Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-09-16
BUSY COUNCIL MEETING
Regular September Session Was
Held Thursday Night.
CITY TO BORROW SOME MONEY
Not Enough Cash on Hand to
Complete Street improvements
The other Business.


The city council met Thursday night
in regular session, there being present
Councilmeu Schill. Lambert, Grozino-
er. Cushwa, Lemen, Poole, Stewart
and Thomson. The abseutees were
Emmert and Hutsler.
MIR. Acqu lila Janney appeared before
the meeting aud made a statement
concerning the water right formerly
held by his property at the CITY
SPRINGS, saying that when the springs
were pureha. by the CITY the
authorities cut off the privilege OF
nsing the water from the springs for
merIy enjoved BY him. aud that the
sale was consumated while he was
still in ignorance of certain rights
which had been abrogated by the deal.
He asked that the council restore to
him the right to use the water, and
that arrangements be made whereby
he could tap the pipe near the
springs, the work to o done under
WIZ VI biip NP'N' CN'S''i'N
tec. The matter was placed in the
hands of this committee to Investigate
and report back to council.
Strayer Poisal appeared as COM
mittee from the fire department and
the authorities to discuss certain pro-
posed improvements to the equipment.
and also to give the department per-
mission to arrange for street carni-
val in the near future. The whole
matter was placed in the hands of the
fire committee, and the members will
meet with repres enatives OF the de-
patment in short time.
The report of the real estate com.
mittee recommending movements
to the CITY hall was adopted. This re-
port alsosinstrueted the mayor TO send
an officer TO the city park on Sunday
afternoons, for the purpose Of keeping
order. The officer will be one of the
regular policemen, but lie will be
sworn in BY the County court IN
order to give him rover to make
arrests at the park. which is located
nearly mile from the city. Many
complaints has been made that q
cetain element at the park on Sunday
afternoons has made things disaReea-
BILE for those who visit the place. a
few arrests and stiff fines will stop
this.
CITY Attorney Lemen was instructed
to institute condemnation proceedings
against the property at the bridge
over the Tuscarora, on North Queen
street, the street committee having
failed to reach an agreement witt the
owners and the land being needed
in the work of widening the street.
The finance committee was author
lied to arrange for borrowing the
money needed by the citv to complete
the Improvements of Queen street.
The money will lie secured from the
banks.
An ordinance to extend the c0ncret-
sidewalk limit on Queen street from
the railroad crossing TO PENNSYLVANIA
avenue was introduced aud read, but
was held over for "a week, when it
Will Q nsiCe ed at special meet
ing.
Tie clerk was authorized to give
legal notice TO about 25 property
owners to place sidewalks in front of
their prouerties in the different
wards, and upon failure TO do so the
city will construct the walks and
charge the same to the property own
ers.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
was ordered to extend the sewer un-
der the crossing on North Queen street
and connect it with the main sewer