The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-11
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|7|500'F0R1NEN
Streets IN CITY
fund Ais Provided for New
sanI tairy Sewers and East
Side Fire Station

san1 tary Sewers and East
Side Fire Station.
NeW improvements amounting to
4 6S,925s68 will be made In this
#scitySduringS the next year If the re-
ceipts Sof the city are expended as
now contemplated in Fairmonts
new ESTIMATED budget. This Will
sproba biysmea the building Of a
sSnaWEast Side fire station; the pur-
chase OF high power pump to
pump water to high buildings fo1
ssuses IN the fire department; the
and repair of many city
SSstreets9 and the addition OF many
sanitary and storm sewers IN the
The item ii the new city bud get
LISTED new improvements incluc-
SSesSthe sum OF s27, 500 for the pave.
Sment Of streets and erection OF
will mot 60 far In street improve
ssnent IL the Board OF Directors
sYiefe to- grant all the petitions for
SpaYell streets presented to them,
IN Will mean the improvement OF
ssaS number OF streets about the city
lit tssthe largest and most costly OF
esneWsGimprovement listed IN the
Sbudg now drawn up. The city
Il directors have petition after petl-
ton &for pavement of streets pre-
scented Ito themEat the, weekly ses-
sRsions OF the board OF directors, bu,
SSWfthathe limited amount of money
!SfheYshaVe to expend it is utterly
to grant more than
I bout one-fourth Of the petitions.
THE street Improvements contem-
Splated blythe directors for the
Hconng year, while comparatively
\ small, will n be OF much Interest to
SthesinanyEp petitions of the city who
have been waiting for years to
5fhaye their streets improved, it IS
rs ointe Sd out.
.sSsss2 Sanitary Sewers
s s Proba bly, the most urgent Of the
inewSHinprovemen ts listed for the
ein,ssuingsyear is that of sanitary
8sewers. For this work, the city
Fathers have included in the esti-
innate budget the sum Of s1S,425.-
*68. which is the second largest Of
heScontemp1ated improvements.
THE sewers IN some sections Of the
city are in very bad shape, and it
ssSWi IlScost many thousands OF dol
liars. Ito get them in proper cond1-
s:tion.$ Many more thousands o.
dollars could be advantageous sly
Sspents In this department alone If
StheEcit y3 directors h ad the funds to
sscarryN out wha tt they would like to
sdo: 1t rs said. The amount allotted
&hoWever,is believed to be sufficient
stto 4 handle the situa satisfac-
storily for another year.
ss Fire Equipment
ssAnOt h err In teresting item In the
the sum Of S15, 1000 listed
Sas fire departmente equipment. This
sswil1pro badly mean the purchase OF
IA high power water pump to- ele-
Yate5water5t to the tops Of high build
.tings Such a 4 pump will cost ap-
$12,500-
ssSSsS The citygdir ectors have been con-
the purchase Of such
: ! as pump for a long time, and have
had numerous requests from c1ti-
szens$of the city to make the ex-
nditur e. The Kiwanis Club re
Gently appeared before the board
sand asked for. the purchase OF
such pump together with an
Saerial truck. An aerial truck would
scostsa bout! $4,000 and If the est.
mated budgets lis adopted 1t looks
sass 18th Is city authorities will PUT
scha the pump but defer the pur-
.chase or the truck to another year.
East Side Station
The sum Of $4,000 is provided
sforsthe building Of a new East Side
.sfire station, which will measure
aup with the other improvements
snoWs befng made In the East Side
the ground for the new building
shas been selected and it will pro B.
Tab1yEnot be many months until the
new station Is completed
I Many other minor items are in
Ss250.0O for health department.
which will probably
mean the purchase OF a new gar
sbage truck. The garbage trucks
Nareg iii bad condition. and the pur-
5chase OF a new one is considered
very urgent. The sum of $50 Is
for police department
equipment, which will probably be
Expended in uniforms and other
for the police.
PROVISION has been made for
Isl, 900 70 be pent in storm sewers
\ about the city. The only other
gifemng listed under new improve
sssmiIents is $500 for furniture and
at the city building.
r. The improvements contemplat-
Ned 4 are carried out, they will COM
rsSfaTorably with the amount ex-
spended for new improvements In
Eprevious years. The budget drawn
sup last Tuesday is only a tentative
sSarrange however, and it may
to discard some OF the
improvements and
sSspend the money in some other de-
apartment.
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