The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-07


THE Board of Supervisors for Ohio
county met yesterday, at their room in
the Court House. The members of the
board present were Messrs. Cooper,
Good, Alexander, Salisbury, Handlan,
Simpson, Jacobs and Wallace.
The returns from the various election
precincts of the county having been ivy
them examined according to law, the
following candidates for county offices
wera declared duly elected; cT Il
To seats inithe House OF Delegates
Daniel Lamb, James NJ. BickeI, John
w Brown.
Sheriff ThOs. ]. Campbell. "a -.
PEosecuting :Attorney-Jas. P. Ro-
CLERK Of ctFopit ourt-Stichael j.
- Recorder-Ro Robert b. Woods, ~
TreaSurer-Israel Updegraff. y
SurVeyOE-Thomas b. McCorC.
Assessors-JOshua Burley, city; J..
w. Morgan, county.
The clerk offthe board was order.
ed to notify the parties OF their election,
Mr.. jacobs offered a resolution asking
an appropriation, by the county, of one
thousand dollars, for the repair Of
bridges on the west end OF the Wheel
Ing West Liberty and Bethany turn
pike, which were destroyed by the
freshets last summer. Quite discus
sion arose upon this question. Mr..
jacobs thought the road kind of her
mnphaOdite. 1t was neither n State road
nor a county road, nor yet did 1t belong
20 corporation. II 1896 the State
turned, over its three-1ifths interest in
the road to the county, and from some
cause the different Township Supervt-
sors had failed to provide any appro-
Prtation for keeping the road in order.
MIR. Jacobs further went on to stase
that In F1FFt M to- Il
", this road was hardly second to the
national road itself, but that in its pres
emit condition when WinLer set in IL
would be, absolutely ilnpassable and
thought it right that the Board should
make some appropriation 70 put it, in
Mr.. Hamilton objected on the ground
that he did not consider 1t OF more i'm
portance than several other roads in
the county for which the township su.
perVisors had asked no aid from the
county, and he thought that to make an
appropriation in behalf OF this particu-
lar road would be n species of favorit-
ism That would be unjust to other por-
Qons 81 thescpuutY.5 TT$f1 I L
ArsW AlHcS obi ected tothe apptoprf-
atton'on the ground that the contingent
fund provided by the Board of Super
Visors was about two-thirCls expended
IN various appropriations for objects
"uAGn Lu6 LtOaEO SHOULD nave ia kan
into consideration when unolSinU the
county levy. He plainly intimated
although he did NOT say Tin 40 many
words. that the present Board In iis
anxiety to make political capital nv
making the people of the county
believe TINT the immediate blessing fof-
lowing their accession 10 tho control ar
the county was, q great teduafion AZ
taxes, had neUl ected 10 make n lew ,1Flfs-
9uate to the necessities OF the conntS,.
that they had only levied ak thonsari
dollars for Observation-Disclosures and that
although scarceIv Hhlf Eba year S1aS
gone two-thirds or more of the FIND
had been exDended. th0t at Tho ISrasaT,t
rate nf disbnr4,a uarit I'd SSE1iI3 + mi he
gone in a. short tfTIie nfrI1Ti~ flIh c1Iin1T-
paper would be hawkef abont the city
at a discount. IVY
Mr.. JacobS stated t,tbRty the ranoir,;;
would REQUIRE mora than n tbo,3sSt'S
dollars, but that II was brop6 sedI 10 rSise
the balance AMONG tho iaTmeTS reSiSinT
on the road. al S..Its
An amendment yVas tI,oD ,,Froro,l h.,
which the Boartl agreed n, aHnroTv,ofs
one thousand dollars. proYfde3 tho
stockholders in the road raised and az
pended in repairing the road an addi-
as municipal court room and lock up
was then brought up and discussed.
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