The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-28
THE ISIEIDGEPOIIT MUNICIPAL
DIFFICULTIES.
WHY the Corporation was DiVid
cd into Wards.

IETNAvlLLE, Dec. ", 1919.
Editors IntcllsenCcri
As the Wheeling papers have given
some nOtOriety To the discussion that re-
Gently took place ut n meeting In Bridge.
port over the division Of the corporation
into wards, ask the privilege through
your columns Of making u statement as to
what all this tempest in a tea pot is about
Sec. 50 Of the Municipal Cole reads thus
1.-THE legislative authority Of all incorporated
Villages elnl h. vested In q Council consisting Ol
SIX members, except In Incorporated Villages III.
Vllel Into three OF moro wards, WHEN such author
ity shall 10 vcstel IN Council composed Of two
members from each warl,"
Tho law requires majority Of all the
members elected to said Council to pass n
law or ordinance. The division Of Bridge.
port into three wards naturally gives
Two wards TO the people and territory
north Of KirkwOOd, and insurcs them
equality Of representation for the future.
Some parties in Kirkwook, or the First
Ward Of Bridgeport, became exceedingly
indignant over the division thus made,
and for no better reason, as II would
seem, than that they desired and intend.
ed TO rule over Bridgeport for an indef.
mite time TO come. Hence their recent
20 called "indignation" meeting, and
hence also their denunCiatiOn of the act
Of Council dividing the town into three
wards rs 'ill.timed," which expression
simply means In plain English that the
act Of division did not suit them. The
nnimus Of those who inspired the meet.
Ing is probably clearly shown in mn OK.
preston lei drop by their orator, MIR.
Ross j. Alexander,who said that the Kirk.
wood people had the dollars and dimes
and therefore should hold sway over
their neighbors. Perhaps the orator Is
familiar with the old story of''Dollars and
Dimes" as II used to be published in the
papers, the moral Of which was that in
THIS world dollars and dimes" are every.
thing and the rights Of the people Of very
small account In comparison.
"l)mCs and Dollar, ,tlollarsnnd dimes,
An empty pocket Is the worst Of erlmtS"
The powerful orator Of the massive
meeting proclaimed with great vehem.
ence, as Is his wont on all occasions, that
there was niger in the wool pile some
where, and warned his hearers TO look
out for him. II was the opinion Of more
than one citizen present on the occasion
that although no niger in the business
was uncovered, yet there was an unmis-
taxable fragrance that betrayed the
close proximity Of skunk.
II Is proper, MeSsts. Editors, that your
readers should understand that we have
on this side Of the river two "Rings,' one
in Martins Ferry and the other in Kirk
wood. The latter one has been in great
favor with the first on account Of its eff
forts to assist il to large slice Of ter
ritory in this vicinity. The Kirkwocd
ring was willing to help the Martins
Ferry ring in this way because the menu
beFs Of II we'll knew. that the enormous
tax prevailing in Martins Ferry Of fro
dollars and Screniyfrc cents on he hundred
dollars would efFectually prevent any i'm
provemCnL on any building sites through
out liz incorporated territory, There.
fore they were willing to hand over to
Martina Ferry the property holders nd
jacent TO that corporation, regardless Of
any Justice or right in the case. This at.
tempted outrage has been checked by an
appeal to court, and thus the matter
rests for the present.
Meanwhile comes the ill timed
movement THAT ia the source Of so much
unhappiness just at this time 10 the
Kitkwood ring, movement, by the way,
that the ring leaders Of that ring per.
Ceive will Illustrate their schemes Of fu.
ture manipulation and domination over
the balance Of the Bridgeport corpora.
tion. Ills the fact that the all timed