The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-06-08

several matters were disposed OF
The water committee recommended
that the charge OF the water rent
for the Fairmont Trust Company
be reduced from seventy-dve dollars
to sixty-fve dollars per quarter An
illegal raise against the Trust Com
pany has been made AID it refused tG-
| pay that amount Of rent.
| A sewer line to connect with A Z
HeTner.s property on Barney street
was ordered laid
Councilman Shaw offered the fol-
lowing resolution concerning The fill
ing the ravine above Benoni avenue
which was passed:
Resolved that five hundrct. dciIars
be appropriated out of the general
fund to fill the pond or cess pool be-
Eighth and Ninth streets in the
Fourth ward between Walnut and Be
noni avenues, on condition that the
citizens and property owners interest
ed shall contribute as much more as
may be necessary to put said pool III
good sanitary condition.
".And the street commissioner is a,l-
thorized to proceed with said work as
soon as said contributions are placed
in his hands sufficient in his opinion
to complete the same.
-.And said FIVE hundred dollars shall
be charged to the said Fourth ward
on its $4,000 allowance"
~
Columbia street from Guffey to Market
street be paved and Market street
down to Merchant street be p,Ned-
Mr. Robinson said that the citizens
and property owners along these
streets refused to pay the rwo-rhir.is
for the proposed paving but he thought
that the work should be done He
was opposed by Councilman Shaw w-lo
defeated Robinson's motion by citing
the rule established by council three
years ago: which was in effect that
no street paving should be doue un-
less the property owners benefited by
the streets being paved pay two thirds
of the cost of the work,
A. NJ Knight was granted a refund
mig order for SS2.22 for an erroneous
assessment of personally.
The applications of Thomas Hay.
mond. Mary Ogden and P 5 EccE
for refundnS orders. were referred to-
the city solicitor to ,.ass upon and to|
report at the next meeting
Licenses were granted TO the fol
lowing persons-
Berns and Woods, transfer of no.
tel and saloon licenses; Ganiaer and
Nelson transfer of hotel ana Sa-oon
licenses; Jefferson DanleE- hotel Ii.
cense; Alva- Hawkins. restaurant Il
cense: Bert Hair. restaurant license
and J. E. Smith. pool and billiard II.
cenSe.
The bond of City Treasurer. J. E.
Powell. was accepted. Bond given in
! the sum of $4,000 with l. c. Powell,
W. S. Hambilton. J. L. Hall. J. E. Nor
gan and W. NJ Fleming as suret:eS.
/! The bond of Ralph Doolittle assist
ant chief of the fire department. was
| accepted Mr. Doclitde gave Peter
/ Barnes and Ell Mussrave as sS'ne-
ties
DR.. P. B. Ogden was given ten days
notice 10 lay a board walk along o.
! den avenue. The walk was to be laid
| IN consideration Of the city's grading
! the avenue and laying water 1.ne.
The committee appointed to loan
/ Sc. 900 Of the city funds reported .Eat
s., 500 had been loaned to Eli Mus
! grave for which Mr.. MusSrave eSccut-
/ ed promiSsory note with MIS- Mus
grave and c. L Nussra<e as security
!! and further secured by deed OF trust
on N1ussrave-s property on Iionroe
street and that $500 had been loaned
to J. o. McNeely who execute. a prom
issory note secured by Mrs J. G. Ac-
! Neely, Seymour Mcintyre anc F. L.
Fetty and furrsc. secured by 4 decd
of trust on McNce,y's Fifth ward prop
erty
The city cle-,s vas Instructed to
preserve the notes and deeds of trus:
land to produce them when the notes
came due
On motion it was ordered that the
city secure a deed from NJ A. Joliif
for the crematory property
An order for s4i1-5S payable on
January 1. 1907. was drawn on the
treasurer to pay for the city.s sha.s
Of the paving. in conjunction with
Cooks Hospital and others, done on
I! Castor avenue and second streets.