The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1907-11-21
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Session OF City Council Is Held
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All the members of theacity cour-,
ell attended the meeting Friday
night. "a a
!. Clerk Cole had no. minutes to
.s ,aas .,g1SsSSs $751; 's s9s had
J Upon motion of..:rohHssou. second
ed BY Andass9ntathe, franchise re-,
newal asksd, tor ,pY ths Gslsrksburgi
Gas & Electric Company. a corpora
ton. was deferred until after the
routine business,ai the sesiien.syis,
Attorney John Rassei In response
70 aa inquiry as to what. tAs COM,
mittee had done, N reference to the
proposition of the, Bait lmores& Ohio
railroad to pay for water supply,
was informed by Chairman Robbins,
Of the water; committee that the Com
mittes desired further time. a. Z
The following bills were ordered
paid: Water worke pay roll, $11g.li
81; street pay roll. si.ss.s5: iff.s
pay roll. $500: Thomas Burk.
s2as.oo: oil We'll supply Co.:
$3.50 Mon2icello Brick Co
s7a.25; Gas & Electric Co. 1851 1s:I
Joe Washington, S5.75; Ciarksburg
Planning Mill Co. $3.50; Southern
Pine Lumber Co.. s5l2.64: jos
Fuccy. s4.7o3.ae;;' Hart Brothers
Machine Co. sS7g.s0; ii. q. John
son. sl7.4o;E & NJ. West. ss$.4s:'
Ludlow valve Co. 5000; Standard
Oil Co.. $t667: Ladlow-Dunn-Gor-
don Co., s2.le5.oO; w. B. Osborn
Machinery Co, $3.50; Leon How
ard, $500; clarksburg Supply Co..
sa7.77; clohen & Son. ss,os: G. ".
West. s39.7s; H. G. johnson.
s31.74; West Virginia Mine Supply
Co. $500: Surveying pay roll,
$4,000 and w, S. Law, $1,000.
Included in the bills were debts
made by the administration under
Mr.. Harmer. T ''s
The city treasurer was allowed
credit for $2.4Io-an amount paid
as interest on bonds. ls.ss Y
After Attorney c. A. sutoh had
addressed the council as to bill OF
$1o2.97 presented by Ross w. Tay-
lor, as the residue for paving done
on Mulberry street. the bill was re-
ferred to the street committee.
Residents on the south side of that
street agreed with the council to pay
all over $500 the paving cost. The
council last year voted $500 for the
purpose, and the residents there paid
only 1929. The city. made the con-
tract with Taylor and will have to
pay him, but can collect the amount
from the residents there. who made
the agreement with. the city. This
should he done at. once. The city
in reality owes Taylor nothing. while
those residents do owe him sto2. 81,
II his 'bil12 is correct: ~ "a .3oil =
Daniel Mulhetan and thirty other
petitioners asked that the Standard
OH Company be required to abate
Its storage house within the city
limits, or At least ON East Pike
street, on the grounds that the same
is dangerous The petition was re-
ferred to the building committee.
Swift & Co. in petition asked to
f-be advised whether the city intended
to pave East Baltimore street. The
street committee here received an
other reference. 1t Is not known
whether the commtstee will advise
the company as requested. :
The street committee will also re-
port on the application Of Meta v.
Pike for. a retaining. wall asked to
be1built BY the council al s2s East
Pike street. Where i Change Of
grade. the petition says. makes 1t
necessary. a = fif e ss
Evnltz & Cohen were granted a
license to operate moving picture
machine on the 'Latstetter .property;
on Pike street opposite the ,postonice.
John II. Clifford asked for six
foot brick sidewalk in front OF. HIS
property on Carr avenue. The
street committee wili tell the coun-
ell what to do about 1t. y Y =
The street committee will also re.
port on the ajtlication of Meta v.
Thorn and Ashby Monroe for the
privilege to lay a water line from
near the Hazel-Atlas plant to their
property outside Of the city lines, at
their own expense. with them 10
maintain it and to pay water rent.
caral Galvada asked the city to
furnish 900 feet of pipe for a sewer
on East Pike street. The street
superintendent was given the mat