Scotland Neck To Finish Paving Downtown Section, Oct. 18, 1921

North Main Street and Other Paving Passed by Board

Complying with the insistent demands of property owners and with the general sentiment of the town, which feels that the paving will not be complete without the paving asked for in these last petitions, the Board of Commissioners at a special meeting held at 11 o’clock authorized the paving of North Main Street from 12th to the corporate limits, 12th Street from Main to Church, Roanoke Street from 8th to 9th, and 8th Street from Roanoke to Main and from Main to Church.

At a meeting held last night at the Mayor’s office, at which quite a number of citizens were present, the commissioners were urged to go ahead and complete the above paving, the general feeling being that if whatever paving is desired is not now done it would be many years before it would ever be taken up again. Main Street, especially, has been a disgrace for years and would have continued to be a disgrace to the town had not this link in the paving been done, particularly in view of the new State Highway from Scotland Neck to Rich Square, crossing the bridge over Roanoke River.

Main Street will be built with a grass plot 18 feet wide in the centre from 12th Street to 14th Street (Robert Josey’s corner) at that point changing to one strip of asphalt paving down the center 27 feet wide with a grass plot between the paving and the curb, which will make it one of the prettiest strees of any in the state.

From the front page of The Commonwealth, Scotland Neck, N.C., Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1921