The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-03-09
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
AS to Purchase of Burnt District
Will Cost S32,0OO-Matter Sub
mitted to Council-Nothing
Done.

council to look into the advlsablllty
and feasibility Of purchasing the
burnt district in lower Main street
with a view Of enlarging the public
square submitted their report to the
city council on Wednesday night. The
report is full and covers all the points
necessary for the city to take intel
ligent action.
Council received the report as IN
formation and there the matter ends
unless the citizens desire further
proceedings to be had.
Before the purchase could be made
it would be necessary to have an elec-
ton to authorize the issue of bonds to
raise the money.
Messrs. Hair and Havird have been
released from their option and even
if the rest should be purchased it
would leave a store Oh the corner and
lot about so by $50 feet.
Property has increased in value
very much recently. One lot in the
district was sold last October for $500
with the house. It is now valued at
$1,000 with no house.
Another lot was purchased for
1920 and is now valued at $4,000 and
the owners do not want to sell at that
price. ....-
1t seems that so far as the purchas-
ing the entire property for town pur-
poses is concerned the matter is at an
end: It will be no ones busi-
ness to get up the necessary
petitions to order an election, and
therefore no one will take the matter
up. If the square is ever to be en-
larged now is the time to do it.
If that cannot be done then the
next thing to do and to do now is to
widen the street about fifteen feet
from the furniture store to the depot.
This the city council could do without
a vote of the people.
The following is the report of the
committee:
Report of Committee.
Newberry, S. c.
March 2, 1906.
To the Honorable Mayor and Alder
men,
Town Of Newberry, S. C.
Gentlemen: On January 9TH, 1906.
we were advised by your city clerk
of the following resolution passed by
your body; "Upon motion being made
and carried, the Mayor appointed the
following as a committee to secure
options and devise means and plans
looking to the purchase Of the square
upon which the Carolina Manufacture
ing company and other property was
recently burned down, for public
square, and report results to the
Council Under these instructions.
we beg to submit to your Honorable
Body the following report:
First-Option from George S. Now
er for his holding upon said square
amounting to $15,000.O0.
Second-Option from the Carolina
Company for their
holding-amounting to $S,5O0.00.
Third-Option from C. J. Purcell
for his holding upon said square
to s3,50O.0O.
Fourth-OptioE from Hair 4 Hav-
ird for their holding, upon said square
amounting to 100000. !
Fifth-Option from st. Jacobs /
Lodge No. 2,5O3 Odd Fellows, Trus-
tees, etc, for their holding upon said
square amounting to 100000: |
These five interests comprise the |
holdings Of this entire square, making !
a total amount of $32,OO0.00. |
In obtaining these options we en- |
deavored to impress upon each indi- |
vidual holder that the efforts on our
part were exercised by request from
the Mayor and City Council, and their
purposes were to purchase these sew
eral interests in order to meet the
growing demands for more space for
the public square for. the town and |
the general convenience of the farm
ers.
In equesting these options We de-
sired them to fix the lowest possible
amount and treat the transaction as
dealing with individuals and not to
ask excessive prices because the pub
lie desired to purchase.
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