The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-11-24
Traction Company ProIiiE
est to Furnish Check
Up System.
.CI7Y DIRECTORS NE
Considerable Routine Busi
ness Was Conside ered
By Them.

The bonds of the People National
Bank, the Monongahela Bank and ira
Hole Savings Bank were read and
approved by the city Board ot Dlrec
tors at the regular meeting he'd
morning. The bonds were in the sum
of ten thousands dollars each ana
were made in order that the ins
tons might become depositpr foF
the city's funds.
Director of Finance Q. r. Davis
ported that he had received Two BIDS
on the city's building pr0pos la.
They were the firms Of Steel and
Boord and E. w. NNilliamsoni : q
matter was laid over for further con-
sideratlon by the directors.
The Monongahea aYlley TFac ion
company in an interview with q com
nlittee appointed by the Board 1t
last meeting to go over the comp
bill for lights against the. city cur
ed the bill by the sum Of $25 and tliey
agreed to furnish the city aPplsn By
December by which they could
tab on the light question. The board
objected to paying the bill In its a.
ty because OF the fact that g mum lel
Of lights had not been. kept burn Ing
as per contract with the Hight COM
pany
Several employees Of the IfeasIf
office asked that their salarie te g.
creased. This matter was laid OYER for
further conside deration. z Y
The city sprinkler was erad d Is
onlilued from the clieduIe
December frs tlfitl Iteyt sprill ll-
rector AInett VA alf tll0fiezd 10 liee d
whenever necessary.
Joseph Ford Of the firm o Carpefa
ter and Ford appea e1cro the
board and asked that some iinproT
ments be made to- Coke lles which
adjoils his place Of bltsine On GillS
fey street. The matter was
to dlreGtor Of Highways AREN'T and
city engineer s. B, Miller for ilEe
gGtion and report
A blue print which esta1l
grade on Coleman avenue bW %
Seventh and Eighth streets aud Oh
Ninth street between Coleman nil
Benom avenues was q 1inittsa
Fred Helmick and was approved bg
the board and the grade va Is b.
lished,
Director Arnett reported pro-
OIL MOrgantown avenue which ins
paved. Nine car loads Of ma ls
are on the B. & o. siding today iog
this work. He also reported that ulali
had been put to work improving g 8
alley between Sixth and Selenil D.
streets and Benoni and Walngt
nues.
CITY Clerk A. r Kern told the boaT
that the date for the hearing d tho
appeal case OF Kate Pres
nfond against the city had been 8 i
by Judge Raymond for Janua
TIE ndollars was ordered rsfdnde
to the Baltimore and Ohio teilf0 q
company for one-half inch tap placed
at Uztown for use Of the railroad com
pany. The investigation brungh Q
light that in order 10 serve this pro-
1ect It would necessttate the rinuin
Of some 600 feet Of water lifie and
that the revenue derived ttom ia
source would not Justify the clty q
making the expenditure.
Director Morris reported To u .
board that he and s. B! lille led
PAID visit to Pittsburgh las We'd
lcsday and had secured bids ior tle
furnishing OF the u Inch wa egsiine
which will be run ACROSS the onon
gahela river bridge. He repot the
a representative Of one Of the firms
would be here today to 100 over tae
situation.
A deed submitted by. y alcob
representing the F'alrrhont Mould ard
Foundry Company, the aiEno1 land
company and the lnterglo b q paNy
whereby these companie siFe Qr
the sum Of five dollars 10, deed tc the
city a parcel Of land to " used ior
street purposes onlyS on Non ntoNr
avenue near the Speedway ana lgnoln
as King street and which nds
from the Speedway oyer Glie fIiclnru
run railroad to Indiana aSenre The
proposition was discusses ~ the hoard
and referred to Director Arle END
City Engineer Miller sfof tilye
tion.