Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-11


The plans and proflcs referred TO
IN this correspondence are shown to
only utilize fifteen feet of tho thirty
loot strip that has been donated by
The Norfolk and Western Railway
company for street and road purposes
in tho proposition OF s. =. Coffman
ne asked the board OF affairs to shift
TINS plan ten feet further towards
the center line OF the Norfolk and
western railroad. aud stated that ho
would deed 20 the city twenty feet
in front Of his abutting property OF.
condition that il is improved inime-
iiately according TO the plans attach
ed TO his lcttor which plans were
submitted 10 him for thirty-foot
strip OFF his lands And in his pro.
'oSilion, a copy OF which may be see1
n the morning paper. he shows tina
her" are still five feet OF the thirty
oot strip donated BY the Norfolk an,
western Railway Company, 10 re
lain unimprOvCd S. s. Coffman dc
lr'S That the macadam be put on al
ne city : expense, that the gradine
&c done al tho City'B expense; an,
nat there Will be no charge agains
MS abutting property. And he Shout
IS" the preCaution to state that thi
nacadam should be put down wit
l!mr loI", and that there should be no
'and5tone and Bluefcld mud used f.
ne construction of same as has bee
ised on Mercer street I'm the city o
3iucheld. And it might be we'll e
ay before he donated this STRIP. tina
ne city engineer should prescribe
mics layer OF Bluefeld clay to b
lug out OF the dumping grounds an
'pf'ad over the nastiness dumped
rom the city, now SO obnoxious TO
he public who travel on the county
'oad. and that the board of affairs
3hoHld see that this layer is spread
diligently over this obnoxious mass
n lucfeld dumping grounds.
Now in the proposition from the
hoaTd of affairs Of November eth they
IgrC" to macadamizc in some form
this strip OF land, If slopes are grant
ed, hut they fail TO say at whose ex-
pen.c. This sentence in law, we
think. would mean that they would
maintain this macadam road after
the regular cost of building had been
paid by $. s. Cohman, the abutting
property owner. In the first part of
their proposition. marked No /, they
speak OF getting an easement over
the lands OF w II. Coifman and S.
:. Coffman where tho road is, but
they fail 10 say that the greater part
OF this road they want Is mixed up
WIN railroad tracks. wagons, cars,
ium. or, and rock crushcr products,
ana that 1t leaves the straight line
Of road several hundred feet and car
Vles the public over near TO w. 81
COnman's rock crushcr plant. and is
as crooked as dogs hind leg. Dur
ng The present weather and during
muddy weather it is not agreeable for
the public to travel on this circuitous
road as the mud freezes on the rails
ana mas to be picked OF before loaded
cars can be taken from the bins and
proceed to The sight below, and it is
ncc' sSary to do material amount of
Wort, picking this frozen mud off the
rails. before the empty cars can be
drawn up to the bins TO be loaded
without derailmont Should a rock
accidentally go over on this roadway,
II permission is given for the public
TO use 1t as highway for a time. il
must immediately be removed; loaded
cars must be kept off the crossing
as nc wheels OF the vehicle may
knock our switches ont Of place. and
may cause a leakage OF cars. as has
been the case. and the public inter
iorci generally with the teams Which
attend strictly TO rock Crushcr bust
ness. N is unjust and an imposition
on Iri'at enterprise 10 force the
public over it either by contract or by
diplomacy.
TIC negotiations which have been
pcn"'ng between the board Of affairs
and the two individuals mentioned
IN tlr morning paper. and the evening
pap' OF the 9th, have been more or
Tess uncertain and disagrccable Bull
doing Us not appreciated. If the
city OF Blu"fcld would do the improv-
inE dt their expense, II Is possible. at
at ilis time. TO get q width of fifty
rect along the property of s s. Con-
man for distance OF about twelve
hundred feet w. ~ Conman has al
ready decided 60 the city for street
purposes strip thirty feet wide at
on" end and ten feet wide at the
oth'f ior % distance OF four hundred
tcri a member Of the board Of af.
tair# con" Of the big -Four. as we
term iD made the statement az "A
mc'unE ~ tho chamber Of commerce.
lhai Vs. T.. tOGual n.I ast done
any ming which statement was not
tull. appreciated by ono COffman.
DulinE 70 verbal interview about inn
pre-. inS OBJ. road leading around close
~ ..r ioch crush'r plant w. IT, cor
n7n vp requested 90 put macadam
on .W strip ai Dis own expense.
No' ON over fifteen hundred feet Of
rua' ihdi 'Nt'nds from whore tralHc
leaves the railroad, following cir
cuitouS route by the rock crushcr
bins and TO the overhead bridge be-
You'd thCrc is coat of macadam
which has been placed thcrc wholly
dt INC expense of w. o. Conmln.
III ID.
travelling public from mirng I'm mud
ana briuf unable t0 paas vs. wish
90 uph1.Il. tIo fact that vr DO not
advocate % andy or muddy lounda
ton for road OF street boz or near
ihc city of RIUeGnld We think to- con-
5tIIct such q road in waste OF time OF
90" city prison rs. not SAYING any
''inE about tH. .itvs funds
VIZ ar' mad .D THINK baf th, cIr
officials do uot sh FOB imrrot, tho