Smyrna times., 1911-02-15
MAIN STREET DELEGATION
AWAITS upon COUNCIL
WANTS STREETS CONDEMNED
AROUND SMYRNA HOUSE
Council Withholds Action Until Friday
Night to Give Commerce Street
Chance to Present Proposition

Smyrna Town Council held a
lively session Friday evening when
every member was present and re-
ceived a representative delegation |
of citizens interested in the matter
of getting a postffioce site for
Smyrna. The delegation numbered |
about thirty and included some of |
Smyrna's best and most prominent |
business men. Nearly all of them
were back of the COMMITTEE of
Fifteen" whose public spiritedness
had lead them to make up the differ
ence of $500 on the Smyrna House
site without any expense to the Town
of Smyrna whatever. Their plan
utterly routed the petitioners who
were to pray Council to borrow $4,000
by issuing bonds to make up the
difference on any site the Govern
ment may select. President Eugene
Davis of the National Bank of
Smyrna was spokesman for the DEL
egation and after reviewing the work
done by the" Committee of Fifteen"
presented the following resolution,
which on behalf of the Committee
he asked be passed at the Council
meeting that night.
Resolved, That the President of Smyrna Town
Council appoint committee TO condemn and
lay out a street or streets and said COmmitte are
hereby authorized and empowered to lay out
said street or streets upon conditions hereinafter
named.
Beginning at the curb on Main street and run
nirg in a nOrtheasternly direction over the lands
ofDr E. S. Dwight, Samuel Cats, &. z. Gears and
others, for distance of l2O feet and width OF
p feet thence in a SOutheaSternly direction,
over the lands of G. p. Gears, for a distance OF
12S feet, more or less, and width of 20 feet :;
thence in sOuthwesternly direction over the
lands of c. P. Gears and Garrett Foxwel to the
curb line on Main street, distance of 100 feet
more or less. and width of p feet.
This resolution is adopted and said streets con-
demned upon the following conditions. That
the site known as the Smyrna House site and sit
uated on Main street, in the Town of Smyrna, be
selected ty the Government as a site for the new
Federal Building.
II is further understood and agreed however,
that this shall be free of expense TO the Town of
Smyrna.
Resolution Presented to Council
, When the resolution was read,
Representative j. E. Hofftecker, who
said he had come to the meeting not
as a representative of any commit
tee or place but as an interested
citizen, took exception to Council
being hasty in it's action and to give
all delegations fair chance. ''Therf
might be another proposition, he
said land Council by its hasty ac-
tion might forstall any other move
ment in the direction of some other
proposed site." Councilman Hudson
was given the floor and agreed with
Mr.. Hoffecker declaring that it wa:
not Councils place to favor one site
over another and if they passed th'
resolution it might give the appear
ance of Council lending their aid t.
the Smyrna House site.
Senator Walls Asks for Fairness
Senator Edward G. Walls wa
given the floor and pleaded for fair
ness and justice. He said the reso
luton was perfectly plain and sim
pie. They were setting no trap o
asking anything unreasonable. The
only asked condemnation proceeding
upon conditions which were plainl
stated in the resolution. The street
would have to be arranged for
make valid their proposition as
site, and Council need not take az
tion in the matter until the prepe
time. His remarks were endorse
by B. A. Hazel, w. G. Roe and +
B. Grieves in short speeches. MI
HoGecker took the floor and reviewe
the history of the postoffice sit
movement. Finally Councilms
Robinson arose to point of ordt
and said, "Mr. President, 1t is tt
privilege of the delegation presel
to present their petition; it is Coul
cil's duty to act upon it; therefor
it would seem to me proper for Il
Committee to leave their resolutiC
with US for consideration. Th
broke up the debate and the deleg
tion retired.
Council Withholds Action Until Frid
Later IN the evening Se:reta
Grieves moved the resolution of t
Committee of Fifteen" be adopt
and it was discussed in a live
manner, it soon appearing that N
Grieves was the one lone member
Council who was desirous of getti
the resolution through that evenin
The other members, none Of WHIT
really objected to ultimately graz
ing the request of the Main sire
petitioners, but all expressi
themselves favorable to condemi
and opening any streets consisr'
in the matter of getting the $25,
Federal Building in Smyrna as sc
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