The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-12-17
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
FATHERS OF THE CITY HELD
REGULAR SEMI-MONTHLY
TALKFEAST LAST
NIGHT.
Little Business Transacted, Action on
Petition for Pavement of Main
Street Delayed Until Next Meeting
Work on Streets and Sewer Line
Street OIL Proposition.

EEkuldT Htt1l-IlOnNhAy hAtCNAhb ~ W.
City Hall with Mayor Jennings, and
Aldermen Booth. Wright. ,Cuttino.
McKeiver and Glenn present anl AL
dermen Rhame, wilder and McLaurin
absent transacted little important
business and adjourned shortly az
ter 10 y. m.
The council postponed action on
the petition for the paving OF Main
street until their next meeting; the
report Of the Committee on Public
Works, which comprehensively stated
the work that had been done by the
Charleston Engineering and Contract
ing company and by the 5erghaus
and Mofntt company OF orangeburg
and the cost of the sprinkling OF oil
on Liberty street and further what
An the City Engineers estimation
would prove good binder for Main
street at n greatly reduced cost was
heard as information.
Council met at s o'clock and at
once set 10 WIN hC
the last meeting were read and con-
armed, after which the report Of com
ruitfees was Cslied for. Mr.. Booth
for the Committee OF Public Works.
asked Maj. Lee. the City Engineer,
TO give n report OF ell work that had
been done during the past month.
Mr.. Lee stated that the owrk OF lay
ing the curbing on Church street and
the pavement on the north side OF
Hampton avenue had been completed
and that the Charleston Engineering
and Contracting company was now at
work on the spetic tank out at Green
swamp which would probably be
completed by the first OF January. He
said that the Berghaus and Mo-
company had carried the sewer line
from the point at which 1t would
empty into the swamp to the septic
tank and that they had made fair
progress. although they had been de-
layed for two days by lack Of ma
terial. The material would come on
! "Wednesday. however. and he thought
that the work would De pushed IN
steadily. Ito then took up the matter
OF laying 0f street oil on Liberty
street saying that Il had ',cen done
and that - his opinion 1t wCVld be "a
great success and an Advertisement to
the city.
He stated that he had been sent to
Savannah by. the Committee on Pub
lie Works and that he had thorough
ly inspected the race track at that
place In company with the engineers
who were preparing the track for
the recent automobile races. and that
used on the track that the oil fur
nished by the company which sold
oil TO the city had proved the best
binder on the course. He said that
this company had an extra tank of
oil at Savannah and after some COM
munication with the people who own
ed II Il had been purchased cheap
for the use Of this city. There were
1000 gallons OF the stuff In the tank
purchased and an expert had been
sent here to put the oil down on the
street. owing to the cold weather at
the time that II was put down II had
not soaked into the ground as quick
" N had been expected and thu,
thought that a little. too much OF the
oil had been put down. but as this
was an experiment here ne was not
yet certain OF II. lie stated that the
block on Liberty street east of Main
street was now being surfaced so
10 that the oil could be put down on
A. The reason for doing this was
that the csr OF oil was costing
the city Gemurrage all the time it
was staying here and ne thought IL
best To- get the oil out quickly as
possible. He then stated that the
same company had another kind Of
oil which could be purchased at
cost OF 10 cents gallon. which ne
thought. II put on Main street. would
make that street ms good as bitulithic.
The cost OF the oil which had been
put down was az. the cost OF the
sand which had been spread over N
being extra. but II did not much in
crease the cost Of covering the
streets with oil. The cost was about
q cents n square yard for the OF.
With the work and sand extra. About
200 gallons OF oil were used on the
two blocks. The oil coating was sup.
posed To last about year when
second coating would be put down
which would last indefinitely. inc