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E. M. Knox, Report of the Town Business Manager to the Board of Aldermen, Chapel Hill, for the Fiscal Year 1922-1923 (1923).Open the sourceAll sources
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Early twentieth century · 1900–1944
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Chapel Hill buys its sewer system from the university
The town bought the university's sewer system in 1911, and to extend it the Board of Aldermen issued $15,000 in sewer bonds on July 1, 1911. By 1923 the town owed $23,650 in sewer bonds, paid from a sewer rental of a dollar a month on each connection.
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Mrs. T. J. Wilson Jr. serves as Chapel Hill's director of the cemetery
The list of town officials in the 1922-23 report names Mrs. T. J. Wilson Jr. as director of the cemetery, the only woman among the town's officers. Alderman J. M. Cheek chaired the board's cemetery committee.
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Chapel Hill issues $23,000 in bonds for fire protection and curbs
On January 1, 1922 the town issued $23,000 in improvement bonds: $12,000 for curb and gutter, $6,000 for a fire engine and $5,000 for a fire station. It also issued $3,500 in funding bonds, due at $500 a year from 1923 to 1929.
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Chapel Hill builds sidewalks, extends its sewers and plants street trees
In E. M. Knox's first year as town business manager the town laid about 1,500 feet of sidewalk, extended its sewer lines by about 2,000 feet and planted more than a hundred trees along its streets.
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About 40 percent of Chapel Hill's homes lack water and sewer connections
The business manager's 1923 report found about four homes in ten still without water and sewer connections and said the town was working to let every householder connect.
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Chapel Hill ends its first year under a business manager with every bill paid
Knox reported that the town had inherited $3,314.41 in unpaid bills and $6,700 in short-term notes, paid the old bills, borrowed nothing new and closed the year with $1,632.27 in the general fund. General fund receipts came to $26,720.77 against spending of $25,088.50, and an outside auditor examined the books.
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