The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-05-07
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.

A resolution putting a railroad
gate ordinance into operation and
the notification of DR.. IA. v. Warner
that he is the health officer of the
city and not DR.. L. w Showalter,
were the chief features of the city
council Friday night, though num-
Der OF other important matters were
acted upon. The postponement OF
the payment of bills; though there is
plenty Of money in the treasury was
another feature. Still another was
the ordering OF good deal of minor
work to be done. Included in the
routine work was the granting of a
number of building permits showing
the city to be advancing in that re-
spect. The acceptance OF the report
of special committee finding an
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 prison. The routine matters in
cluded many things of considerable
Importance.
All the members of the council
answered the roll call by the clerk,
after the mayor had Yet the gavel fall
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 DIR. U. w. Showalter
reported that a number of complaints
about bad sewers had been made to
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 private
sewer on Lee street from the Mary
r. Goff property because of lower
ing the street and upon motion the
chairman of 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 81 to May at
$40.70. The report was accepted
aud ordered filed.
Buying of Much Material.
al the present time was voted down,
when the street committees recon-
mendation that the street superin-
tendent be empowered to purchase
at. once one car load of brick, one
car load of lumbeJ one car load of
sand. a car load of sewer pipe and
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 10 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 were de-
ferred in payment until the city at
torney and state tax commissioner
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 q. Owens -. .... 21.O0
johnson stated ihat he levying
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 S5-cent levy would not pro.
vide much working capital, If the
debts had to be paid out of it, and,
therefore, he vanted advice from the
state tax commissioner. For this
reason the finance committee had de-
cided that all bills made before April
81 should be laid over temporarily.
Mr.. Cornell objected to the pay
ment Of the Owens bill for collecting
taxes on the ground that the city
paid a regular collector for that work.
Building Permits Granted.
Building permits were granted as
follows:
Robert l.. Swiger, two-story frame,
cos $4,000, Mechanic street,
o. r. Shields, two-story house. cost