The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-15
QUIET SESSION
CITY FATHERS
ONLY ROUTINE BUSINESS TRANS
ACTED At MEETING OF BOARD
OF ALDERMEN.
PAPER ON DUST PREVENTION
Experiment viii Be Made on Seventh
Street During Summer
With Tar.

regular meeting Thursday night in
s4he interests of better street sys-
item form, qumbia. Mr.. Akin contend
ing for the application of hot coal tar
as coating and preventative. This
system has been tried in a number OF
places in this and other countries with
entire success and has proven a saving
of 25&o in the cost of repairs besides
giving smoother, better roads and do
ing away with the dust nuisance. Mr.
Atkins address win be found in full
in another column and should be read
by every citizen who is interested in
good roads and streets.
So favorably impressed were the
members of the Board with the plan
advanced by Mr. Akin that they prac-
tically decided to try the experiment
in Columbia and requested that Mr..
Akin make further inquiries as to the
cost of a car of tar. 1t was stated by
Mr.. Akin that a section of street 400
yards long and so feet wide would
cost to prepare and treat about S145
and it is probable that a section of
West Seventh street will be treated
during the coming summer.
All the members of the Board were
present Chairman ChafIin OF The
street department, reported consider
able repair work on account of the
continued wet weather. Mr.. Chaffin
was allowed $500 for street work dur
ing May
Chairman Dedman, of the fire de-
nartment reported that on account OF
the lease of the Mitchell-Ashley Hard
ware Co. on their warehouse extend
ing till May. 1909, the city could not
get possession Of the property on sat
isfactory terms for the erection OF a
new fire department and that ne
Thought it best to make some small
repairs on the present engine house
and use that till the city could Sc
cure possession of their property on
North Main street Mr. Dedman re
norted that the Fire Committee had
inspected the public school building
and several other public buildings
with a view of deciding upon theli
safety in case of fire. The inspection
he said. would be continued. BY re
ouest Mr.. Dedman was relieved from
the duty of inspecting the Bethel
block and this duty will devolve upor
Alderman Swansburg and Hayes
Mayor Biddle reported that he hac
appointed ]. F. Wiley as the member
of the County Board of Equallzatlol
to represent the corporation OF 20
lumbia.
Chairman Hayes was allowed $Z'
for charity work. He reported trans
nortation furnished number OF appH
cants for charity.
Chairman Dale, of the Water AM
Light Committee, referred to the neV
alteration or sedimendation system
employed in Nashville, which Is prov
ing highly satisfactory and said N
was making some investigations VIII
a view of beneftting the water suppl
Of Columbia. City Attorney Hatche
reported that the case OF the Sta1
OK rel VS.. the Columbia Water & Llgh
Co had been filed in Chancery Court
Int that the reply bill of the defendan
had not been filed.
Salaries and accounts were allowed
Recorded Erwin reported COLLECTION 9
81 41OS1 for the month; disbursf
ments s6,119.S5; balance on hanc
S935s0. Warrants outstanding "
4o41S; arrests for month 81, of whic
10 were on charges of drunk and ul'
orderly. There were II CONVICTION
and fines and costs amounted
$10720.
A netition was received from GU
zans living on the south side of Fourt
street between High and Garden, asl
ing that they be allowed to cons'ru'
a sidewalk in front of their propert
at their own cost and be allowed
set out their front fences twelve lee
co ne to straighten the street I'M
The matter was referred to the stree
committee.
A petition was received from G.
Akin asking the city to dig a sewe
ditch on South Garden street to co.
meet with the Bethel sewer, Mr. AK
to furnish the pipe for the sewer an
the sewer to belong to the city. Tn
was also referred to the Street COZ
mittee.
F. G. Smith asked the city to inve
tigate the construction OF the ne
street through the Athenaeum prope
~ claiming that the method OF co