Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-19
B. c. D. TO DISCUSS Street
CHANCE IN MEETING TO-DAY

THE rrgunf meeting ~ The Beard "i
Cit, Development viii lr hc.d ~ The
riiv commissioner room in the ciiS
hail tonight
Among matters tu br presented VIII
is tn proposed trlppilun ~ fic'c
itrrot II viii be- presented hy the Anna
rillo club ~ the American Association
u Engineers with tie suggestion 30 an
appropriation Ter survey \ map VIII
he presented fut the h,u,fii ul lhus" In.
crested.
\ watering trough fnr horses: i'm.
ruvrnrni of a." Tourist Camping
Ground. and protection of local p"opl"
,gilnst outside shippers Of bread. viii
'T brought up.
Tourist Camp imIro, em.nis Completed.
The matter ~ improving The tourist
nmulng grounds has been completed AZ
ar ~ is possible. says secretary Estes
4 the Board of CITY Development. The
Information which the secretary was In
yfucicd a. procure IL on hand. and
M De- submitted 90 the lldard - city
Development tonight The county wei
ONES thu Board IT CITY Development
10 avail Itself ~ the Use ~ the pres.
NJ site which ~ owned hy Potter
'ourty and the hazard viii hc glyon
mp'e notice to MAX. arrangements Tor
mother lncatiun whenever the county
1ogins o. prepare Tor the erection ~
he municipal hospital tn" present site
\ composed IT Blocks 80. ~ and g.
I'D Town Addition. These blocks are III
idci only ON the plot There are nc'
unlly No streets shown upon tho
ity engineer hay" ruled that the fence
annot be- buiit .nr0grd thc camp
rounds unless these streets are provld
4 for and partitluncd This would bc
Entirely too expensive, II II said and too
nconvcnicnt uu IN" part ~ the tourists
rcausc m many gates would have to he
rovidcd for II may H. possible how.
var. tina, the city viii pffnlt the On
ire block to bc fenced. with two strands
4 standard wire. these bring city
udinancc IN effect prohibiting h,rbed
wire fences bcing built within the city
limits.
shipment ~ urrad Stuffs Discussed.
Several citizens. three merchants and
I've bakers ~ the city have presented
O. the Board ~ city Development u mat
or concerning the Interstate shipments
" certain kinds ~ bread which weigh
isss than the leaves sid by sumr ~
he local merchants and manufactured
" tho Amarillo bakeries There II n
tate Inv known ~ the Weights and
Measures Act that specifies the
Weights ~ standard leaves of bread.
from the tests that have been made
he bread which IL shipped In weighs
ounces. against the average IL ounce
caf ~ Amarillo bread. and another
naf ~ ounces. against IN Amarillo -.
mnce Io,f. Upon investigation I, II learn
4 that ihes. interstate shipments can
iot IN effected hy the Weights and
Measures Act. hut n merchant distrib
ting such bread ON the Texas market
violating the stlpul,tions ~ the act.
rhe Hoard ~ CITY Development N ask.
a /" defend the rights ~ citlzcns IN the
natter.
ChIldrcss sign Complete.
The sirnbnard at Childrcss, Texas
Witch was authorized ~ n regular meet
NIX. has now been erected and II nearly
completed Tho original bid on this
oard was si35 II VIII cost $3.50 when
ully completed. II measures ljx5o feet,
md Is attroc;lvc,y bordcrcd with two
arge columns nj each end and lattice
work. from the ground up. II has a deep
cd background with white line show
,rg the rad and towns between Chill
dress and Amarillo. and advcrtises the
hotels. garages and restaurants ~ ANA
rillo and Childress. Financial support
has been pledged ~ the towns shown
on the sign, and by the time all remit
the sign should not cost Amarillo more
than tio0. II that much.