Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-01-12
WILL TAKE IN THE BOOM
Committee So Decides to Recon-
mend to the Council.
ABOUT 225 HOMES Affected
IS a Growing and PopuIous Section
West and South of the Present
Corporate Line.

Corporate Line.
The members of the committee APP
pointed by Mayor Harrison at the re-
cent meeting of the council to draft
"A measure for the extension of the
city limits will be ready to report the
result OF their deliberations in few
days, when a special meeting of the
councf will be called to hear the re-
port The committee held one meet
ing. at which time the matter was
carefully discussed at some length.
and from all its different angles and
while the whole matter VIII not be
definitely settled untf1 another meet
ing is heldt PROF 9Sfy-this week. eonugh
progress was made to indicate pretty
clearly the trend Of the recommends
tions the committee viii submit TO the
council
II was at first believed that the bill
should authorize the extension Of the
corporate limits so as to take il both
the boom" land and that suburb
know as FrankenberrytoYu The for
uner lies west and south OF the city,
while the latter lies northeast Of the
corporation. After discussion, how
ever, it was deemed eNpedient to take
in only the boom" and to allow the
question of the absorption of Frank.
enberrytown to go over for year OF
TWO, or until such time as the matter
would be ripe for proper action. There
WAS no question, however about TAX.
ing in the growing and populous sec.
tion south and west of the city. and
the committee definitely decided 10
recommend to the council that a bill
along this line be prepared and sub
mitted to the legislature. The ques-
-{HJn as 20 whether the new territory
shunld be erected into seperate ward
or be divided between the second and
third wards, was also discussed, but
Tins matter was left open until the
however, that no new ward will be
committee again meets. 1t is believed,
tEEfsitt d. and that the other plan will
ened by the fact that many persons be ,
heye the council. as now constituted
trw0 members from each ward. is a
tribe unwieldy, and that It would not
De wise to further enlarge the mem !,
bership. The question OF reducing the
membership of the council to one rep '
resentatiye from each ward is now be- !!
ing agitated by many persons, and If
ibss should be done, the city would i.
pTDft.bly be redistricted into 81. warts
one % which would largely be made
mp VI IN, territory it is proposed to inf
corporate.
The section that would be affected
by ID measure proposed adioins the
evaporation on the west as far as the
quarries of the Standard Lime & Stone
Co, and would extend along the Tus-
carora grade road as far as the line OF
the Roush farm, thence across to the
Winchester pike, and out that pike
nearly 10 the totl-gate, thence across
1n ->,l sluJas1 Street line to the south
,@Asl9Ivs. This section has grown!
more rapidly than all other sections
81 the city combined i'm the past two
or three wears. and it is estimated that
N least goo. perhaps 700 persons
7n,ua6 be added to the population OF
rb, crrr Prom 2oo to % homes now
occupv this territory. practically new
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