The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-11

the work to be donesnnders supervis-
Ion of the street GommiBsio and
Committee on -msEkess IaE
Report adopted. zf,5a es.S,.-
ON Salaries.
The COMMITTEES feedhmehd that the
following salAries be paid for the fiscal
year TO the officers in the city employ:
City TTaasnfer. per annum. ..,.,............S 800
SIsrk "a heId markets. per annum--....'. go
CufAtorot-do----- - ,,...,,,, 50
stIeet Commissioner, :. = ......... 200
Sextonot city eemetery, = , .-..+-... /, 6S S9
So1t d Wish be & REQUIRED 10 ply eight dep
City Sergeant's fees; For summoning
and attending each meeting OF Council,
50; for summoninE and attepding each
COMMITTEES oflthe Council, 81; for sum-
moning each 20 cents. ni7z uss y
superintendent OF Water Works, per
annnm, 81, 201, Together with the engi-.
neerIs house Hnd coal for the same free
of charge; and he isrRquIred TO employ
and pay out OF salary Two engineers At
SIS each per month andR fireman ats y
Wharfmaster, HI per scent. on : the
amouptot Wharfage collected and PAID
into the treasury..-- - -
Fire Wardens, e per day while actu-
ally employ ed OF ontduty. a5-'
: Assessors OF water rents, and taxes
for; 1867, Tor completing assessment In
Health omeer, $10o per month while
holding ONCE by appointments OF coun-
Ioversee,rF OF the Chain Gang, $50 per
month. 93a- -i351'4 q .5H.c
The committee did not deem 1t neces-
sary TO act on pay of the Sanitary Conn
miitee until the Council decided wheth-
er any will be appointed this year,
their duties being embraced in those Of
the Health officer.
Action concerning the per cent
age allowed TO the assessor OF per-
sonal property and improvements
Council decide upon the number of
the Assessors TO perform the duty. Ac-
ton concerning the rates ofper centage
to be allowed the Collector of water
rents and the Collector of city taxes
was also postponed until report Is
made to Council OF the amount OF the
assessment of the water rents and city
taxes.
Upon consideration7of the report, on
motion of Mr.. Acheson, the salary Of
the Street Commissioner was fixed at
81, 200; and on motion OF bIr. Hughes,
the City Sergeant's 5000: and thus
amended the report was adopted. Fl
OF STREET coAsIIssIoNER.
The Commissioner reports that haT-
ing been authorized 10 open the sewer
in alley 1, In the 9th Ward, he finds no
sewer there. There was formerly box
sewer there, butit WAS taken up by the
health officer last summer.
He recommends laying new hoor
on the bridge over Caldwell's Run, on
Jacob street, and presents bills amount
ing to $3.50 62. Report adopted and
payment ordered. Action concufred in
by First Branch.
- rs1 on WATER WORKS.
The committee report bills amount
ing to $9l3 81, land recommend pay
ment, They report adversely on the
petition Of Messrs. Pryor & Handlan,
who being assessed at 500 and having
taken down their machinery and used
no water for five months, ask proper
Tomato reduction.
They recommend that fire plugs be
put in at the following places: AT the
ion streets, 6lh Ward, andsat the old
pork house, (now glass works,) 4th
Ward,
Upon the petition of Dewey, Vance &
Co., the Committee express the opinion
that Council ought not 10 put the wafer
Pipe in Marshall street, but put u finch
pipe Ia First street, from the 20-inch
down the alley, at Berger & Hotfman's
Tannesy.
The COMMITTEES had examined the
supply of water to the Wheeling Roll
ing Mill, North of the city, and found
the supply very deficient. They re-
commend that contracts be made as
soon as possible for The putting in OF n |
l0.inch pipe from Washington street, |
with the branch of 20.inoh
pipe on Main street, 10 run up Main
street TO North, and a 6rinch pipe from
Stewards Foundry, on Main street, to
the North line of the city. The COM
mlttee ask authority to make the con-
tracts for the pipe; with sufficient fire.
plugs and stop:Cocks, on the best terms |
they can. The contracts 10 be let, TO |
the best and lowest bidder, and the |
work done under the instruction OF the |
Superintendent of Water Works.
On motion of Mr.. Miller, the recon-
mendaLion in regard TO tho petition of
Messrs. Pryor d Handlan was ire
versed and they were allowed reduc-
ton of $40. The same gentleman moved
that Sinch pipe be used instean4 Of 10
inch, from Washington street to North,
but the motion was not agreed to. =
The report as amended was adopted.
Run, Rub, Rub-Logan,s Arnicai
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