenty
900 years, and to bear interest at the
rate of five per cent, per annum, paya-
BILE semi-annually in lawful currency
of the United States.
At said election tickets shall be used,
upon which shall be printed; First
Bonds, " and Second Immediately be-
low, "No Bonds" and persons voting
for the issuance of bonds shall mark
their tickets with a cross opposite the
word Bonds" and those voting
against the issuance of bonds shall in
like manner mark their tickets oppo-
site the words "No Bonds.
The said bonds, or the proceeds
thereof, to be used exclusively for the
purpose of making public municipal
improvements within the corporate
limits of the Town of Johnson City, as
per an itemized estimate showing in
detail the proposed expenditures of the
proceeds of said bonds, which estimate
is embodied in the following resolution
passed by the Board of Mayor and Al
dermen of the town Of Johnson City, at
a meeting of said Board, held on July
20, 1908, and which resolution is
spread on the records of that body, and
in words and figures following, to-wit;
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, The General Assembly of
Tennessee, at its last session, Acts 1903,
Chapter l16, passed an act authorizing
the Town of Johnson City to issue I'm
proyement Bonds as therein;
this Board to propose to the voters of
said town an issue of $2S, 100000 GIVEN
ty-eight thousand dollars of bonds I'M
der said Act, the proceeds to be used
exclusively for the purpose of making
the following public improvements
within the corporate limits; and Sec
ton 5 Of said Act providing that an
itemized estimate showing in detail the
proposed expenditures of the proceeds
of said bonds, showing the purpose and
place of expenditure within the town,
| etc.
Now, Therefore, That it be by the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of the
Town Of johnson City, in accordance
with said provision,
Resolved, That the following esti-
mate or budget of such expenditures OF
proceeds of said proposed bond issue
be adopted and spread of record by
this Board, the proceeds to be used ex-
clusiyely for the purposes as below in
dicated, to-wit:
STREET EXPENDITURES.
DRIvEwAYs LEADING TOWARD MOUNTAINS
BRANCH OF NATIONAL HOME
FOR D. V. S.
1. For the grading, macadamizing,
ETC., of driveway from Public Square
by way of Buffalo and Walnut streets
to corporation line, as follows
Grading ESTIMATED $4,000 and mac.
adamizing ESTIMATED $60O00) Buffalo
street full width forty (4O) feet (total
estimate $4,000, and grading Walnut
street from Buffalo street to corporate
line forty (40) feet wide ESTIMATED
$500,00) and matchmaking same six.
teen (1G) feet wide ($4, $50. 00), and nee.
essary culverts and thing $500. 00), 6
grand total proposed expenditure for
said driveway, ...............$6 Sc, 000 90.
But no part of this sum shall be used
for paying for rights of way.
2. For the construction of drive
way from Public Square by way Of
West Main, Summer and Lamont
streets to corporate line.
For matchmaking unmacadamized
portion Of West Main street total widtl
sixteen (16) feet mot including Trac
ton Company's portion) from Public
Square to Summer street ESTIMATED
81, 100000, and grading Summer street
40 feet wide from West Main to Lamon'
ESTIMATED $3.50. 00) and Lamont to cor.
porate line 40 feet wide ESTIMATED
81 100000, and macadamizing Summer
to Lamont 16 feet wide estimated
$G50.00) aud Lamont to corporate lin,
16 feet wide ESTIMATED w, $50 00), an(
for necessary drain materials for sale
driveway estimated $4,000, a tota
expenditure of...... ......S6, 600. 90
3. For the purchase Of right Of way
ESTIMATED $350.00) and grading (esti
mate $50 100 of an extension of Boone
street fifty (50) feet wide from Yves
Market to West Main street near Pres
byterian church, estimated total q
''..'''.' 80. '...'.'.' ''.',...... $4OO. w.
4. For the grading full width les
timated 100000 and matchmaking II
feet wide ESTIMATED $600.00) of Wa
tauga avenue from Boone street tc
West Main street, and constructive
wooden bridge over Brush Greek (es
timated 100000 total expenditure O
-, ''.,',,'.... .,,,,..,,,.....,Sl, 900. CO.
D. OF grazing Un0Ba avenue ful
width from Roam to New streets, esti
mated. .......,..,...........5t,000 900. CO.
6. For repairing and redressing thai
portion OF following streets formerly
macadamized Boone from Wataugi
to West Market Estimated 5000. 00)
West Market from Ford alley to Pub
lie Square $3.50 00); East Market street
from Public Square to Roam $3.50. 00).
Roam from Holston to Maple $3.50. 00)
Maple from Roam to railroad crossing
(38OO. OO); Spring from Main to Cherry
lS2O0. 90, estimated) West Main from
Public Square to Brush Greek Bridge
$500 .OO), and Watauga from Boone to
New estimated $750.OO), a total esti-
mate Observation-Disclosures 90.
Z. For grading of Division street
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