The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1907-03-22
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Citizens Meeting Monday Night - Two
Miles Of Good Streets to Be Made.

that proposition if the citizens de-
sired it, but with all the street inn
provements that could be made the
citizens would not realize the prac-
tical benefit that they would from
the reconstruction and betterment
of the county roads leading into
town. Those are the roads which
would bring us the greatest profit.
In the investigation of the streets
and roads at Jackson it was found
that the wide streets cost $4,000 a
mile and the roads, which are main
ly IA feet wide, an average of $4,000
a mile. This was the result of Mr..
Walkers and Mr.. Semone's investi-
cation. The cost, however, would
be little less here. The roads are
made with tuchesof novaculite or
gravel in the center and inches on
the sides. The streets are made
little more substantially, and the
Tams (Ill.) novaculite was found to
be the best material for making
road surfaces. Mr.. Walker aud Mr..
Semones examined the streets in
the city, and they also went to the
country--to Bemis and other points
and examined the country roads.
These were the substance of Mr..
Walkers remarks in making his re-
port to the citizens present.
G. S. Hardy was in favor of rails
ing the city tax and building two
miles of hard road or graveled
streets. This proposition was the
best, m his judgment, under the
circumstances, If the two miles of
hard streets are bWilt by taxation,
then, in case mistake should be
made, it could be corrected, whereas
if it was done by floating bonds the
mistake would be nluch harder to
overcome. In the event that the
project be successful then provi-
sions could be made for more OF the
same kind of improvements.
Here Mr.. Walker stated that
road man from Perryville had Of
fered to superintend tree of cost
the building of streets if he could |
furnish the gravel, but as far as he
was concerned h preferred the
Tanas novaculite aud the employ
ing of a superintendent at salary, |
who would probably give us better
streets and better satisfaction alto
gether. In fact he didn't want to
use the Perryville gravel unless it
is cowered with a harder and better
surface.
A. J. Harpole suggested that the
Jackson stone seemed to have ad-
aesive qualities which ours did not
nave that is, the stone which was
ised on the Jackson streets cement
ID, while Obion County stone did
iold Mr.. Hardy's suggestion was
/ good one. Roads built in the
'pring and well ditched the
he sides stand much better. Then
srade and gravel and roll them.
+ the roads were well graded and I
veil rolled we could have good !
treets. y
w. G. Reynolds wanted to know
shat was the length of the roads a
ghich cost $4,000 a mile. Mr.. 6
Walker replied that it made no diff ]
erence, the mileage would be the n
anne in cost, for the gravel was p
nloaded at same expense where
he Investigations were made. g
Judge Lawson offered the sug-
estion that Mr.. Lancaster. while 4
ere, had estimated that gravel
,uld be laid down here at ST, 200 a Il
lie. Mr.. Walker replied that men ts
Jackson didn't corroborate this a
their estimate Of gravel shipped
that place and that the cost Of q
aiding hard roads here would be Il
ore than 81. 500 mile. m
]. r. Howard said that the streets
in never be In good condition I'M VI
all the thing is taken out of the
tches aud cutters made to drain az