The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-10-09

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10 tasee q list Of de water cQ,isilhsefA b.
the city and to personally inspset and
examine every Natpr TAP IN he city ana
20 make bis report q tie condition Of
same to &he city oouneil at lis earliest
possible convcnience This was ordered
for the purpose q ascertainsng jns9
where Il would be the most precticablc
to place the watcr meters.
The plan Of Installing wAter meters
was thus adopted and the ncgotia ticns-
relative 70 thu leasing Of the jackson
property ground and The building Of i'd
ditiOnal tanks was dropped.
Chairman Thorn, Of the Light commit
tee submitted list containing the geo-
graphical location Of all of the electric
arc lights used by the city, as per in-
structions given him at previous ses-
sion of the council. The report was nc
cepted and ordcrcdfied in the cityss arch
ives.
Petitions and Building Permits
A communication from the James,
Shepherd Company relative TO an ex-
oneration Of the city taxes was referred
to the appeal committee. It appears
the city assessor took the assessment of
the conapany's stock which was stored
in a roomin the traders building prior
to their commencing business and one
of the members of the Arm, through ig-
norance gave in the assessment of the
stock at $1,000. The company had only
5000 worth of their stock stored in there
at the time. They paid taxes for the
full amount, and prayed to be relieved
of the excess difference paid.
petition from AIRS. N. L. Lewis,
asking council to pay $l36.95 for the re-
pairs to stone wall and pavement on
her property at the corner OF fifth and
Main streets, made necessary by the
lowering OF the street at that point, was
tnbled indefinitely.
George c. Stone was granted permits
sion to erect two story frame residence
ON Carr avenue.
Mrs. NJ. J. Deison was given permis-
SlOu u ctUSS 4MSS'itsiiic Stteet IA Atv'ss
of her property with a pipe and connect
it with the street sewer.
A bill of Dr. l. F. Kornmann amount
ing to $50 for services rendered in dis
injecting the Hern property on East
Pike street the second time, was refer
red to the sanitation committee.
City Health Officer N. Peck requested
that sewer line be laid on jackson
street from the walthour Candy factory
to the NeCanley house to connect the
| was referred to the street committee
with power to act.
A proposition from property owners
to hly sewer from the John Denham
+. property on Monticello avenue to the
Floyd Robinson properly at the rate
of Z cennts a foot, the city to furnish
the piping, was referred to he street
committe with power to net.
| Permission was given c. E. Frum to
erect one and one-half story frame
dwelling house ON the Dowd property
in the rear of.the Catholic church.
c. c. Frum WIS granted permission to
erect a two-story frame dwelling house
on Poplar street.
petition from Niece and smithour
30 transfer their liquor license to B. F.
Fitzpatrick was read. A vote was taken
and the transfer ordered.
There being no further business the
council adjourned.
Braddock Maryland Rye. sold at di.tfl-