The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-06-04
F ROM CURB
TO CURB
The Streets Will be Paved
! AN Full Width
CITIZENS HOLD A MEETING
tuesday Night In Response to Call by Mayor
Yerasr and Discuss the Marrow Paving Con.
t+ssl-Ths Citizens unani imonsly Agree on
full Width Pavcmsnts Added Cost $I6, 900

In response to a proclamation Of
nayor Yerger issued Tuesday calling
N meeting at the city hall that night
i citizens and property owners to get
.p expression ipf the matter of widen
BIZ the street pavements, large
hthering assembled. Mr.. j. JAYNE
Jas proposeq as chairman of the
Reetihg but he, representing large in
Rrest in thef bonds, thought someone
s Q not interested should be
lected and begged to be excused.
ln motion Judge j. H. Wynn was
ben raade chairman and II. r. Crosby
kcreRary. The chair then asked the
IsR Of the meeting.
Mr.. Jake Scott then arose and IN
Is remarks favored the 60 foot pave
Aent and is willing to pay his part of
bis and is against the 40-foot pavinI
pntraet; that he did not consider 40
Ret wide enough to carry the traffic.
II Capt. W. r. Harvey was then called
boa and stated that the original
Bdth OF the street as laid out was
q feet and should be narrowed down
h 60 feet, and the balance was in
hded for sidewalks and shade trees. !
p did not think that with two street
d tracks, 40 feet would be wide
Aough to carry the traffic. Mr.. Percy
|pll then asked Mr. Harvey if he did
"a think 40 feet would be wide
'pugh above Theobold avenue
pere the two tracks commences that
build not 40-foot street allow five
Pms to travel abreast on the street !?
Spt. Harvey replied that it would and
tied in answer to another question
~ Walnut and Poplar streets are 66
ID wide.
petition was presented by Mr..
hnahan signed by the property
lders between Theobold avenue and
+ esseps street with the exception
"a few who could not be SEEM ask
d that Washington avenue be paved
i ct wide. {
Mr.. Percy Bell, in order to bring |
matter before the meeting, then |
Hged that for the western boundary |
Fheobold on Washington the street q
paved so feet instead of 40 feet as a
posed" " r
councilman Wilczinski objected to
row paving saying that h q
row paving of streets was mis-
that he thought every citzen =,
property owner conld now see it, q
that he knew three-f fourths or II
q OF them would gladly pay thei ~ -
OF the extension, and that the =
should kRty one.t third of the 20 -
tlonal tcety He called attention -
the probability of two tracks the ''
lre length of Washington avenue al
said that it was absolutely neces.
to pave from curb to curb and
we shoaid decide to do this be-
any pavement was laid. Mr.
RzInski said that he did not think -
#ould cause any delay in proceed 3
for the city had $50, 900 and the "
pg at present contract costs only y
Ro0. just here Mr.. Yorger in W
on the speaker that the city had :"
money to do this. whereat Mr.. N
xlnski replied that if we had not o'
neans just now Wa would have by "
fall to pay for it; that property :"
rs can pay their part in five
time, making their payments
and no one would be financially .
Pled' In closing Mr.. ,Wilczinski =,
piled to all so "stick to so feet Z
don't pave 40. - He was loudly
Ruded.
A. j. Rose then offered the ci
wing amendment to Mr.. Bells Ct
pm: That Washington avenue da
Y. & NJ. V. depot to Walnut au