Smyrna times., 1907-07-17
TO MECADEMIzE BUSINESS
SECTION COMMERCE STREET
COUNCIL DIRECTS STREET COMMITTEE TO
ORDER STONE AND GET TO WORK.
Mud and Dirt Will Be Scraped Off and Cow
cred With Fine Stone and ROlIed-Pur
chase Interest la Iron Roller.

eTee With Fine Stone and ROlled-Pur-
chase Interest la Iron Roller.
At the meeting of Smyrna Town
Council Friday evening it was unani.
mously decided to give some attention
to Commerce street, that portion be-
tween Delaware street and the -Four
Corners" which is or rather has been
at some time covered with stone. This
stretch of public highway has been a
matter of more or less concern to Coun-
Gil for some years, it being generally
complained of as one of the toughest
and most miserable streets in :town.
The Street Committee, James G. Rob-
insOn, chairman, was given instruction
to purchase several carloads of stone
and to begin work as soon as possible
to scrape and remove the dirt from th e
entire road bed. The foundation of
stone is to be picked and upon this is
to be put layers of coarse and fine stone
to the depth of four or five inches.
The street will be rolled and graded
with> the heavy iron roller It has not
been definitely decided whether the
whole stretch will receive attention at
this time or only that section between
Market and Delaware streets. Much
will depend upon the amount of stone
needed and the cost of construction.
Some of the members are of the Opin-
ion that when they start on one end it
would be advisable to do the whole
distance from Delaware street to the
''FOur Corners" j"
Town Purchases Interest In New Steam Roller
The spirit of street improvement
seems to have struck Council with re-
newed enthusiasm, for Friday night,
upon the offer of Levy Courtman John
P. Hudson, Council by an unanimous
vote took an interest of $50 in the new
tive-ton iron roller recently purchased,
the Town of Smyrna in the future be.
ing a joint partner of Duck Greek
Hundred in thepossession of the equip
ment. Mr.. Hudson paid S17S. 90 for
the roller and in as much as it was
heavy and cumbersome to haul about
to other parts of Kent County, he
th ought it would be better to have it
6 ay in Smyrna. Kenton Hundred,
Elmer Walker Levy Courtman, was to
have taken a share in the big roller
but owing to the fact that it costs $500
to haul it to Kenton, the matter of Joint
ownership between the two Hundreds
was thought inadvisable. By taking
an interest in it, the Town of Smyrna
will have the use of it whenever needed
on the streets of Smyrna.
Road 10 Boat Landing to Be Improved.
The roller will be used presently on
the road from Smyrna to Smyrna
Landing. This road is to be ploughed,
graded and shelled under the direction
of A. E. Jardine, secretary and treas
urer of the Smyrna transportation and
Manufacturing Company, and Levy
COurtman John p. Hudson. To fur
ther improvement, Council by unani-
nous consent, gave them permission to
commence within town limits and
would bear its share of the expense for
whatever was done within corporate
limits. The road is to be regarded
and shelled as far as the Landing and
Ransom's Lane. There is probably nc
road in this vicinity used more than
the road to the steamboat landing and
Council commended the effort of Mr.
Jardine and Levy Courtman Hudson
in their efforts to improve it.
New Boiler Expected Here This Week
Ali of the departments of town re-
ported progress. The new 100 b. p
boiler is to arrive the latter part of this
week, and work of installing it will bC
pushed forward rapidly. Boiler In
spector Burke was IN Smyrna last
week and granted an extension of time
on the 80 b. p. boiler now in service
Mr.. Burke gave valuable pointer to
Chairman Grieves of the Light and
Water Committee. in that the town
could be saved nearly 5000 (the price
of new tank by utilizing the dis
carded boiler which could be made
practicable for all purposes by the ex-
penditure of about $50. The tank Is
to be used as reservoir for the feed
water supply which in the future will
be pumped from the mill race back oi
Webb's Mill. The change OF feet
water from the town well to the mil
race is done to protect the boiler from
pitting which has been due to tn
chemical action of the we'll water.
Council Order Shade Trees to Be Trimmed.