The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-01-10
TOWN AFFAIRS.

Mayor Rowland Calls to At:en-
ton of the Town Fathers Some
Matters That Need Attention
Complaints About Charges
for Lights to be Investigated
i Some Buildings on Elm Street
Should be Moved Back Other
Matters of Interest.
| At the meeting of the board of
town commissioners last Tuesday
evening, mentioned in Thurs
days paper, a petition. Signed
by a number of citizens. was pre-
sented by Mr.. w. H. Kinlaw
asking that a drain pipe be put
in the big ditch on the White
vile road frome the V. & C. S.
Ry. to the cemetery. Messrs.
]. H. Wishart and l.. H. Cald-
we'll were appointed a committee
to look after the matter. The
mayor and town attorney were
requested to look into the matter
of having an Official map of the
town recorded. Bills amounting
to $16S. SO for town supplies were
ordered paid.
!; Mayor J. A. Rowland submit
| ted his annual report. Last year
some important litigation was
settled satisfactorily to the and
| there are now 3 suits pending,
, but it is hoped that it will soon
5 be possible to C ose these matters
up. The board has been called
upon to contribute from the gen.
eral fund to aid the graded school
5 and it has been necessary to
make considerable improvements
2 in the water and light plants,
causing the financial condition
] of the town to be somewhat
+ strained, but the mayor thinks
: that if the tax collector collects
! the taxes at once it will be possi-
! BILE to show fairly good tinan-
: cial condition when the term of
, the present administration ex-
> pires. The health condition is
f satisfactory at present. There is
+ very little interest in the new
/ cemetery, not enough lots hav-
i ing been sold to keep the cemete-
ry in proper shape ii the entire
= purchase money were used for
;, that purpose. Mayor Rowland
L recommends that a certain portion
:, be set aside for the burial of
: people who are not able to pur-
= chase lots. Attention is called
" to the trouble with the garbage
> system last summer and the
:, mayor thinks that unless some
Z satisfactory methods determined
, upon of getting rid of trash, etc.
l. l, that accumulates the same trou-
. BILE will be had again. He urges
- that this matter be taken up al
i once.
: las every member Of the boarc
- we'll knows" says the mayor
the fire department of our toWr
q is simply a farce" The present
(. chief of the fire department is
e anxious to get an organization
q with which to fight fire. There
l. should be some better system o1
n giving the alarm. because it is i'm
e possible to keep up a sufficient
e amount of steam to blow the
e whistle in case of fire. To illus
trate, attention is called to a re.
d cent fire at midday when the
IL fire whistle could not be blown
1 the fire department did not show
rt up. and a house went up IN flames
,e practically no effort being made
r to save it. The chief Of the fire
l. department is at work on a sys
tenn which it is hoped will b;
J. satisfactory and will report at al
st early meeting of the board.
"a Attention is called to the worI
in on the streets, which in some
le places are in a deplorab.e condi
ton. OWlng 20 the material d
lg hand, keeping the sreets in re
J. pair has been an uphill job
t, Quite number Of new street.
has been opened. The mayo
thinks it is only question o
ar time when the town will be com
r pelled to pave Elm street from
J. the depot to the opera house. AM
OF he recommends that any worl
c. done on that street be done will
u that end in view. He calls at
N tention to cert Tin property OF
le Elm street which is an eyesor
in and he finds that there w.
i'd some kind of agreement bet yeel
K the owners Of this property an
Al xl.