The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-03-24
HlADE7CONTRACT
F0Rs1h|HIFE5IIVAY
as
WORK WIZ. BEGIN ON ITS
,r, CONSTITUTIONAL
ONCE
OVER 100 PiosTs
eieessa;. e. Aa:elF;. Hi4;. Says That Local
System win BeAc Complete In
/. s...ar -. Ever. Respeet. .1.a.a.

! Following a. leoS faFaaeh s1teli Fri
DAY at 3 o'clock In the city hall. Ma
yor isoilenlaI, and AI6siInen Farmer
and Eltnorc' closed Il Contract with
George Miller for a'grcat White way"
for Anderson and Mr.. Miller at. once
telegraphcd. to, the. sJnappfacturers OF
the white way posts to rush the re.
quired, number OF ftp1stasf to the city.
The nosts are made ,at,aAnders9n, Ala,
and they will probably arrive here
at an early date and the actual work
OF constructing the white way for the
city Will be put under way.
When 1t became. known last night
. that the council had closed a contract
for the system the people ;of the city
were we'll pleased. Numbers of the
business men of the city said that they
considered II one of the best steps
that the council had ever taken and
the action, OF iIe body was generally
endorsed on every side
q In talking with a reporter for The
Intelligencer, Mr.. Miller said that he
did mot know just how long, it would
take for the new posts to Arrive, but
he expccted the manufacturers to Insc
no Iimo. IN getting the. posts on the
road and that the Work Would be then
pushed as, rapidly as possible as soon
as the material reached here. He said
that beyond d6ubt tile new system
Wontd be ready for use, by the time
the confederate reunion cOnvenes here
In May and the work OF installing tho
white way VIII be pushed with that
end in view,
This system ,siliscost Approximately
$4,000 but under. the terms of agree
lInent b6twee en- sfIs Miller and the city
council, the city or Anderson will NOT
pay, p6s cent Tor the improvement,
as ttfsy fers apetal Seguifeti to Close
asqfRtraet wguid sKeep. the
whit wu IA eratIpn for the next
ars spa4 for Current consums
cd by The !st tue So 5, per
post per Rnnpm. The fact that more
poles were contracted FOR yesterday
than had Jat i, Arst been; nlated,
will NOT affeet ne AN
4efeyff 81 have posts
u & 81 IL IA Gid;
illosta ana, Z ar0m there ,to
the squa ate, silerp Sg.i 90 row OF
1ightsngtii ilj a ISL 81 i, lI @ saltiabbe-
ing placed on both Sis.des OF the Plaza
ianl4e agqsite%side
OF the court house square; the lights,
VIII then sFest Whitneri
street tB Sd8s s. lei tsef el D SfleE eiieatre;E
downs 4sastf slIitnars To DIlfiie street.
Crossing fsh6 sQifarc sd aiiI 9 the lights
f@illr installedi on Henson street,
;ffom RPORlesg to- 7McDuffis,l doubling
back S1sttini t I'M 10 Otile court neuse. square
and; EoiHg doag n South Maia street to
the, sitejtp9 gtAa nelsi 0FaQeBed termi-
nalstI OF the Charleston e Western
CarolilB' Hail tNAa letapifSs will cover
the !sentfre business distffet.i rs' T.
Mr.. Miller stated to The Intelligen-
eer reporter last night that the sys-
tenn proposed for this, city will be the
most complete in the entire Sonth
from the; ,standpoint of: covering the
entire business district, and that the
special display as arranged for the
square will give q setting to the sys-
tenn unobtainable usually elsewhere.
~ It Was understood In Anderson last
night that the Ladies' Civic League,
and the Anderson cnam3er of com
merce will 1T once make . proposition
to the city council concerning q cell
.ebration 10 he held when the ,systenI
Is Completed, Tentative, plans have
already been made, these Including q
great parades sspe cial jisic, "a dispaly
'of fire works and several OF her attr6es.
tions. There is little doubt but that
the council ysiIl5 aGcept sspfier of q
Joint celebration and the day, OF op-
ens1ig, the aystsui vii ''Dol "a big one
for Anderson, SIS 49, i
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