The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1901-08-09
PIKE ST. THBATER
TURNED DOWN
Council Refuses a Second Time
to. grantlicensetoit. No money
inthe city treasury and lots
Of bills to pay.
POIiGenanA. Lyon Suspended.
Pending investigation ofoharges
preferred Against him by the
chiefof Police. Other bust.
ness Of the city council.

City council failed to muster
quorum lust Friday night, but held q
meeting Monday night, with Council
men Williams and Long the only alb
sentees
Brick pavements were ordered on
Pike street east to Depot from an
alley between Oak and depot streets
and on Depot street north and south
Of Pike street.
Dr. l.. X. Kormann's bill OF 800 for
attending smallpox patient vas al
lowed upon recommendation Of
Health Onicer E. n. Flowers.
Howard Wilkes bin OF $40 for board
for John Edwards, smallpox patient,
was referred to the county court.
An ordinance passed Its first reading
defining the contents OF the paving
bonds and making them payable June
/, 1881, but with On optional clause
providing for their payment anytime
after June l, 1905.
The finance committee reported the
treasury overdrawn, when bills allow
ed are paid, 10 the amount OF $1,000,
the collector not being In position TO
meet bills because the collection or
taxes lad DOT begun.
The water works committee report
ed trouble In keeping engineers at
the pump station. George Mulheran
was hired as engineer at 900 a month
and he and the committee were In
structed TO employ an assistant,
The city engineer reported the cost
Of sewer at Judge COTS hotel 40
sT46. The matter was referred to the
street committee to get bids for the.
work.
A notice served by O. o. Findlay
upon Cramer & Skidmore to put the
paving on Pike between Second aud
Third In condition to be accepted was
read but no action was taken.
The ordinance relative TO the use Of
the girder rail by the street car COM
pany was amended so as 20 permit the
use OF the T rail on Factory street and
the Phllippi road, except that the or
dinance making sthe amendment must
pass a final reading before becoming
law.
The application ofDautermauBroth-
ers for permission to build a news
stand on the site Of the Jackson stand
was referred to the building COM
mittee.
J.B. Lamb was granted license to
run Two pool tables in the Mulheran
hotel.
j. A. Collins was granted license to
conduct a billiard, pool aud shooting
gallery In the Martin building on N.
Fourth street, IN Glen Elk.
A, p, Conway was granted 4 per-
nit To run shooting gallery in the
Latstetter building on Third street.
Restaurant license was granted to
the West End Restaurant Company.
The saloon license Of G. Cans vas
transferred TO 5. d. Thompson.
Building permits were granted TO L.
f. HudBlns for two story frame on
North 7th street and TO E. j. ThOmp-
Sun for two story frame dwelling on
I Locust street.
Restaurant license was granted 10
Il. d. Brooke in Glen Elk.
The application OF A. Mcdonnell
for license to conduct the Pike street
theater was tabled by a vote of to 2,
Kearns and Martin being the Two
who favored the license.
Mayor Kelley notified council that
Chief Stealey had preferred charges
against Policeman Andrew Lyon for
conduct unbecoming an officer and
that he had suspended him pending
an investigation. Thursday night,
| August 10, was fixed as the time for
the trial.
The application Of H. Reed and
Others for wider sidewalk on Gene
terry street was referred 70 the street
The matter Of placing more lights
on Cemetery street was referred 70
The MAYOR was directed TO have Is
ordinance books printed and bound.
The paving on Third street IN 'front.'
Of the Traders hotel was ordered re-
laid, ..,,o.
Pr BoSley, s5,O37.64; Telegram Co.
am m. ID ID Britt, Sl45.22; " Z Tate.
~, IS; williams and Dawson, 1915
Glen Elk Plumbing Co., S247.67; Q s
Cs,st Iron Pipe and Foundry Co, 81,
%. ClarksbuFR Supply Co., $685. Wa
Ter works pay roll, sl68,90; Street pay
roll. s4l2 u; West Fork OIL and Nat.
Gas Co, 5000; Geo Whitehatr, s5.28s
Tower and Lyon, s6.72; L ii ReGer,
5000: PettibOne Bros, $40; Robert
BRENT, SO: G A Waldo, $3.50 Hub
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