The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-02-18
CITIZENS MEET AT CITY HALL
TO CONSIDER STREET PAVING

Tuesday night TO discuss the PROPOSE
tion for the construction of paved
streets in Union City. Members oi
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
were present and some fifty or more
citizens. The proposition wac stated
by Mayor Pittman that the city take
advantage of the general enabling act
whereby the city could issue bonds
for street paving, one third of the
cost to be paid by the property own
ers on one side of the street, one
third by the city and one-third by
the property owners ON tie other
side, the intersections to be built on
the same kind of basis, except that
the residents of the entire block must
bear an equal share in the amount
allotted as the citizens part in the
cost of the same, which would in
most cases make the cost to each cit
izen practically nominal.
Mr.. Pittman stated that the plans
heretofore made by the Board were,
if the people of Union City were
ready to indorse this work, to include
in the first installment of the pro-
posed construction the walks as fol-
lows: First all that part of First
street, beginning at Harrison street
and extending to the tile factory;
second all of Ury street, north and
south; third, from the corporation
line, West Main street, extending
to and crossing the railroad tracks
and East Main street to the Meth
odist Church; fourth, corporation
line on Mill and Third north to
where the old improved walks end on
Third street.
Mr.. Pittman stated that the esti-
mate for the construction of as
phaltum concrete paving is three dol
lars per square yard, and figuring at
that price. the property owner with
a twenty-five foot frontage on First
street will have charged to him as
one-third of the cost of the paving
a total of $115, to be paid in ten
years, as per the provisions of the
enabling act, in ten annual INSTALL
ment5 of $11.50.
1t is estimated that the total of
planned makes a dis
tance of nearly three miles, and that
tho streets will be laid off in districts
and bonds sold for the work by dis
tricts. Probably the First street
work will comprise the first district,
the cost Of construction to be taken
care of by the first bond issue. Mr..
Pittman and the other members of
the Board seemed to have settled on
the construction of asphaltum con-
crete streets as the most permanent
and satisfactory for the money to be
invested. This is the type of street
now under construction in Jackson
and Dyersburg, large amount Of
which is now in use.
This however seems to be the prop
osition up to the present time. So it
was presented to the visitors present
at this meeting DR.. Turner, presi- |
dent of the Lions Club, was present |
and Mayor Pittman called upon him |
'or an expression of his views. in re-
gard to the same.
DR.. Turner gave his unqualified in
iorsement to the proposition, saying
hat he believed it was not only op-
perfume but the most practical man
ler of meeting tho requirements of
street construction. He thought that
Union City people would see the ad-
1antages of these improvements and
ndorse them generally. Dr. Turner
made a motion to indorse the plans
If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen
o provide for street construction
work in Union City. The motion was
seconded, and Mayor Pitt
nan called for general expression
Ill over the house. Not single. OBJ
ection was offered and almost every
person in the hall responded in favor
# the proposition.
In view Of the fact that we have
lot mentioned the fact, the proposi
ion carries with it the issuance of
erial bonds, which are automatical-
y retired annually until the ten-year
,eriod retires them all So, to get q
lew of the question from all angles,
Ir. Pittman invited inquiries. Mr..
,urdick, Sr., wanted to know if it
we're possible to issue short-term
onds at per cent or less. He in
erred that a larger interest rate {
fould be too heavy. No one seemed
D be certain about that point, but it s
as come to be general knowledge {
hat municipal bonds are next in 6
alue of government bonds. NUM- {