The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-05
GREAT variety
OF SUGGESTIONS
FOR MEMORIAL
Parkway Up Coal Run and
Recreation Center in
Bridge
MUCH TALK OF BUILDING
Committee Wants the Pub
lie to Send in It's
Ideas.

Numerous suggestions as TO suit
able memorial for the soldiers and
sailors were made at meeting OF
the committee on sailors and soldiers
memorial of the Fairmont Chamber OF
cerce last evening at the rooms Of
the chamber in the Watson building.
A L. Lehman suggested that q
memorial park be made out of the
land alongside of Coal run. a boule-
ward would be provided. 1t was pro-
posed 70 extend from Fairmont ave
nue. to Third street and thence to the
B. & @. belt line to First street and
teen 60 the B & O. railroad and up
Coal run possibly to the High school
grounds. where a suitable back
ground could be arranged or possibly
It could be extended as far as Loop
park
One of the new ideas given in
which the new East side bridge would
be q consideration vas made by At
torney Henry S. Lively. Hetproposed
that the middle of The bridge be a
recreation centre where the public
eelEd gater n the summer use
, = EifSs3ys s1Eoeds Il would give
Benches could be arranged lust as IS
done q public square or plaza. The
bridge Is TO be Gfty-eight feet wide, It
was stated. M. Lively believed that
probably $4,000 would be expended
In the additional Improvements and
that permission could be secured from
the gov ernment in regard to having
an arch IN the middle. The idea of
Mr. Lively was supplemental later by
Incorporating the idea OF having an
arch to each side OF the recreation CEN
tres. which would be suitably in
scribed. Shafts or monuments might
be placed there-ons of each side
one to the sailors and one to the sol
diers. Mr.. Lively believed that the
recreation centres could be placed at
the north and south sides OF the bridge
permitting traffic to so straight
through or else traffic could be d.
verted around q recreation centre to
be provided IN the middle of the
bridge. He believed that the recrea-
ton centre or centres could be beau
titled with Tower beds.
Hon o. S. Mckinney. chairman OF
the committee, stated that a sugges-
ton had been made as to erecting
nag stan on the bridge
One of the suggestions was made
that as soldiers memorial that the
debt be wiped out on the Y. NJ. c. A
building.
An objection to The. bridge was
raised b. some one which was reflect
ed In the meaning. This party believed
that many OF the soldier boys had
voted on the loan to build the bridge
and when they come home they ex-
pect It to be finished With mem.
'oriaI feature doyetailed into it the
party did not believe world. be an ac-'
ceptable memorial to them.
During the meeting. which 'brfstIed
with enthusiasm, Mr.. Lively referred
to the memorial hall and suggested
the Arnett property at Main and
Quincy streets A suitable building to
be erected on the Bennett lot at JET
terson and Jackson streets. was also
suggested It should be a hall where
civic and patriotic bo1:es could meet.
One Of the objections raised was that
sufficient revenue could hardly be &C.
cumutated to make the structure pay
In the future. A memorial bah with
tina aEmory on the first floor was sug-
gested. This would give sufficient
revenue to keep the proposition afloat.
A suggestion was made that a farm
ers market be placed IN the basement
OF memorial building
o. S. Mckinney asked the press to
urge the citizens Of the city and .coun-
ty TO make suggestions as Il has been
decfded to make a county proposition
ont OF the matter also.
Suggestions made In the foregoing
are credited to the man who present.
ed them TO the meeting, but in thema-
jcS 3 Of instances they have been
made TO members Of the committee by
various citizens
Another meeting Of the Memorial
committee VIII be held on Friday
evening, December u, at the rooms
OF the Chamber Of Commerce.