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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1917

Page

5

War time car shipping orders move 106000 empty cars

The Car Service Commission of the War Board orders 20780 additional empty cars to be moved across southern middle western and southwestern lines. total empties to date reach 106035 to meet wartime grain lumber and munition traffic with 7800 cars for grain and 500 for Western Pacific. multiple railroads receive cars including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Missouri Pacific and Seaboard Air Line.

Washington Avg Car Service Commission of the Railroads’ War, Board South Middle West Southwest War Department Southern Pacific Western Pacific Missouri Kansas and Texas Missouri North Arkansas Kansas City Mexico and Orient Atchison Chattanooga St. Louis Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Illinois Central San Francisco Atlanta Timmingham Atlantic Central of Georgia Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line Atlantic Coast Railroad Khaneas City Southern Gulf Coast Line Texas Central of Georgia Peoria Mississippi Central Lienois Central Florida Alabama Missouri Pacific Richmond Fredericksburg Potomac Nessee Central Loo Louisville and Nashville Mobile and Ohio Louisiana Railway and Navigation Co Oho Wabash Missouri, Kansas and Texas St. Louis Southwestern Carolina, Clinchfield Ohio Alten Louisiana and Arkansas Missouri and Kansas City Mexico and Orient Chicago and Northwestern Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Nashville Rock Island Pennsylvania Maryland Philadelphia Reading Cleveland Cincinnati Boston and Albany Boston Maine Central Railroad of New Jersey New York Chicago and St. Louis Chespeake and Norfolk and Western

Cool in Danger Off Dardanelles and Baghdad Assignments

Portsmouth Aug 15 Admiral Sir Stanley Colville praised cool conduct of a submarine crew when a floating mine attached to its rudder was discovered and the crew calmly planned a solution during breakfast. Miss Gertrude Beil serves as assistant political officer for the British government in Baghdad and is set to be honored in Chicago next November.

Portsmouth England Sir Stanley Colville Dardanelles Gertrude Lowthian Beil Bagdad Chicago America

Drivers to Race for Fortune at Sheepshead Bay

New York reports a race series at Sheepshead Bay Speedway featuring Barney Oldfield and Ralph De Palma contesting for a 25 000 purse. Three races at 30 and 20 miles on a two mile loop aim to set world records, with speeds near two miles per minute and Oldfield claiming a “Speed Bug” reaching 60 miles an hour on the straight.

New York Sheepshead Bay Speedway Barney Oldfield Ralph de Palma Oldfield de Palma

High Point Street Improvement Bond Ordinance Adopted

City authorizes ninety nine thousand dollar street improvement bonds to finance local projects including paving streets such as Hamilton, High, West Bond, Best, Commerce and others. Maximum interest six percent, maturity twenty years, with at least one fourth of cost assessed on benefiting properties.

City of High Point I Street City Hamilton Street Washington Street Southern Railway Company High Street Hamilton Rankin Street Bond Street Main Street York Street Best Street English Street Jones Street Commerce Street Dewey Street Pond Street Smith Street Cable Street W. P. Ragan T. Jd Murphy City Mar Ilch Point T. J Murphy J. J. Farriss Ferr

High Point to Issue 8101 000 Assessment Bonds for Streets

City council authorizes issuing 8101 000 assessment bonds under the Municipal Finance Act to finance road works including asphalt and concrete streets. Bonds carry up to 6 percent interest, mature within eleven years, with at least 55 percent of costs assessed on benefitted properties. Includes list of streets and debt details.

City of High Point English Street Main Street Chestnut Street Louise Avenue Hamilton Street Wheeler Park Greensboro Avenue Johnson Street W. P. Ragan T. J. Murphy

High Point Street Funding Bond Ordinance Authorized

The City of High Point approves issuing 238000 in Street Funding Bonds to fund floating indebtedness for preexisting street improvements on Main Washington East Green Guilford Greensboro and other city streets. Costs include city share 80000 and abutting property plus street railway portion. Bonds bear up to 6 percent interest with a 14.6 year maturity.

Steele Street Washington Street Richardson Street Glenn Avenue North Main Street Wkinn Street Parkway Street King Street White Oak Street Commerce Street East Green Street Walnut Street Eastren Street Iteam Park Way Ray Street Lindsay Street Howell Street English Street Main Street Willowbrook Street High Street Russell Street Gatewood Avenue Bonelvard City of High Point Centennial Avenues Centennial Avenue Green Street Johnson Street Williams Avenue Eitt Guilford Avenue Greensboro Avenue Louise Avenue Hamilton Street Wexler Avenue Brently Circle Mallory Street East Commerce Street Ray Williams Street

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