The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-07-10
PROPOSAL TO BUY
MT. PLEASANT PIKE.
County Attorney Greenlaw
Reads An Offer Before the
Quarterly Court to Pay
$500 a Mile for the Pike.
(From Mondays Daily Herald.)


County Court met in quarterly session
this morning but transacted little of i'm
portsnce during the morning hours.
When Court met this afternoon, Coun-
ty Attorney Greenlaw arose and read a
proposition that the county buy the Mt,
Pleasant turnpike at s500a mile, pay
able in ten year county warrants bear
ing go Interest, and that the pike be de-
clared public highway. Before action
was taken on this proportion, Esq. Bal
lanfant arose and requested reading of
the Turnpike Commissioners report on
the condition of the Mt Pleasant turn
pike made two months since to called
session of the County Court. cit will
be remembered that Chancellor Beard
en- declared the making of this report TO
a special session of the court was illegal,
and that it should have been made to
the Court in regular SESSION. After the
reading of this report motion was made
that it be accepted and spread upon the
minutes.
County Attorney Greenlaw was asked
who offered the proposition to buy the
pike but refused so say, except that
Judge Gordon wrote the proposition. Mr..
Rainey, manager of the pike, said that
he did not know anything of the propo-
sition until he heard it read.
w. s. Fleming, Esq, attorney for the
turnpike company then arose and spoke
against the report, saying that it should
not be adopted unless his client first had
an opportunity of introducing witnesses
to show that the pike was in good con-
dition and was up to charter. Mr..
Fleming then asked that a resolution be
introduced allowing his clients to intro
duce evidence and that the case be tried
before the court in open session. Mr..
I'll. P. Figuers, attorney for the county
spoke against this action and in favor
of accepting the report of the Turnpike
Commissioners. Mr.. K. H, Hatcher
also spoke against taking any other &C
ton than that of spreading the report on
the minutes. Mr.. James A Smiser
closed the argument for the Turnpike
Company The meat of the matter is
that the Turnpike Company does not
want the report of the Commissioners
spread upon the minutes because it will
stop the company from taking toll, or il
it should take toll after the report is &C.
cepted it is feared that the company
would be liable to forfeiture of it's char
ter. 1t is almost certain that the Court
will adopt the Commissioners report
and refuse to hear any witnesses for the
company.
A New Court House.
Judge Holding, II. T. FIguers, Esq.
and other mem bers of the bar will
speak In favor of new building. A
poll of part OF the members of the
court by Herald reporter at noon to-
day showed 10 against to 10 in favor
of new building.
Several members refused TO vote.
Three or four of those who were
against the proposition were that way
because they thought their district was
against new court house.
tits to be seen what effect the APP
psal OF prominent lawyers, who are to
speak, will have upon them.
$3.50 P. M.-The report of the Turn
pike Commissioners was adopted by
vote of 40 to 2. The attorneys for the
turnpike owners will take an appeal to
the Circuit Court from this action.
After the disposition of the turnpike
question the question of a new court
house was taken up and Judge Holding
began speaking.