The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1916-03-31
GOOD ROADS MASS MEETING
CITY Halt TUESDAY NIGHT
Number Of Citizens Get Togethsr to
Start Movement.

the movement on the part Of oul
citizens FOR improved county high.
ways. The meeting was called By
W. @. Reynolds, president Of tbs
Union City Business Mems Club. p
e. Quinn being present in the ca
pacity Of secretary.
After the meeting was called tc
order the chairman announced that
Rev. zwingle was present and would
make some remarks concerning the
location OF the Cumberland Presb-
terian Theological Seminary. which
Is now an auxiliary OF the school al
Mckenzie. This institution is to be
located as separate school. and the
General Assembly. It Is understood,
will take some action in the matter
in May. probably empower the Board
OF Trust to take up the details and
agree on location. That being so
q number Of places have already en-
tered the contest with offers OF sites,
buildings, etc. The Institution is to
have an endowment OF $4,000 Ger
maintenance, and It is likelyto be
or to grow to extensive proportions.
The city which secures the location
undoubtedly will reach the richest
reward In the acquisition Of many
splendid young men, and numbers Of
their family connections, In addi-
tion to the commercial advantages
the school will naturally bring. The
benefits are incalculakss, and 1t is
easily possible that 1t will grow to
the dimensions or an university.
We have some friends on the Board
OF Trust but that ID neither here
nor there; the city which has the
greatest inducements in the way of
bonus and advantages will undoubt-
eddy get the location.
Union City Is therefore called up
on to try for this school, and Rev
zwingle explained the matter. as
above stated.
A motion was made and the chair
man was given authority to appoint
committee ON the work,
The road proposition was then dis
cussed. The chairman stated the
plan as near as possible, which is to
issue 100000 In bonds and retire
the bonds yearly in fractions OF
which one year bears to the whole
number Of years issued instead of
providing d sinking fund. Another,
conforming IN general way to the
new road law, Is to organize with a
commission OF three or Eve good
men to have charge of the work, to
be confirmed by the County Court
and q bond election called by the
court. ten per cent Of the legal
voters OF the county voting at the
last Presidential election being re-
uuired Oh petition submitted to
the court for this purpose. There
must be nearly four hundred sigma
lures The idea Ii first to hold bond
election IN few weeks. designating
the points to be reached by the pro-
posed roads and the number or miles
covered, the plans by which these
roads are to be constructed, and the
manner OF construction and manage
ment Of finances.
DR.. G. w. Miles. Sri. was present
and said that while he understood
the value Of good roads and our need
Of them he would never agree to any
plan by which there is the remotest
OF graft. He would not
agree to anything less than road
built In accordance to standard
specifications. and in doing this he
would favor no man to control the
building OF these roads except man
Of well known ability in such work.
He had no comment to make against
local men as to their integrity and /
character. but he knew that we had
no men Of any considerable reputa-
ton in road building. and therefore
he would object to anything which
anything less than the
highest authority In engineering and
road construction in the proposed
work for Obion County.
Mr.. Geo. Dahnke assured Or. Miles
that these were the very grounds
that had already been gone over iii