Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-22
STREETS SELECTED
FOR IMPROVEMENT.
IN An All Day Session The Town Council
DISpoSeS of Many Important Matters,
Choosing Streets TO be Macadamized

from early morning until nearly mid
pight.
The morning session was called to
order at 10 O'Clock, with Councilmen
Brown and Harman absent.
Colonel j. B. Boyer, on behalf of the
Tazewell Amusement Company, prayed
the council for permit to erect build
ing with galvanized sides and prepared
paper roof, 20 by 20 feet, between the
Crockett garage and Hankins' store, to
be used by the motion picture show for
exhibition purposes. Permission was
granted for three months, with certain
restrictions as to floor, heating and VEN
tilating, the council reserviDg the right
to cancel the permit after that time if
1t chose to do so.
John Crockett petitioned the council
for permission to establish a Weldon
gasoline filling tank in connection with
his garage, but the matter was passed
over until it could be ascertained if the
proposed tank had been approved by
underwriters.
w. l.. Moore appeared on behalf of
the Jeffersonville school board and Sc
cured a reduction of water rates for the
high school from $50 to $25.
DR.. p. ID. Johnston rendered his res
ignation as a member of the board of
health, assigning as a reason the ad-
ditional work entailed by the new state
Jaw requiring the registration of vital
- .aNs II
same.
An invitation to become a member of
the League of Virginia Municipalities,
was accepted by the council. AS the
meeting to be held in Alexandria Sep
renber 18th to 10Th conflicts with the
.ocal fair it was decided not to send a
delegate to this meeting, but the re-
corder was instructed TO write for in
tormation as to the best mems of en-
orcing curfew and anti-gambling laws,
Ind what action should be taken along
ines to revise the states rent exemp-
ion law.
The water supply question came up
lgain for discussion, and it was prac-
tically agreed to take up option on the
Whitman spring before it expires on
October 3rd.
Mr.. w. l. Lee, district road engineer,
7as invited into the meeting and the
question of the town participating in the
road funds was taken up and discussed.
"a behalf of the conncil, Mr.. ). D.
aay made statement of the towns
position in the matter saying, that al
though it paid one-third of the bond is
sue tor this district it had only asked
for one and half miles of road out OF
the one hundred expected to be i'm
proved in Jeffersonville district, and
that on behalf of the council he had ap-
psared three different times before the
board of supervisors but could get no
satisfaction out of them; that council
now proposed to select the streets to
the extent of one and one-half miles to
be built under the bond is sue, and want
ed engineers to make surveys and esti-
mates for their construction that the
same might be presented to the board
for its action, and then if it refused to
act other steps would be taken.
Mr.. Lee, answering question, stated
that no action had been taken by the
board as to apportioning the bond issue
fund on a mileage basis other than an
arbitrary setting aside of $50, 900 for
dirt roads, and as this was done before
he took charge he could not advise how
or why it was done.
The following claims were allowed at
the morning session: A. j. May, 81. so;
E. o. Edwards, 81 90; w. l. Vermillion,
$349. IL; j. S. Thompson, $5424.
1t was the intention of the council, as
a committee of the whole, with the dis
trict engineer to visit the streets during
the afternoon, but this was prevented
by the heavy rains. Discussion as to
what streets most needed improving
went on all the afternoon and at the
night session until midnight when the
following were agreed upon:
1. Second street or alley north of
Main street from Presbyterian church
to Fincastle and Cumberland Gap road
north of colored church. 1000 feet.
z. From northwest corner of w. l..
Moore's lot to car line, 900 feet.
8. From southeast corner of E. v.
SPOTS property to northwest corner of
w. L. Moore's property, 416 feet.
A. Between S. C. Graham's residence
and r. o. Crockett's garden, distance
of 750 feet.
5. Alley between Chapman's store
and Bottimore's store, los feet.
6. Culvert over town branch and ap-
proaches, $50 feet.
z. From car line to northeast corner
Of John Moore property at the inter
section OF said streets, $50 feet.
. 8. Between Hopkins store and east
corporate line, 200 feet.
8. Between Presbyterian church and
I. b. Warren's residence, 300 feet.
10. From Burke street near old jai