Smyrna times., 1918-10-02
ITlCOME' FOR MOTORISTS
4 APPROACHES TO SMYRNA

SMYRNA TOWN council IoCnH OK,
DsBs TWO BIG SIGNS ERECTED
VIII "WelcOme" and Another Will
VnI nm ,bom TO Come Again"-Speed
IT, 'init and Distance AlsO-NOtes.
,.,,,na Town Council met in reg
.ossion last Friday evening with
no. u,;Jont L. NJ. Price, Secretary H.
rrioves and Messrs. John E. Will
" and Thomas Jefferson present.
~, ,r,bouch bare quorum was there to
..,sider matters of municipal inter
'. number of important questions
..ro brought up. One of these was
~ .doption of a motion to have two
T., - ,ions erected at both ends of Main
.1oot for the information of motor
~ and the travelling public up and
I,un the State. Coming down the
Soto road sign at the north end of
Main street will read thus: Smyrna
uelcome," "Speed Limit II Miles an
Honr" At the South end of Main
street as the mOtOrist passes out, will
10 another sign: "Smyrna-COme
lcain" az Miles to Dover" Com
mo ND the State the tourist will be
erected by the big sign at the town
snDroach: "SmyIna-Welcome," ,"Speed
Limit z Miles an Hour" and going
mt of town will pass another sign:
"Smvrna-Come Again." "12 Miles to
Nddletown." Both signs will swing
from poles directly across the street,
50 as to be plainly seen by everybody
before passing under. On motion of
Mr.. Wilson and scond of Mr.. Grieves,
i was ordered to have both signs
painted by Frank Morris, our local
sign painter, the "Smyna-Welcome'
sign to be large and the speed limit
sign to be a much smaller one dang
ling from it. Some question was
raised as to why point the distance
to Middletown and not Odessa, but
since Middletown was directly on the
State highway and Odessa was not
MiddletOwn was thought to be the
proper mention. Some think the Del
aware Automobile Association shoulC
have big sign at Ginn's Corner
pointing the way and distance tt
Odessa for those who want to go t
Wilmington by the "River Road"
Town Sprinkler Ordered Off Service
In order to cut down expense, 70
with the increasing demand fo
higher wages and high priced mate
mails, Smyrna will end its fiscal yea
with deficit, the members presen
thought the town sprinkler might b
taken off the regular run and only b
used by the day as needed. 1t was S
authorized. Secretary Grieves re
ported coal coming in much better
and in order to get an accumulate
supply at the plant before winte
Tether sets in, President Price wa
authorized to have Benjamin w. Tul
ner to haul four full days every wee
as long as coal was coming in at tn
railroad siding. While Mr.. Turne
mas other duties, it was deemed aC
NsaOle to let other things suffer fC
me time being until this importar
luel question could be we'll taken cai
o. Members were unanimously {
Ine opinion that if Mr.. Turner wouI
maui coal four days and clean tE
streets two days, he would have abol
all he could properly attend to.
No Estimate on Commerce Street
The special committee, of whic
resident L. NJ. Price was Chairman
10 look into the matter of scarifyin
and Regarding macadam Commerc
street, did not make their report, +;
expected. Nj. Frank Cohen IL
,'Hyrna-Dover road contractor h:
Oeen away for the past two weel
Gnu the committee was unable to e
IS"nlates or find out just what he CO
u" Inere is a popular demand f,
Sung needy repairs to this "mise
-Ole street but whether it can
aOne IN these war times at a figu
mat will justify Town Council expen
y, Ihe money, remains to be see
~ .t!' cohen has his full equipment
M r,u' vicinity working on the Smyrn
1O'er road and while he has all Il
1ppnances here some members a
I9pOsed to think the work can
time. 80 any O'''
lOmatOes Are Now on the Wane.