Smyrna times., 1923-03-28
||IIlIl TOWN COUNCIL TO PUT
AL HAULING OUT At BIDS

= rrRNER WILL GIVE TINE
/. Y, rrrpIyG STREETS REPAIRED
90 Will be Tried Out to Ex-
~ .a'V Work on Both JObs-Stand-
l' y committees For the Year
;. Town Council met in regu-
S!iar ...inn Friday evening with Presi-
Y. Wallen and all members
- r. Matters of Importance re-
.:.,. s.r tbe hauling of coal, the re-
~ n streets and the better ar
...snt of street lights were dis
u 'Il With the hope Of starting early
- - work in Improvements. On
~ y. f was decided to separate the
NJ, of coal from the street work
I5 ,iraet supervisor Benjamin w.
~ can give his whole time to
~ =, tbe streets and cutters in
4 IT, rsDair. After due consideration
y, decided to put the coal hauling
n he lowest responsible bidder,
fcial proposal of such being ad-
-f,sd in another column. 1t has
!, bsep the opinion of members of
I'll that in these days of fast auto
III, coal could be hauled from the
.,,t tbe railroad siding to the Light
I Water Plant at saving In both
!. and labor and be handled more
,1.Ftouslv in every way than the
Gent horse drawn equipment. This
1 h done under contract at so much
M. Atleast Council has decided tC
tbs matter a trial Of six months
sffOund to work satisfactory, vii
made a permanent thing.
badam Streets to be Put in Repair
4 TO taking care of B. w. Turne.
!, has given so many years of faith
service to the town, Council feel
e is plenty for him to do on tn
ts.s to keep them clean and in re
N In fact Chairman Davis, Of tn
1st committee was authorized t
sn the macadam streets put in re
zr In a number of places there ar
Ss which have begun to unravel i
1gg proportions especially wher
unber have opened the streets fo
Tster, gas or sewer service. Counc
determined to be more strict wit
Inbar in the future in these mat
rs At the suggestion of Mr.. Davi
secretary was directed to order
EL0ad Of stone. There is already
anity Of tarvia on hand and whe
stone arrives Street Supervise
Ener will go over all the streets ar
th up the broken places.
Na Lights to be Centered in Stree
Another thing the new five memb,
iltl is contemplating is to replat
z street lights so as to give bett,
Eia. The long arm brackets fro
s have never been satisfactOl
& installed. Smyrna streets, it W;
are poorly lighted in comparisC
10 other towns and Council, if Il
IS not prohibitive, believe tn,
4 improve the service greatly
llng all the arm brackets discard
tie lights swung and centered
middle Of the streets. Along wi
It is proposed to make a gene1
inning Of tree branches along bo
= Of the street to a unifol
9n 50 as to allow the light to d
properly. This may not be do
A rail- but at any rate Council h
H.ed the Light and Street Coz
-@s to investigate the project, {
4n the approximate cost and ]
q back to Council.
'a0ent Wallen Names COmmittt
resident R. Y. Wallen has nam
sanding committees for the
year. Owing to the fact tn,
now only five members of Coun
'le Of the committees was
u nom three to two members. +
o'nt Of Council being an ex-
\. member ,5a Of all committees. Pr
I. Tallen's selections are as f
n, Light and Water-W. F. Kei
~ -nan; nj ". R. Davis; Street E
..., a-|. R. Davis, chairman; w.
~ ~. Auditing Committee Herm
St.., aoolnson' chairman; Edward
~. Opera House Edward
\. %li t.. Chairman; Herman L. Rot
y. ,s'i s'se ROom-Herman L. Rot
~P,s,i1a %ialinan; W. F. Keith; Fina
Po5iD.aa' Pa' H. T. Wallen and Hen
'lAAL JOB FOR DIR. LAYT