The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-05-02
To Be Erected and Maintained
by the Baltimore
& Ohio.
AT FOUR LOCAL CROSSINGS
Better City Prison is IN Pros
pect- Routine Action Of
the City Council.

Il
gate ordinance into oDeration and
the notification Of Or, Il Y Warner
4 that he Is the health oiIicef 81 the
I city and not Or. y. w. showalter.
4 We're the chief features Of the city
council Friday might, though nuIn-
Der Of other Important matters we're
acted upon. The postponement og
/, the payment OF bills, though there Is
: plenty Of money in the treasury was
another feature. Still another was
: the ordering Of a good deal OF minor
work to be done. Included In tho
routine work was the granting Of 4
humber of building permits showing
the city to be advancing Ii. that re-
/ spect. The acceptance of The report
-iof special committee Ending an
J additional home for the city was an-
other prominent matter. Still an
other was The order directing the
sanitation committee to look into and
! report on the question OF decent
city prist)i The routine matters IN
cludcd many things OF constdenahlo
importance.
All the members OF the council
answered the roll call by the clerk
after the mayor had let the gayei fali.
The minutes Of the first meeting OF
the council were read and approved.
Upon motion the reading Of the min
tues OF the license court was defer
red.
Health Officer DR.. u, w. showaiter
reported that a number OF complaints
about bad sewers had heen made 10
him but that the street superintend-
ent was taking them up and looking
after the proper repair.
/. Bad Private Sewer,
Street Superintendent John Ward
reported the exposure of a private
sewer on Lee street from the Mary
R. Goff property because dc lover
ing the street and upon motion the
chairman oil the street committee
was directed to notify the owner to
lower the sewer and abate the nuis-
] ance.
| Chief Stealey of the police depart
ment reported the amount Of fines
collected from April q to May / at
5000. The report was accepted
and ordered filed.
Buying of Much Material.
at the present time was voted down,
when the street committees RECON-
mendatton that the street superin-
tendent be empowered to purchase
at once one car load Of brick, one
car load OF lumbJ. one car load of
sand. car load of sewer pipe and
a blank number OF cars OF stone,
was laid over until after the esti-
mates of work for the year have
been made.
Mayor Wood here asked the COM
mitteese to get to work on these es-
Inmates at once and report at the
next regular meeting.
Defer Payment of Bills.
With the exception Of the follow
ing all bills against the city we're de-
ferred in payment until the city at
torney and state tax commissioners
are heard from as to the new law
regarding the levy and the manner
Of payment of bills:
Street pay roll ~. ...... .$116.4O
Water works pay roll ...... 124.25
John d. Owens ......... 21.O0
johnson stated that the leyying
law is such that the special ten-cent
levy for outstanding debts would
have to be submitted to vote OF the
people. in his opinion and that the
regular 35-cent levy would not pro-
vide much working capital, If the
debts had to be paid out Of 1t, and.
therefore, he wanted advice from the
state tax commissioner. For tins
reason the finance committee had de-
cided that all bills made before April
2l should be laid over temporarily.
\ Mr.. Connell objected to the pay
ment OF the Owens bill for collecting
taxes on the ground that the city
lpaid regular collector for that work.
building Permits Granted.
Building permits were granted as
follows: 4
Robert L. swiger, two-story frame,
cos $4,000, Mechanic street
o. R. Shields, two-story house. cost
$500, Meigs avenue.
Charles EIardesty, one and one-half
story house, cost $4,000, corner Of
South Third and Hickman streets.
Frank Glover, porch, 7O2 Clark
street.
Sam Billicti. bakers oven building,
rear 306 North Fifth street.
The petition OF Theodore Reicheft
for sidewalks at Sumner street and
Dale avenue was referred to the
street committee for a report.
Warner Says He's II.
Dr.. Warmers notice to the council
that BY virtue Of the stale law and
the action Of the city council last
year in appointing him a member of
the city health board. be regarded
himself the cltyss phytician and