The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-10
Bill Posting.


The substitute for the section of
the city ordinance relating to the
peace. good order and well being of
the city. which provides regulation
for the posting of bills. notices and
advertisements upon private or pub
/. lie property. now pending in the city
council may be intended along the
right line but no good reason why
1t should be enacted into a law as
1t reads now to take the place Of the
old section which is also made
quate to cover the abuse of the privi-
lege many advertisers in their zeal
have INDUCED in
There are two main features con
tained IN the ordinance which the
council has just passed on its first
reading. One is that permission
must be procured from the mayor
as we'll as the owner of the bill
boards or other property letting any
posting bills or advertisements. The
old ordinance required permission
only from the owner of private prop
erty. The other main feature is that
which prohibits the owner Of bill
boards or other property to let any
advertising remain posted thereon
for more than twenty-four hours at
ter the show or other thing adver-
tfsed has taken pl1ce. There
ought to be a provision included
which requires the mayor to cause
all those who have been given per-
mission to post bills or advertise
ments on public property also to re-
move such advertisements within
a certain time limit after the thing
advertised has taken place.
There might be some dificulty
experienced in ascertaining the
length of time after which a certain
thing advertised has taken place. for
instance in the case of an advertise
ment OF Cascarets. but the mayor
{. could use his own discriminating
sense OF judgment on these matters
without a lot of further regulations
being included in the new ordinance
Nothing detracts from the appear
anee and beauty of our streets and
public places as unsiGhtly and un-
pleasing bills and advertisements
do. And an old. weather worn, dirty
bill or advertisement of Il show or
other thing that has long since tax
on place. is not only unpleasng to
the sight but actually offensive: it
also betoISens somewhat of retro
gression instead of hustle and pro
gression. That the old ordinance
has been taken advantage of and
property public and private made
ugly and llnsfghtly was demonstrated
in the recent campaign when cam
paign chromos and bills of various
kinds were stuck up in every prom
inent place along the thoroughfares
of the city many Of which are hang
ing to this day. some unartistically
embelIished with guilds of tobacco,
gobs OF mud and other trimmings.
Comment on this ordinance also
suggests regulation Of some kind for
signs that people hang up in public
places denoting Information Of To-
cation of people and business con-
Germs. Some are very unattractiye,
many are mispelled and others are
actually hideous. The influence these
misspeled. hideous things have on
the young is Injurious and the effect
ON the ordinary artistic sense is any
thing but uplifting. Signs hung up
for the benefit of the public ought to
be made to conform to some respects
able standard.
The anti-biIl posting ordinance.
however. is all right and the council |
viii be doing the right thing by maxi
ing 1t law.
The ordinance is perhaps too
harsh and certainly too crudely |
drawn in reference to private bill
boards and delegating distatorial
power to the mayor in the matter of