The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1922-05-05
UNION CITY STREETS
BONDS TO Be ISSUED
Board of Mayor and Aldermen Hear
Public Discussion.

At the meeting of the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen last Tuesday
night. it was anticipated that some
action would be taken with refer
ence to street improvements, and a
number of visitors were present 10
take part in the movement. There
were also a number of persons there
who are interested in the construc-
ton of the new depot or passenger
station to be built in Union City. 1t
seems that in the order of the court
to provide for the opening of Church
street across the tracks reference is
made to Exhibit B as the type of
building to be constructed. An exhib-
il is now in the hands of the freight
office of the NJ, G. & st. L. Ry.,
known as exhibit B. This exhibit
designates frontage on the north
with four rooms, viz; A ticket Of
fee, northeast corner; colored wait
ing room, southeast corner; baggage
room, southwest corner; waiting
room for whites, northwest corner.
Closets are to be located accordingly.
This will practically close up the
Church street side except for one
door for the colored passengers. Now
Mayor Woosley suggested that per-
haps these plans were not to be used,
but that Exhibit B proper calls for
a different type of building entirely.
The exhibit now in the hands of Mr..
Lovelace is the cause of the protest
that was made Tuesday night, and
this is the plan that was pre-
sented two years ago. Mr.. Sprad-
lin, Mr.. Verhine, Mr.. Dietzel,
and, in fact, nearly everyone present
had something to say about the ar
rangement, Directing to the plans
and expressed feeling that they are
not what Union City should have.
Some of the gentlemen are also of
the opinion that they are not what
the railroad companies really intend
to follow in the building of the new
depot.
The street improvement question
was then proposed and generally dis
cussed. A member of the board, Mr..
]. G. Burdick, was marooned out of
town and could not be present, and
asked that no action be taken until
he arrived. The board therefore post
poned action until Wednesday night.
Postponed action did not interfere
with the discussion of street improve
ments. Every member and everyone
took part. Mr.. W. G. Reynolds had
something to say in reference to his
experience at the Jeff Davis Highway
meeting at Jackson, Miss, to the eff
feet that highway construction is
now possible at a much lower cost
than heretofore. Mr.. Ellsworth ia
vored a policy of making what is
known as permanent improvements
on the business streets and those re-
quired for heavy traffic and the 9th
ers CT cheaper type; Mr.. Hopper
thought that permanent types should
be used for a short distance in the
heart of the city and then cheaper
streets in the residence section; thai
cheaper streets could be maintained
for period of years on the interest
required for bonding permanent con.
struction. Mr.. Kerr and Mr.. An
drews, members of the board, haC
some suggestions to make. Among
the visitors present ]. P. Verhine of
fered the suggestion that Union City
could not afford street construction
at $3.50 per square yard, aggregat
ing 100000 or more mile, 1t is too
expensive. Mr.. Spradlin could moi
see the justice in improving Try
street with permanent construction
anu lCdfllS thC lSlldluuCl VI IL1S
resident streets out of the plans alto
gether. Mayor Woosley read a let
ter from General Waddell who is con
nected with highway improvements
in Arkansas, using asphalt coating
on graded roads at a cost of $110(
mile, which is highly recommend
ed. Mr. Chas Dietzel, representing
the Lions Club, favored a genera
policy of permanent improvements
So did Mr.. Hugh Smith, chairman O.
the county highway commission
Henry Oliver, T. R. Reynolds, 1. P
Morris and others had some remarks
to make. Mr. Woatherford, of Mem
phis, who made the survey here las
year, is here again and is planning
an addition to the survey, including
another section of streets, totalins
a probable cost of $134,000 in per
manent improvements He explained
the different character Of street con
struction, life, maintenance an(
costs, etc. The thing is, as we sale
before, that Union City cannot af
ford from a half million to a million