The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-28
Traction Company Must Re
lay Part Of ! lew Track,
City Officials Say.
BUSINESS Men PROTEST
Slow Work Of Citizens n
Laying Of CIurbs y Also
Delays Work. q

Promises that the work of paylng
Main street and Fairmont avenue
would be expedited were gobt tafned dtliis
morning from the City Board ot AZ
fairs by committee ot sbnsiness men
appointed yesterday Afternoon IL 4
meeting Of the Business sMenIs Aaso-
ciation.
Promises were also made by Che
city officials that paving already laid
between the street car tracks contrary
TO agreement at the outer end o.
Fairmont avenue would be torn upsand
inch and a quarter below the top o.
level of the top Of the rails II WAs
The commissio ersS further assured
the committee from the Business
Mems Association that Jacksn street
would not be torn up until Main
street had been finished
The city commfssf sfonera jnsdhed
their action inspermitt ting Main street
and Fatrmont avenue TO be torn up
for over a mile, the full length ot the
thoroughfare, ON the ground thnt II
Is more convenient and less xpenatye
for the contractors TO do the work
when they are permitted the NE Of
the entire thoroughfare.
1t was explained that Sc tho con
tractors were requir red to tinls1a I aecS
tion OF two or three apuares and
throw 1t openbt to- Straffi before tearing
up another sect ion they Wpuid 10
great Y incon led and TINT tie
men working ong the elton company
part OF the contract and those work
ing on the other parts Nnf the street
would be In each Others We.
The slownSs with winch some OF
the property hold derssare putting ia the
curbing required by the CITY is aileg
ed as another reason for the delay.
A, L. Lehman. the eSstTeet comm ission
er, explained each properly oWner let
the contract for the curb in tront OF
his own property and that q number
OF these ontractorsg were WoElktng Oh
other Jobs instead Q5 putttng ~ tho
Main street and 10 tEgssst t,lsnpe
curbs. s
Mr.. Lehman explained that the
small contractor able TO collect pay
much more promptl than the city and
IudJ Iu49
ed inadvisable for the city to take
charge of the letting OF the Contract
for the curb. X
Ira Smith, waite and sewer COM
missioner, said that part of the delay
in the paving work was due 10 the
failure OF the city to secure se#er
pipe fast enough and that great difff
Guilty was experienced In afranging
with property owners Regarding the
size and kind otWater connections
they wanted. 53Ss
When the question: of teating up
Main street was raised tby the commit
tee from the Business MEMS AHsocia-
tion, Mr.. Lehman protested that this
matter should not lie taken Up Until
they came to- Mayor thnny Bow
en- assured the Business Mepts COM
mittce that the fJack kspn street paving
would not be removed until Main
street should be open stor traffic. He
said, however, that the work Of max
ing sewer and wat ter connections and
OF putting In curbing8 along Jaclsscn
street would be- continued. This was
satisfactory To- the Committee
Mr., Lehman said that tle ctty had
great difficulty In citing contractors
and workmen TO properly brace the
sides OF excavations made 10 reach
sewer and wat lines and that as q
result there were occasionai eayeins
The commissio declared that bad
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