The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-11
SnAW'S REPLY
TO THE TIMES

fcoHt5foath scttyepE q
do would NOT have exceeded 1850 o.
500, and the city would have accom-
pIshed an that It q accomplished
AFTER going to the expense Of sinking
sanitary sewer nearly twenty feet il.
some places, ten of which through
solid rock. and running from Elkins
street to the river. II my proposition
had beenGcarried out The city would
nave been more truthrnlly speaking.
thousands of dollars better IN The
interest ON the money spent In LAYING
the sanitary sewer IN two 6 three
years would have paid for the; kind OF
sewer i proposed have sometimes
seen very lavish endorsements OF
Judge Mason's opinions expressed !
the Times. Judge Mason was entirely
in accord with my view of the sewer
situation at that place, and freety ex-
pressed himself so. Other good citi-
zens who knew the situation and who
were not misled by the Times did like
wise.
Now as to the private property
which I owned and out of which l was
ito make sa1eable lots at the clty's e1-
pense, will the editor OF the Times To-
cate IL? The editor seems to know
Just exactly where all the lines are.
that enclose my properties; will he
please give me a diagram of this bunch
of lots2 Private property" was the
Times cry in an editorial last June q
year ago, when-ft stated that the sew
Ler above mentioned was the first move
"by the ring in a raid upon the city
treasury" II say that this is the last
lie in the paragraph A1oYo our led. and
that the Times knew it was lying
when it published 1t. ] was not the
owner. neither was II interested" In
any lots or other property near said
culyert sewer, or which might have
been at n time or in any way af-
fected by any extensions thereof
All OF which foregoing facts about
the "culYert sewer" you concealed and
misrepresented and are still continu-
ing to misrepresent.
NOW, let us see if you.haYe not like
wise mIsrepresented me and the facts
as to the State street wall. You have
repeatedly stated as aboriginal prop
Iosition that / wanted the council to
build an expensive wall around my
property. This is untrue. The paving
tof State street was ordered without
any reference to sidewalks. After the
grading had been commenced by Mr..
Adams I was Informed by the street
commissioner that the street commit
tee had given orders to cut down all
sidewalks to the street and that the
wall now around my property would
have to be torn down. The wall had.
been built and kept up by the owner
of the property, and since | have
owned it the city has ordered me at
Inherent times II repair it; and neiths
Ter the city nor the town of Palatine
ever exercised any ownership over it.
At the time / purchased it caused.
a survey to be made of it by the city
engineer, which survey shows that my
line runs with said wall. The wall.
therefore being mine, and built and
kept up at the expense of the property,
and being a support; therefore. l was
unwilling to have the same removed.
IL stated to the committee, as 1 stated
later to council, that I preferred to
have the wall where it now is, keep
ing the sidewalk on a level with my
property; but IL it was thought best
by council to lower The walk, making
the street uniform, l would agree that
the wall might be removed and the
walk lowered provided the same should.
be rebuilt to an average height of SA
feet. The council in a special session
Ecalled to consider this question with.
but bne dissenting vote (myself not
voting) ordered this sidewalk lowered
and the wall rebuilt, provided owned
the ground. These are the facts, but
1 have no recollection of seeing them
SO stated in your paper,
Now as to the. bold daylight rob-
berry" in the printing OF the ordi-
nances. Why did you not state the
facts about your "bid?" why did you
not say NO provision was made by
council for letting the printing Of the
ordinances by competitive bids2 That
your paper made no inquiry Of the
committee as to the quality Of mate
rial desired, or as to the form Of the.
printing and binding, as or to the
number of copies to be printed. or
that you did moi. request the commit-
tet to let the contract on bids? You
admit that you did not expect your
IBID" to be considered. It was given
consideration by the members of the
committee and Mr.. STANLEY. wno was.
assisting me with the ordinances.
m w,as fopnd ~ he zo vague and indeff-