The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-09-23
GITY COUNCIL ACTS

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the city's title TO the approaches to
the bridge. 81 VI 3
Ira L. Smith appeared before coun:
Gil on behalf of some Of the citizens
OF Second ward asking for relief in
the water situation. The suggestion
was made that the elevators of the
city. be stopped until nine o'clock
each day. 1t was claimed that this
would, give plenty OF water. Nothing
was done. Mr.. Smith also asked thai
Chicago street be graded SO that resi-;
dents could lay permanent side walks.
George Ralphsniders asked thai
Spring street be graded so that the
side walks could be graded. The
grading of Spring street and the grad
ing for sidewalks on Chicago street
was ordered done. 57!;i,s So
The report. Of the finance committee
on delivering the city bonds to the
First National Bank was read. 1t was
very lengthy because of the fact thai
in the delivery it was found that
bond No Il was missing. The report
showed how this occurred and that the
matter was adjusted to the satisfac
ton OF all of the. parties concerned
The report in substance is as follows:
The full amount OF the bond issue
was $4,000 in $1,000 denominations,
seventy-flve bonds in all. The blank
bonds were prepared by A. c. Kin.
kead. He numbered rs bland bonds
from ! to Is inclusive as he, supposed
and delivered them to the Mayor and
City Clerk for their signatures. The
Mayor and City Clerk signed said
blanks as they supposed and they were
retained in the Office OF the City Clerk
to be called for by the Finance Com
mittee Of City Council. The Finance
Committee having been directed by
the order Of Council to deliver the
said bonds to the purchaser, The First
National Bank Of Fairmont, two mem
bers of the committee, Clarence D
Robinson and Charlie Powell, visited
the Office OF the City Clerk on the 9th
day Of September, 1910, for the pur'
pose of securing the said Is bonds pre-,
paratory to delivering them to the pur
chaser. These two had the consent
OF the third member Of the committee.
Mr.. James r. Linn to receive said
bonds.
The City Clerk was absent from the
city, and Miss Fairy Vangilder, an EN-.
ploye OF his Office, delivered to Rob.
inson and Powell what she understood
to be the Is bonds which the Mayor
and City Clerk had signed, the same
being rolled in a roll. These two had
arranged by telephone to meet Mr.,
Linn at the First National Bank. Mr..
Robinson and Mr.. Powell took the roll
to the bank where they met Mr.. Linn
and they delivered the roll OF bonds to
H. w. Showalter, cashier Of the bank.
They had not unwrapt the roll and Mr..
Showalter at once I'M the presence OF
the three members of the Finance
Committe, and Charles Powell unroll.
ed the bonds and counted them and
found but "a instead OF rs. To prove
the count Mr.. Showalter went over
tho bonds in the presence of the four
men and checked them up by their
numbers when 1t was found that there
were Is bonds numbered from / to 10
inclusive and 81 bonds numbered from
Is to rs inclusive, there being no
bond numbered IA in the roll.
Then 1t was discovered that the
bonds did not have the city seal on
them and they were carefully wrap.
ped and returned to the office Of the
City Clerk. Miss Vangilder was un.
able to give the committee any infor-
nation with regard to the missing
bond or to the number which hac been
signed by the Mayor. Mr.. Kinkead
was then called up and asked about
the number he had numbered and de-
livered to the, Mayor and City Clerk
and he reported that he was uudcr
the impression that he had numbered
and delivered 75. He then came to
the City Clerks Office. and again stat
ed that according to his best judg.
ment he had delivered the seventy.
five, but 1t might be possible that his
machine had missed the number IA.
Mr.. kinkead was then asked how
many blanks he had received from the
photographer, and he said he thought
he had got 90, but that he had found
that he had received 9S, that two OF
these had been used for samples and
had been delivered to H. w. Showal.
ter after having been properly punch.
ed, and he had yet in his possession
81 blanks. One Of these was then
properly numbered IA and with the
other twenty blanks delivered to the
Finance Committee This bond was
properly signed by the Mayor and
with the other IA, making the full
number Is, was delivered TO the pur.
chaser The First. National Bank Of
Fairmont, after they had all been
properly sealed. The bonds we're de.
ltvered and the! City Clerk afterwards
affixed his signature to No. IA as he
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