The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-04-06
CITY COUNCIL
DISCUSSES STREETS
Much OF Time Monday Night Given to
Consideration Of Streets and Saver,

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Consideration Of Streets and Sewers,
The time OF the City Council, at it's
regular meeting Monday night, was
taken up largely with the considera-
tlon OF streets. Messrs. Adolphus Rid
die and Lewis Anderson appeared he
rore the Council In regard to placing q
sidewalk In front OF their properties
on East Main street whore the city has
graded and top-soiled to connect with
the county road to Clinton. They con-
tend that the Council during the nd
ministration Of Mayor Richey, had
agreed to place q sidewalk along this
street IN addition to other considera-
tlons which have already been full
hlled. There Is O. deep cut at this
point and the question which the
Council had to solve was whether to
put the sidewalk on top OF the en-
oankment directly in front OF the
houses along the street or whether to
Iut it at the bottom of the cut along
Slde the road. The petitioners asked
that 1t be placed in the cut alongside
the road and this, on motion OF Alder
man Dial, was granted.
Geo. NJ. Wright, president OF Watts
Mills, appeared before the Council and
said that the mill was ready to ac
cept the proposition Of the Council
made at previous meeting to advance
funds up to $4,000 to repair North
Harper street from tho top Of the GEM
cterJ hill to the city limits near the
Watts Mills graded school. Mr.. Wright
quoted estimates Of costs OF rock
surface road on the hill itself and a
top-soil road from the river to the
city limits amounting to approximate
iy $4,000. He agreed to advance MS
much as $4,000 to bear interest at 6
per cent and to be payable in two
annual payments Of $500 each. The
proposition was tentatively agreed
upon and the money is to be made
available as soon as proper papers in
the matter can be drawn up. Work
on the project is to be begun as soon
as these papers are duly signed.
Mr.. Wright, speaking as president
of the Bois-Terrc country club, peti-
toned the Council to grant a special
rate or cents per K w. hour for
electric current to the club. He stated
that the club would build its own line
TO connect with the city line at the
East end OF Main street and not nut
the city to additional expense for ex-
tentions. He based his request for
the special rate on the grounds that
the club was a semi-public institution
for the pleasure and recreation OF cit
liens OF Laurcns and Clinton who
might care to Join and that the Reedy
River Power Company had offered to
make similar rate. The petition
was granted
a motion was also passed to make
repairs on North Church street ap-
preaching tho river bridge and also
for the installation OF sewerage on
Mill street
ldHS lOT MAKING a loan TO refund
present floating Indebtedness and to
provide for running expenses until
taxes are collected again were dis
cussed but no definite action was TAX
en-. General conversation of the coun-
ciimen indicated that loan OF $40,-
600 or $4,000 was necessary to opcr-
ate until next year.
On motion OF Alderman Smith, AL
derman Dial was relieved of the pur-
chase OF the City Farm which had been
arranged at previous meeting. AL
derman Dial, in making a presentation
OF the case said that he had never
considered the matter seriously and
did not think that the city really in
tended to sell the farm to him, as the
matter had been considered in a iok-
ing way, Besides this, he said, he
considered 1t illegal for an alderman
to purchase city property.
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