Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-09-14
CITY Bond SOLD.
BON rs TO THE AMOUNT OF $4,000
SOLD TO SEVERAL BIDDERS.
All of the Bonds Bearing per cent. In
terest, Sold at "A Premium-G sneraI
Repairs Ordered 20 be Made 10
the streets by the Council.

City council met IN regular MONTH
ly session Thursday with Mayor Hen
shaw presiding and the following
councilman present:
J. r. Porter, j. W. Martin, A. Saub-
". G. q. Cline, j. Eversole, d @.
Westenhaver. w r. Kline, NJ.
Brown, J. NJ. Heck and j. II. Lloyd.
The bids for the bonds TO the
amount ofs 76, 900 to be issued by the
city for the purpose of refundlng all
bonds were then read blythe clerk.
Rev. d. b. Floyd offered 81, olo for
1000 worth. W. r. Todd and Com
pany of Cincinnati, offered pre-
MUM of 1872 for the entire Issue of
5000
:. The Inter State Trust and Guaran-
tee Company, of Cumberland, Md,
offered to take $50, 900 worth, pay
ing for same premium of S400.
Baker, Watts and Company, of
Baltimore, off cred SIC. 60 for the
entire inssue of $76, 900. The Peoples
offered S76, 1870 for the entire issue of
S76. 600. The State of West Virginia
offered to take the entire issue of
$76, 600 at par. II. o. Talbot, of
Charles Town offered $40, 100 for
$40, 600 worth of bonds ALI of the
bidders offered to pay accrued inter
est.
On motion of Councilman Weston
haver $50, 900 worth of bonds were
sold to the Inter State Trust and
Guafantee Company Sl0,O 900 worth
TO H. o. Talbot, $1,000 to d. B.
FLOYD and $40, 600 worth to W. K.
Todd and Company.
The street committee submitted
the following report, which was TAX
en- up by sections and adopted;
We, your street committee, beg
to report that we have investj gated
the several matters referred to us
and beg to offer the following com
mendations:
list. That Burke street hill be re-
paved at ascost of $50.
lend. That the following persons
be notified to repair pavements, gut
tiers, ETC., in front of their respective
p roperties: J. H. Wild, pavement /;
Annabelle Fellers, pavement; Allen
Gardner, wall. east Burke street, G.
ID. Lambert, pavement and curb,
Water street.
3rd. That crossing be put at
corner of Burke and Charles street
at probable cost of S25.
''4th. That we ask for bids for the
crushing and distributing the stone
that are quarried out in the corpora
ton lot. the contractor to have the
use of the crusher -
Mr.. L. M. Bender appeared before
the council and spoke of the water
from sewers OVERLOOKING his yard
and offered to furnish the pipe for a
closed sewer through the yard.
Mrs. Ferdinand Gerllng complain
ed of the overflow of the sewer in her
yard on west King street.
On motion of Councilman Weston
haver the complaint and proposition
were refer ed to the Street Com
mittee with power to accept if they
deem proper.
Mrs. Ella Moore, appeared before
the Council and asked to be relieved
..f hn
was referred to the Finance Commit
tee.
The petition of T. E. Byers to be
relieved of dog taxes was refer
red to the Finance Committee.
Messers Bender. Buxton and Tabb
submitted a communication calling
the attention to Council of the I'M
sanitary way of clearing out the cess
pool at the Government building.
The matter was referred to the
Mayor for the enforcement of the
ordinance relative to il.
Parties ON east side of College
street were notified to open the gut.
ter and f. d. Staley was instructed
to fill up pavement.
Councilman Standby was allowed
60 perch of stone for the second ward.
Councilman Kline was given per-
mission to make some necessary re-
pairs over the streets of the city.
The condition of south Water stree
and Spring street was referred to the
Street Committee with power to act
The Street Committee was in
structed to have broken stone distrib-
uted over the town at the discretion
of the members.
The clerks, bids, ETC., for the
municipal bonds were ordered to be
turned over TO the Board of Refund
ing Commissioners.
IMPROVING THE FRONT.