The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1909-10-28
CITY BONDS
ARE NOT SOLD
BY COUNCIL
AS There is But One Bid and
That One Not at All
Pleasing.
ROUTINE BUSHES SIS
of Various Kinds is Looked
After by the Sages Of
the City.

VAIN sOHIy u SiH6le 'pEu LVIe Tue wa
ter works, sewerage and paving
bonds of 100000 Authorized by the
people at a recent special election to
be issued by the city. the city coun-
len Friday night rejected the same
as 1t was deemed undesirable on ac-
CONT of the commission asked for
handling. The bid was by Seasongood
& Mayer, of Cincinnati, at par value
and accrued interest at the time Of
the delivery of the bonds, with a
commission OF $500 off. ut was the
sense of the council not to sell the
bonds on that proposition as the COM
mission was far more than 1t deem-
ed proper, in fact, the ordinance does
not provide for commission.
All members o fthe councilmanic
body were present save Mr.. Ernst.
Upon motion the minutes of the pre-
Evious meeting were not read.
It; was decided not to purchase at
present 1000 feet of hose recently
authorized.
The street superintendent offered
a verbal report on the condition of
Traders alley from Fouth street toll
the fire department. He was direct
ed to bring in written report att
the next session.
Afranchise asked soriby the CONSOLE
dated Telephone Company passed It's
first reading.
Bills were ordered paid as fol-
lows:
Street pay roll. ..........$174.45l
Wells & Haymaker. ....... 24.O5l
w, E.. Hursey ........... 1900
Roberts Hardware Co... 1851
carksburg Lumber and
Planig Mill Co.. sO.63
p. NJ. swartz ............ s.00i
Lowndes & chorpening 49,. es.22l
Morning Herald -. ...... so,sol
East End Plumbing Co. 800. s.57l
Home Furniture Co. ...... 5000
Nathan Goff ...... ..... 466.67
Sarah clifford 100000
Alexander Henderson, 80. 1900,
Johnson-Watso Co. ...... 2.60I
Mt. State Transfer Co. 2771|
DR.. R. L. Osborn. ......... 5000
Wells & Haymaker. ........ 32.G0l
Peoples Plumbing Co. $40
Cost-Holden Co. 35.13I
Johnson & Garrett ..,..... 1850
Leatherbury Shoe Co. 344.99|
Bell Telephone Co. 1900
James F. Dye was given street
grade on Werninger street.
The petition ofsJohn w. Davis,
guardian. of daughters of the late
Charles E. Pride. for exoneration on
an assessment of s27. $500, on the
ground OF non-residence OF the wards
as we'll as other grounds. was refer
red to the city attorney.
John w. Davis was exonerated on
a water works bond of $1,000.
The petition of Harvey F. Smith
for certain privileges as to an alley
near his home ON Philippi street WIS
referrend to the street committee
with power to act.
N. Baker was allowed the differ
|ence between brick and cement for
a sidwalk on West Main street.
Building permits were granted as
follows:
Charles Wyatt, one one-story'
Water street..
Charles Hardesty, one two-story
house, Second street.
Morris Grocery Company, building,
IWerninger street.
Theodore iReichert, building, Sum
Iner street.
Street Superintendent Edward
Doyle was directed to ask A. C. Moore
to remove fence across alley No. a
near his residence in the Fifth ward.
Contractor H. &C. Brooks having
used a lot of the city's brick in the
sidewalk on Monticello avenue. the
council entered an order charging
him with them at seven dollars a
thousand, the market price for brick.
An agreement between, Contractor
II. G. Brooks and several members
OF the city council that Grasselli
icinders be substituted for gravel In
street paving was ratified.
The H. G. Brooks Company was al
lowed $447.6s for sidewalk work
done and s2.sO1.ss for completed
street paving.
The report of the water works and
sewerage board was read showing a
balance OF s4,075.Ss on hand and
stating that the board had liquldated
1.-THE interest on outstanding water
works bonds.
! Harvey IVY. Harmer ana Jasper s.
Kyle were granted permits to build