The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1903-09-19
BUS USSINESS-LIkE SESSI
HELD BY CITY Els
City Council Meeting Was Void 9
Any Sensational OF Disagreeabl
Features, the enlbers DevotIR0
Themselves to Earnest Cons -
alton of Business.


The city council drew considerable
crowd Of spectators Friday night, from
which stranger would naturally con-
.iude that something Of extraordinary
Importance was about to happen. nut
nothing particularly out OF. the usual
channel did occur The application Tor
franchise for the Salem Terminal
Traction company, or rather Homer; -
Mckinley, representing that company
doubtless caused some TO be present,
while the garbage gematory question
brought Others.
The session was harmonious through
out and the discussions were neither long
nor foreign to the subject matter M
in all, the council conducted itself N
busiuess-Iike manner and the business
was transacted with commensurate dis
patch.
All the members were present except
Councilman Law. Mayor Grille presided
md city Clerk Cole kept record Of
he proceedings, witllhis usual high ell.
.iency.
The reading of the minutes of the
preyious meeting was dispensed with
The written report of the fire chief
.vas read and filod.
The proper committee was given pow
r to have repairs made as recommended
m the fire chiefs report.
Chairman Moore of the street commit
tee verbally reported that the street pay.
ing on one side of Main street was COM
,letod fron second street east to the
t,ll crock bridge, that the curbing on the
other side. had been ast and work was ss
progressing on that side. He informed
the council that lot Of street work was
being done in the Wine addition with
ont the. approval and consent OF the
,treet superintendent, who had never had
the work in charge, and against the car
tcst protest Of the minority Of the street
committee. In this connection he also
allied attention to bills amounting to
between 500 and $500 for the work,
and pointed out their yagueness and in
consisteucies. He said he Ind called
an Councilman Law to stop the work,
and had made similar request Of the
navor. blIt the work was still going
rnerrily. He stated further that the
street superintendent had not ordered
tho work done, but, to the contrary, WAS
protesting against it.
The mayor remarked that he un'er-
stood that the work was ordered stoPPea
at the previous meeting Of the council
and that he was not aware that It haa
been in progress the past three weeks.
Iypon motion of Councilman Kelley
the chairman of the street committee
was given the power to continue the
work or discontinue, as to him seemed
best. The street committee chairman
! Immediately instructed the street super
infendent to stop the work.
In mi. connection Attorney Taney
Harrison appenrel before the council as
tbc representative Of John II. Griffin,
nroperty owner in that section, and ex-
blamed to the cornell that Councilman
Iow had entered into contract with
Mr. C;rialn to grade the street to a cer-
tain line agreed upon, leaving n 45-de-
cree slope, Mr.. Griffin dedicating strip
Of land 80 as to widen the street, but
the parties who graded the same had
left steep grade, endnngcring the safe
~ Of the property. He served written
| notice that Mr.. Griffin would hold the
,.ity respon sible for all damages occur
ring by reason Of such a grade. The
notice was passed over without aetioh, /,
Councilman McAndrews, as special
committee to adjust bills for work done
on streets in the Wine addition, South
second, south Third and Hickman
streets, reported on tho bill Of D. w.
4 NcGeorge for stone, amounting TO
4 s5l4.25 after n reduction of S29.75 had
been made. The report was accepted
and the bin ordered paid.
Chairman Hart, Of the finance commit
tee, called attention to Or. 7. F. korn'
mnnn's bill OF $40 for iumigating the
house in which Mrs. Sarah Hern died
Of smallpox and stated that Chairman
secly Of the sanitation committee hne
reduced 1t to $40, which action y
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