The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-06

At their meeting last Friday night
the members of our town council EN-
balmed themselves in a food oil
glory. Their action on the question
of water works was the elimination
of the fond hopes which had been
cherished by our people for many
weeks. Their action removed all
speculation and doubt as to wheth-
er or not the people of Morgantown
were to enjoy the blessings of water
works. Their action settled the
whole business and it means briefly
that the proposition of the Union
Improvement Company to construct
system Of water works at this place
were accepted and that they couldn't
bring the water too quick.
The council at previous meeting
had passed an ordinance giving to
the Union Improvement Company
the right to run their mains through
the streets and alleys of the town
and binding itself to take Is fire
plugs at $40 per annum each, said
plugs to be used for fire protection
and for sprinkling the streets and
washing the cutters Of the town.
Manager Grant laid the list of pri-
vate spigots and hydrants and the
ordinance of council before the stock
holders of his company, and the said
company agreed to construct the
system if the ordinance would be
amended SO as to strike out the
words "sprinkling streets and wash
ing cutters" which makes a greater
revenue for the company from the
fact that buiness men and others
will put private plugs on their prop
critics. The council they met on
Friday evening and after read
ing it the following amended ordin-
ance was unanimously adopted:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the town of Morgan
town in the State of West Virginia
l. That section three of an ordin-
ance passed 10 of March, 1889, emit
tied, "An Ordinance granting the
privilege to the Union Improvement
company of putting in water works
and supplying pure soft water to
the inhabitants and others doing
business within the town of Morgan
town. be amended and re ordained
so as to read as follows:
3. Said Union Improvement com
pany as part of the consideration
for the grant of privileges and ex-
emption herein contained shall fur
nish an ample supply of water for
the use of said town in extinguish-
ing fires, from so many fire plugs of
the usual size as the said town may
require, to be located at points to be
hereafter designated by the corpor-
ace authorities of said town, at an
annual cost not exceeding forty dol
lars for each fire plug for the period
of five years, reserving to said town
the right to continue to take such
water at the rates aforesaid and for
the uses Aforesaid for any number of
years in addition to said period of
five years, not exceeding twenty
years in all: Provided, that the
corporate authorities of said town
shall always take and pay for at the
rates aforesaid. at least fifteen fire
plugs, for period not less than five
years nor exceeding twenty years as
aforesaid, from the time such water
is ready for use.
In pursuance of the above the en-
gineers were ON the ground early
Saturday morning and have since
been engaged surveying the line from
the pure soft water springs near
Hagedorn's mill. From there the
water is to come to supply the town,
running into a reservoir to be con
structed near here and to be used
from the reservoir.
Work will go steadily and speedi-
ly on the system from now until
completion, which will be, including
the erection of all plugs and by
drants and inserting spigots inside
of four or five months.
1t will be glad day for Morgan
town when her water works are com
pleted and there is no improvement
which we will welcome more warmly
or show higher appreciation fol
than water works.