The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-07-23
HORNETS CLEANING UP
BUZZING IS ORDERED
of the Dirty Council Chamber
at Adamston-Police-
men Appointed.

It'll Oh tne COrpOTaLlOn, the ADAMS
ton town council has decided to clean
up its own premises. And land O.
Goshen, maybe 1t didn't need 1t.
A Telegram man went to the town
hall Tuesday night to report the pro-
ceedings of the council and found the
two-by-six council chamber, mayors
office, police headquarters and stor-
age room-all in one-in about as
dirty condition as a place could be.
The room was all Uttered up with
dirt tramped In from the road,
scraps of paper, sticks, stray, whit
things, and other trash In messy con-
glomeration. The top of the mayors
desk was covered with heterogen-
eous assortment of knick-knacks. the
accumulation of many days. Over
In ono corner rested some canvass
election booths
Saturated With Dust.
Under tn emayor's desk spittoon,
almost ready to walk away with it.
self, was heaped up with tobacco cuds
and other things that sent forth a
tremendous stencil. A we'll spit up
gas stove on the sfloor showed that
the spittoon was inadequate for the
accommodation of those who came
there. In one corner there stood a
big crate, three-quarters full of
straw-the rest was strewn about the
tioor-in which were packed some
globes for the town gas lights. On
one wall hung tin cup while oppo-
site two large calendars completed
the mural decorations. Things must
move slowly in the town hall for one
calendar displayed the month of
March and the other the month OF
June. When 1t became necessary to
look up day of the month the mayor.
had to peel up the leaves to see 1t.
Several chairs, boxes and boards COM
pleted the layout. And for general
confusion the place had an old lum-
Der room beaten forty ways.
Bert Lemley Hired.
An order. to hire man to clean up
the place was. passed\a 1t was re-
membercd that the town sergeant had
been instructed to do 1t and had not;
and in that connection several caustic
remarks were INDUCED in over that
officers alleged neglect of duty.
Mayor Grimm was authorized to hire
a man for the job which he did by
asking Bert Lemley, who stood out
side the door. II he would undertake
1t. Some wanted Bert to work in
the street part of the time but Bert
said 1t would take about all OF his
time digging the filth out of the
council chamber.
When Mayor Grimm called the
council to order there were present
Councilmen +. NJ. Clausson, George
Schultz, Grant U. Miller and j. IL.
Summers, constituting quorum,
and a number of interested spectat-
ors. including William Primm, G. C..
Southern and others. Guy Merritt
was there, too, but he could not stand
the stencil from the big spittoon and
hung half way out of window, and
finally went all of the way out, watt
ed, some said, by the cuspidor's per-
fumes.
Limestone is Bought.
r. M. Cladsson, for the street COM
mittee, said that j. w Davis, guard
ian for the Pride estate, had instruct
ed him to go ahead and build a fence
on the property line, over which there
had been condemnation proceedings,
and to keep account of the time and
cost of material Clausson had not
had time, to start the construction, but
said he would as soon as he could get
to 1t. The purchase of a car load of
lime stone from this bridge man" at
"a cost of SIS was also reported. Claus
son paid for 1t out of his own pocket,
so an order on the treasurer in his
favor was passed by the council.
Mr.. Schultz said there was bad
place in the road down by Hamrick's
that ought to be fixed right away, but
Mayor Grimm told him he was on the
street committee and that no one was
hindering that committee from fixing
1t. The mayor recommended the
placing OF railing on the left hand
side going east of the West Fork
bridge, as the unprotected bank there
was dangerous. No action was taken
on this.
Mr. Schultz said another. thing
that ought to be looked after was the
cutting Of filth around the sidewalks
OF the town. Mr.. Clausson said he
had been trying TO get some one to
do 1t but could not find any one.
Pitts Must Buy Globe.
Mr.. Miller reported for the light
committee the repair of street fam
beaux and told all apout outlets, In
lets. packing and other technical
terms too deep for other than the
astute intellect of town councilman
to grasp. The town gets twenty free
lights from the gas company. but the
town has to keep them in shape. One
light sits In Mr.. Pitts's yard Just
behind the fence and 1t needed a
globe; but the council decided that
Mr.. Pitts ought to buy the globe an d
a resolution allowing him that prlvi-
lege was passed. There was discus
sion about placing the twentieth light
opposite Carl Readings place but no
action was taken.
The Baxter sewer question came un