Levee Market Project Debate Sparks Community Split
A local committee voices opposition to a proposed market in the levee area. Tensions rise as residents and supporters debate the plan and its impacts on safety traffic and nearby gardens.
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1925
Page
15
A local committee voices opposition to a proposed market in the levee area. Tensions rise as residents and supporters debate the plan and its impacts on safety traffic and nearby gardens.
The chamber board ratified a committee proposal to create a produce exchange in the city. The committee, chaired by Janna with Emerick Gastinnats and Hrupp, held five meetings and interviewed 17 parties, citing space, parking, cost, and sanitation concerns for a market house. The report favors a city wide exchange in a different location to boost farm traffic and lower prices.
A committee reports on the Levee site for a general market on Kanawha street and recommends abandoning that site for a farm products exchange location outside the congested area. The plan aims to provide direct access to producers, lower prices for consumers, support market gardening, and test market viability before a permanent market is built.
Real estate transfers filed include Williams to Maxina M. Williams of land near Burning Springs Hollow in Malden district for 20 dollars and other considerations. Walter M Saunders and wife to W W B Martin of land in Union district for 10 dollars and other considerations. D B Friea to H H Pierson, Lot 5 in Means addition to Wine for 176 dollars. Sampina and wife to Ray K. Morris of three lots on Bibby Street in Charleston for ten dollars and other considerations. Tomer C Chapaign and wife to Eihel Ty Phillipa of lots Nos 1, 18 and ten feet of lot No 19 in Mock street.
A series of property conveyances shows spouses and individuals transferring shares or interests in parcels along Jacob Street in Charleston, including a thirty foot frontage lot and several other parcels. Nearby deeds reference Mountain View addition, block and lot numbers, and small cash or nominal payments as consideration.
E C Milair of George Washington Life Insurance Charleston spoke at the Charleston Life Underwriters meeting in the Chamber of Commerce Business Men's club. He urged cooperation between insurer and agents and advised mastery of company gloss studies to better assess prospective policies. Paul Smith Robert Turney and Lea Douglas also presented sales focused papers. STICINE FOR WHITE HAIR ST PAUL Minn Mrs Mary Hobbs died by suicide after fearing her hair was turning white.
The House debated tax questions as President Coolidge praised the Red Cross. Prosecution questioned authorship of parts of Colonel Mitchell's winged defense in a court matter. Coolidge sent to Congress the budget estimating government expenditures of 4,896,207,921 dollars for the coming fiscal year.
Speyer and Company announce a public offering for the Hamburg American Line, the first German shipping firm to borrow in the United States, as part of a new financing deal led by a group of underwriting bankers.
Calotabs, a purified calomel tablet, is recommended to break up a cold or flu overnight. Take one or two at bedtime with water. no salts or nausea, and you can eat normally. Next morning the cold vanishes and appetite returns. family packs priced at 45 cents at drug stores.
The document outlines an authorized loan of 16 million dollars with 6.5 million to 18 percent marine bonds. Prices for early maturities start at 100 and end at 99 for final issues. The loan is secured by a direct first mortgage on the company’s fleet of sea-going ships currently in operation, valued at about 926 million. Equipment bonds maturing in fifteen years are noted.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion an emulsified creosote medicine for persistent coughs colds and bronchial conditions. It claims soothing healing effects on inflamed membranes stops irritation and reduces growth of the infection while promising guaranteed satisfaction and money back if relief is not achieved.
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