The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-01-19
COUNCIL
MEETING
LAST NIGHT
MANY NoMENrous MATTERS
MASTERED AT REGULAR
SESSION OF COUNCIL.

Council me-: last night With the FOL.
lowing councitu,en 'prr$ot: Q. W.
Morgan. ]. Lee Hall. James T. Nor.
gan, G. F. Carroll. Fred Heln!ea. c.
10. Robinson. T. V. Buckley and ]. O..
McNeely. 3,...l
The minutes Oh the Ids! meeting
were rad and approved.
A bill Of $50 rendered By Meredith
ond cornwell for defending tho City
Of Fasrn1pnt In ths case OF Patrick
Ceilings vs.. CITY Of Fair1nont Was re.
tierret to the finance committee aud
tho city solicitor.
The bill for the services OF Detec.
tive James Paul Gavin. Of Pittsburg.
for finding certain Illicit selling. was
voted upon. las. E. Morgan. z. W.
Morgan, Carroll. Hall. Helm!ck, Rob-
Inson voted TO ALLOW thu bill. Buckley
and SIcNepty did not vote.
Other bills endorsed were ordered
paid. ...
Constable c. W. Walker served q
summons on Mayor Nicely and tle city
rouncilmDn IN which Henry p. Gilmore
notified them TO return certain
amount OF liquor that was taken re-
Gently from nj Fountain saloon Sup
posed 10 be the property. Of J. l..
Rooher. Council passed the follow.
ing resolution: That II the said Hen.
ry p. Gltmon shall prove to the salts
faction Of the mayor and chief Of po-
leo that the Hquor seized IS in fact
his property. and was not in charge
OF James L. Booapr at the :!me OF the
alleged offense, then tho said LIQUOR
Shall be returned TO the said Henry
y. Gilmore or placed at hIs disposal
and that the city clerk be instructed
TO Inform Mr.. Gilmore Of the passage
Of the following motion. &
The ordinance for tne granting OF a
franchise to the independent Light
and Power Company came up. ONT
thn Of Councilman Robinson COM
mlttee consisting Of one councilman
from each ward. the mayor and the
city solicitor. The committee: c. D.
Robinson. G.. F. Carcll. T. V. Buck.
ley, ]. l.. Hall, J. o. McSeely, VI. NJ.
NGaly. N. E. Morgan. Tie committee
decided to meet January IS 10 20 over
the ordinance.
Undertaken Cunningham appeared
before council and asked that the city
ordinance relative to granting burial
permits be amended. The petitioner
claims that the present ordinance
works 4 hardship on the undertaken,
the city health officer and the manager
OF the cemeteries. The matter was
referred to the ordinance committee
and the city Physician. Sh
The curfew law came up again and
Was amended and passed 10 the third
reading.
The committee appointed TO adjust
matter between the Traction Com.
pany and the city relative to work
don" on Pike street was continued.
The amount In dispute over the work
is nearly s99,70O.
A building permit was granted to
P. i, Fist for the erection Of n two
story house on Chestnut street.
Council passed n fire ordinance cX.
tending the fire limits and the regula-
ton OF buildings 10 be erected within
tn. limits. The rules were suspended
and bill was read three times at Inst
nlght's meetings. More stringent
rules will govern the building and the
material that Is used in building than
formerly.
Councilman cnrrcll introduced res
olution To have the city charter
anr ndt1l 50 that the voters will an.
nually have chance TO express wheth.
or or not the city shall have license.
The vote on she resolution stood a.
Mayor Nicely voted aye making the
vote stand S to 4.
The report made by the water rnn,-
miitce about one year $50 when It rec.
commended that the elevators In the
city he asked 10 pay more water rem
or employ some ether power to op'>
rate the elevators was read and pass.
eL. The report was read nj the time
'it was made but no action vas taken.
The private Consumers pay about $751;
900 water rent and the clcvor men
about $1,000. The water committee
claims that tho elevators consume 10
to IL Of NIL the water used In this
city. Much compliant is made by resi-.
dents on the high points Of the city
tnnt they have no wnter and In order
to CIV" relief 70 their wants the wa.
Tor commissioner WIS Instructed 10
notify elevator mon to put In other
power by the fvt day Of April. The
water comnaltise ohins that tho 70.
turning matra arc 10 small to give
IsufFkaent water 10 operate all the ele-