The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-12-21


fit would have to pay balance Of
s102 on the Mulberry street sidewalk
to Ross Taylor. but also decided that
ifthe delinnuents out there did not
pay by January 10. the city attorney
would be told to get busy with them
in the proper court. And he win
The council yet fails to see how 1t
must pay for the handling OF a dead
horse sent to the crematory by df-
rection of the mayor upon the assuS-
ance of the owner that he would pay
the bin, but 1t viii later. The city
cannot hire people and then refuse
to pay them, because it thinks some
one else ought to do so.
The grave matter of transferring
the auctioneer license of A. G.
Haynes to George w. Poole was re-
ferred to the city attorney. who
might, IL he chooses, make an ex-
haustive report on this important
subject. It is to be a precedent.
There was considerable disdain
shown on the part Of some of tho
members of the council at the re-
quest, of the Womans Civic club for
the enforcement of three certain
ordinances now on the city law
books. The ringing of the curfew
bell was pronounced old fogyism by
Mr.. Ernst. The communication was
referred to the mayor, and, of course.
will be enforced Us to the ringing OF
the curfew bell. the anticipating or
! dinance and the use of profanity in
the streets by men and boys, to say
nothing of several women who in
dulge in It. These are plain laws on
the statute books and the mayor rec
4 ognizes the fact that it is his duty
to enforce every law until it is re-
pealed. The clapper in the curfew-
bell will be heard. posted will he mo-
tees of the anticipating ordinance
and there will be no more profanity
on the streets, If the mayor knows it.
The council did its duty in passing
the ordinances.
The street committee was delega-
ted to see whether n. A. Furbee and
others are entitled to a sewer on
South Third street. The committee
is also to find out whether John Can
dy and others are right, when they
say in a petition there ought to be a
sidewalk Improvement on South
Chestnut street.
The Clarksburg Realty company
was allowed a tax exoneration.
The mayor wanted the streets in
the Stuart addition accepted, but
the council did not make up its mind
to add any more streets to the Of
fetal list just now. The streets are
public and within the corporation.
They will be accepted all right.
The resigna ton of r. w. stfmmcI
as night engineer ut the water works
plant was accepted to take effect
January Is, Mr.. Stimme1 desiring to
go to another climate for the benefit
of the health of member of his
family, and the commissioner of wa
ter works was empowered to hire
some one to fill the vacancy until
such time as the council desired to
elect q man tolthg place.
Then came. tho action upon the no
lice force. After much discussion ii
was figured out that there was a va
cancy on the regular list and in adj
dition there We're two extra police
men. The mayor said the people
wanted Harry Brooks kept on the
force. 1t was decided to fill the al
legged vacancy. Brooks and George
Howe. both serving as etxra police
men. were nominated, and the ballot
disclosed that one OF the city sages
favored Barney Fogg. three Howe
and four Brooks. Brooks got It
and Howe, too, say his friends-in
the neck.
Having retained Brooks as a reg
ular," some OF them wanted to keep
Howe as a special, but his friends
would not stand for 1T. ana that end
ed the session.