The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-06-04
MANY CONTRACTS
ARE BEING LET
City VIII Be Reconstructed On Much
Larger Scale.
MAIN STREET TO BE hlDENFD
Many important CHANGES Are Expect.
cd In the Business District
Church Lot FOR Sale.

iAz0O Crf, Miss, June 3. lspcdiall
A number Of contracts have alrea,
been let for tho erection Of handsna
and cOmmodious stores and Office. OF.
ers are 10 be awarded within the ne.
few days.
The rebuilding Of the city il 20 be q
a larger scale. The business distri,
will lie extended 50 as 10 include III
lots where once stood the presbyteria
church and the James and Harrison re-,
licences. It will also DO extended %
Fast Jefferson street, and ii is said tina
several handsome business structure
are to be erected on Broadway. 1t !
certain that almost every bniiding il
the city will be reconstructed on
larger scale aud the business streets
will be much hands0mcr than before III,
fire.
Main street is to be widrued three
feet on each side and the fro limit has
hech extended SO as 10 include every.
thing from the railroad to Washington,
and from a point near the railroad on
Main street to Broadway. 4 twenty.
foot alley will pass through the middle
Of each block in both directions. The
value Of the land necessary for these
innovations will be nsccrtaincd by a
Board of Appraisers and the city will
pay for the same.
The buildings now standing on Main
street will have to be moved back in
compliance with the ordinance already
adopted.
Temporary permits arc being granted
FOR tho erection Of franc buildings in
various parts of the business district,
where tho owners Of the property arc
willing to give bond for their rcmoya
within a reasonable length of time
Hundreds OF tents are being stretched
whoever there is n clean spot to ac-
eommedate them. Some of the biggest
merchants In town willopen under canvas
Clearing the Debris.
The work Of clearing the streets and
sidewalks Of debris was begun before
the embcrs had hardly cooled. Tho
were NIL covered with molten
wires and debris of almost every con
kind. In some places the side
walks were covered to a depth Of four
Ave feet with brickhats, iron col
imns and tin roofing. This had to be
removed before traffic could be resumed.
Early Monday msrning every available
aborer was ppt to work. 1t In esti-
mated that two thousand men are now
in removing tho distractions
loft In the wake OF the disaster. Many
VI the brick and stone walls left stand
nc are dangerous and these are being
orn down ms rapidly as possible. Hun.
lreds OF drays and wagons are hauling
way tho rubbish, which 1t will take
weeks. and even months, TO remove.
Many Contracts are let.
The Commercial State Bank has let
no contract for it's new bank buiidineI
nd workmen began Monday morning
tearing away the debris from their 10 d
n Main street. The plans for their I
building show a handsome two
tory pFesSed brick building with 4,
Georgia marble aud pressed brick front. ,.
18th plate glass, and will be one OF the =
andsamnst bank buildings In the State,
is expected to be ready for occu- W
By Ialy /. Il
The Delta hank 4 Trust Company
'S purchased the lot formerly occupied m
y lnkc's lewclry store on the cast tc
de of Main street near Jefferson. The
'nsidcrati"n IN understood to have Il
$1,000. Work will begin at once Al
/ the erection of a handsome stone
building, With slate or tile roof. Il,
floors and all modern cnnyen-
u will be a one-story structure.
1t will he constructed along the most
proved lines and will be an ornamcr- IN
the city. y,
1t Is understood that the Elks will
ret an Office building on their hand. tc
broadway property. Lodges IN
roughont the country have wired of.
IL OF assistance, hut it Is said that NJ,
,se have boom dsclinej, 1t Is pro da
sed to make the new structure three
high, brick and stone, and to ",
IT either the first or third floor to CIR
'rers who are anxious to get nearer ,
tho court house.
objections were taken last Sunday in he,
many towns throughout the at
lie for the rebuilding Of the five beau ,
Al churches, which were the pride Of ,,
people Of Yazoo City. All OF the a.,
'tors are 10 busted with the work of ,,,
waiting the distress of the needy. :
very little could be learned MS TO ,i'
tr rlaHs, II is certain, however, NH,
I all OF the local churches will he Gre
uiit, and it is believed they will be \
ally AS handsome as before the fire. pal
:. {. f. Cunningham, pastor of the ed
sbyserian congregation, says that "
lot at the corner OF Main and Broad \
is for sale. 1t IL a very valuable ara
and the money derived from MGR
sale ought to go a long way toward abb,
the cdiflce on some lot a lit
further from the b tsincss district. 7
the
Jfm00rary lie adouaryr~. has