The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-17

CHICAGO STREET
City Directors Hear First
Reading of Highway I'm.
provement Ordinance

Paving Of Chicago street be-
tween Quincy and Abbott streets
was provided in an ordinance
which was passed to its second
reading by the Fairmont Board Of
Directors at Its meeting at 10
O'Clock this morning.
No estimate of the cost was
made. The paving is to be done
with brick or other hard surface"
material. Advertisement for bids
Is to be made in local papers i'm.
mediately upon the passage OF the
ordinance, and the contract will be
awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder.
Property owners on each side OF
the street will pay one-third Of the
paving cost before their property.
The city will pay the remaining
third. Immediately upon the con-
clusion OF the paving, assessments
will be levied against the property
owners. After sixty days, interest
at the rate OF s per cent will be
charged.
To Lag Sewer Lines
Permission was given to Dlrec-
tor j. Clyde Morris to lay sanitary
sewers lines on Ohio avenue, Syya-
more alley and the alley In the
rear OF Ridgely avenue. The cost,
II was stated, will not exceed
Little other business of impor-
lance was transacted at the morn
ing session. Only one complain
tant appeared before the board, a
representative Of the Y. W. C. A.
cafeteria owners, who drew at.
tention TO the fact that a barn In
the rear Of the lunch-room would
cause considerable annoyance dur
ing the summer unless some
change in sanitary conditions was
made. 1t was stated that memhers
Of the Methodist Protestant
Church, whose temple is adjacent
to the cafeteria, have complained
Of a certain unsayory odor eman-
atinG from the stable in question.
Mayor W. W. Conway was an
pointed as a committee Of one
with authority to act.
Attention Of the "Y" r~epresen-
tatlve was called to the fact that
an unsightly pile OF old boards
and cans was located In the rear
OF the cafeteria and that the re-
moval of this condition would
greatly improve the appearance OF
the neighborhood. 1t was explain.
ed by the representative OF the
"Y' that the rubbish had been left
in that place by another party who
had promised to remove 1t and
that most of it had been taken
away in the pre-Easter cleanup. !
Cleanup talk followed this incl
dent with the result that a num-
Der OF other dumping-places,were
fsurattyely hauled on the carpet
and examined. In a number OF
instances 1t was decided TO take
action TO eliminate what was
termed BY some as "nuisances."t
One Of the directors brought
forward the Information that a
resident on the old Fairmont-
Beverly pike, up Coal Run rayine,
had placed a post directly in the
middle Of a hard-surfaced road,
preparatory to fencing in what he
considered his half of the road.
The city engineer was instructed
to investigate the residents claim
to the road and issue the man ten:
tatiye orders to postpone his fenc.
Ing operations. 1t was the opinion
of board members that the fencing
of Beverly pike would destroy a
beautiful driveway and would es.
tabltsh a bad precedent:
Won't Sell Building
Directors agreed unanimously
against the selling Of the old city
jail on Field street, now used as a
garage for city trucks. This pro-
perty will be vacant when the new
city garage on Cleveland avenue
is completed next month and a
number OF persons have been bid
ding for It.
The directors decided, however,
that repairs to such a ramshackle
structure could hardly make it
less OF an eye.sore or fire-hazard
and though no official action was
taken, II was tacitly agreed that
the building should be torn down
and the material sold for what it
would bring.
Mike Powell, In a letter to the
board, asked II the city would
consider the extension Of aid TO
citizens interested in further i'm
provements on Speedway. After
recalling to mind the fact that the
city has assisted already in about
1000 feet Of repairs on the street
this year, the directors decided
they would not be interested until
fall and voted accordingly.
A letter from l.. Glenn Roop
announced the appointment Of a
new committee to function with
regards to the improvement Of
West Fourth street. Nj. Roop is
chairman OF the new committee
and Bruce Bailey and Bernard
Stalnaker the assisting members.
1t was brought out at the meeting
that the city had signed a part
cost contract on September 81,
1920. and that property owners
were now DESTROYS of taking ad-
vantage Of his agreement.
Issue Building Permits
Building in the city is Stacking
up II permits issued by the council
this morning may be taken as a
criterion. Seven permits were
issued, totallIng only $5.025. They
are as follows: