Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-07-30
STREET RAILWAY ROUTE
To Follow Front, Peasants
High Streets and Beechurst
Ave.
Council Has Busy Session Building
Permits = Street improvement
Changes Proposed in Electric Co.'S
Franchise.

The City Council held their regular,
bl,weekly meeting Monday night, all
the members being present except Mr..
Fife. So much business came up that
they did not get through and will
hold an adjourned meeting Wednes-
day evening Of this week.
Building permits were asked by S.
+. Glasscock, Frank Sennett and
Brock s. Wade. Mr.. Sennett will
build a residence Brock & Wade de-
sire to build six dwelling houses on
their ground east of the University
Mr.. Glasscock proposes to erect a
three story, pressed brick office build
ing, 50x50 feet on Peasants Street.
Building permits were granted TO
Jacob Schenk and 9. II. Huston. Mr..
Huston's is an addition to the rear of
his business house on Peasants
street.
A ten inch storm sewer was order
ed to be laid in Prairie Ave, in the
First Ward. This Avenue is to be
macadamized. Dean & Hoffman have
the contract. The Council has been
trying long time to have this work
done but nobody here was willing to
take the contract. Suitable stone is
hard to get and very few people know
anything about macadamizing. 1t is
hoped to have Maple ave macadamized
as soon as this one is completed.
DR.. S. S. Wade appeared for the
Greenmont people and made request
for the paving or matchmaking of
White Ave. in Greenmont, called
Wilson Avenue in South Park. If
paved it would afford highway for
the Greenmont people to get to town
and keep out Of the mud. 1t con-
meets the Kingwood Pike in Green
mont with the paved street in South
Park The property owners in Green
mont agree to pay one-third Of the
cost of paving if the town will pay
the other part. The South Park peo-
pie will also help to get good street
TO reach these people in the Second
Ward. Referred to street committee.
John III. Rock made application
for permission to build ware room
in the First Ward near to Tenants
Mill, on a lot purchased of James
Phillips. His intention is TO handle
grain and feed and he also desires per-
mission to erect a stable for one horse.
As he desires to begin Immediately it
was referred to building committee
with power to act.
The city engineer together with
the city solicitor and street committee
were directed to establish property
line on South Bridge Street, First
Ward The original charter for a
road there called for 30 feet, but the
property owners have eucroached upon
it until it is now only about 20 feet
wide.
Chief of police was ordered to re-
move an anchor in front of the prop
erty of George Hall in the First
Ward within "a hours. The anchor
is a support for Bell telephone pole
and was ordered to be moved several
weeks ago by the company Mr.. Hall
and the council are very much annoy
ed by the neglect of the company and
summary action was ordered.
Messrs Geo. G. Sturgiss and |. G.
White, representing the Morgantown
Electric & Traction Co. appeared be-
fore the Council and made a request
for three amendments 10 the franchise
granted TO this company.
They desire section some and eleven
amended so as to grant the use of 20
IT. SITS. for the electric railway instea d
of limiting it to streets "a feet wide
or more Council is also to have the
privilege of ordering the railway track
laid on either side of the street instead
of the middle should it think best to
have this done and the Company de-
sire it.
A change in section fifteen which
requires cars to be running from
Foundry Street to Wiley within eigh-
teen months from date OF franchise,
is desired, SO that they may use so
much of High Street as lays between
Peasants and Wiley Streets making
up, the distance to be built on other
streets of the city.
The route of the street car line is
as follows beginning at the Pump
Station, in the First Ward, running
North along Bridge Street, crossing
Dacker's Greek and along Front to
Peasants, and thence up Peasants
to High Street, following High Street
to Wiley, crossing Wiley and up
White Avenue to be established be
tween the Boughner property and the
new M. f. Church; then turning to
the left and oat past the University
buildings, across the new bridge to
Sunnyside and down University Drive
way TO Beechurst and following
Beecburst to the factories in Seneca.
This will leave out the South end of
High Street for the present.
These amendments will have 10
be submitted to the people by
published notices in the local papers
for thirty days before they can be
acted upon by Council.
The electric company also asked
permission to change Water street in
the Second Ward that leads past the
old Mackey Mill property. The COM
pany now owns the property on both
sides of the road there. They desire
more room between the road and the
river and would like to change the
course of the street in accordance
with the plans submitted, reducing
the curve and making what appears
To be better grade, little farther
back from the street The new route
proposed still passes through the land