The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-15
PLAYED JOKE
ON GLASSCOCK
GOVERNORS BROTHER PUZZLED
BY ACTION OF BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS.

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CHARLESTON, May 4.-Represen-
tatiyes Of street railways, oil compa-
MES and telephone and telegraph com
panies were heard by the board Of
public works at the third hearing OF
the public utility corporations of the
State in regard to their assessments
for the coming year.
Ftp. Meats, Of Petersburg, former
speaker Of the house Of delegates, rep
resenting the Parkersburg Traction
Company, made the first address be-
fore the board.
Following Mr.. Meats, Ex-Governor
A. B. Fleming, general attorney for
the Bairmont interests and George M.
Alexander, attorney for the Fairmont-
Clarksburg Traction Company and
other interests, addressed. the board
for short time.
Attorney William Erskine, of Wheel.
ing, representing the Wheeling Trac.
tion Company and the Panhandle
Traction Company, concluded the
morning hearing.
In the afternoon c. C. Fish, Of
Cameron, representing the Cameron
Heat and Light Company, asked that
the assessments of that company be
lowered by the board.
Attorney Tracey appeared for the
West Virginia Central Gas Company
and the Maryland Gas Company.
s. F. Glasscock, brother Of the gov.
ernor represented the Morgantown
and Kingwood Railroad and the I'm.
ion Utility Company, of Morgantown
which company owns the street rail.
way company.
The board Of public works played
a joke on the governors brother and
for while several of the attorneys
present were fooled completely. As
soon as Attorney Glasscock had fin.
ished his argument for the Morgan.
town and Kingwood Railroad, Treas.
urer Long moved that the road be TAX.
ell up for immediate consideration.
The motion was seconded and carried.
Mr. Glasscock had stated that the
road was assessed last year at $1,000.
600 but he asked that 1t be reduced 10
100000 Governor Glasscock asked
Tax Commissioner Townsend what he
thought about the matter and the tax
commissioner in the graNest sort Of
manner said that the road had bond.
ed indebtedness of $1,750,O00 and he
thought it should be assessed at that
figure. 1t was moved that, the road
be assessed at $1,75O,O00 and the gov.
ernor, in putting the question said
that it was very embarrassing to him,
but he had to do It. The question
was put and it carried unanimously.
1t was some time before Attorney
Glasscock was convinced that the
board was only having little fun at
his expense.
Ex-Governor w. A. MacCorkle spoke
for a short time yesterday afternoon
relative to the assessments of the
two bridges across the Kanawha at
Charleston, the Pullman Company
and the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
Attorney Hare spoke next relative
to the Natural Gas Company Of
Wheeling.
Professor Willis, of Morgantown,
spoke for the Randall Gas and Water
Company, of Morgantown.
John Bloyd, of Moundsville, a direc.
tor OF the penitentiary, represented
the Moundsville Water and Light
Company.
Mr.. Mullins, of Charleston, spoke
briefly for the Postal Telegraph Com.
pany.
large delegation from Fairmont
was in the city Wednesday for the pur.
pose of appearing before the board.
In the party were Ex-Governor A. B.
Fleming; L. L. Malone, general man.
ager Of the Fairmont Coal Company;
George T. Watson, general manager
Of the Fairmont.Cl arksburg Traction
George NJ. Alexander, at.
tOrney: ]. E. Robinson. manager Of
the Fairmont Gas and Light Com.
pany and Walton Miller, vice presl, |
dent Of the Bank Of Fairmont.
W. A. Shirley, secretary of the
Traction Company, attended
the hearings yesterday.
The Southern Bell Telephone Com.
pany will be represented to-day by
Attorney Brutus ]. Clay, of Atlanta,
Georgia.
The Central District and Printing
Company will be represented by ]. N.
BOeggman, of Pittsburg.