The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-12-13
CITY WANTS INV I
TOPAY ITS SHARE
OFCOS70FBRIDGE
Names of Bridge Aiders
Likely To Be Preserved
In Bronze

At the regular meeting OF the
City Board OF Directors held this
morning Director Of Finance 2. F..
Davis was authorized to take up
with the Monongahela Valley Trac
tlon Co. the matter Of payment Of
portion of the additional $685.
600 subscribed for the completion
OF the high level bridge across the
Monongahela river. An agreement
presented to the city some time
ago was not entirely satisfactory
to the Board as to time of payment
of the funds and the matter was
taken up with the company but
has not as yet been satisfactorily
settled.
The board authorized the pur-
chase of map filing cabinet
which will preserve the maps Of
the city, many Of which are valu-
able and are becoming destroyed
on account of not being properly
take care of 2,S00 maps and will
be adequate to meet the city's
needs In this particular for many
years TO come. 1t Will cost ap-
proximately $3.50.
A discussion was had relative to
the fill necessary to be made at
the Hickman Run bridge on the
East Side. The board deemed the
price asked for the fill is too high
and will investigate the matter rel
ative to getting better prices. The
price submitted was $1.90 per
yard.
Several citizens appeared before
the board relative to street i'm
provements and were told that the
board would assist in making the
roads passable provided the citi-
zens who would be benefited by
the Improvement would assist in
the work. Those who appeared
were c. a. Riggle and French
Barnes, In regard to Cedar street;
Miss Virginia Gaskill with refer
cnce to the upper part Of Jefferson
street, and DR.. ]. NJ. Trach with
regard to Reeves avenue.
John McVicker, superintendent
at theHresivoir asked the board to
raise his salary or to make some
compensation for work which he
did on cleaning out the reservoir
last summer, which necessitated
him neglecting his garden ind thus
deriving him of this source of in
creasing his revenue. The board
took the matter under advisement
Forms for the lettering of the
bronze tablets to be placed on the
river bridge were submitted by AL
bert ]. Kern, city attorney, to the
board but no definite action was
taken in regard othem. Ono
plate submitted bore the names OF
the county and city officials at the
time the bridge was begun, an
other bore the names of the city
and county officials as they will
be when the bridge Is completed.
1t is also proposed to have bronz
plate with the names Of the citt-
zens who pledged money to under
writo the banks to secure money
for the completion bf the bridge
and the Bridge Aid Syndicate COM
nittees names.
Building permits were granted
as follows: To D. S. Fisher, to
build a dwelling on Reeves avenue,
same to cost $4,500; to c. E. MI
nor to build a dwelling on East
Park avenue, same 10 cost 5000;
to G. E. Minor to build one-story
structure on Fifth street and Gas
ton avenue, same to cost $4,000;
to D, D. Leonard to build a garage
on Monroe street; 10 c. o. Reed
TO build two-story building to cost
$3.50 on Berkeley street; to a. NJ.
Hill to build a building on Seventh
street to cost $500.