The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-19
City Council
Held Meeting
Last Night
Number OF items
Of Business Up
For Action


| City council met last night and
passed a very quiet evening. Very
little was done at this meeting.
The bids to print the water ordi
nances were opened and we're as fol
lows:
/ 5000 copies as specified. with GOV
ers, $4,000; 5000 copies as specified
without covers, $65,8O. Mccoy Print
ing Company.
5000 copies as specified. 1880
West virginlan Publishing Company
5000 copies as specified. with coy
ers. $500: 5000 copies as specified
without covers, $47.5O Index Print
ing Company.
5000 copies, without covers, as spec
flied, $77.29; 5000 copies, with covers
as specified, $1O7.75. Free Press Com.
pany.
5000 copies, without cover page,
$2.27; 5000 copies, with cover, as
specified, $3.50. vanata Printing Com,
pany.
On monitor OF Councilman Hall the
contract to print the water ordinance
was awarded to the Vananta Printing
Company. Work to be finished with.
in ten days. The booklet not to con.
tain more than twenty pages. The
cost will be $500.
Attorney NJ. w. Ogden appeared
before council and asked that some
thing be done to relieve the citizens
who are annoyed by the putting OF the
exhaust pipe at the pumping station
The noise is so great at times thai
people on Virginia avenue are unable
to sleep. Mr.. Oden presented a peti
ton with twenty signatures. praying
for relief. Council promised the re
lief sought. A muller has already
been purchased and will be put on al
once.
DR.. E. N. Eddy asked that fill O.
100 feet be made on Walnut avenue
between Seventh and Eighth strets ii
front of his houses so that he couli
lay a sidewalk. The estimated cos
Of the work is $25. 1t was referred t
the street commissioner with power
/; to act.
Mr.. Fast asked council to reconsld
er its action in regard to license 70,
Ice cream stands and other small bus
mess OF like nature.
Tony Delligatti asked council to la,
a sewer in front Of his property OF
Spence street so that he could con
meet. Complaint had been lodged will
the sanitary officer that sewage from
Tony's house was running on thu
1. street. Tony was not responsible
and asked that council help to giyt
people relief.
! Attorney E. F. Hartley asked coun
Gil to make some disposition Of thu
case in which A. L. Donally got judg
ment against the city for $500 before
a justice for permitting water from
the streets to food his place of bust
iness. The city appealed the case anG
it was never tried. Council at one
time offered to compromise the mat
ter by paying MIR. Donally $125. The
claim was referred to the proper com
mtttee.
William Wise stated that Washing
ton street at one place is dangerous
and needs looking after. It was decid
ed that the street should be widenet
at this point,
The paying Of Lloyd Kelley, Gu.
Watkins and John Fear. extra police
men on election day, will be taken III
at the next meeting
The city engineer reported that the
water main that A. H. Donally adyls
ed council he would tear out II no
removed by council is on city prop
erty and not on Donally and will be
removed at once.
The matter Of horses standing OF
the principal thorOughfares was dis
cussed and the chief OF police was in
structed to inform the drivers to move
on. Water street is the worst blocked
street in this particular.
A. T. Arnett was appointed police
man. The other applicants were Jas
F. Knapp, Gus Watkins and Henry
Hager.
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