The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-04
Also Sewer Extension and
Funding of the Floating
Debt.
data lis GALEED F0R
Biz Bond Issue is Good Bus
mess and Will Not Boost
Taxes.
The Fairmont Chamber Of

The Fairmont Chamber Of
Commerce voted yesterday
afternoon in 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. :,
Aaresolution was passed
asking the City Board of At
fairs to ascertain the ap-
proxiinate 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 rec recommendations re-
garding the amount of the
proposed bond issue.
The esolution also en-
dorsed the proposal that the
bond issue be made large
enough toSpay 100000 Of
floating indie btedness of the
city Tie reso l1tion passed
yesterday by ignoring rec
oInmendatio ions Of a former.
committee for; appropria-
tions fer city playgro
and city! parks reduces the
estimates TO figure some
what under 100000.
the resoluti onH asking the City
Board To- secure the required data as
quickly as posi- clear report to the
offered by Samuel r. NJ
sim. AS originally drafted the resolu-
lion mentioned only the bridges and
the Locust avenue Improvement spe-
cidcalIy. During a discussion by O.
SSMcKinney, u M. Jacobs, Anthony
Bowen and others the resolution was
amended Ito include the sewer extern
sionSWork, and the 100000 floating IN
debetdness of the city.
81 In an able address ]. Walter Barnes
city commissioner of finance showed
That the big bond issue as proposed by
the chamber would result in lowering
the taxes on city property rather than
increasing them during the next four
wears and that 1t would be good bus
inessst TO authorize the bonds.
Among the details which the cham
her asked the Board OF Affairs to In
cinde in its report in addition to the
cost o6 the Improvements is the
AMOUNT OF assistance which may be So
rmed from tho traction company, the
county court and the railroads toward
financing the project and options on
rights OF way. which It Will be neces-
asfysto have before the work can pro
ceed.
AsInntion was passed by the cham
her directing secretary c. w. Evans to
request Senator Nathan B. Gof and
ConEressman d. NJ. Nicely To procure
theGenSctment OF q law by congress
authorizing the construction Of the
4 hide across the Monongahela river
which Is an Interstate nayigable
ntTeam and consequently under the
4 control OF Congress as far as the cree
ti1nIoit bridges across It IS concerned.
Notwithstanding such bridge was
passed by congress some time ago
but it isT believed that the time limit
offthIss 1RWaWm expire before the pro-
posedE bridge can be constructed. Ma
Jor Samuel Brady, chief engineer OF
thaBuclthannonj and Northern railroad
Explained the procedure necessary to
secure theErequired permission leces-
amy: rom the Federal government
The vote Of tho chamber and the
discussion yesterday indicated that as
sdonsass the Board of Affairs furnishes
de information requested by, the
chamber speedy action viii be taken
towards shaping the bond issue procla-
nation and getting the work under
Abbo B eeleeted
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