The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1919-04-01
CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS BRICK
STREETS FOR CITY.

City Clerk Hayden, with Mayor
January presiding, Council met I'm
regular session Thursday night with
the full Board of Councilmen present
councilman John Merringer. after
hucn labor and personal expense. in
troouced the brick street improve
ment proposition, coupled with an or
o1nanee putting the matter into ef-
rect. TOO much praise cannot be
given Mr.. Merringer for his persist
ent EFFORTS In serving the people OF
Paris. In fact the entire Council
seems to have taken on the progress
s1Ve movement-and City Clerk Hay
den.
The brick are to be laid on a con-
crete base with concrete curbs and
gutterings. Under the law, property
owners on both sides of the street
pay the cost of improvements.
Main Street from Tenth to Four
teenth, Pleasant Street from Second
to Twelfth; High Street city building
To Sixteenth; all intersecttne streets
from Second to Tenth; Winchester
Street to Louisville & Nashville denoN
and Eleventh and Twelfth Streets
from High to Pleasant Street were
included In the scope Of the improve
ment. Read the ordinance In full I'm
another column.
When the minutes of the last meet
ing were read and approved 1T was
disclosed that the city donated $500
10 the Massie Memorial Hospital. and
that the Mayor in accordance with a.
resolution of the Council had bought
new steam drill for the city rock
quarry.
The Council met in regular session
with Mayor E. B. January presiding
and Councilmen Ankle, Christman,
Doyle, Kiser, Merringer, Nichols and
Veatch present.
The following building permits
were granted:
Collier Brothers, one-story brick
'front.' with iron clad sides storage
warehouse near Midland depot on
Main Street, cost $4,000.
John A. Gilkey, barn on Cameron
and st. Elizabeth Streets, cost 5000.
R.. S. Webb, Jr., two-story brick
and stone garage and service station.
corner Main and Second Streets, cost
$4,000.
Joe Nichols, addition to residence,
Marshall Street, 800.
w. c. Bell, garage, High Street,
s225.
Dudley Rose. garage. Brent Street.
500.
Calvert Meng, stable, Mt Airy Az
enue. $3.50.
Application for a restaurant license
on Eighth Street. known as the Tur-
pin stand, was tabled.
The Lodge Of Maccabees presented
4 request for street fair exhibition
sometime In April The request was
denied by vote Of to 2.
When the application was made
Tor a building permit to erect
garage, corner Main and Second
street, opposition developed when
sam kerslake protested on the
ground the business would be a null
'ance to his residential property. J.
W. Bush and w. r. Wood, of Lex
ngton, with blue prints of the new
building, presented the matter to the
Council. showing Second Street
would be widened seven feet and the
,avement frontage on Main Street by
hree feet.
Objection on the part of Mrs. III.
L. Butler, owner of a garage building
N the opposite side Of the street,
vas also presented. On an aye and
lay vote the permit was granted by
unanimous vote.
Mayor January informed the Coun-
III that the commission of Joseph w.
)ayis, as commissioner of Massie
Memorial Hospital, had expired and
hat he would. with the approval Of
he Council, reappoint Mr.. Davis for
mother term OF FIVE years. The.
'ouncil unanimously approved the