The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-17
c. ofC. Holds In
teresting Meeting

A wen attended and very interesting
meeting of the Pennington Chamber
of Commerce was held Tuesday even
ing, with President M. P. Cayce pre-
siding. Several matters of engrossing
interest were brought up for discus
sion, and action was taken on some of
them.
G. B. Snider, chairman of the COM
mittee on Transportation, spoke force
fully and fluendy on this being the
time, in his opinion, for the Chamber
to "get busy" for hard surface road
between this city and Bonne Terre;
that the Federal and State aid would
pay almost three-fourths of the ex-
penses for roadway, the cost of which
had recently been estimated, by COM
petent engineer, at about $425,0O0, or
about $4,000 a mile. This would
! mean that the cost of such a roadway
to this community would be only about
$4,000 per mile, which, considered in
the light of the upkeep of the present
road, which he estimated at about
81 200 mile per year, seemed too
good to fail to accept, With the road
way he contemplated, which would be
of the best possible construction, and
would then be none too good for the
heavy traffic over that road and the
needs Of our people, it would remain
indefinitely, with hut small expense
| for upkeep; with the present road,
which is often rough and full of holes,
the present cost of upkeep would soon
pay for the high class structure he
contemplated.
He also strongly recommended the
| institution of an automobile camp
ground in this city, and spoke of the
splendid results that had been obtained
in other places from such an enter
prise, particularly in Chillicothe, where
this plan is no longer an experiment,
but is now an assured and splendid
success. He suggested the Long proper
ty, which has recently been bequeathed
to the city, as an IDEAL location for
such a camping ground, and thought
the city authorities might be persuad-
ed to construct the necessary road
way, ana perhsp also be persuaded to
contribute to such an enterprise the
necessary light and water supply. If
such an arrangement could be worked
out, there would be very little else nee
essary in order to make that an ideal
stopping place for auto tourists, many
of whom would unquestionably be de-
lighted to accept such hospitality and
cordiality, pleasing thoughts of which
would doubtless linger with them in
definitely, and perhaps arouse in them
at some future date a, desire for ire
turn engagement"
Mayor Tetley stated that he did not
think much, if any, opposition would
be found in the city council to the
plan as outlined by Mr.. Snider for an
auto camp ground, and gave it his
unqualified sanction. Both these sug-
gestions met with hearty and enthu-
siastic support from all present, and
it was soon apparent that those there
assembled were as enthusiastic and
"peppery" bunch of good roads
boosters as is seldom assembled. Dis
cussion of these matters also brought
out the need for welcoming" signs at
the city gates, as well as other signs,
especially announcing the auto camp
grounds, which it was decided should
be put up at different points in this
and possible adjacent counties. The
Chamber went on record in positive
manner as favoring the best possible
road from here to Bonne Terre, and
the membership proposes to get busy
Immediately toward such accomplish
ment
| JdhG nal SNil, hChu Va bhC AhkSAiiH
improvements, said that while he was
not ready to submit report, he hoped
to be able to submit one at an early
date that might prove helpful to the
Chamber in considering the impor-
tant work he proposed to recommend,
which was an extension Of the water
mains, as well as the putting in of a
sanitary sewer throughout the city.
He said those residents whose homes
are not reached by water mains were
becoming clamorous for city water, to
which they were certainly entitled,
and he also felt the citizens were pay
ing for sewer, without the privilege
of enjoying such present day neces.
sity; that if the cost of all the cess
pools in the city could be converted
into the building Of a sewerage sys-
tenn, such work would be well on its
way. His remarks were greeted with
enthusiasm, attestipg the mood of all
present in regard to perfecting city
sanitation.
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