Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-06-25
COUNCIL MEETING.
City Fathers Transact Quite a
Grist Monday Night

Nnmber OF Building Permits Asked for
Finance Committee Report Adopt
ed-Contractor Weaver Taken to
Task for Delaying In Supplying Curb
Interest on Town Orders Ordered
Paid.
8 Council met at the regular time
on Monday evening
Building permits were granted to
George Hall for two story Office
building on Court Alley 50x36 feet
inssfront ofresidence occupied BY DIR.
J. j Hall and to William Fl. Stauf
fer Of the 18th ward to build ten
room brick dwelling on Jones Ave
nue..
The report of the finance commit
tee as made some weeks ago and
published in the New DOMINION at
the time was adopted. It provides
for tax of ST. on each 800 valua-
ton Of real and personal property
and sets forth the expenditures of
the town. The fixed charges
/amount to $4,000 a year in the new
city.
l.. Y. Keck was exonerated from
the payment Of taxes on $3.50 worth
Of property enormously assessed.
The matter of sewers on Grant
ayenne was referred to the street
committee, street commissioner and
the city engineer
L. M. Jaco asked permission to
move the shop now occupied by G.
B. Hall on DR. J. J. Halls lot to
Jaco's lot on Wiley street. Refer
red to building committee.
G. B. Hall asked permit TO build
an 1Sx14 addition TO his house in
the 18th ward Mrs. Maggie Shisler
for permit to erect a dwelling on
Walnut street, A. F. Gibson for one
on High street. J. L. Watts for one
in I'd ward, G. j. Long one in 4th
ward on Grant avenue and r c.
Keener for dwelling in 18th ward
All of these went over under the
rules until next meeting being re:
ferred to the building committee
It being brought to the attention
Of council that there are a number
of streets having the same names in
lthe different wards the matter was
referred to committee consisting
of Wiles, Courtney and Coombs to
investigate and report remedy.
Mayor Steele appointed as the
poor committee Christie, West and
Sturgeon.
The bill of Dr. G. H. McLane for
1857 for attending Park Reed was
allowed.
Recorder Arnett was directed to
secure bills for town physicians and
report at the next meeting.
Mayor Steele reported four town
orders which were dated December
18th and on which interest is due to
June 18th. These orders are for
$1,000 each. 1t was explained to the
council that they had been issued
without warrant and after the mon
ey available for paving had been ex-
hausted but they were issued be-
cause it was known that the money
realized would 60 farther at that
time than at any subsequent time.
The old council had the endorse
ment of every one in what they did.
Hayes voted against paying any in
terest on these orders and asked
that his vote be recorded in that
manner.
The street commissioner reported
that the Peoples Telephone compa-
ny had poles in different parts Of
town without any wires on them
He was orderded to notify the com,
pany to remove them failing which
he was to take them away himself
Layton Coombs reported that the
curling was coming in very slowly
and that but three or four thousand
feet of it had been delivered as yet.
The paving has been held back I'M
necessarily by the delays. Contrac-
tor Weaver is to be pushed up and
to get the curbing out faster.
White Mountain Ice Cream Parlors.