The Robesonian., 1917-10-29
TOWN BOARD MEETS
Those Who Fail to Connect With
Sewer Lines Will be Reported
to Solicitor-Southern Bell Mat
ter-Other Items.

Mayor Proctor and the board of
town commissioners held a special ses-
sion Thursday evening in the town
hall.
1t was ordered that the Auto Ser
vice Station, which has been doing bus
mess for some months beside the |
town hall at the foot of Fourth street, |
| be required to move from the town
| common within 10 days.
It was ordered that the street sup
erintendent be required, in all cases
where parties have failed to observe
notice heretofore given requiring con-
nection with the sewer lines, to give
a list of such parties to the solicitor
of the recorders court, unless such
parties can show that they have made
contract or otherwise taken the nee
essary steps to comply with such or
dinanceS.
i Town Attorney Lennon stated to the
board that he had been unable to
agree with attorneys for the Southern
, Bell Telephone Co. on the form of
judgment to be entered into in the
pending litigation between the town
: and the Southern Bell, that the at
: torneys for the company claimed that
! the recent agreement or contract made
2 with the company was based on the
3 supposition that the town attorney
] had agreed on the form of a judg-
: ment or decree submitted by the
: Southern Bells attorney, and that the
attorney for the Southern Bell ask
ed that the contract dated the 18th
r day of September, 1917, be rescinded
and that the matter be put in the form
q er status. Mr.. Lennon recommended
r that this course be followed inasmucf
Loo 10,
n the form of judgment, but stated thai
e he had never at any time agreed tx
! the form Of judgment as submitted
II by the Southern Bell.
'e| Upon consideration by the board i
r was unanimously ordered that thi
g recommendation be not complied witt
for the reason that the contract il
n, question was brought before the boar
I'd by Mr.. Morgan B. Spier, general man
:, ager Of the Southern Bell Telephon
IN company, and nothing was said in re
e, gard to the form Of any judgmen
or other outside consideration excer
I'd that the suit was to be dismissed All
es litigation stopped. The town attorne
r was further instructed to agree upo
{. any reasonable judgment in the pent
ing suit or any judgment which Wi
conform with the franchise rights
l's' Tile tCOullIeII bcl DIS stated III CI
" franchise.
o. Mayor Proctor and Clerk and Trea
ps urer Townsend were authorize
os, to execute agreement of purchas
cy contract with the Lumberton Co
" ton Mills Co. for sey
tic er line from the office of the compar
ay on the corner of Elm and Secol
he streets to Lumber river, the line ru
"a ming along and beneath Second stree
'or The agreement sets forth that the m
company, desiring to be relieved
Is the maintenance of the said sew
ort line, for the sum Of 81 and other vs
an liable considerations sells and conve
lch it to the town, and the town agre
to to maintain the line, or one adequa
zen to take care Of all sewage from
office building.
It was ordered that Mr.. L. L. HUI
h's phrey be employed as consulting q
chitect for the new town hall on t
es- corner of Elm and Second streets.
A bill of Mr.. ]. P. Townsend +
lS11 was ordered Maid