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Bridge or annexation? Wellsville and subdivision owner debate which should come first By
Marshall Thompson WELLSVILLE -- The City Council almost didn't agree Wednesday to continue listening to arguments for connecting its main street westward to the highway. Marloe Archibald, a longtime farmer and recent subdivision owner, said, "I want the city to connect West Main Street to the highway over the canal." Archibald said it doesn't make any sense for the people in the potential subdivision to drive all the way around Wellsville just to get to their homes from the highway. Councilman Kent H. Brenchley said, "The master plan shows those roads connecting." The council debated many issues involving the delicate zoning conditions of the canal until it came to its attention that Archibald had not yet made a petition for annexation of the subdivision. "You annex the property and we'll work with you. We denied a guy the other night for the same reason," said Councilman Lynn P. Cooper. Archibald, who is ready to commit $30,000 to the bridge, said he wanted the bridge first and then he would worry about annexing. "I don't want to be committed and then have it fall out," said Archibald. "I can't do that -- it will ruin me." Cooper responded, "We're not the ones who want to annex [the property]." "In these days, negotiations both ways works better then a dictatorial approach," Archibald said. Councilman Bradley P. White tried to allay the fears of Archibald. "I'm not going to say it doesn't happen," said White. "It just doesn't happen like that." Finally, Wellsville Mayor Ruth P. Maughan said the council would at least listen to an expert on the bridge during the next meeting. This seemed to please everybody involved. "That sounds good to me," Archibald said. Still, Archibald said that in the future "a negotiation ought to take place to solve the problem."
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