The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-19
SOME OF THE THINGS RE.
TARDING THE WORK
PLANS TO OVERCOME
THEM
CAR LINE PROBLEM
Business Section Greatly IncOn-
venienced AT Busiest Time
OF The Year-Mer-
chants Complain

Folks are wondering about street
paving, when the work of concreting
the streets will begin, how soon it
vii be comleted, how long the streets
will be completed, how long the streets
soon they will be opened for heavy
traffic and all about it. The incon-
venience caused to the business see
ton in having the streets closed
especially at this time of the year is
causing the merchants whose stores
are locked out from traffic to ask
all of these and other questions.
A great many people are wondering
why Mr.. Terry, the contractor, does
not begin the work of concreting on
that section of Main which has been
cycavated for the grading. Mr.. Terry
has ordered a large concrete mixer
from Columbus, Ohio. The machine
vas shipped on September 2Jth and
ought to have been here. He will
pave block every three days when it
arrives. But that it not causing the
lclay 1t is the matter Of water
connections and car lines and tele-
phcne poles.
The city ordered all property hold
RS to install galvanized pipe from
heir buildings to the water and gas
mains, The work was undertaken
when the supply Of goose necks ran
snort. Do you know what goose
neck is? 1t isn't something to drink
u even to bring drinkables into a
prohibition territory, but it is lead !
eonneetina with which, .ssery pipe 1
must be connected to the main. Bh-
mignham was appealed to and then
Memphis and now Mayor McClanahan /
is trying other cities to get them. The
pipes can't go in until THESE conEec-
tions are made.
But there is another trouble, the
street car lines. The council gave
the local car company permission to
shange it's tracks some weeks ago,
but the work has not begun yet. Con
tractor Terry is right up to the
Market street line and wants to GO
ahead but can't do it because this
lire is in the way. 1t will have to
come out before the grading is under
taken. Mayor McClanahan has been
in conference with the officials of
this company at Grcenville urging
them to get busy, but hasn't got much
out Of them yet. Mr.. d.
T. Castor, local manager Of the COM
pany whose cooperation was assured
in hurrying up the street car part Of
the undertaking, has been critically
i'll and could not be expected to give
it his attention.
The c ON amy owning the
franchise here is undertaking ex-
tansiye improvements in their Green
vile property and it is minated that
they are holding back the Columbus
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The tracks on Market
street must be removed before even
the grading can begin and then there
is the grading of the center section of
Main street which must come down
even if it is not paved.
Then there are telephone poles to
come down and the cables to go in.
Manager Dealle, Of the Cumberland
states that the materials for
all of these changes have been ship
ped and the cables, man-holes and
other equipment will be here within
ten days and then a force viii be
put to work on the same.
The matter Of cutting out paving
in other sections and completing the
paving on Main street is being agi-
tated and advocated and many citi-
zens favor completing this section
before undertaking the paving of
other areas.
All of which argues that street
paving will be completed-as soon
as possible.