The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-24
TELEPHONE Lines
IN :FAI.IRMONT1 !! TO
BEUNDERGR.0||UN|'.D|!. /. |'i R.|:|. \
First of New Cables in City
to Be Placed on Merchant
Street, East Side.
WATER FUNDS LOW
Considerable Business Trans
acted at Meeting OF
Directors Today.


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Announcement that all new tele-
phonerlines on Merchant street and
branches therefrom will be laid un-
derground was made at meeting
of the Board of Directors held at 10
O'Clock this morning in the CITY
Hall, marking another step forward
in the civic progress OF Fairmont.
Correspondence IRON: both the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. and Merchant street property
owners was read before the board.
1t has been definitely decided that
when the new lines, required by the
re-paving of Merchant street under
the $390,0O0 bond issue in Union
District, are laid, underground ca
bles will be used. The telephone
officials are experiencing consider
able difficulty in obtaining suffi-
ever, and it may be some time be-
fore the work is completed.
Merchant Street Petition.
The petition from Merchant
street tproperty-owners was address
ed to the Board of Directors and
read as follows:
undersigned petitioners
respectfully repr that they are
the several owners of real estate,
abutting along Merchant street.. be-
tween the new high level bridge
easterly approach and Guffey
street
"Your petitioners would show
unto your honorable body that in
asmuch as said portion of Merchant
street is to be improved permanent
ly (less about ninety lineal feet.
thereof, now permanently improved,
extending from The said bridge ap-
proach northerly said distance of
about ninety feet) and it becomes
.extremely desira bic, properSandAim-
portant that Unnecessary and un-
slightly telephone poles beremoved
from said portion of Merchant
street. AS your: honorable body
has heretofore determined to wild:
en- the roadway of said portion of
Merchant street so as to make the
same uniform from the property Of
the railway company to a point
near Guffey street, and as your
honorab BILE body has caused white
way system of lightning to be in
stalled on said Merchant street be-
tween the points aforesaid. said un-
necessary poles will constitute a
disfguring element to the proper
development of business proper
| take place, the telephone poles will
be on the roadway of Merchant
street.
Therefore, your undersigned pc
| titioners, humbly pray that youl.
honorable body shall take such
steps as are necessary to cause the
elimination Of the telephone poles
mentioned, as it is entirely feasible
that. an underground. system be in
stalled. when and as the permanent
! Improvement of the roadway Of
| said Merchant street shall be don e
under the authority of the County
Court of Marion County, for Unicn
!! District"
This petition was signed by F. L..
jenkins, H. Ernest Hawkins. the
Monongahela Bank Of Fairmont by
Hugh F. Smith, cashier; Kunst &
by E. Watkins; East Side Build
I ing Loan Association by C. D.
Springer, secretary; James Diano,
John Phillips, c. c. Smith, J. G.
Mix, J.. H. Rex. j.. I'M. Higginbott-
1 am, Morgan Hardware Store by
Bruce Morgan, L. H. Orr, P. vul-
!, tiaggi, Mrs. F. s. Harr, J. A. Graham
| and J.. A. iPople & Son.
| Phone Company Agrees.
Upon the reading Of this petition.
Director of Streets w. E. Arnett
| stated that he had been in confer.
ence with the officials OF the tele-
! phone company and that they had
Edecided to use conduits. though un-
taware that the property-owners of
! Merchant street were petitioning.
l.Tha -
Mr.: Arnett was as follows:
cat the suggestion of Mr.. L..
R. Gahagen. district wire chief.
Fairmont, w. Va, we are writing
to inform you that we have before
our officials for approval an esti-
mate for some proposed construc-
| ton which, among other things
includes underground construction
on Merchant street and branches
thereof.
Having heard about the ure.
ency of the paving on Merchant
i'street few days ago we are as
suming that our new construction
will be approved and have ordered
the necessary material for placing
/ the proposed conduit and mfdn;.
!! holes. We are advised by our sup
plier. that this material will have
to be picked up from stocks at
Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Phila-
delphia and in view of the rail
road situation at the present time
We are unable to make any prom
lise as to when this matecsel will
arrive, but you may rest assured
that we are making every effort
| to have everything ready to start
| at the earliest possible tioment.
Since the proposed work will