Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-05-18

water works company, In the following
words and figures to wit:
To G. F. Moore, Atty and Agent for
West Va. Paper & Pulp Works:
You are hereby notified that any
action taken by your company, by
which the water of the Greenbrier
river will be polluted and rendered I'm
healthy, or unfit for domestic purposes
or uses or injured in any way, Or by
which the fish in said river will be
destroyed or driven out, will be resist
ed to the full extent of the law.
Notice of the purpose of the unde~-
signed is hereby given that you may
govern yourselves accordingly.
1t is not the desire of this company
but to protect the interests of this
fare of its patrons and ustomers and
the public. Respectfully.
HINTON WATER WORKS CO.
By G. b. Mahan,
President.
Hinton, w. Va, April 10, 1899.
No sooner had this outpour ceased
than the Town Council" in its best
English-we decline to pass on the
goodness thereOf-informed tie public
generally and the mill in particular,
that its sheltering arms we're thrown
over the waters of the Greenbrier and
1.-THE fish therein.' 1t is doubtful
whether this paper explains itself, but
maybe it does. 1t is not always the
sentence which can be parsed that is
the most expressive. When the boy
said he hadn't done nothin' to no.
body" there was no doubt about his
meaning. So when the Common Coun-
Gil of the city of Hinton declared it
was going to resist to the death if need
be, anything which would ''perma-
nently injure or affect the waters of
the Greenbrier river or of the fish
therein" we feel certain they meant
what they said, and that they meant
both the waters of the Greenbrier and
the waters of the fish therein. What
was meant by the word actions is
not clear, but when they 6iatribed
thus, ut is therefore ordered by the
Common Council of the city of Hin
ton that G. F. Moore, trustee and at
torney, as well as promoters of said
manufactures, that any actions or es
Establishments, would be enjoined and
prosecuted, &c." we gave back little,
for we were not certain we fully COM
pretended the dire, desperate and
deadly portent of the said Common
Council in its said manifesto, but we
| think we did. We think the main
object was 10 convince themselves
| and such others as had not been previ-
ously convinced, that there was Com
mon Council somewhere about the
junction of Greenbrier and New rivers
In this we trust their hopes have been
realized. Thus spake the Common
Council:
Whereas, information has been re
ceived by the council, that there is
proposed to be constructed and operat-
ed on GTeenbrier river in the county of
1u VI ACoI Sdiu well t1Ud-
ton, Oh the Chesapeake 81 Ohio Rail-
way, certain plants for the manufac-
ture of material which will necessarily
polute and destroy the waters of said
river, as well as the fish therein, and
which will necessarily injure and per-
manently affect the Inhabitants and
citizens of the city of Hinton.
1t Is therefore ordered by the Com
mon Council of the city of Hinton,
that G. f. Moore, trustee and attorney,
as well DIS promoters of said manufac-
turtles that any actions or establish
ments, plauts or factories which are
erected and established, which will
permanently affect or injure the
waters of the Greenbrier river, Or of
the fish therein, will be enjolned and
prosecuted, and that the municipality
will be protected to the extent of the
law, by either civil OF criminal pro-
ceedings, and copy of this order is
directed to be served on the proper
parties, and at any time there NAV
appear to be injuries to the health OF
the citizens, or injury to any inhabi
tants thereof, by reason OF such manu-
facturies, action is hereby authorized
and directed to be taken by the mayor,
under the direction and advice of coun-
sci, in the name of the city of Hinton.
A true copy from the records.
W. L. FREDEKING, Recorder.
April II, 1899.
AS nothing can so pollute stream as
the sewers of a town, it must be in |
ferred that no towns can now be built
along the Greenbrier valley without
the consent and appreciation of the
Water Works OF Hinton, and the Com
mon Council of said city. 1t is notice
able that ''the fish therein" figure in
both notices, as well as the suckers
thereout, and these latter will find
themselves figuring more and more,
when Greenbrier and Pocahontas
counties go fishing one of these DAYS.
The story is fish story of beauty and
pathos Who got the loaves and who
the fishes, remains to be seen. There
were loaves and of course there were
likewise fishes. So Hinton could get
the loaves she cared little for the fishes.
but she worked the finny tribe in for
all it was worth, and report says she is
overjoyed at the hDgeness Of her sue
cess. Had any one asserted month
or so ago that either the Water Works
of Hinton or the Common Council
thereof could have scared anybody the
statement would have been regarded |
as fish story pure and simple. Now
it is known that that city has some |
large fish in it, in their own estimation |
doubtless few of them are whales.
Mr.. John t. Harris, Jr., was the
delegate from this county to the May
Conference in Richmond. Mr.. Harris
is one of our most highly intelligent
and patriotic citizens, and could not
stand Organism in 1886, but voted for
Palmer ard Buckper Spirit of the
Valley.