The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-08-08
TWENTY DAYS
ONLY ALLOWED
City Council Also Looks After
a Big Lot Of Routine
Business.
MORE BUILDING PERMITS
Bills Ordered Paid Reach Into
the Neighborhood Of Five
Thousand Dollars.
MORE BUILDING PERMITS

Hogs, shoats, pigs and whatever
else they may be called must be
dead ones in this city twenty days
after Friday nights session OF the
city council. Porkers and every
thing that might develop into a pork
er will have no existence or history
SO far as clarksburg is concerned
hereafter and hogs will not be part
of the animal population Of the city.
After that there win be nothing but
hog history SO far as swine are taken
into consideration. Council has orr
dained It. Council ordained once be-
fore, but Mr.. Hog remained. His
tory is repeating itself but may not
continue so to do.
Attending the session were all the
members with the mayor presiding.
After the reading and approving OF
minutes d. d. Brllts estimate OF
$222 for a sewer on Bodkin alley
was read and a motion made to orr
der the work done, but, upon res
quest, the matter was laid over by
the motion being withdrawn, II be-
ing the desire to see just where the
city stands financially.
Then Councilman johnson read an
anti-hog ordinance he had drawn
hurriedly. He had fve days as the
time for 1t to become effective. But
upon reflection he thought that ought
to be changed to twenty days. Some
thought 1t ought to be three or four
months-until hog killing time at
least. somewhat like 1t was out at
Adamston, where the councilman
could not move his hog pen Off an
alley until after he had dug his po-
tatoes. They argued that the pigs
could not be killed now nor sold to
the butcher. Others proposed that
the owners send their pigs to the
country to range on acorns, this pa
per supposes. Others wanted Mr..
Hog out lnstanter. Ali agreed that
hog pens were obnoxious. Some said
they were injurious to health. Others
said the hogs themselves died In the
pens and were fioated down the
creek. The subject was discussed
from every possible phase, except as
to whether 1t really pays to raise
hogs in the city. Even the color of
hogs formed part of the discus
sion.
All expressed themselves In favor
Of prohibition as to hogs. and the or
dinance passed by a unanimous vote
as to its first reading. Then Mr..
johnson mentioned the matter OF
changing the time from five to twen-
ty days for 1t to so into effect, after
his motion to suspend the rules and
vote on the ordinance on It's second
reading had carried Following this
h
not pro and con as to final passage of
an ordinance. 1t was merely as to
time.
The motion to adopt It with the
twenty-day clause carried by vote
Of five to four and the ordinance was
declared passed. Connell Garrett.
Lyden and Anderson voted against 1t
while Cork, Lynch, johnson, Bland
and Robbins voted for 1t, with Ernst
not voting as he was not present at
the time.
a copy OF the ordinance is given in
another column.
1t was decided to establish Lee.
street at the sartor property at a
width OF "a feet instead OF going
back to build a retaining wall and
removing dirt. The wall will be built
per contract
Bills amounting to about $1,000 in
the aggregate were ordered paid.
A bill by CARR, NJ Mcvlcker cali
ing for $271.t0 for raising a house
because of n change in the street
grade was referred to the city at
torney for a report thereon.
A four-lnch line from w. B. os-
born's on Baltimore street to the
northern end Of the county bridge
over the railroad tracks for water
purposes was ordered laid, the esti-
mated cost being $40S.3O.
w. T. Byrd and seventeen other
residents of the FIRST ward asked that
the italian brass band practice in the
Clifford building on East Pike street
be declared a nuisance, Il being set
forth that the teacher there had
horns blowing from early morning
until late at night. Not only did
they ask that 1t he declared a nui-
sance but they also demanded that It
be abated. w. T. Eyrd spoke In be-
half OF the petition. The council
passed a resolution ordering the
same abated.
The petition OF owners Of property
in the Central School addition for a
street from Third street as an outlet
for their property was referred to
the street committee, city engineer
and city attorney.
Upon petition Of Patrick H,
Shields sidewalk was ordered laid
on Meigs avenue to be 100 feet in
length and made of lumber
Truman E. Gore and others peti-
toned council that white block paw