Smyrna times., 1916-05-17

On Council Friday evening with
rssent except Councilman Rob-
/, was definitely decided to be-
vork as soon as the stone arrives
mrtions Of Delaware South and
.:sp streets. On motion of Council
I. Keith and second Of Councilman
r,Ber, Council by unanimous vote
red 10 maeadam Delaware street
South TO Frazier; South street
Union to Pearl; and Union
NJ, from South 10 Mt. Vernon.
r,ilman John P. Hudson, former
,rnan Of the street committee.
designated to take charge of the
X and the plan is to begin at
r. IS soon as the car loads of stone
rve Il was especially urged TO
u be work at this time while the big
an roller Of Kent County is op-
s.irg Up at thi, end os the county
I which by arrangement with the
a authorities can be available for
% the streets Of Smyrna. There
nue talk Of resurfacing all the old
,,aiam work including Commerce
y rect, Mt. Vernon Street and South
bet with binder material similar TO
ai was done last year. Before
Is Is done some repair work will
Ts to be made and the streets
II ansd and scraped. Some argue
i il would be good thing to do
while the roller is up here. for /
q The TOP dressing of fine stone !
I'd be properly rolled. Il is not |
isnded TO top dress and treat the /
y sections to be macadamed at this
u -s Mr. Hudson thought another
n a. would be time enough to do this.
any event. it is the intention of
incil to put the streets IN good
s'f all over the town and conditions
iHsnt no better time than early
spring as soon as possible.
''rset Sprinkler Ordered Put in Use
Complying with the urgent demands
elanoring public. Council took
he matter Of putting the sprinkler
service. During the past two or
zee weeks, the dust has been exceed
~ annoying at times and was
70 IS many housewives sre in the
81 Of their house cleaning it made
'Usi' even worse. On motion the
'ract for this season was placed
n C. W. Langrell for $40 per
'h' Nj. Lsngrell did the work
season but this year demanded an
as-'e in pay owing to the fact
y ae mad to furnish two horses be-
us own time and at the price
.'''e iced there was little enough
Il Chairman of Light & Water
oHlttee Grieves was authorized TO
' 'he watering places for filling
,'ilnkler tank in good state of
~ 50 that Mr.. Langrell could
p nis duties at once. He started
. The salary of Fireman Rose
ae Light & Water Plant was in.
r.. -.sd from S42. so to s45. 90 Der
~ ra'ements Ordered Repaired
a''ltonal 3O-day notices were
-''d sent out for the repair Of
-. .'lent' ~ and sidewalks and removing
=. l10mas E. Bailey who reeentlv
h, ',,,sa ,,.... Inc Cats property on Mar.
!. '.'.. ZEE. owned by Allan Cunningham.
~, oa'lhed to remove two trees
q ''ood out into the sidewslk
|F.,s $50 decided TO have Presley
/, ,.' ..o'e bis fence back in front Of
~. ',p'''y ,.y on Frazier street. re-
s..., =. wee and repsve Council sIso
~. -.,sa = the question Of line and
s,.,,' -. o. the pavement in front Of s the
~, Property on Mt. Vernon
a.,s., ,sn ss4''nding from Shaplev's
sisst..iilssp .isp ...'l. oaek to The property of
Ave ,sn.. ,''l armstrong. The Stocklvs
as'.' '.a''sd the tree and are IsS;SS
,s..,.o o''ists pavement along said
,as,,i': Il, I, tne Improvement The
Ias.a-r..,. :, line y &c. was referred to
s,aan 1. ,,oo.. Keith in whose district
!, p'''''y was located. O'''''''
\, u .s'N S'''''"eo' Of II. S. Anthony
= d. 'o'nS.' r..1I. Or revisions being made
Wa = ,'iol' y. Of Appeal Day. Council rrsI
rR..,''' = : the assessment: of Asses
ssdo, Z !. Anthony stand and On 4,
sss ,.,' vas accepted. The real
go. s'.nent ~ y totals s1.Oy7..
Il ,u.s ,a' !. the poll. s5ss. 90. Conn.
sss s,0s.Iss = make the tax rate 4a cents
VI d. 'aa''d .s. dollars real and 81 loo 90
nj ! assa sue as last year. in-ss. 1
!. s''ar. tie, d. r' an act Of the last Leg
'l'ssa q ,., Town Of Smyrna was I
n.
~ b t.rs,'s 's one thousand dollars q
,asa 'hsugbt a. some members Of
ai'ss II -. .. 'ae tax rate should l
:sss', &c on the hundred dol ,