The Daily Record

City Board Talks
Highway,
Paving
Other
Projects

By LOUIS DEARBORN
Record Staff Writer

"Even the engineers do not yet know where Highway 301 will be located." Mayor Ralph Hanna told the members of the Dunn town board last night. "Except for a preliminary survey, nothing definite has been done in locating the road."

Mayor Hanna said that the engineers had made an aerial survey of a strip two miles wide east of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. This, he said, would be superimposed on a terrain map, and the route for the new highway worked out.

"The only statement that the engineers have made regarding a definite location," Mayor Hanna declared, "is that all of the new road will be east of the ACL." This, he said, was to eliminate any underpass or overpass along the railroad.

SUGGESTS WAIT

Mayor Hanna suggested that persons interested in the communities which now lie along 301 wait until the engineers definitely set a route for the new road before deciding on what action they should take.

The board overrode the report of City Engineer Paul M. VanCamp, and over the objections of Commissioner L. L. Coats, awarded an additional payment not called for in the contract, to Lewis Godwin on the work for the sewer lines for the Latimer addition.

Engineer VanCamp, in his report, said that the additional cost of installing 30 Y branches, was offset by the fact that the line ran at a shallow depth on Pearsall Street. In his letter to the board, he reported that he did not consider that Godwin was entitled to an extra additional amount.

DID EXTRA WORK

Godwin contended that he had been forced to put in a lot of additional work.

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additional work that Van Camp did not see which was not included in the contract. He said he felt the work was worth an additional $500.
Commissioner Coats made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Bass that the engineer be called in at a regular meeting, together with Godwin, and the matter be threshed out before the board.
"A contract is a contract" Commissioner Coats declared. "If the report of your engineer is not reliable, it's time to get rid of him and get an engineer on whom you can rely."
Although no action had been taken on the Coats motion, Commissioner Tart, seconded by Commissioner Bracey, introduced a motion to pay the contractor an additional $500, and this motion carried, with Commissioner Coats the sole member voting against it.
PAVING REQUESTS
C. T. Latimer appeared requesting paving for streets in his addition and John Wellons and others along Sunny Avenue made similar requests for their section.
They were advised that they must be signed by all the property owners affected. However, when he brought up the question, Wellons was told by City Attorney J. R. Williams that one single property owner could not hold up the whole deal.
The City Attorney pointed out that in such a case, the petitioners could appear again before the board and the board could file an involuntary procedure against the holdout.
Under this procedure, the paving would be done, and the holdout would be given five years to pay the cost, plus interest on the debt. If he failed to pay, the property could be attached by the town. This action, however, would be at the discretion of the board.
Charges against Myers Tilehman for moving the house on East Cumberland, were reduced from the ten cents per foot, required by ordinance, to a flat fee of $5.
Ed Hood appeared and requested that a ditch adjoining his property be closed. He agreed to pay for the survey, and City Attorney Williams recommended that a survey be made and lines established so the work could be done.
TO OPEN ALLEY
Mrs. Charles Highsmith requested that an alley be opened adjoining her property and the board agreed to open the alley and supply gravel. The alley runs from Edgerton to Harnett, at the rear of Cromartie Funeral Home.
A quit claim was issued for the city's interest in property of John Pyrdsall, it appearing that the back taxes have been paid off.
A report of the National Guard engineer, regarding the condition of the Armory was read, and it shows that needed repairs, particularly to the roof, would cost about $78,000. It recommends also additional drains so that water will not damage the substructure.
Commissioner Coats was instructed to ask the Adjutant General, what provisions would be made for the use by the town of the auto stalls, who would pay the insurance, whether offices would be provided as now for the Highway Patrol and License Examiner, whether the contract with the board of education, which still has a year to run, would be honored whether the Guard would carry the boiler and explosion insurance, and whether they would maintain the kitchen equipment and lights and water, if the town granted them a 25 year lease.
A letter from Charles R. Harris, president of Erwin Mills was read which stated that the company thought the charge of 16 cents for water was still too high. The committee for the board will work on this problem further, and seek an adjustment.
Attorney Williams suggested that the town ask for an opinion on the legality of paving and improving Railroad Avenue, under lease of this right-of-way from the ACL railway. The railroad, whose right-of-way extends from the center of the southbound track, 65 feet in either direction, has offered to lease the necessary portion of the street.
The street improvement is needed to give access to the industrial area being developed south of Duke Street.
Installing of curbing was suggested as a remedy in the case of Mrs. L. C. Ezzell, who complained that people are parking in her yard. There is no sidewalk and parkers drive right in.
NO PARKING GRANTED
The board granted the request of the Railway Express to place "no parking" signs on South Railroad Avenue, in front of their offices, to facilitate loading and unloading of their trucks, which are often blocked by parked cars.
Mayor Hanna, City Manager Manning, and all Commissioners L. L. Coats, B. A. Bracey, J. V. Bass, R. J. Tart, were present for the meeting which did not adjourn until midnight.