The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-05
COUNCIL MET
LAST NIGHT
DR.. WAoDELL's SALARY WAS
RAISED TO FOUR HUNDRED
DOLLARS AND FEES

City council began to play with ths
FIRE ordinance last night wnen they
permitted Dominic Meo to operate thu
fruit stand in front Of the Presbyte.
rian church. This old stand has been
source Of great annoyance for long
time. 1t is a portable stand Construct.
ed OF combustibie material. It has al.
ways been within the fire limits and
when the citizens in one locality wouIl
rise in indignation over Its being In
that locality and the city officials
would make 1t too warm for the own,
er he would sell 1t to one Of his coun.
trymen. he would move It to another
part Of town where the citizens wera
equally put out by its being placeil
close to them. Meo has he'd the old
shack for some months. He moved II
against the protest Of the city Officers
to where It now stands. Council ii.
rected that 1t be dismantled but Dom
inlc succeeded in staying action By
the city officials until council was in
a frame of mind to grant Sim permls.
sion to remain. However this order
OF council may be recinded at the next
meeting. 1t is hardly worth while to
pass fire ordinances and then the
same legislative body turn about facs
on the work 1t has done.
DR.. Waddell's salary was raised to
four hundred dollars and fees. The
fees of the office come from the Ia.
spection OF the dairy herds. The fees
are paid by the city. Council will now
get into position to enforce the milk
ordinance.
Bills on the general fund to the
amount of $2,22667 were ordered paid
Bills on the water fund amounting ia
s72s.s6 were ordered paid.
Councilman Robinson moved that a
levy be made to collect all unco!lecte
~e-NSo "AISl june i.
Attorney Howard N. Ogden appear ed
before council and stated taat Welte,
Eliason had changed his mind in the
election contest and that he would
withdraw contest. Council granted this
request and the matter is now closed
All the councilmen voted aye excep;
Brand. VINO did not have vote beina
an interested party.
Council voted that the city snour5
make q quit claim deed to the CPala
tine Baptist church for parcel ol
land conveyed to the church by deed
from w. E. Watson later adversely
conveyed by W. E. Watson to the city
The church is to pay the expense in
CURED by executing the deed.
Mrs. ]. Engle appeared before coue
Gil and asked that bill be paid that
Mrs. Enghe was personally responsible;
for If council did not relieve ner of It
Some time ago Mrs. Pail thomson. col
ored became Ill. She called Mrs. Engl,
to her home. Mrs. EngIe saw she
was in need of physician She call a
DR.. Waddell. Drs. waddell and Car,
went to see the patient They saw
that an operation was necessary All
that It would have to be performed Ia,
mediately. Mrs. Engle made arrange
ments for her to go to the hospital
The bill was $3.50. Carren move,
that It be paid but council turned 4
down.
The matter of laying paving IL
front of the old Catholic cnurcn wa
then taken up, Attorney Mike Powell
appeared and stated that the Catholt,
congregation was willing to lay a new
pavement but did not want to do It a
this time. He stated that in the nea,
future the congregation would build
school house on the lot and that -.
pavement would be put down. Mr.
Powell contended council could mo-
enforce the order 1t passed on the las
meeting night requiring the Catholic
congregation to put down a new pave
ment. He said first they had no lega
notice that a new pavement was to b,
put down and second that a pavemen
could rot be put down now accordin,
to the ordinance of the city withou
damaging the property for the pave
ment would have to be missed abou
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