The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-09-17
SQUARE ORDERED
PAvEDBy C|TYFATHERS
OVER SMALL PROTEST
MATTER OF INSTALLING WHITE
WAY REFERRED 20 FINANCE
COMMITTEE.
ORDERED TO REPORT SEPT. II
Committee From Board of TRACE Ap.
peare Before City Fathers and Make
Petition for Cooperation in eesuti-
flying the City Streets.

Tying inc lily otTeeIS'
The board of mayor and aldermen
met Thursday night in special called
session for the purpose of hearing OBJ
Jections to the paving of the public
square. Aldermen Pigg and Parker
were the only members absent. AL
dermen Cherry, Forgey, Akin, Chaffin,
Mayor Dedman and City Attorney
Dedman, present
There was only one protest regis
tered 1t coming in the form If letter
from Lynch and E. C. Perry. A reso-
1utiOn was introduced by Alderman
Akin, overruling this objection and
the mayor called for vote upon the
resolutions passage. 1t was passed
unanimously.
The following petition from the
Board of Trade was presented by W.
F. Anderson, John w. Fry and w. n.
Hastings petitioning the city to In
Etall the white way along the prOpos-
ed route from the Century. Club on
West Seventh street down to and,
around the square and down South
Main to Eighth street. The matter
was referred to the finance commit
Gse. The resolution follows:
TO the Honorable Board Of Mayor
and Aldermen:
At meeting of the Columbia Board
Of Trade held Tuesday afternoon a
resolution was introduced and passed
petitioning your honorable board to
receive and install the white way aft
er it has been received here by the
committee appointed by the Board of
Trade to purchase same.
IhSomuch as the merchants and
busfness men of the city have by pub
lie subscription raised the money to
purchase the cable and posts, ETC.,
necessary for the installation of the
white way, the board thought it right
and proper that the city take the ma
terial and by either contract or by
their own hands install same ready
for the current that is to be furnish
ed by the Columbia Water & Light
Co, under the new contract recently
made with the city; and inasmuch as
all of these contributors are taxpay-
ers, and 9alt have expressed a desire
that the city install same, we feel
that 1T is, right and just end that we
!. Petition ySll<fo dethis Work in the in
terest and welfare of the city.
We further want to commend you
" Upon your recent and satisfactory ad-
justment 81 differences between the
city and the Columbia Water & Light
Co, making 1t possible that the city
could have a white way aud at the
same time not increas the cost Of
the l:sbtin98of the city making
the lights free to the business firms
doing business along the route.
Respectfully submitted.
w. F. Anderson chairman; inc. w.
Fry, W. D. Hastings, committee.
An old account made before the
present board went into Office was
presented by the Columbia Water 4
Light Co. The mayor requested that
Judge Erwin take the matter up and
check it over with his books and try
to arrive at some adequate adjust
ment of the matter.
Alderman Akin, OF the sewer COM
mittee was requested by the mayor to
take up the matter of the laying of
sewer on South Main street from the
corporation line to the main sewer
on that street and report on 1t at
once. He was also requested to take
mp the matter Of the sewer from the
union station down Garden street to
the main trunk sewer near Lambs
old shop.
There being no further business to
come before the board they adjourn
ed to Friday night, Sept. II, at 1880
o'clock, at which time the finance
committee win report on the, white
way matter and they will take up the
matter Of letting of the contract for
the paving of the square.