Henderson Daily Dispatch

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Utilities Men Discuss Removal Of Poles, Wires From Main Street Here

Carolina Power and Light Company Representative Promises To Cooperate With City

TELEPHONE HEAD OFFERS OWN PLAN

Mr. Porter Wants Five Years To Put His Wires Underground; No Conclusion Is Reached Other Than Reiteration of Council's Demand for Removal

Representatives of the Carolina Power and Light Company and of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company met Tuesday afternoon with the street committee of the City Council and had a lengthy discussion of plans for the removal of poles and wires from Garnett street when the street is repaved in the near future by the State Highway Commission with Federal road funds.

The result of the meeting was a reiteration of the Council's attitude expressed in an ordinance six weeks ago requiring poles and wires to be removed from the street when the paving work is done.

Andrew Monroe, of Raleigh, represents the Carolina Power and Light Company, and J. R. Porter, of Tarboro, executive vice-president of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company spoke for his company.

Mr. Monroe, according to Mayor Irving B. Watkins, made some suggestions for the lighting fixtures, including the pedestals and the standards, recommending a plan somewhat like that in use in Goldsboro, but finally promised the utmost cooperation by his company in whatever plan the city finally adopts. It was brought out that 80 percent of the costs of a viaduct would be paid for by the power company and the rest by the city.

Mr. Porter requested that the telephone company be allowed to set its poles and wires back to whatever point the sidewalks are narrowed to permit of the widening of the street, and promised to put in the conduits now and to put the wires underground in not later than five years.

The Council Committee would not hear to such a plan.

The meeting served the purpose of further laying the groundwork for a procedure.

Meanwhile, petitions being circulated in the city are gathering hundreds of additional signatures to be presented to the State Highway Commission asking that the Street be widened, and it is believed that more than 3,000 persons have signed.

The street committee of the Council is composed of Mayor Watkins, Aldermen K. L. Burton, D. C. Loughlin and Henry T. Powell, with W. M. Coffin, street superintendent, cooperating.