HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 12/09/1954 (2);,City Council Declines 0#fer -
To Purchase Crow~e~ Building
~ksh-: ~tre~f Made
Thoroughf~xe .
By~ City Fathers
Ash stteet, cram Front street
to Third street, will be n tltrough
road, accot•ding to Ordinance 3fl~
phased by Central Aoiltt city
councilmen nt ilicir Monday
,evening meetitag.
A petition fS•orn residents in
that .Wren of. the city requested
that the road be made a main
iha•oughfare. Stop signs will Abe
erected on First and Second
n street. intetsect.ions to comply
r with {he drdiancr. --
- A second ordinance passed by
•, the council, number 30~, cleared
city records of old dens which
_ dated back to IJ?2.
t Aond Voto Approvod
t' City Altornt:y Beni $lackhurst
d infnrnird Uie cif}• that a letitrr
s had been roceivrd h•ont Pol•thutd
t ttmtdinlC nttm~nrys approving lh.•
- procrdur!r of the cif}• band elcc-
~ n. 'Chc• approval t:lcars thc,tvay
-'"- f prrp~rations .to sell the nuth-
A petition "for a strecst light at
A_ Uuy and sell offer concerm
ifig the Crowley building at the
Horner of Second and Ptne
streets and .t.lte ftresent clfy hall
building was derlitted by rnem-
bees of the ~etttral Paint city
council nt their regular TSr;cem-
bee meeting Moxdaq ~ evoning..
Thc> offer to ~ sell tho btilldlnq
to the city for .ttsr< as a zwmbin-
ntimt city hall, -pp~licte station, li-
brary and fire hall wus made,-
lnst weekend by John Cupp,
local businrssmnn .and business
owner. -
Thc letter containing the offer
was lead last Thursday evening.
Dcceniber 2, to counoil-faaembers
nt a special session. Sharp dlf-
fet'enccs of opinion were aired .
by gotmcihnen ut tbis 'initial
meet ng.
(Ed. Note: Trite cotnplote text
of .the t:upp letter is published
on page two of this weeks edl-
tiort.t
,• Tn the Monday session, council-
mrn vnted to send Cupp n letter
declining the offer and thanking
him far his interest and consiilitr-
ation.
ttcasunti espresced by councll-
mm~ far declining the• otter in-
cludi•d: lack of funds to hirn
•nrc•hitccts and contractors to !n-
vestilttdc the pnaYlblhtlea of the
buildtnu: the prevent plans and
hvxaal. „Jssil.~ to ,~;~ct:.n• ,awzt.l3inn- k
'kitsiiufitre haH amd library; bujld-
tn•antrd by the council. , t
ti
_ -'h~~2~t~io"t4 tt•crr:~.iainrs, ;L•rsR:-
.5'151i Campltell. N1rs, t)ay-'
h ton.Clrnn, Mrs. lfclrn L:. Wirk-
son,' Mt:e: Hcrhett J. 'Iti•gutman
e
-+'W' post wus b7•unted
permisvion by the. council to soL
it icit local bus'tncssmcn for their
flag display service. Thc srrvic•c•
provides tut American fin t 1
ivoilt slai•Ccd tin Utc presewt prq-
fid`- the offer w~OS {~eived
An .unofficial investigation of
Utr building wtts etude loaf Mos-
day tornutg .by ~Ilobert iCeenoy,
""Mi;~rlrlttsc_t; Yt'C°tlt~'5
•of hc- counoU• • .
In his letter, Cupp offered to
sell the Crowley building, u Lwo-
story structtiro with nn ll2-foot
y
t'
displayed q o tc
on 10 holidays dw•ing frontage on line street, to the
city
for $$1,600 and to buy the
the year fora cost of $10. The -
present city halt for tS10,000 a
C.P. American 195% post will provide the flag, Glenn
• diftcrencc of $11
600 ~
and store it and put
up- the flag ,
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