Smyrna times., 1908-03-18
COMMITTEES ASSIGNED IN
COUNCIL FOR ANOTHER YEAR
PRESIDENT SAMUEL J. REYNOLDS NAMES
THEM AT SESSION FRIDAY EVENING

James Il. Roberts Given a PrOm0eut Place
on The Street Committee Which Will Take
up Active Work This Spring.
The first regular session of the
Smyrna Town Council since it organ
lied, was held Friday evening with
all present except John P. Hudson.
Councilman-elect John C. Stockly of
the first District, who was absent at
the previous meeting appeared and
was administered the oath of office.
President Reynolds then named his
Standing Committees, which in the
main are the same as heretofore ex-
cept where Councilman James H.
Roberts of the Sixth District was sub
stitUted for Charles P. Thornley,.
Mr.. Roberts was made chairman of
the Auditing Committee and a mem
Der of the Opera House Committee.
He was also appointed a member of
the Street Committee in place of
Joseph H. Wright who was assigned
to other duties. The Standing Com
mittees are as follows: Light &
Water-H. B. Grieves, chairman, ].
c. StOckly, J. c. Robinson; Street &
Sewer-J. c. Robinson, chairman, J.
H. Roberts and John P. Hudson;
Opera House-Joseph H. Wright,
chairman, James H. Roberts, ]. P.
Hudson; Hose ROom-John P. Hudson,
chairman, ]. H. Wright, and H. B.
Grieves; Finance. c. Stocklv,
chairman, H. B. Grieves and ]. H.
Wright; Auditing J. H. Roberts,
chairman, J. c. StOckly, and J. c.
Robinson.
Robinson Gives ln to Public Opinion,
Chairman of the Street Committee.
j. c. Robinson, has atlast come
around in favor of replacing the flag
stone crossings on the new macadam
section of Commerce Street. In a
lengthy report on street work to Coun-
ell, he recommended among other
things, that the crossings be replaced
before another winter sets in, and
asked the sense of the board with
regard to the matter. President
Reynolds and others Immediately
spoke in favor of better crossings, and
while it was admitted that in it's
present condition, it was better for
driving, the consensus of opinion was
that the fagstone crossings should go
back. Last week the section of the
macadam between Market and Della
ware Street was scraped, but Mr..
Robinson was not altogether pleased
with the result and said he would not
favor scraping the whole section.
The square from Market street to the
-Four Corners" might be done, but
aside from this he would not advise
the expenditure of any more money
on it. 1t is probable that street
work will be taken up with renewed
energy this year and with Mr.. Rot
erts, the new member of the commit
tee AN active campaign in the direc-
toni Of good streets will be COM
menced.,
Strong Petition Presented to Council.
A strong petition signed by
thirty-four of Smyrna's representa-
tive business men was submitted to
Council and read by Secretary Grieves.
1t prayed Council "to repeal or
modify the ordinance forbidding
wheelbarrows and push carts from
being used on the pavements of town,
believing it to be injurious to
business interests. r" On motion OF
Mr.. Stockly it was laid on the table
for another meeting. Members who
expressed themselves on the subject,
rather favored the ordinance as it
stands in so long as it was sensib bly,
construed by those who enforced the
law. Baby coaches, little express
wagons and the like, were Of course
not included in the ordinance, but
the ban was particularly placed on
wheelbarrows and push carts heavily
loaded and on slop carts. When the
question was raised concerning muddy
aA eoIIo,r,od +hams and