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Commissioners Are Told
Brick Sidewalks May
Have To Come Up
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Contractor Kids hrmj^hi vni'K
him to the board meet1n^ an
affidavit from a testing
company a I letting that t h«
walks wptp not properI
lamped, and that in front < t
Diamond s Store, where br;< ^
have not yet hee-n laid, 'hi
tester found that <•<>mp^. t • f
was fi 10 o. when i' h <»». j 11 i •. •
been near lOO'V
Kills said t ha! Inline irui i h»heav\
rain he ha! .
sho\ el would sink ' • t hi- ■ t hlr^
v\ith n«> presMjrr H» also s,i;d
that failure to prnprrlv lamp
the si»il where a pipe rrnssid
Main Street at Macon >!n « '
caused t he pipe ' <» sink to t h»point
that it \a ould h«>1 d up
com pie t ion «-f t h e sidewalk u n' i!
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High*a> I )epari ment is
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revealed
\ workman remove- ^!abs of concrete from atop a Main
M reel sidewalk in preparation for laving bricks for th*- towns
new walkwa\s Problems with the foundation of the sidewalks
on the we*l side of the Main Street were the subject of a called
meeting of the Warren on Hoard of < ommissioner- last
Thur.sdav 'u^h? Ma'l r i
11 was also rev rain] i n.ii ' ru
si (if walk a l<>nv; Mat on Si r «-•»• t <>■
t hr sout h broke off u he
truck ran over it and that
general condit ion was unsairs
factorv Bricks on this sidewalk
were laid in con«reti This
sidewalk was t hr responsibilit v
oT the telephone companv and
its contractor
Also revealed was that : r.»
curbing between Odom s M"".»r
Companv and Macon St reel ••
the east u as built too high and'
would have to be torn out ami
rebuilt (This has been done1
Contractor John Kills v. as
blamed for this error
Thr cost <>f rebuilding th»
two blocks of sidewalk alon^
west Main Street was est'i
mated at $20,000 Hut I on
tractor Ellis said that this w.is
just a wild guess But that sand
already placed in space for
brick would have to bo replaced
by dry sand and that much of
the work would have to be done
with shovels so as not to injure
the telephone cables
At the suggestion of thr
telephone representatives the
board appointed Mayor Miles to
meet with a telephone
representative, and its contrac
tor. the tou n's contractor. John
Ellis, and the town engineer.
Johr. V Kd wards «*arly as
possible the follov.-irfc * ek. to
iron out differences and make a
settlement Both the telephone
company and its contractor and
the town contractor are
bonded
The commissioners assured
John Ellis that the town would
not take advantage of a
completion cause where it was
someone else's fault. The
Warren Gets First
Road Death Of Year
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Early History Of Warrenton
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which will pass h\ (he Holt
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Practice In Warrenton
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Old Warrenton Fire Equipment Sought By State
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W a r r»' ?,' ■ • M *i t11•'! p.i H Id n is t h«
framework <>f what uas "nc« the pride of
; he 1'iinr.mer Hook and I.older I'nmpany as
i h < n •• piere of eij ■ 11 p Til e nt of t he
Warrant on F" i r« Pepart mm! \* t< known
around the turn of I.he r< nUir \
The f i r«1 f i ij h 11 n Lr ma<h • made by the
Hansom Wagon and 1% .v:w:\ Company,
located near v* here the Warren Theatre
now stands, was a type ot wagon. pulled by
two horses or mules It was longer than the
conventional wagon and suspended from
axles and poles connecting the two axles
were a number of buckets In a frame above
were carried the ladders and hooks of the
fire department iThe coffin in which Annie
1 arter Lee. daughter of (ien Robert K
Ivee. was buried was made in this factory.)
This hook and ladder wagon was used by
Warrenton's black volunteer firemen for
several years, but was abandoned when
cisterns replaced wells and the companyobtained
a pumper and fire hose It was
used by the firemen in parades off and on
for years and there is .n existence a slide
showing the late Baker Hummer driving a
; i ul mules hitched to this wagon in one of
'hi company's parades
I'here u.is no suitable spare to store the
wagon in recent years It had been painted
ii his own expense by McCarroll Alston,
now Warrenton's first black fire chief The
w heels disintegrated and t he tongue fell off
Then the firemen stored the pieces of this
equipment above the toilet in their fire
house In recent weeks these pieces have
been stored in a room above the Mayor's
Office
In October when the Warrenton Fire
Department appeared in a parade with
other fire companies at Murfreesboro,
participating was the Wilson Fire
Department This department had on
display a hook and ladder wagon with its
buckets, similar to the Warrenton wagon
In addition the Wilson Company displayed
an old brass pumper similar to the one later
used in Warrenton. Both these pieces of
equipment were restored and displayed by
t he Nort h Carolina Division of Archives and
History where they are permanently kept.
Recently a representative of the Division
of Archive.! and History visited Warrenton
and inspected the remains of its hook and
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ladder wagon .1 • ■ i ' 1 I firm • w 1 ■ i
lake it to Kali ii'h, f t\«■ it rr' u:!t 1 d
on display It would he said. be u ailahie to
the Warrenton fir< company for parades
and other special e \ e M s I' is report I'd I hat
the cost of restoring 'his old wagon would
be around $:!,000
Firemen have expressed a desire .0 have
this hook and ladder wagon restored and
kept by the state There is a di\ ision anions
the town commissioners in regard to
approving the request of I he Mate 1 > 1 \ ision
of Archives and History Some want the
town to restore it and display it here,
possibly keep it in a museum when and if
one is built here Others feel that the town
has neither money nor facilities to restore
the relic, and the end result is that nothing
will be done and a valuable memento w ill be
lost to posterity
The firemen say that they own the
wagon, that they bought it with their own
money, and that they w ant it sent to a place
where it will be proper :, restored and cared
for.
No official action has been taken bv the
board.
Pictured with other equipment ol the Warranton Fire Department in December
l%6 ts the old hook and ladder wajfon of the Plummer Hook and ladder Company
\t this time it was intact Other equipment shown is a fire engine purchased in 1937
in background, and hone reel cart in foreground
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