Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-08-22
COUNCIL MEETING.
Special Session Of Our City Fathers
on Friday Night Last,

In response to the call issued by
the Wafer Board of the corporation,
the members of the City Council
convened in special session at the
Council Chamber last Friday night.
Mayor W. T. Henshaw could not be
present, and Mayor E. D. Gardner
pro tenn, occupied the chair.
Clerk Lambert read the minutes
of the previous meeting and they
we're approved, with the exception
of bill for publishing the tariff or
dinance. which was presented by Mr..
G. W. Boyer. They considered the
sum too much for the publication of
the ordinance, and the matter was
placed in the hands of the clerk for
investigation.
Mr.. w. 7. Stewart appeared be-
fore the council and proposition to
deed to the corporation a tract of
ground on West Race street. fifteen
feet in width and running the entire
length of his ground, on which is
situated the plant of the Auburn
Wagon Company. The proposition
was received and afterward referred
to the Real Estate Committee. A
communication received from May
or Henshaw was as follows:
Gentlemen Gas previous bust
ness engagement will call me out of
the city Friday evening, it will be
impossible for me to be present at
the meeting Of the Council. / would
earnestly recommend t h at h c
question of issuing bonds for i'm
provements at the Water Works be
submitted to vote of the people,
before the Council takes any definite
action
Clerk Lambert then read two re-
ports of the Water Board. The
first was as follows:
"We would recommend to your
honorable body that the former
resolution making the water rent of
the Government Building $500 per
year be repealed and that the water
rate be fixed at $3.50 per year for the
amount of water used at the present
time. We have decided to let the
water rate for the Gas House remain
the same as fixed by Water Board
that is SIS per year, which we think
is very reasonable rent. In regard
to the matter of extending the wa
ter mains to the Canning Factory,
we have decided TO do so and have
instructed Mr.. Shaffer to order the
necessary pipe to extend same, it
taking about 1900 feet of inch pipe.
We have also asked for bids for the
digging and back filling of the trench
for same, it to be 20 inches wide at
the bottom and "a inches deep on
an average
The first report was received and
adopted, after which the second re-
port was read. 1t was as follows:
eve received the following bids
for the digging and filing water
trench at the canning factory: G.
W. Gross, cts. rer foot; J. W.
Runkles IL cts; Lewis Payne 9 cts. /;
w. FL. Kaufman Il cts il. W. Dern
IA cts, and W. G. Rutherford 9 cts.
We awarded the contract to Mr..
W. FL. Kaufman at Il cts. per foot,
he not to delay the laying of said
pipe under a forfeiture of the con.
tract and the trench already dug,
excepting by bad weather or una
voidable accidents. We would rec
ommend that the report of Superin-
tendent of the Water Works, Mr.. j.
M. Shaffer, made to the Council a
few months ago, be taken up and that
you take some definite action upon
the same"
The latter report was received and
adopted. The report of Superinten-
dent Shaffer, filed some time ago, was
read, and the Council deemed it nee
essary to take some Immediate ac-
ton on the suggestions of the Super
intendent, relative to machinery
that is needed at the Water Works.
The clerk was instructed to adyer-
tise the fact that the Council was
about to purchase a new set of
pumps, with capacity of q million
gallons per day. 1t was decided
that correspondence be opened with
boiler insurance company, with a
view of having the Water Works
boilers insured. There being no
further business the Council adjourn
ed.