The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-12
ROlRD OF ALDERMEN
GRANTS MORE TIME
TO THE INTERURBAN
fiction OF $1,000 FORFEIT
Tzr DEFERRED FOR ONE
MONTH BY REQUEST.
n MEET AGAIN Il TWO WEE S
,--...,+yre MemoraIized to Amend
CHARTER of The City of Columbia.
voss To Buy Lot and Erect New
Laundry Building.


A, the meeting of the Mayor and
po.-5 of Aldermen held Thursday
riobt ar the city hall the Nashville
IA M Pleasant Interurban railway
ma. Granted a months extension OF
.,r,s in which TO comply with the con-
,,,,ons of their contract with the City
=, Columbia. The contract provided
tbo, the Interurban should be COM
rIs,ed to Mt. Pleasant by Feb. &c,
,ooo and contained a $1,000 forfeiture
clause Maj. Whitthorne appeared
before the board and asked that the
contract be extended one month, as
sorting that by that time the road
boood tn be nearing completion. The
raonest was readily granted
The Board OF Mayor and Aldermen
ware in session for two hours, and
transacted considerable routine busi-
ness Not being able to complete the
work before them they adjourned to
meet again on the night of March IL.
Navor Biddle called the meeting to
order at 1880 o'clock with the follow
inc present: Mayor Biddle, Aldermen
Mckinney, Dale. Chaffin, Swansburg,
HAYES and Dedman; Recorder Erwin,
and City Attorney Hatcher.
The first business to come up was
the reading of telegram from Maj.
W !. Whitthorne asking that action
on the forfeiture of $1,000 by the In
terurban railroad be postponed one
month. The request was granted.
Mai. Whitthorne later appeared before
the boards in person, and stated that,
the road expected to begin construc-
ton work at an early date.
A communication from the Civic
League approving the proposed SAM
tarv sewer was read and received.
The letter was signed by Mrs. VIM.
Cbaffin and Miss Mary Carpenter, sec
rotary and president of the League.
Chairman Chaffin of the Street COM
mittee reported. He asked for an ap-
nropriation of $3.50 for the street de-
partment, which was allowed. He
stated that the committee had the pur-
chase of a rock crusher under con-
sideration.
Chairman Dedman, of the Fire COM
mittee reported that a contract had
been let for a hose cart, to cost $l5O;
that the company installing the fire
alarm had agreed to remedy some de-
fects in the installation. He was au-
thorized to purchase rubber coats and
boots for the department.
Chairman Hayes of the committee
on Charity stated that he would ask
for no appropriation.
Chairman Dale of the special COM
mittee on sidewalks reported that the
committee had carefully considered
the proposed sidewalk ordinance; that
they had drawn an ordinance along
the lines of the one in effect at Fay
etteville. This ordinance provides
that the city pay one third the cost
and the property owner two-thirds;
that the city remit taxes for one, two
and three years. Mr.. Dale asked Tor
more time, which was granted.
Chairman Mckinney, of a special
committee, recommended that street
light be placed on Sixth street, be-
tween Armstrong and High. The
commentator was concurred in.
Alderman Hayes reported that Mr..
Voss wanted to purchase a lot owned
by the city near Burns Spring for
the purpose of locating a Laundry.
He had offered SIS for the lot. A
committee composed of Hayes, Ded-
man and Dale was appointed to con-
fer with Mr.. Voss regarding the sale
Of the lot.
The petition of certain property
owners for permission to lay paving
on West Sixth street, between Garden
and High, and to straighten their line'
was referred to the street committee.
The COW ordinance was passed on
third reading. after being amended
so as to provide that animals confined
in the city pound shall be advertised
forty-eight hours after they are taken
mp, the owner to pay for the adver-
Using. and to be again advertised be-