The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-04
Also Sever u Extension and
Funding the Floating
DATA rs CALLED FOR
Big Bond Issue is Good Bus
mess and Will Not Boost
Taxes.

The iFairmont Chamber of
Commerce voted yesterday
afternoon5inf favor of speedy
action In starting Coal Run
and River Bridge improve
ments, the improvement of
Locust avenue and the ex-
tension Of the. city sewer sys-
TEN.
Asresolution was passed
asking the City Board of At
fairs to ascertain the ap-
proximate cost of these i'm
proyements and to report
promptly to the Chamber o.
Commerce in order that the
chamber may be given the
necessary data on which to
base recommendations re-
garding the amount of the
proposed bond issue.
1.-THE resolution also en-
doEsed the proposal that the
bond issue be made large
enough to pay 100000 of
floating ind ebtedness of the
city The esolution passed
yesterda day by ignoring rec
lamentations of a former.
committee for appropria-.
tions Cor city Fairgrounds
and city parks reduces the
estimatesSto figure some
what under $600,000.
The resolution asking the City
Board to secure the required data as
quickly as possible and report to the
chamberSwas.o offered by Samuel r. Nu-
gum. AS originally drafted the Tesolu-
Hon mentioned only the bridges and
tho Locust avenue improvement spe-
cidcSliy. During a discussion by o.
s. Mckinney, j. NJ. Jacobs, Anthony
Bowen and others the resolution was
amended to include the sewer extern
sionEwork and the 100000 floating in.
debetdness of the city.
Insany able address ]. Walter Barnes
city commissioner of finance showed
that the big bond issue as proposed by
thefchamber would result in lowering
etaxes on city property rather than
increasing them during the next four
years and that It would be good bus
mess to authorize the bonds.
Among the details which the cham
ber asked the Board Of Affairs to in
cIndeSin its report in addition to the
cost Of the improvements is the
AMOUNT OF assistance which may be Sc
rured from tho traction company, the
county court and the railroads toward
financing the project and options on
rights of way which It viii be neces.
saSYGtn have before the work can pro-
ceed
a motion was passed by the cham
ber directing secretary c. W. Evans TO
request Senator Nathan B. Gof and
Congressman A. NJ. Neely To procure
the enactment OF law by congress
aufhorizfng the construction OF the
6fidgai across the Monongahela river
which 3tSl5 an tnterState naY1SaDle
Stream and consequently under the
c0nt1ollo OF Congress as Tar as the cree
tfon3 n3oel bridges across It is concerned.
Alaw1 w1authorfxing such 4 bridge was
passed by congress some time ago
but It Is believed that the time limit
ofEfhisiIaW expire before the pro
POSED bridge can be constructed. Nh
for Samuel Brady. chief engineer OF
tho Buckhannon' and Northern railroad
explained tho procedure necessary TO
secure the required permission neces-
Safysfrum the Federal government
Tho vote Of tho chamber and the
dtScussinnf yesterday indicated that rs
SuonlasE the Board of Affairs furnishes
tho information requested by the
chamber speedy action VIII be taken
towards shaping the bond issue procla-
nation and getting the work under