The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-03-21
MADE CONTRACT
FOR WHITE WAY
WORK WILL BEGIN ON ITS
CONSTRUCTIONS AT
ONCE
OVER 100 POSTS
George Miller Says That Local
System VIII Be Complete In
Every Respect
OVER 100 POSTS

! Following a conference held yester-
day at ) O'Clock in the city hail. Ma
yor Holleman and Aldermen Farmer
and Gilmore closed contract with
George Miller for a"great white way"
Tor Anderson, and Mr.. Miller at once
teiegraphed to the manufacturers
the white way posts to rush the re-
J quired number OF posts TO the city.
, Ihe posts are made at Anderson, 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 II became known last night
t"at the council had closed n contract
| .or the system the people of the city
were well pleased. Numbers OF tho
business mon of the city said that they
considered it one Of the best, steps
tnat the council had eyer taken and
the action OF the body was generally
endorsed on every side
| / In talking with reporter for The
Ilntelligenear, Mr. Miller said that he
: did not know just how long it would
take for the new posts to arrive, but
he expected the manufacturers to lose
no time in getting the posts on the
road and that the work would be then
n"sh":i - rapidly as possible as soon
as the material reached here. He said
taat beyond doubt the new system
would be ready for use by the time
, tie SvIIfuuuratr reunion C0nvsneS here
in May and the work of installing the
white way will be pushed with that
end in view.
This system will cost approximately
$4,000 but under the terms of agree
ment between Mr.. Miller and the city
council, the city OF Anderson will not
pay cae cent for the Improvement,
as they were merely required to close
contract that taey would keep the
white way III operation for the next
10 years and pay for current consum-
ed by the lights at the rate of $35 per
post per annum. The fact that more
poles were contracted for yesterday
than had at first been contemplated,
will not affect this. All told, the An
derson system will have 10S posts
The system will commence at the
postoffice and will run from there to
the square, where quartet row of
lights will be installed, the same be-
ing placed on both sides OF the Plaza
and on both sides OF the opposite side.
of the court house square; the lights
viii then go down West Whitner
street to the site or the new theatre;
down East Whitner to McDuffie street.
Crossing the square again.. the lights
will be installed on Benson street,
from Peoples to McDufie. doubling
back again to the court house square
and going down South Main street to
the site of the new proposed fermi-
nails of The Charleston & Western
Carolina Railway. This will cover
the entire business district
Mr. NTiIlnr. cto IL Ia
Ger reporter last night that the sys-
tenn proposed for this city Will be the
most complete in the entire South
from the standpoint iof covering tho
entire business district, and that the
special display as arranged for the
square will give a setting TO the sys-
tenn unobtainable usually elsewhere.
1t was understood In Anderson last
night that the Ladies. Civic League;
and the Anderson champer OF COM
merce will at once make q proposition
to the city council concerning a cell
ehration to be held when the system
is completed Tentative plans have
already been made, these including a
great parade. special music. dispaiy
of fire works and several other attrac-
tions. There is little doubt but that
the council will accept the offer OF
joint celebration and the day OF OPP
ening the system will be a big one
for Anderson.