The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-05-19
PIKE COMMITTEE is
REQUIRED TO TAKE
ACTION VERY SOON
UNLESS THIS is DONE OWNERS
WILL WITHDRAW ALL
PROPOSITIONS.
STATEMENT FROM Mr.. RAINEY
Letter To The Members Calls Atten-
ton to the Delay In Negotiations
And the Necessity for Doing Some
thing in Thirty Daya


thing in Thirty Day&
Unless the turnpike committee OF
the county court shall accept or act
upon the propositions made by Horace
Rainey and G. T. Looney for the sale
Of the pixies OF the county, they state
that they will be compelled to with.
draw all propositions. They have con.
tracted for modern road machinery
and this will be delivered in sixty days
unless the proposition Is acted upon.
These statements are made In the
following communication to the pike
COMMITTEES:
Columbia, Tenn, May Is, 1916. To
the Turnpike Committee Of the Naury
County Court, Columbia, Tenn. Dear
UiH:
Nearly twelve months ago through
your committee, the County Court ask
ed us to give them options on our
turnpike roads. We very promptly
gave the options, and the Court very
promptly turned them down, and
gave us no reasons for SO doing; and
again you asked for other prices. We
priced them again, which you again
turned down. We continued to make
advances until we had made you five
propositions, and all of them were
turned down without giving us any
reasons for 80 doing. We came to the
conclusion that the County did moi
wish to buy the roads, so we stopped
making propositions.
after quite a good deal of un
business-like negotiations, we finally
made you this offer: 1--WE will sell
you our seven turnpike roads at valu
alton, said value to be arrived at by
commission of three men, mutually
agreed upon by us, and whatever
value this commission put upon the
roads, we would take IL the County
would give" This proposition was
also turned down.
I'VE then made you proposition
to sell TO you our roads at $1,2600C
! per mile, stating that this was moi
half of what 1t would cost the County
to build them, which we then, and dc
now, believe. You turned this down
also. After short time we made
you another proposition, as follows:
I'VE would sell our roads at their
appraised value, said value to be ar
rived at by three road engineers, OF
three good business men. the County
to select one Of them, the turnpikes
to select one of them, and these two
to select third. And whatever value
these three men placed upon them
we would take If the County would
give" You have never yet accepted
nor rejected this offer, and 1t still
holds good. We consider this the
fairest offer that is possible for us to
make, for it gives the County voice
in valuing our property. Now, IL the
! County is really and truly in earnest
about buying the roads, and If this
i last proposition is not fair and just
to both parties, then tell US why i
| is not fair, and we will make strong
effort to change it to suit the County.
! I'VE are contemplating the purchase
of complete set of modern road
machinery for the purpose of keeping
our pixies in repair, machinery to be
delivered here in about sixty days
Your committee must necessarily know
that any negotiations entered into
after the purchase of especial road
machinery and the making Of very
extensive repairs, will geratly add tt
the cost of these roads, should the
County decide to purchase them at 9
later date. Therefore, we respect
fully urge decisive action on your
part within thirty days, or we will be
compelled to withdraw any offers now
before you.
every respectfully,