The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-15

treasury the committee would now make
recommendation to erect buildings in
both Wards, as well us the fire alarm
telegraph. Some Of the engine and hose
houses are in need Of repair, which the
committee ordered TO be done.
MdrketS-The committee reported that
they had met and received the report Of
the Clerk Of the Second Ward market for
the month Of July, giving tho collections
for the month, as follows:
Stalls not rented by SIT 6O
iall rent kNotlh hAll w
X II. GilleSpy lotiee rent u ~
haBon lA'.'.,' III w
''.''."s2sS 10
Water WOrks-SuperintendenIa bills,
81 ,0Gl "a, ordered paid. Recommends.
tons: that Joseph Hamilton be allowed
reduction in his water rent for the year
1876 Of So 80; that Mary ], Drake be
allowed a reduction on her water rent
for the year 1876 Of 81 05; that the con.
tract for shingling the water works house
according 10 specifications DO awarded to
J. A. Holiday & Co, for the sum Of
W. OV' al huupAcus
City Prison-Report Of Superintendent
for July: Prisoners received during
the month 40, discharged 81, escaped 3;
days worked by prisoners 343, as follows:
Market street Improvement 80 days, ut
city building 90 days, grading Coal street
81 days, digging for curb stone on EoiT
street 4 days, on Peninsula cemetery liz
days, ut prison rs days; current expenses
for the month $lG4 70, average cost per
head each day % cents. The Superin.
tendent adds, ave have completed the
work on the Peninsula cemetery to the
satisfaction OF the Committee The
committee recommended that the bills
reported by the Superintendent be paid;
that the bills Of Logan, List u Co., A. S.
Gillespie and Hanes & Wilson, amount.
ing $40 06, be paid; that the bill Of P.
Mahoney, amounting 10 S35, be paid,
The report was adopted.
Hedlh-Recommending that the faction
of the Committee on Health, in granting
leave Of absence TO the Health Officer for
six months, he approved; that the ap-
pointment Of DR.. i. D. Ward as deputy
Health Officer, 10 act as such during the
absence Of DR.. Jepson, be confirmed. Re.
port adopted.
Struh, alleys and Grades - Recon-
mended the payment Of bills aggregating.
Sl,352 GS. The Street Commissioner re-
ports SG95 % as the amount expended by
him in his department for the month Of
July; Of this $ll5 81 was expended for
the health department by order Of the
Health Officer. The bills were ordered
paid. The committee submitted al
lengthy report, which included great
number OF unimpOrtant recommended
tons. The expenditures Of the Street
Commissioner in the various wards we're:
First $50 GO, Second sos, Third $72 "a,
Fourth sic 81, Fifth S24, Sixth SlO4 CO,
Seventh S74 %, Eighth SlS2 CO.
AccOuntS-Balance due Exchange Bank
OF Wheeling August Let, 81 ,728 60; fines
collected in July, $l56 90; lookup tees,
$50 90; total amount collected Sl9l %;
bills aggregating 81 ,2O9 93, reported by
the committee, were ordered paid.
The petition Of the Wheeling Guards,
for the privilege Of drilling in the hall
over the Second Ward Market House,
was referred to the Committee on Markets
with power TO act.
The usual batch Of bills and petitions
were read and acted upon.
The sixth annual statement OF Mcssrs.
Henry X. List and B. Davenport, Com.
mlsSioners under the ordinance passed
in June, 1871, was read and ordered filed. |
RESOLUTIONS.
That J.. o. Smith be paid $500, balance
due him for making assessment, Adopt.
ed.
Instructing the Street Commissioner to |
examine the sewer on the south side Of |
2Sd street, between Market and Main
streets, and report to Council. Adopted.
That box or crock sewer be placed
across Main street, at 4th street, TO carry
oil the surface water. Adopted.
1nstructing the Committee on Streets,
Alleys and Grades TO put in box sewer
under the i. & O.railroad, on 37th street,
leading the water from the hill across the
railroad. Referred 10 Committee on
Streets and Alleys with power to act.
That joint special committee be ap.
pointed to wait on the Sheriff
Of Ohio county for the purpose OF learn
ing the lowest sum for which he will keep
and feed city prisoners. Adopted. |
hlessrS. Vogler, Reeves and GoodiellOw
were appointed.
Instructing the Committee on Real
Estate to have the safe provided for the
security Of the city records properly VEN
tilated, and fitted for the purpose for
which it was provided, 10 the end that
the records Of the city may be secured
from the danger now pending from the
storing Of the same in wooden cases. Re.
Ierred to Committee on Real Estate.
lnstructing the Committee on Fire De-
partment to purchase iour-wheel reel
for the use Of the Eighth Ward, the
present arrangement being wholly made
quate for the suppression Of Ere in said
ward. Re ferred 10 the Committe on
Fire Department with power to act.
lnstructing the Superintendent Of the
Work House TO employ prisoners under
his control in grading 14Ih street, from
Wood to MCColloch street. Adopted.
That Chaplinc street, between 18th and
l2th, DO repaired and the curbItone re.
set, and the pavement widened, and that
n 92.inch crock sewer be laid on the east
side OF Chapline street, TO connect with
the sewer running down 18th street from
the Court House, said Improvement 10 be
made upon the following conditions: that
tho property owners on both sides Of tho
above mentioned street will pay into the
city treasury 80 cents per foot for every
foot front owned by them and facing said
Chapline street. Referred to Committee
on Streets, Alleys and Grades.
That Especial committee Of three, two
from the Second and one from the First
Branch, be appointed to have the improve.
ment mentioned in foregoing resolution
promptly carried out, and 10 sec that tho
money is promptly collected. Referred
to Committee on Streets, Alleys aud
Grades.
The Second Branch adjourned at 1880
o'clock.
FIRST DRANcH-REduLAR SESSION.
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