The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-02-18
C0ITNCI, AGREES TO
HELP THE TRUSTEES
VOTES TO BEAR HALF OF EX'
PENsE OPENING STREETS.
On Condition That City Assumes NO
Legal Liabihty.-Matter Dis
cussed at Length.

After hearing Messrs. y. klettner
and ]. Marion Davis, Of the board
of trustees Of the city graded schools
eity council on Tuesday night ap-
propriated $3.50 to aid in opening
the streets around the Pope proper
ty now used for school purposes ana
quitting them in first class condition,
unon condition that the board OF
trustees sign a written agreement to
hold the town free from liability IN
case Of a law suit by Mr.. Fred D.
Dominick, Col. George Yohnstone' or
Mrs. Y. J. Pope, who tare adjoining
property owners. The trustees IN
their statements to council estimated
that it would cost $500 to open the
streets and put them in proper con-
.dition, and asked the council to pear
half the cost.
alderman Bakers motion was
seconded by Alderman Redelsperger'
and was passed by vote OF four to
two, the vote being:
/ Ave-Aldermen Baxter, Cannon
GRodelsperger and Evans. -.
No-Mayor Blease, Alderman
L.ominack. J
In his statement to council MI
:,
Klettner said he did not deem IL
necessary to detain council from
their deliberations with any lengthy
statement. These streets were oner-
, ed TO council at former meet1ng'
he said, and action was postponed:
4'There are only two points / would
like to call your attention to-" ne
said. ",The first is, that there is an
agreement that has been formed be-
tweea Col. Johnstone and member
Of the board; J. H. Wicker, Of which
agreement the mayor was aware,
namely, that as soon as he has filed
in the lot~of Mrs. Y. J. Pope, former
owner of the school property, that
then there will be no objection to
using the dirt to fill in the street
leading to College street. This was
- one of the objections. you had and
now it seems to have been set aside:
The next objection was that there IS
a law that no streets be accepted un-
der forty feet. wide, and some OF the
streets extended to you the other
day were only thirty-fve feet In
width. The board Of trustees think
that they have the right to add the
other five feet for sidewalks, bring
ing the width of the streets up to the
required forty feet.
IA close estimate has been made, "
continued Mr.. Klettner, "and Mr..
Wicker states that $500 will be nee
essary- to put these streets in proper
shape. We ask you gentlemen to ap-
propriate the-su of at least $3.50 to
assist us in opening these streets,
because We feel that in opening
these streets there will be more
property for taxation, because build
ing lots will be opened, and you Will
get your money back. I don't know
of a single instance where streets
have been rendered to the town
where the owner has been called upon
TO pay part of the amount or the en-
tire amount, to open those st4eets,
because when they are used for pub
lie purposes they become Of benefit
to all citizens.( The patrons Of the
school are citizens Of the town, aid
the children who will be benefited
s by the opening Of these streets
should be objects Of care All con-
sideration to every citizen # the
community.
''It has been said, and it is true,
that there has been forty thousand
dollars of bonds issued for the pur-
pose of enlarging the school facili-
ties of Newberry. You gentlemen
may think that the board Of trus-
tees have plenty of raoney to open
the streets, but | wish to say to you
that in the first place we only re-
ceived s3e,200, Of which Sl2,500 was
spent in purchasing the Pope prop
ertv, and $4,000 was used in putting
the building in proper shape. In
addition there have been other neces-
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