The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1911-01-20
HARMONY PREVAILS
At MEETING TO PLAN
GREATER COLUMBIA
REPRESENTATIVES, OF ALL SEC
TioNs ASSEMBLE FOR Ex-
CHANGE OF VIEWS.
LITTLE OPPOSITION IS SHOWN
Another Session viii Be held Ihl.
Afternoon at Which Time Resolu
lions for Submission to the City
Fathers Will Be Adopted.

The corporation extension commit.
tee appointed by the Board of Trade
met Wednesday night In the oficer
OF the Maury National Bank with
Chairman G. A. Parker presiding
Only one member of the committee,
W. ]. Webster, was absent. Mr.. Web
ster stated this morning that he was
absent owing to the bad weather and
feeling a little indisposed.
The committee was called to order
by the chairman and on motion OF w.
p. Erwin, w. D. Hastings was elect
ed secretary. A motion was then
made that additional members be
elected to the different committees
and A. e. Church, R. l.. Ellington and
d. w. Davis were elected to the River.
side Committee: Horace Rainey,M. l.
Stokes were elected as members Of
the West End Committee; James H
Giddens, Manuel Edwards and w. s..
Scott were elected to the Highland
Park committee.
Chairman Parker then asked that
the central committee be enlarged to
seven and this morning Vice Presi.
dent Anderson named the following
additional members on the central
committee: w. F. Anderson, W. C..
Salmon, f. P. Turner and William Ev-
ans.
At present the committees are as
follows: Central Committee: C. A.
Parker, chairman, w. P. Erwin, Robt.
]. Harlan, W. Anderson, W. G. Sal.
mon, e. P. Turner and William Evans.
Riverside Committee: A. 8. Page,
chairman, r. L. Ellington, d. w. Da.
Wis, and A. E. Church.
Highland Park Committee: R. o.
Dyer, chairman, w. s. Scott, Manuel
Edwards, and James H. Giddens.
West End Committee: w. ]. Web
ster, chairman, M. L. Stokes, Horace
Rainey and w. d. Hastings.
The plan as submitted to the Board
of Trade was outlined before the COM
mittee and the members Of the com.
mittee present were to great de-
gree impressed with the plan and
asked for an adjournment until this
afternoon, when they meet at three
o'clock in the Office of W. J. Webster
for the purpose of drafting plan In
the form of resolution to be sub
mitted to the Board of Mayor and AL,
dermen tonight.
w. P. Erwin, of the central commit
tee made several statements regard
ing the city and it's attitude toward
the new territory, and stated that
while the city was not working for the
annexation of the new territory that
he felt safe in saying that the board
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and help this adjoining territory to.
ward the improvement Of the city and
the advantages Of fire protection and
street lighting and such other bene.
fits as may derive from the annexa-
ton. 1t was clearly shown that a
person outside Of the corporation now
could save money by coming into the
city or at least break even and still
have the advantabe Of street lights,
fire protection, police protection and
the lighting of the streets.
The question arose as to the plan
of protecting the new territory from
fire. Mr.. Erwin stated that 1t would
be necessary for the installment 81 at
least two new hose wagons with an
equipment of one thousand feet OF
hose or more. One to be placed In
West End and one in Highland Park
stating that the present hose wagon
could easily look after Riverside. This
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