Concrete Bridge Bid Notice From Johnson City Recorder
Sealed proposals addressed to the Recorder of Johnson City are due by noon on September 4 for a reinforced concrete girder or iron steel T beam and concrete bridge over Brush Creek near the Electric Plant. The bridge will be 40 feet wide with a 60 foot span, sidewalks and a 6 foot wide walk, plus a 10 foot sidewalk on the opposite side, ready for brick paving but not the paving itself. Plans and specifications will be furnished with bid. A $110 certified check accompanies bids. the town reserves the right to reject any bid. Bids opened at 7:30 p.m. on September 1.
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Johnson City
Brush Creek
Trout
E Ellsworth
M. Dunlop
Sealed Proposals For Civilian Housing And Repair Shop
Sealed proposals will be received at the Treasurer Mountain Branch National Soldiers Home Tennessee until 12 o clock M. September 16 1908 for furnishing labor and material for the complete construction of quarters for civilian employees and a repair shop according to plans and specifications. Copies of specs and blank proposals may be had upon application to Paul E Divine Treasurer 1258 Talbott Tenn Plans may be seen at the Treasurer Office. July 20 1908 Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Co Florence Alabama message about fertilizer and wheat appears in the same excerpt.
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Mountain Branch
National Soldiers’ Home
Tenn
Pliny
Treasrer
Panee
Divine
Beald
Ofice of
Loup
Paul E. Divine
N. HD
Tressmery
Ponl B
National Soldiers Home
Treasurer'a
Pant
National Seliors
Trainmaster plans Dowdenger line as work spreads region
Trainmaster M H Weiler announced a regular Dowdenger service between Johnson City and Marion North Carolina to depart from here and return in time to contest with No 2 on the Southern. Rumors say O G C awarded a St Paul to Norton 26 mile line to connect with L N and reach other coal deposits. Work trains start Sept tat laying track through the city and northward as far as the roadbed completes. Bridges, including a large steel span over Boone’s Creek, are under construction with concrete abutments finished.
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M. H. Weiler
Johnson City
Marion
N.C
St. Paul
Norton
Weiler
Boone's ‘Creek
Paddy Logan Killed by Train Near Soldiers' Home
Yesterday afternoon a man named Paddy Logan, a member of the Soldiers' Home, was killed by train No. 42 on a steep downgrade near a curve. He had been drinking and was sitting on a tie above the reservation. the engineer attempted to stop but the heavy train could not halt in time. The body was taken to Johnson City and then to the Home for interment.
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Bachman
Baldwin
Watingza Avenue
Johnson City
Jonesboro
Paddy” Logan
Logan
Rash
Johson City
Lumber Yard Fire Likely Incendiary Near New Street
Midnight blaze erupts in J. A. Martin lumber yard by the Southern Railway near New Street and Malaria Way. Water supply was unavailable hampering efforts as two separate fires suggest arson. Lumber loss about $22,000 with $17,000 insured.
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J. A. Martin
Southern Railway
New Street
Trunk Sewer Work Reassigned as City Moves to Complete Line
City council took the main sewer project from H. Ponder & Son after bond issues, appointing Capt. W. M. Lundy to finish the line through Public Square. Ponder & Son received 0 for work done, with 2 100 owed. the city plans to proceed to finish the project promptly. A tacky party is announced at Hippodrome with entertainment and prizes, including two pairs of roller skates. Frank Moffett to bring Knoxville team and Shamrocks for August 24 25 26 games in Johnson City, with potential Nashville league games if attendance supports.
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8. H. Ponder & Son
P.d. Carrae
Knoxville
Connell
W. M. Lundy
Frank Mofett
Elke’ Hall
West Main Street
Johnson City
Moffett
Anguat
Cincinnati Shamrocks
Nebraska Tedians
Walter Miller
Dave Taylor
Building Plans for Soldiers' Home Quarters
Treasurer Paul Divine of the Soldiers' Home advertises for bids to erect surgeons quarters chaplains quarters an addition to the dairy barn and quarters for civilian employees with a repair stop. Ride will be opened September 1.
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Paul &, Divine
Commerce Street Proposed In New City Improvement
A new street from West Market to Roan atreole is being opened to 50 feet width with donated rights of way. It will connect with the old Toppinge alley, intersect Roan by the H. W. Weiler home, and fill with macadam from to be paved streets. The plan promises boosting nearby property values and a possible wholesale district. Concerns note the Southern railway at the rear may attract robberies.
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West Market
Roan Atreole
Roan
H. W. Weiler
Alseu
Southern Railway
Commerce Street
Appointed Jail Keeper Chooses Local Successor
Sheri Jones declines going to Jonesboro to oversee the jail and appoints D. Bowers of this city as jailer. Described as a "high class jailer," Bowers praises himself for maintaining guests in a democratic style.
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Sheri Jones
Jonesboro
D. Bowers
Daddy” Bowers
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