Smyrna times., 1918-05-29
I1VV COUNCIL SEES NEED
WIDER DAM At LAKE COMO
.,eewAy TOO NARROW FOR
W. 'ooDoAcH TO THE NEW ROAD
-. Should Have Been Wide Enough
'''I' !. Admit of Traffic and Side Walks
dnpont Boulevard When Built

Admit OF lrdIIG anu S
~ dupont Boulevard When Built
Nam that the Smyrna-Dover con-
r,ts road seems to be an assured
~ ~. SMYRNA Town Council in meet
' T,idsv evening, were brought to
" Dss,r,ideration of the present cause
aver Lake Como with the view of
ling ii a better approach to the town
Main street. President l.. M.
Dino and ali the members were pres
=, except Councilman Keith. When
,ss csuseway matter was brought up
r.rrcilman Grieves stated he fought
s.,d when Mr.. Corbit, owner of the
nHI property. built the bridge, to
s.,e said bridge built wider so as to
,row q wide road with walks on each
,de one leading to Odd Fellows
Cemetery. belmont Hall" and
aVoodlawn" and the other leading to
ms Presbyterian Cemetery. That
,tber members of the outgoing Council
Hd not stand with him was evidenced
Nv the fact Mr.. Corbit constructed his
b,idge to suit the conditions of the
r,esent dam. Now that the dupont
bmleysrd is soon tn be a certainty
between Dover and Smyrna, the in
adequacy of the present causeway is
snpareut and the mistakes of the past
nom up and bear out the we'll sus-
tsiped argument of Councilman
Grievea that the time to have widened
the bridge and CauseWay was when it
vas 50 recently re- constructed. Just
what may have to be done remains for
.he future traffic 10 decide. Town
Council took no action to require Mr..
COrbit to widen the bridge. The mat
ter will probably be left until the
SmyIna.DOver road is completed. But
there is no disputing the fact the
bridge will be too narrow to admit of
the traffic that is likely to be in
creased over this boulevard when the
highway down the state is completed.
NswsmTna Board ofHeaIth Appointed
The pressing need at this time of
the year for live and active Board
Of Health, raused Town Council to
take action to keep the health sur
Dunding of Smyrna in the best possi-
bic order. L. M. Price and Lee R.
Cochran having rendered their resig-
nations from the old Board and Charles
Howell LeFevre having moved to
Washington, it was deemed expedient
70 name an entire new Board of
Health. The following names which
we're put in nomination were elected
unanimously: DR.. w. V. Messick.
Df. K. F. Corley, C. Leland Harmon
sOn, Charles R. Massey and Charles
NSWaln. The newly appointed Board
VIII meet soon to organize. Several
complaints which had been lodged
WIN Council were turned over to the
.onslderatIon Of the new Board of
nealtn which is clothed with full and
'alHeient power to abate all nuisances.
mark McManus Gets the Opera House
Mark McManus. the present man.
'gef OF the Smyrna Opera House has
s0n out in leasing this well-known
N'y ano moving picture theatre for
'n0'ler year. While it was a clean
'sss Ol being made to "come across''
"'n Mr.. McManus, the Opera House
Committee took the stand that Mr..
ISs'tz OF the Temple Theatre, Dover.
.au Olered to pay double the rent for
-' smyrna Opera House and the
%'n needed the revenue. Hence
I''s was no recourse for Mr.. Nc.
- auos ana sooner than be, deprived of
4' 'fults Of his efforts in Smvrns
E Iruu Whatever value to the Opera
@. as as moving picture theatre
. ''e Is he made it), he reluctantly
49,: '.O 70 meet the advance in rental
D,t.a ,'e 'ne fact that he feels his
s1' ~Ouage ard the fact he has no day
sE n' lor matinees to make up the
si,; si.lence' did not warrant the ad.
P PUMA wa burden. On motion of Fl.
=, '''e'es and second of ]. E. Will.
Sm, % i was authorized to lease the
N.M ua opera House one year to Mr.,
s..aa ualus > for $500. A lease was or.
int O'a"n up beginning July the
r Out of Repair, Parts Ordered
SOrinLIat Grieves reported the Town
dsnsns ior which there is so grea
ps,,a .po was out of repair and tba
spy d.~ nave b. been ordered and expecte,
tie Nay, ray. The parts have to do will
viii .lng vo.ll and while the sprinkle
which ~, there is waste of waite
paired be overcome when re
sOtio,i,., After discussion it wa
rsgus,led ',asd to put the sprinkler o. o.
a rsD.i. as soon as in proper stat,