The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-12

or portion oil the mile thaL .LHc Ilol %
had worked. persons who do not be-
lieye this can be shown incontroYert.
ible evidence of its veracity, and the
name and address Of the owner Of the
snail will be glvenl.
Z Two applications for membership
were considered last night at special
meeting OF the Contributors Club
OF Fairmont. These were the petitions
of A. VOTER and A. LABORER. Al
ter several ballots had been taken. a.
VOTERS application was refused on
Z the grounds that he was thought 70
Z DO hired press agent of some pH!t' 8
cal candidate. A. LABORER was elect
ed member however. and dulS mt
Istiated into the secret work OF the or
ider and passed all the tests and took
fthe oath as required by the constltu'
ton and bylaws.
Many OF the members feared that a.
( LABORER would be inclined to havG
\ socialistic tendencies, STt these fears
kwere groundless, as e. be seen from
Sthe speech he made w1on his being re:
ceivcd rs a new member. His speech
started other discussions which were
recorded on the minute books as fol-
lows:
Y "A. LABORER: "a am truly battered.
I gentlemen, to be admitted To this ex'
scIusiYc society. For myself ! have bur
little to say at present. as am now
remployed by the city OF Fa mont and
nv duties arc moi cxarti&G. Three
more mon arc employed on the same
hob that am on We arc at work
tDlacinC the stree Gi~re on all the cor
: ners sd stree; err inEs in the town,
4 All have to do Is 70 hold the step
FretFa- and watch the other men
- - We don't even have to think, as
II City Engineer is always present
Ito Tell us just how to make every
5m0ve''
TAXPAYER: "Ycs. I noticed that
crew OF men out working and think
st Is cheap graft and waste OF none
v on the part OF the city Officials
scourt, the house numbers and the
street signs are badly needed. but
: what object TO is the employing of
these four mon and the use Of two
ladders besides needing a boss to
watch the job. Now, there Is already
man on the salary list that could do
this work all alone. and dispense with
/ the employment Of the four extra men,
besides the time the engineer Is los
ling because he needs to watch the
\ fob. Officer Kerns WHO Is affectionately
Icalled Shanghai" by his friends, could
easily be spared from his beat for a
few days and he Is tall enough to NAH
up the numbers and street signs with
4out the use OF ladder and man to
hold 1t. He could also easily carry the
bundle of signs and thus do away with
the horse and wagon and the driver
and the man to hand out the signs to
the man on the ladder. think will
write to Finance Commissioner Barnes
and protest about this shameful waste
of the city funds,
PRO BONO PUBLlCO: Far more
important, 1t seems to me, is this mat.
ater of Safety Flrst".T observe in the
papers this evening a report Of an
sotIier accident IN which another child
was struck by trolley cur. notice
THAT very few OF these cars have fen.
sders or are in any way provided with
any safety device. This should be
Hooked into and some provision made
to avoid such things in the future. NO
matter howe careful motorman OF
K trolley car may be, there are times
when accidents are unavoidable. II
this car today had been equipped with
"a fender or basket to catch persons
who might he in the way. the little
sglrl would likely have escaped with
4but little more than scratch and
good scare. AS it was, anyone who
& will look at the car in question. will
wonder how the child escaped being
ground beneath the wheels. Traffic
regulations by the city authorities
contain too many rules for drivers of
milk wagons and grocery trucks, with
none at all for the regulation OF the
trolley car conditions.
* syOXi POPULl: your sentiments re.
Seiye my hearty support. Mr.. PUB
LICoy,and I suggest that we prepare
formal letter OF protest TO Mayor Bow
EN- from the society as a whole"
3 ANONYMOUS tried to tell the mem
hers something, but no one would lis
ten to him, SO he will likely tell his
story at the next meeting, The letter
to the Mayor was prepared and the
meeting adjourned,