The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-08-01

For Codnly cour. cal.


The Board OF Mayor ana Aldermen
with the Mayor, Mr.. Coble. aud th
chairman OF the street committee, Mr.
Moss, ii personal supervision Of th
wcrk, has already since the last 81 IA.
paved a large number Of our residen
streets With concrete sidewalks and Ur,
street and that portion Of College a
the public school buildings have beer
graded and coated with gravel, now two
Of the best streets in Union City. The
work is progressing with the Creates
dispatch, notwithstanding the intensely
hot weather that has prevailed. Many
OF the streets have been supplied with
sidewalks from one end 10 the other, in
fact work has been going on all over
the city, and by another month or q
little more the present contracts will be
about completed There are four con-
tracing firms operating on the Job as
follows; KoehIer Bros, Memphis; T.
n. Bransford & Sons. McAdoo- Wister-
man q Co.. and Harris Concrete Co.,
Union City. They are all moving right
along. A considerable amount Of grad
ing was done on some OF the streets,
especially Cheatham, and as natural
result there are a numbered complaints,
but as whole the work has given as.
much general satisfaction probably as
any ever done in any other small city.
It is hard to inaugurate general
movement OF this kind and proceed
without a protest. Perhaps it would
be true to say that ii never has been
done. Men are creatures Of habit and
custom and when they have for years
become accustomed to certain condi- |
tons it is hard TO move them into the |
spirit Of the new era. 1t is often done
however with considerable disturbance.
Cities are nearly always liberal in hand
ling such matters. but that does not al
ways suffice. A notable instance Of the
making Of beautiful city, and prob
ably those who remember reading the
guide can recall it, was that Of the Capt.
tai Of the United States. Washington
City, much like our own, was once
village with practically no
but swamp. Many years
ago man named Shepard, afterwards
known as Boss Shepard, conceived the
ideao revolutionizing the physical pro-
portions Of the place, which consisted
81 complete changes from one end to
the other. Accordingly as one Of the
com missioners Of the District Of Column
bia, he secured the passage Of bill ia
accordance with bis IDEAS. and the work
began. Congress made ample provis-
ions Tor all damages incurred in ths
work. but the changes we're SO radical
hat Boss Shepard was exiled and lived
ID Mexico for twenty years before re-
turning to his native city, but when he
lid it was as hero. The changes that
;ook place in Washington were marvel
,us, and il is no wonder that il is called
he most beautiful city ID the world. {
The streets we're all widened. The city c
I solid sheet Of asphalt pavement. 8
rhe avenues, running at angles, are r
named from the States, The streets $
.unning north and south are numbered +
ind those east aud west are Iettered like I
he alphabet. The system is complete =
ind simple. The main thofoughfare, /
avenue. is probably 800 +
'eet il width and some Of the pave 6
nents on this street are so feet in width.
OF course Union City is doing moth !
ng on as great scale as this, but q |
good work is being done here, and the
officials are doing their level best. They 4
nay not suit Us exactly but how much 2
better il IS taat we can make conccs- :
lions and let the work proceed - il I
seems 10 be doing. Give them all the d
support We can aud let's make Union 5
CITY beautiful city,