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DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Orer Wehman's Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telephones
Office 144, Residence
DR. E. M. LONG
DENTIST
Over Wehman'a Hardware Store
Union City, Tenn.
Telelphonea
Office 144; Reaidence 595-J
RCIA
Union City Coinmercial.estaWished 180 I cnt,,, September J. 1V7
West Tennessee Courier, established 1897
UNION CITY, TENN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.
VOL. 29, NO. 48
CITIZENS MEET AT CITY HALL
TO CONSIDER STREET PAVING
According to th notice published
last week in thi3 paper a number of
citizens met at the City Hall last
Tuesday night to discuss the proposi
tion for the construction of paved
cipal bonds are in general demand.
Mr. Morris wanted to know'if we
were still paying interest on the
money invested in sidewalks. The
answer was that we are, but the in
whose duty it will be to visit the va
rious points and get first-hand in
formation of street and highway im
provements. Better make- a complete Job of the
preliminaries and the other branches
of the work won't be so troublesome.
NEWS AND NOTES.
streets in Union City. Members of terest is inciuaea in a general mier
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen est account with other extensions
' were present and some fifty or more and improvements.
citizens. The proposition was stated With all the discussion, however
by Mayor Pittman that the city take there seemed to be no opposition to
advantage of the general enabling act a general campaign of street im
whereby the city coulJ issue bonds provements of the character and ex
for atreet paving, one third of the tent heretofore set forth
" cost to be paid by the property own- Before the . meeting closed, Mr
ers on one side of the street, one- Harris, an engineer , from Memphis
third hv tho ritv nnd nnA-third hv entered into the details of street
the property owners on tie other
side, the intersections to be built on
the same kind of basis, except that
the residents of the entire block must
bear an edual" share in the amount
cons'ruction and materials employed
in modern street work. He styled
one form as aspnaitum concrete
costing complete about three dollars
a square yard, another the sheet as
allotted as the citizens' part in the phalt, a more durable type of street
cost of the same, which- would in
most cases make the cost to each cit
izen practically nominal.
Mr. Pittman stated that the plans
heretofore made by the Board were,
if th people of Union City, were
ready to injjorso this work, to include
in the first installment of the pro
posed construction the walk3 as fol
lows: First all that part of First
street, beginning at Harrison street
and extending to the tile factory;
formation, costing complete about
$4.50 a square yard. Thi3 cost in
eludes base and all. It was figured
that we had somo foundations here
that would serve for new work, but
Mr. Reynolds stated that we had
very little that would serve for
standard street work.
So that asphaltum concrete, now
in use in the cities stated heretofore
is the type the Board had agreed on
Quite a number of things will be
second all of Ury street, north and necessary to be done before the bonds
south; third, from .the corporation can be issued and. a .contract made.
line, West Main street, extending In the first plaoe the Board will have
to and crossing the railroad tracks to draft an ordinance with exhibits,
and East Main street to the Meth- etc.,- including. the First street con-
odist Church; fourth, corporation struction district, and the name of
line on Mill and Third north to every property owner. This ordi
where the old improved walks end on nance will have to pass first, second
Third street. ... and third readings. This will natur
Mr. Pittman stated that the esti- ally take some time. Another fact
mate for the construction ot as
phaltum concrete paving is three dol
lars per square yard, and figuring at
that price the property owner with
which will have to govern the con
! struction of streets, and this is, as
Mr. Harris states, - that asphaltum
cannot be laid except in the warm
a twenty-five foot frontage on First summer weather, about five months
street will have charged to him as in the year.
one-third of the cost of the paving
a total of $115, to be paid in ten
years, as per the provisions of the
enabling act, in ten annual Install
ments of $11.60.
It is estimated that the total of
construction planned makes a dis-
Perhaps too there will be, as the
question is presented to the people,
a more general discussion and may
be some opposition to the proposed
plan or to the kind of walks to be
built. But leaving that as it is, the
Board has had a very favorable ex-
tance of nearly three miles, and that pre3sion so far.
tho streot3 will be laid off in districts Mra. J. J. Miller wa3 the only lady
and bonds sold for the work by dis- present at the meeting, but she was
tricts. Probably the First street
work will comprise the first district,
the cost of construction to bo taken
care of by the first bond issue. Mr.
Pittman and the other members of.
the Board seemed to have settled on
the construction of asphaltum . con
crete streets as the most permanent
and satisfactory for the money to be
invested. Thi3 is the typo of street
now under construction in Jackson
and Dyersburg, a large amount of
which la now in use.
This however seems to bo the prop
osition up to the present time. So it
kind enough to state that she ad
vocated progress in street improve
menta and made pome comparisons
which showel that we are behind
other cities in this work.
One point wan made that ve could
easily enough agree on the front
foet plan, and that if we were finan
cially able we could agree on the
plan of finances; but that extreme
care and caution should be taken
with reference to the contract we
make and - tho kind of streets we
build. We can very easily bo taken
in by some smooth promoter and get
was presented to the visitors present ourselves tied up in a contract for
at this meeting. Dr. Turner, presi- street work that would involve us In
dent of the Lions Club, was present a ccandal, tho like of which has been
and Mayor Pittman called upon him connected with war contracts and
for an expression of his views, in re- more recently with public highway
gard to the same. work in Tenneeeee. It is said to have
Dr. Turner gave his unqualified In- leaked out from reliable sources that
dorsemeut to the proposition, saying tho State highway department let a
that he believed it was not only op- contract for moving the dirt on a cer
portune but the most practical man- tain part of the State highvay con
ner of meeting the requirements of struction at 67 cents a cubic yard,
street construction. He thought that tho contract being first sublet at 30
Union City people would see the ad- cents acublc yard and sublet again
vantages of these improvements, and at 20 cents a cubic yard. The report
indorse them generally. Dr. Turner is that the man who received the con
made a motion to indorse the plans tract at 20 cents a cubic yard made
of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen one thousand dollars a mile clear on
to provide for street construction hi3 contract.
work in Union City. The motion was Now, there is always more or less
promptly seconded, and Mayor Pitt- criticism of public contracts. Some
man called for a general expression of it is unwarranted, but there have
all over the house. Not a singleob- been cases of real graft not only in
Joction was offered and almost every war times but in peace times, and the
person in the hall responded in favor responsibility of public officials who
of the proposition. have these contracts to make or have
In view of the fact that we have the authority to make them is often
not mentioned the fact, the proposi- very grave and far reaching.. It is
tion carries with it the issuance of therefore very plainly and unmistak
serial bond3, which are automatical- ably a duty which rests upon the
ly retired annually until the ten-year Board of Mayor and Aldermen of Un
period retires them all. So, to get a ion City before entering into a gen-
view of the question from all angles, eral campaign of street construction,
Mr. Pittman invited inquiries. Mr. which necesssarily takes large sums
Burdick, Sr., wanted to know if it of money, to get the best materials
were possible to issue short-term and construction available at the
bonds at 6 per cent or les3. He In- lowest market prices and to secure
forred that a larger interest rate the cervices of competent and relia
would be too heavy. No one seemed ble road builders. To do this there
The General Assembly has recessed
to March 7. This action came after
heated sessions in the House and Sen
ate on the proposition. The House
first rescinded the joint resolution
calling for a recess after the Senate
had killed all chances for junketing
committees. When the Senate was
notified of the House action, general
chaos ensued in the fight over the re
cess question. A conference commit
tee was appointed and voted, 4 to 2,
against a recess. Both houses, how
ever, agreed on the recess later and
the date for reconvening was fixed
at March 7 as in the original resolu
tion. During the recess the subcommit
tee of the finance, ways and means
committee will frame the appropria
tion bills, the Durham back-tax
probers will hold daily sessions until
their work is completed, the special
tax committee will draft new tax
laws and the Peck investigation
committee will probe Senator John C.
Houk's charges against Capt. T. F.
Peck, Gov. Taylor's appointee for the
Commissionership of agriculture.
Hon. Harvey Hannah, of Oliver
Springs, authorizes the anaou'nee
ment of his candidacy for tie DerxJO-
cratic nomination for Governor fC
succeea uov. a. a. vayior, Republi
can incumbent. M. Hannah was pri
vate secretary t5 Gov. Taylor and
later served as idjutant.-eonerajl un
der Gov. James h. Frazier. He is at
present serving the State as a mem
ber of the Tennessee railroad and
public utilities commission.
Mr. Hannah is a veteran of the
Spanish-American War,, having serv
ed as lieutenant-colonel of the
Fourth Tennessee Infantry. He has
been a tireless worker and campaign
er in the cause of democracy since his
early youth,' and his eloquence has
stirred the masses in every section of
Tennessee.
to be certain about that point, but it
has come to bo general knowledge
that municipal bonds are next in
ralue of government bonds'. Muni-
should be a thorough investigation
of street contracts and street con
struction, and this will entail un
doubtedly the services of a committee
Bust of Woodrow Wilson.
At the High School building Mon
day, Feb. 21, at 2:30 p.m. a bust of
President Wilson will be presented
to tho U. C." H. S. lry the class of
1920, with the following program:
Song "Star Spangled Banner,"
School.
Unveiling of Bust; Chorus, "Lest
We Forget."
Presentation Address Louise Al
exander.
Response Mrs. Keiser.
Song "Carry Me Back to Old Vir-
ginny," Chorus.
Reading "The Happy Warrior,"
Sarah Pickard.
Song "God Speed the Right,"
Chorus.
Old Virginia Reel.
Song "Dixie," School.
Recruiting Station.
Sergeant Dunn has rejoined I
regiment, the 26th Infantry,
Camp Dix, N. J.
Mr. Wilson, the army field clerk,
who has been with us for some weeks,
has left our town and is now at Tren
ton, where he will spend a few
weeks.
Sergeant Bennett is still at the re
cruiting station, and at the time of
this writing (Feb. 15th) does not
know what disposition the War De
partment will make of the Union
City station. ' -
There are only two classes of men
vho are still eligible for enlist
ment in the army. They are: Ex
offlcers who were discsharged not
more than 90 days ago, -and ex-soldiers
who were discharged since Feb.
7th, 1921.
Burned to Death.
Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 11. Four
persons, two of them women and two
children, were burned to death in a
fire which destroyed the upper floor
of a two-story frame dwelling at 675
Pontotoc avenue here to-day, ,
The dead were Mrs. Lydia New
man, wife of a street railway em
ployee, and Ms. Newman's sister,
Mrs. Velma Simmons, and the latter's
two children, Nellie and Juanita.
The origin of the fire has not been
determined. Several other persons
who had" apartments in the building,
a ten-room structure, leaped from
windows and escaped with minor
bruises.
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New Batteries.
(Automobiles.
Repairing -j Trucks. .
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Another Seed Sowing Season
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will soon be here.
We are prepared to furnish you all kinds of seed at
nearly pre-war prices.
Red Clover Timothy
Red Top Alsyke Clover
Japan Clover Alfalfa
t All kinds of Grain andrFeed one sack or a car load.
Pure Corn Chops C. S. Meal
Wheat Bran C. S. Cake
Wheat Shorts Oats
We are in the market all the year for Corn and Hay.
Let us have your offerings.
Cherry-Moss Grain Co.
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E. H. RUST
Authorized Ford Dealer, Phona 400
UNION CITY. TENN.
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