The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-19
PROPOSED S6OO,0O0 B0ND. ISSUE
DISCUSSED BY COMMERCE BODY
Committee Which Reported on the Project Was Directed
To Continue It's IInyestig gations and To Confer
WithSthe City Authorities.
4. Z 0. NOT TlNIAC00PERATIVE MOOD now
President willard Says His Company is III
Construction Of New 3 ridge Across the River
AtbThis Point n
5AtThis Point.

avenue, and In that event we believe
advantageous arrangements can be
made with Acme Land Company and
adjacent property owners forl new
outlet to- Locust avenue.
Your committee further recon-.
mend that Locust avenue, particularly
at the points above referred to, should
be made even wider! than the proposed
y28 feet, and that the car track be
thrown to middle Of street. Your
committee are further Of the opinion
that these proposed changes can be
made for q sum approximating $40. 600,
Including the purchase Of the Dairy
property at jackson and Barney
streets and the moving OF the Mum:
ford buildings back from the street.
Proposed River Bridge-On this
subject the commit have examined
into the merits OF two bridges.
First, one extending from Wash.
iington street on Jefferson street to
some point on Merchant street be.
tween Ferry and Newton!
Second, the other extending from
Virginia avenue at Third street to a,
point on Polk street between Mer:
chant and Diamond streets.
Both of these bridges to be above
the Monongahela Railway and to be
approximately the same length and
heighth and cost stiapproximately$ $780,
900, exclusive of right of way. II is
the desire of the committee that the
chamber decide which Of these plans
that they care to recommend to the
! city autflorft ties, z
AT this point in the report Of the
committed an extended statement of
the financial eondi ton OF the city was
copied from the report snf Ssix months.
AS 70 fcontr utions toward the,
proposed impro OVEN ents by the ran;
roads, the traction company and the
county court the report says:
Your5 committee have investigated
through conference with represlita-
ttiyes Of the public service corpora:
tions who might be interested in the
proposed Improvements for the spur.
pose of fascertaining what might be
expected from them in contributions
toward this work. Our Investigations
revealed the fact that the Mononga.
hela Valley Traction Company and the
County Court will do their share to-
wards financing the proposed Improve
lments. The Buckhannon and North
Sern Railway Company, or rather the,
Monongahela Railway Company, are
non:committal at this time though sc
issthel belief ofsyour3 committee that at!
the proper time they will aid in this
work. President Daniel Willard Of
the B. e o. r. r.. Company advised
our special committe consisting Of
%. s. Mel Kinney and R. Z. Cunning:
ham. that he was of the opinion hts
company would not be interested in tile
construction Of a bridge across the
river at this time, and unless they
were interested that his directors
would not look with favor on any con.
ltribution towards its erection. He
further advised our committee that
they had fgiyenJup the idea Of building
their freight house on the Palatine,
side, and in consequence OF these con.
dltions your committee were forced
to the conclusion that nothing could
be expected from this railroad com;
pany. 5. y is...ii
Parks and Fairgrounds While
these subjects were not assigned
your committee for conside Grafton, we
are very much Of the yopinoin! thai, this
would be an opportune time for the.
City Of Fairmont to- begin planning
for some parks and Fairgrounds, and;
looking to this end we have included
in the summary below a trecommenda:
tion for: this purpose. 20
I'm summing up the items to be con.
sidered in the proposed bond issue the
following appear to be! reasonable: