The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-12
cry COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
SECOND BRANCH,

CITY COUNCIL PhO'b"p'N"S
SECOND BRANCH,
The regular monthly meeting OF Coun-
ell was held last night. President Logan
baing absent, on motion Mr.. Hanson
presided.
Present - Beltz, Goering, Hoge,
Hanson, Hanke Kinghorp. Long, Myles,
McGaw, McCourtney, Pollock, Pryor,
Ritz, Travis, Warner, Vogler, Wilkin-
son and Handian.
The minutes ofth last meeting were
read and approved.
The report of the committee on Water
Works and the Superintent thereof, were
read and adopted Bills to the amount
of S2,OlO.97 were ordered TO be paid.
The report of the committee on Scales,
recommending the payment of bills
amounting to S32.7j was read and adopt
ed.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The report of the committee on Fire
Department was read and adopted. Bills
amounting to S63.62 were ordered paid.
The committee then reported the follow
ing resolutions, which they asked to be
adopted
R>solred, That the committee on Ordi-
nances be directed to report an ordinance
amending the Ordinance in relation to the
Fire Department Of the city of Wheel
ing." 50 as to provide for the payment OF
500 per annum to each Of the three
engineers. instead of $50, they to give
their whole time to the service, under the
direction of the Board of Control.
Adopted.
Resolved, That the committee on Fire
Department be, and is hereby empower
ed to contract with "The National Fire
Alarm Telegraph Company" ior the
erection of its system i'll the city OF
Wheeling, upon the terms and conditions
named in the argicle OF agreement and
bond, when the same shall have been
executed and approved by the city
Solicitor; provided that the cost OF the
erection of said fire alarm shall not eX-
the sum named in said papers, to-wit:
$3.50.
The ayes and nays were called for in
the last resolution and was adopted by
the following vote:
Ayc,-Betz, Gooring, Hoge, Hanson,
Hanko, Kinghorn, Myles, McGaw, Nc
Courtney, Ritz, Travis, Warner, Hand
lan-l3.
Nays-Long, Pollock, Pryor, Vogler,
Wilkinson-5.
The report of the committee on Ac-
counts was received and read, showing II
balance in the hands of the City Recciy-
or to be $lO.4269j. Bills amounting 10
$4,000 were recommended to be paid.
The report was adopted and bills order
ed paid.
THE PENINSULA BRIDGE.
10 HE Mayor and C0Wica:
GENTLEMEN:-The SPECIAL committee
on Peninsula Bridge would report that
in accordance with "a resolution of COun-
Gil, passed in March last, proposals were
invited by advertisement in the daily
papers OF tho city, for the masonry, foun
dation, for pier, rip-rapplng. superstruc-
ture and approaches for bridge across
Wheeling creek, near the mound, TO the
Peninsula Cemetery.
The committee would recommend that
the contract for the super structure be
awarded to 4. L. White Il Son, of New
Brighton, at 2jc per liniei foot; the
contract for the masonry to Fried
ley u Co., at 1928 per perch; the con-
tract for the gip-rap to Thomas Curran,
at 81 % per perch; the contract for foun-
dation for pier 10 Findly " Co, at 4Oc
per perch and the contract for embank-
ment To Thomas Curran at lHI cents per
cubic yard. Each contractor to execute
Il bond with approved security to COM
plete his contract according to the pi0n-
and specifications on file in the ClcrH :
office, and to the approval of the c'.y
Surveyor.
The cost of bridge l8 feet wide, at the
prices named in the bids Of the parties 10
whom the committee recommend the
work to he let, would be US follows:
80 pcrches of masonry ut 81 D. Gee. s3,G57 30
20 perchcS OF rip-rap at 81 2j........... 30 ~
30 feet of superStructure at s. d.. 52jO 10
Foundation for pier NJ ~ cents per
perch iaDOut so w
9i79 cubic yards of earth in APP
proaches at 1879 centS.................. ,SiS ~
su,7S5 90
Being 4,i63 50 less than,Mr. Smiths
estimate of the cost of Il, bridge II feet
wide. AMI 1859 SO less than the amount
the committee reported to the Council al
Il former meeting as the probable cost Of
II bridge / feet wide.
A written proposition from Mrs. Car
ter accompanies this report, agreeing to
pay 81, 800 in cash to the city, us part Of
the cost of erecting above bridge, and If
this amount be deducted from ST., 7S5 80,
it will make the actual cost of tie bridge
to the city S9,2s5 20 which is some hun
dreds of dollars less than it Will take to
put the old road to the cemetery in good
repair.
Resoirsd, That the contract for the
supcrstructurc of II bridge across Wheel
ing creek, near the mound, to the PENN
sular Cemetery be awarded to 4. b.
White and Sons of New
Brighton, for Siwville Truss
bridge ut % cents per lineal foot, they to
furnish bond to be approved by Coun-
Gil, to do the work according to the plans
and specifications OF W c. Smith, now on
file in the Clerks office, and under the
superintendent of the city Surveyor.
RcsoLred, That the contract for rip
raping be awarded Thomas Curran, at
Sl25 per perch, he executing Il bond us
required in the first resolution
Rcsoired, That the contract for founda-