The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-09-30

action IN this matter until after jan
uary first, which motion was carried
| IL was reported for the committee
consisting of Messrs. McLaurin, Nc
! helver, Cuttino and the Mayor, who
mad the gas franchise matter in
hand, that two meetings Of that COM
mittee had been held and that it was
| recommended that the franchise sub
mitted by Mr.. Rieha be accepted. A
franchise from Mr.. Edgar G. Jones
was received and read. as we'll as
were several kilograms, but were not
| considered by council at their meet
I ing. Mr.. A. V. Smell, Secretary of
the Chamber Of Commerce, stated
that he had been over the matter of
| establishing a gas plant here with
| both Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Rieha and
that he thought that Mr. Rieha's
| proposition was the best. Mr.. Rieha
stated that the gas manufactured bv
| them was called carborated water
gas, but it was made out of certain
! oils. 1t was used in most of the cities
in this State which used gas and fur
| nished a better light and about the
same heat as other kinds Of gas.
Mr. Glenn stated that he was not
In favor Of giving away something
| that was valuable for nothing. He
| thought that certain arrangements
should be made whereby the COM
pany paid the city for what it got.
He wanted to go on record as being
opposed to the giving away of the
| franchise.
A motion was then made that the
Recommendation Of the committee be
adopted and that the franchise be
adopted as an ordinance. This reso-
luton was passed, Mr.. Glenn voting
against it.
Mr. Rieha thanked council for their
action in passing the ordinance. He
stated, in answer to questions. that
the company in putting down the gas
lines would tear up just as little Of
the street pavement as possible.
Mr.. r. 1. Manning then stated
briefly a proposition which was of in
terest TO the people Of one part of
the city. He said that he thought it
would be to the benefit Of the city for
the paving on Main street to be ex-
| tended on down one block towards the
railroad and requested that council
consider the proposition which was
set before them. Persons interested
in having that street paved were will
ling to shoulder the burden of cost
| until next year when the mnoey
could be refunded. It would be years
before more work was done in that
neighborhoOd and the request was
made now, so that the contractor,
now at work on the street, could go
on with this work as a part of the
same job he is now engaged in.
| Others to speak along this line
were Messrs J. r. Ligon, ]. X. Cross
well, S. c. Baker, Geo. F. Epperson.
and c. G.. Rowland.
| Major Lee thought that it would be
a good idea to try several different
! kinds of paving at the same time.
but the idea Of having different kinds
of paving laid on Main street met
with disapprobation from those in
terested, as they thought the appear
ance of the street would be spoiled.
The matter was gone over thorough
| ly and fully discussed. Members OF
| council seemed to think il a good
scheme if the city had the money.
but the city did not have the money
and there seemed TO be no nkeli-
hood of its getting it, therefore there
seemed to be no likelihood Of the
streets being paved. Mr.. McLaurin
stated that already as far as he could
see the city would be indebted sS.-
600 more than it would get in taxes
and licenses next year.
Council finally went into executive
session on the question and decided
to grant the request on condition that
those interested in the matter pay
the cost Of paving the streets and
carry the sum thus paid until Jan
uary 1, 1913 free of interest.
Mr.. +. NJ. Parrott was granted per-
mission to build a galvanized iron
building for housing his automobile.
Mr.. L. d. Jennings stated that he