The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-04-02
Mayor Schenck Talks
About the Cement
Walks. The Citizens
Generally Heartily
in Favor of this Great
Improvement. Main
Street Property Will
Be Greatly Enhanc-
ed in Value.

The action of the present Board of
Commissioners (the most active aud
progressive, probably, ever holding off
ice in this town. in deciding to pave
Main street sidewalks, has stirred up
some opposition. AS a matter of course,
no great public Improvement was ever
made in any town, probably, without
opposition from part of its citizenship.
This is true even of Hendersonville, a
community noted for the public~spirit
of its citizens, and it is said that even
the graded schools and water works
system met with decided objection
from some few.
To The Hustler Mayor Schenck said,
yesterday:
sIn Charlotte, Greensboro and Ashe.
vile, for instance, the property owners
are required to pay for one third the
street pavement and all the sidewalk
pavement. In this town the street pave
ment cost the abutting property
owners nothing, although it i'm
proved their property greatly. The cos
of the sidewalk pavements is divided
ipto ten annual payments and is grea
burden upon none, while increasing th'
selling value of their property.
sit is really a public necessity, (th,
courts of N. c. have held walks ARE
public necessity and especially is thi
true of this town if we are to keep STE
with the growth of our sister cities.
est will improve the town, enhanc
Main street property values, induce pee
pie to remain here longer and thereb
leave more money in the hands of ou
people.
"Under the PROPOSED plan of paYmen
: the money is to be paid back in te
equal instalments, with interest. Th
money as collected will be kept separat
and sinking fund created to meet tt
} bonds when due.
"Of course, it is the easiest thing
: the world to do nothing and by doin
+ nothing become popular. The boar(
t including d. S, Pace and myself, h'
been unanimous in its judgment that
paving the sidewalks we are doin
the best thing for the town. In this,
, common with all our other official act
we arc actuated solely by the desire
give this town clean and energet
: administration. We believe we are d.
: ing it in making these improvement
h and in the efficient manner the town
= poIiced. For instance, where are the fro
street blind tigers now?
eve believe the progressive al
public-spirited citizenship IS with
in our work, and even these Oppos
=, may attack our Judgment but certain
not our motives.
N MANY people want pavements. EV
n on side a street Prof. Boone wants t
in street designated and grade II.
ed near his new residence in order tn
he may put down cement walks the
Postmaster Brownlow Jackson war
cement walks laid in font of all
property, on the same basis as on Ma
70 ST., aitho' no macadam has been la
and Mr.. King Morris ha warmly advt
IL ated this measure at the board OF ira
rt meetings. These are only few of
nd many warm advocates of cement wal
.Lono ,,o ~, ,opv others
"Finally, 1 repeat that we belle
we are acting for the best interests
the whole town. that the improvem
L. is putting an excessive burden Vi
- none, and that time will convince eve
~ one we are acting wisely"
t'Times are said be hard" just n
'ce 1t seems to me that this, therefore,
&C most excellent time in which to
nst loose SIS, ,O0U among our people, for
larger part of it will be spent for lal
and will directly benefit hundreds of
: citizens, especially the laboring m
= 1.-The town borrows the money wi
times are close and allows the prope
in owners to pay when times have bect
l.