West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-12-22
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Items Of 'uter"st ibohi the Strcc,s.
Sidewalks aud Electric Light
Plant.

The property hol lers on tho West
side of Price Street deserve credit FOR
promptly eharring The steps In front
of thcir buildings from of the sile-
walk into the dnnr.ways OF the Ntid
! buildings. ThiS was la accord nee
with an order OF the Town Council
prohibiting any more steps ON the
stone walks and giving all parties
thirty days to make this ohanHe, which
they proceeded To- do soon after being
notified bv the Town Sergeant aud
u looks much better than To leave the
walks obstr1eted with un,ightly wood
ca steps
To tell the truth about It, the hoys
nndor which this order was obcyed as
they proceeded every uight to carry OF
all STEPS and store bnxe., as Ia, aS
they ware placed on the row
walks MIR. l.. NJ. Albright deserves
special credit for tnu changes made
nccessuay in his store building and
which he has promptly carried out
with much ingenuity and at consiJcra-
ble cost.
Another matter that has Lccn looked
after by tho Council aud placed on
record for future reference. is the
platforms located ON the street in
fr mt OF public ia llings on the North
Side OF Main street. tu.wit In front of
( DIR. Pratts office, Lenharts store. the
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the Furniture Store. The owners of
these properties are required To come
before a e Council and got special per-
mlts to occupy said street with said
platforms at the pleasure OF the Caun-
, Gil and these purches 10 bc removed
! at any time deemed necessary. This
, is done - save trouble in She future.
( peaceful possession Of land for ten years,
perfecLs IA good title TO IL and some oi
4 those parties nave had possession now
almost too long. OF cUursc IL mak"s
/ NJ difference 50 FAR about tins matte
tat some time the town VIII want I,
! lay n walk ON that side Of the street
+ aud those platforms will be in III,
/
4 Council deserves credit for Tins look
ing ahead and guarding the interest
4 OF the vn.
The stone for the side walks is al
1 dcliy:red aud distributed over towr
and the grading all done and tn,
whole job could bc completed in ter
\ daYs of g"od weather, bnt 50 long "a, II
u
remains closed up solid like il has bceI
4 for some time, nothing can be don,
and we ds not need the stone walks
!. The contractor Mr.. James Grant oI
MorVautown, is ready to como back
and resume work any time IL can b,
br done. II the present Council shoul.
remain IN Office anOthc year. they vii
soon hHi'h up the good work 30 nearly
com pleted and have some more planned
out ana al ready 20 do when good
woather opens up again. There ur,
several changes and nprovements that
should be made IN the town and which
have already been decided apsn by tfs
present Council, and would have beer
accomplished ere this, II the weather
had not been 80 very bad for out door
work and while the street improve.
neut seems TO have moved very slowly
IL must be remembered that the town
had at least Eve tinss as much Oh hand
as IT. eyer Ind in any one year be for,
and at the same time had the meancsr
weather TO contend with that was ever
known in this country In fact there
we're only about two days week on
an average that werc 6t for work. II
is hardly likely that the wea thor will
behave so badly another seasoH and AL
the good work OF remod!iRg tie old
towa cIn be completed in good style
The Electric Light Plant aud outfit
has all been purchased and mostly her
or on the way, but it is hard 20 proceed
with the work this kind OF weather
aud IL Is ali done ~ "a disad vantage and
an extra expense and IL wodld really
be better TO suspend operations till
spring unless there should come an
open spell OF wea thsr. IL is impossible
20 mix mortar and lay bricl, and stone
and plant poles etc whom every thing
ia frozen up solid. The hardest and
heaviest Of the work is done and t,yt
weeks Of good, open weather would
complete the plant, except pcrbs p.
some inside work that could 90 right
on iu any kind Of weather The Couu.
Gil has apparently been very slow n
tins work. but II will BE- all for th,
best as they were determined not q,
make any mistake. liko nearly every
other town in the country. where thyy
put in 70 Plant by buying secondhand
material or getting il too small o,
something. and we arc going 20 profit
by their experience. The Recorder
wrote 10 and received letters and esti.
mates and figures and catalogues and
propositions ffon electric light mann
features and supply companies all oeci
the couutry aud investigated the work.
in2 cf plants at different points in this
State SO that the Council collected a
lot Of valuable information before pro.
coedhtg definitely to invest the money