Smyrna times., 1911-07-05
SMYRNA BOARD OF TRADE
TALKS BOULEVARD ROUTE
TWO ROUTES. ONE EAST OF
MAIN AND ONE WEST, MENTIONED
Boulevard Committee Gathers Soma
Data to Be Prepared to Talk With
General Dupont When He Comes

boulevard Committee Gathers Some
Data to Be Prepared to Talk With
General Dupont When He Comes
AT the regular monthly meeting of
the Smyrna Board of Trade Thursday
evening, much enthusiastic discns-
sion was given to Boulevard Talk ,,
the subject growing out of the an
nouncement that General T. Coleman
DuPont was to visit Smyrna Saturday
and open the Country Fair" In
order that the people of Smvrna
might not be caught mapping when
ne came, the Boulevard Committee
composed of Senator Edward G.
Walls, AssembIyman J. E. Hoffecker
W. o. Hoffecker, Councilman John
Z. Hudson and Councilman Harry
B. Grieves, took up the matter of
the various proposed routes through
Smyrna with an idea of getting
sufficient data to present Gen. Du-
Pont when he came. The latter.
however, telegraphed Mrs. Frank F.
Evans, Chairman of the Fair, in
reply to an inquiry as to the time
he would arrive, "that owing TO
other business he could not be pres
ent in Smyrna at this time. - Fri
day while Secretary j. E. Hoffecker
of the Board of Trade was enioving
= ride with an auto party down the
State, he visited Gen. T. Coleman
DUPONT in his private car at Milford
and learned more of his great bouIe-
ward plans. The General told Mr..
Hottecker he expected to come to
Smyrna shortly, probably this week
when he desired to meet the Board
of Trade, Town Council and other
business men to talk over the mat
ter.
Pearl Street Route Through Smyrna
The Board of Trade meeting &c
stated above, was largely given over
to boulevard talk. In his report 20
the Board, Secretary Hoffecker. who
acted as spokesman for the Boulevard
Committee, said that through the cour-
tesy of Senator Walls and the use of
MS car, several of the Committee
had been over the ground with a
view of getting some idea of tbe
layout of the two proposed routes.
one east of Smyrna and the other
west of Smyrna. The western side.
they found, would open up a fine
building section but of necessity
would cost something to procure. |
Taking point from Duck Creek on
the State road, they found that by !
drawing line back of St. Peters |
cemetery and Glenwood cemetery. |
the Boulevard would have a straight
course to Pearl street through TO
Frazier. On the west side of Pearl
street, it was found in order to give
any width at all, the Joslin residenc
and the residence of CYRUS P.
Gears, the basket mill property and
the residence of Mrs. S. E. Cunning
ham woald have to be sacrificed. In
fact al the residences on the west
slee of that street through town
would have to go. This would clear
out all the coIored quarters on the
west side Of Pearl street. At Fraz-
ier, it was proposed 90 make direct
tangent to Main street at Lake
Como.
East Street Route Through 'Whopping'
The route on the East side of
town, Mr.. Hoffecker reported, while
not so desirable as a building section
could be done with less sacrifice of
property. !. The plan as outlined bv
the Committee was to widen the
causeway at Lake Como going north.
cut the Boulevard around back of the
Gas Plant and East street to some-
where near the intersection Of Chest
nut, thence to take a course through
the Jefferson "Show Lot" and other
lots, crossing Commerce street on
the side of the residence of Miss
Clara Leinberger, thence through the
orchard of Mrs. John M. Voshel and !
connecting with the State road in as
near a straight line as possible.
This would mean that only a few
would have to be torn
down, the aggregate value of which
would not reach the value Of the
Pearl street properties by several
thousand dollars. In each case,
both north and south of Smyrna, no
matter which route was taken, Town
Council would have to build a ma
cadam road to join up nicely with {
the Boulevard, so that the travelling I
public, if they are so disposed, can
come through Main street. one Of the
business thoroughfares of Smyrna.
NO Choice Taken; Route UP to DUPONT
After the two routes had been
outlined to the members Of the Board
of Trade prnniaa.4 -.