The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1903-04-21
Town Ordinances.

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prices for gas for fuel aud lights fur
3ished consumers IN thus town by TIL,
Gran'svitlc Gas Company. which i
the owaer Of The gas franchise her eto
fore granted X N Miles. be suhmi,
ted to said Gas Company, with III
request that IL notify this council. i,
writing duly signed by i's prope
officers. a. or bo5pre The next regula
meeting Of the council, 10 be held OF
Monday the 4th day of May. 1908, o
it's acceptance Of said scale or refusa
to accept the ssmc; aud the West Vir
giuia Carbon Comoany aud Godfrey l.
Cabot. having made application to tn,
council for franchises 20 furnish ga.
for fuel aud lights To c,tizeus aud res
idcnts Of tue town, Il is ordered tha,
the further consideration of each OF
said applications be continued until
the next regular meeting Of the coun-
oil; aud il is the sense OF this council
that If the said Grantsville Gas Com
panY shall 30 notify the council Of its
acceptance Of said scale and of its
willingness to furnish gas for fuel aud
lights TO consumers in tho towh at the
rate fixed by said scale, said applica-
rons will be refused and no other gas
franchises will be granted by this
council.
Said scale Of prices shall take effect
and be operative on aud after the first
day Of October next. aud is rs follows:
For the principal Ere in each hotel
aud store IN the town, and for cooking
stoves 10 hotels and restaurants, aud
each Gro in the school building, one
dollar per month. For each cooking
stove 10 private houses. and for each
Gre 10 livirg rooms aud Offices. seven
ty-6ve cents per month. For each
Ere in parlors and sleeping rooms
City cents per month. For fres aud
lights in each Of tho Oh urches, four
dollars per year. For lights in all
buildings. Eve cents per month. each
But it is understood that tor all fires
except cooking stoves, the consumer
shall pay for not more than seven
months in each year. to-wit: From
January FIRST to April Both. aud FROM
October first to December 31st.
On motion the following preamble
and resolution was unanimously
adopted.
WHEREAS, it has been represen.
ted TO the Common Council of the
Town of GrantsvIlle that certain
capitalists desire to erect, construct
and maintain a bridge across the
Little Kanawha river at OF near the
town, to be owned and operated by
them as toll bridge, and
WHEREAS it is the sense of the
council that 1t is the desire of the
citizens Of the town Ond county gen
orally that such bridge ought TO be
built as free bridge, and that such
bridge will advance the interests OF
every citizen Of the county. and
WHEREAS the county court of tbi.
county has refused to permit any
person or company to connect any
bridge constructed by them with any
of the public roads,
1t is therefore ordered that f. N
Gillespie aud A. II. Nelson, their
heirs. successors and assigns, be and
are hereby authorized to erect, con
struct and msintain bridge acroS
the Little Kanawha river at any
point within the corporation limits
aud they are authorized to any OF the
streets, ways and alleys Of the town
for the purpose of entering the town
provided they shall not obstruct sale
streets, ways or alleys, nor in any
manner interfere with travel thereon
which said streets, ways and alleyi
will connect said bridge with al
county roads leading to and from thii
town on this side, and which bridge
will be connected with the public road
on the opposite side of the river BY
and over a private road to be built
By I. X. Stump, or said Gillespie ant
| Nelson, and which private road vii