The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-08

Net cost Of feed 81
Or average cost to feed pauper per day,
including tobacco aud sundry incidentals,
IA 40 cents, and 3 As cents per day to
clothe and shoe them, 3 1T cents proper.
ton Of cost per head tor fuel, or total
cost for clothing, fuel, food, &C., 81 3.5
cents per head, or including repairs, farm
implements, furniture, &c, the sum Of
% Is cents per head; nearly one.third
less than the year prior, while the aver
age number Of paupcrs per month has
increased 81 this year.
The condition Of the property is good,
the roof and tank having been reprinted
during the year; also the heating appara-
tus and machinery are in good order, as
also the fencing and other buildings, and
We think the coming year will still cost
less; the contingent poor fund will be
drawn on more heavily this year than the
prior one, as there seems 10 be u great
many more people destitute now than in
former years, yet your committee have
cndeavored as best they could to invcsti-
gate all such thoroughly before assisting.
The report was placed upon record.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS.
The Committee on Finance and Ac-
counts submitted report upon the sew
eral applications for reduction and cor
rectiOn OF assessments referred to them.
The committee alsO reported the Sheritl7s
statement Of the levy and vouchers re-
turned, showing the levy Of 1875 TO beslO5 s2s Oh
Balance due by Sheriff last settlement,
without reference to enjOlned bIIlS...... 2523 80
Wrlls and seals to Feb !, lS76..........- 1iiS II
W. W. L. & u. Pike tolls. 629 ~
Tax received from +. W. baltimore
FRirmOnt pike tOlls........ ............... Sl6 "a
Total to Feb SOL IS
Also returns vouchers paid from said
levy to the amount Of Si0, 269 81, showing
balance due by Sheriff, Feb. l, of $780,
59i 81 on said levy. The Sherif7s re-
turns Of witness and jurors account for
last term Of courts were examined and
found correct, and bills aggregating
S2,022 40 were recommended paid. The
report was filed and bills ordered paid.
COURT HOUSE AND JAIL.
This committee reported bills aggre.
eating S4Sl o., which were ordered paid.
7. W. & KY. TRANSFER.
The special committee appointed to
confer with Messrs. c. D. Hubbard, Ii. X.
List and others, associates in the forma-
ton Of company 10 complete the Pitts.
burgh, Wheeling & Ky. Railroad, and
the transfer OF the capital stock owned
by Ohio county in said p. W. & Ky. Rail-
road Company, reported the following
as the basis Of contract submitted by
the gentlemen mentioned above:
They and such others US may be asso-
ciated with them propose 10 subscribe
additional sums TO the capital stock OF
the company for the purpose Of compile.
ting and putting the road into operation,
and to commence work for that purpose
within one year and finish it within two
years from the execution OF contract
between the counties named and the COM
pany. The road is 10 be considered com.
pleted when train OF cars shall run
over it from Wheeling to the p. G. & st.
Louis road east OF the east end OF the
Stenbcnyillc bridge, but upon the follow
ing conditions:
LIST. That the counties transfer 10 per.
son or persons to be selected, their stock
in the said company, upon the trust that
he or they shall hold the same and vote
it at all meetings OF the company, until
the completion Of the road, and will then
transfer the same to the and among the
signers hereto and their associates in pro-
portion 10 the several subscriptions made
by them for such purpose, 10 he ascer.
tanned by the certificate OF the President
OF said company.
ID. That the counties shall npOn the
completion OF the road transfer to the
same persons and in the same proper
tons the debts and liens against the road
therefore purchased and then held by the
counties, TO be discharged by the transfers
upon receiving stock TO an equal amount
in said company and upon such receipt
no longer to be held as debts or liens
against the company or its property.
Sd. That in the event Of final recover
les by NJ. Greer & Co. and a. Yoke
against the 7. W. & Ky. Railroad Co.,
the counties shall assume the payment
and satisfaction OF such recoverics in the
proportions in which the counties have
heretofore assumed and paid indebted.
ness OF the company.
The committee recommended the num-
Der Of trustees 10 be fixed at three for
Ohio county.
The following modification was subse-
quently made to the original PROPOSE.
ton:
ave further agree in case we do not
succeed in six months after the signing OF
the contract, in getting additional sub.
scriptiOns or raising funds otherwise suf-
ticient 10 justify us in commencing the
work, TO give notice thereof to the coun-
ties and authorize them to make arrange
ments with other parties"
The committee considered this the best
that could be done to insure the compile.
ton Of the road at an early day, and re-
commended its adoption by the Board.
The report was signed by all the mem
bers Of the committee except Mr.. Schultz,
who submitted a minority report dissent.
ing. The minority report received but
one vote, Mr.. Schultz.
The proposition OF the Company was
then accepted by the Board as the basis
Of contract, and the President and
Clerk Of the Board were authorized to
sign said contract. Messrs, Schultz,
Waddle and Whitman voted against &C.