The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-08

1 sSNt @aAt Wv AVNuNluk buul1 OF
money be and the same are hereby ap.
proprtated 20 the roads named and 10 be
expended, wholly or In part, on the same,
and any surplus Of the same to revert
back e the treasury. same II not appro.
priated, that Is to say:
First Dvision-G. o. 4 P. road, 500;
River road, Glenn's run to Short creek or
TO the Brooke county line, $40; River
road to the run, $3.50; Valley Grove and
Middle Wheeling Creek road, Sl,2jO;
Grand Division Of the W. W. L. & B. road
% the Brooke county line, $500; West
Union and Roney's Point road, $3.50;
Peninsula road Extension, $1,000; Steen.
rods foot bridge, $50; Roney's Point
road 10 BlAney's, &c,, and bridge, $500;
Meeting House Hill road, 5000; Short
Creek road, north fork, Sl60; south half OF
same, $50; Wheeling and Elm Grove,
CaldwelIs run, $1,000; Elm Grove TO
Boggs Hill, Sl60. All OF which Is 10 be
paid from the levy Of 1870 or surplus OF
1878. Action as regards certain appro.
priations for other roads was either
stricken out or postponed.
Rea0lred, That John Frew, ESQ.,, be and
Is hereby appointed to represent Ohio
county stock, by proxy, at the meeting OF
the stockholders Of the P. W. & Ky. Rail.
road Company, Of March 20, 1879, and the
same benow confirmed by the Board.
In the matter OF the insurance on the
public buildings OF the county, the com.
mittee appointed the Chairman OF Finance
and the Clerk to have new policies gotten
up to more fully describe the property and
fixtures 10 be insured and Increase the
amount on the In6rmary and Court House
buildings; also TO increase the Jailor's res.
idence. 1t was ordered that the policies
be taken as far as possible in home com.
panies at the lowest rates for three year
policies.
The report and accompanying resolu.
tons were adopted,
PRINTING.
This committee recommended the paw.
ment Of the following bills; Frew & Camp
bell, $57 80; Standard Printing Com.
pany,, SO IS; ]. NJ. Ewing & Co., S..
SO ordered.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
This committee reported having exam.
ined numerous petitions, among which
were those Of ]. w. Brown, Alex. McConn
and Others, George W. Steenrod and 9th.
ems on Bedillion's lane, all OF which were
fayorably recommended by the committee
and adopted by the Board.
The following are the bids for the ma
sonry, excavation and superstructure OF
the two wooden bridges on Short Greek;
Ralph Mccoy, masonry, per cubic yard,
81 0S; excavation, per cubic yard, 30 cents
A. F. Wilkie lat Forks, masonry, per
cubic yard, 81 90; excavation, IL cents.
George Ankle, masonry, per cubic yard,
y; excavation, 20 cents. Same and place
the snperstructure, 81 50 complete.
Z: Riermiller, second class, by day work,
81 IS; excavation, 20 cents.
a. Yoke, masonry, per cubic yard,
g so; excavation, II cents.
j. ]. Cayanaugh, masonry, per cubic
yard, 81 10; excavation, % cents. Same
supeHtructure per foot, board measure,
8! cents, and cents per pound for iron
work.
Theodore Kemp, superstruoture at IS 90
per 200 feet, il everything Is found, or
S2S il not found. Iron work ~ cents per
pound.
A. Vance, superstructure at $50 per / 900
feet, board measure; iron work cents
per pound.
7. Moorhead ( Son, all iron work at Al
cents per pound.
The Committee recommended that the
contract for masonry and excavation be
awarded to E. Biermtller at 81 SO per cubic
yard for masonry and excavation at 20
cents per cubic yard, for both bridges,
whenever the location OF the Short Creek
road il established. In the matter OF the
superstructure the Committee awarded
the contract TO 7. Kemp at his bid, but for
the present the Committee asked further
time on this part Of the work. Bills aggre.
eating S2F % were ordered paid.
K. & 7. Contains claim was referred TO
J. l.. Sawtell, road surveyor, the said road
surveyor to measure the work done and 70.
turn to the committee the bill, with dim.
ensions or extent Of the work claimed,
properly certified.
mended:
Resolrsd, That W. c. Smith, county en-.
gineer, be and is hereby ordered 10 mako
a survey OF the road asked for by ]. W. |
Brown and others at once, and return said |
survey, together with aplat Of the same TO
this Board.
Resolred, That W. G. Smith, county en-.
gineer, be, and is hereby ordered to make
a survey Of road, as petitioned BY Alex.
MoConn and others, at once, and return
said survey together with a plan OF the
same, to this Board.
Rssolred, That the road surveyor Of pre-.
cinct No. 7, Triadelphia district, proceed |
at once 10 place Bedillion's lane road in
good condition, under the direction OF the |
county engineer.
Report and resolution adopted.
POOR HOUSE AND FARM.
This committee reported bills apprerat. |
ing l,lO9 81, which were paid. The com.
mittee reported that they were unable, on
account OF the Indictment weather, 10 visit |
the Poor House and Farm, last week, and |
that the full Board, together with the re-
Porters, were invited TO visit the Infirmary
next month. Report adopted.
PETITIONS.
The petition Of Taylor Strauder, the col.
ored murderer who is in Jail, asking for
$3.50 TO defray the expenses Of his Sttor.
neys in going to Washington, D. c., to at.
tend to, his case, was referred to the
Committee on Court House and Jail for
report.
That Of Joseph Hanson, asking for So.
600 damages on account OF a faulty bridge
out Caldwell's Run, from which he and
his team fell last November, which result.
ed in inAiCting bodily injuries to the pc.
titioner, was referred to special commit.
tee composed OF the Committee oil Fl.
nance and Accounts, to which were added
as members, Prosecuting Attorney Jordan
and Mr.. Schultz.
That Of Thompson & Hl5bered, claim.
ing extras on the Short Creek bridges,
was also referred to the Finance Com.
mittee.
A number OF other petitions asking
abatement in taxes were referred to the
Committee on Finance and Accounts.
The petition OF Aug. Schwertierger
was referred to the Committee on Fin.
ance, together with W. G. Smith and
the Prosecuting Attorney, with power 10
act.
Judith Roetteger, of Elm Grove, and
August Hamburger, Of RoneY's Point,
were granted licenses to keen ortIin1rieu al !