Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-12
CLEANING THE STREETS.
4 Full Synopsis of the New Or
dinance.

For the purposes of this ordinance
the city of Wheeling shall he divided
into five districts-lst, the First ward OF
the city: 2nd, the Second and Seventh
wards; 81, the Third and Fourth wards;
4th, all between the creek and Cald-
wells Run; 9Th, all south OF CaldweIfs
Run.
On the 18th day OF July the City
Clerk shall advertise for proposals TO
clean the streets, alleys and crossings
from August 1879 to May LIST, 1880, and
annually thereafter he shall advertise
on March LIST for proposals to clean the
streets, &c, for the year commencing on
the lst of MAY following. Proposals
shall be for each district separately, and
shall be- addressed 10 the chairman OF
the Committee on Streets, DC, and be
opened before the committee and sent
10 Council with the proper recommends
tons. Council shall award the contracts,
but no person shall have or be inter
ested i'm more than for one district.
Contractors are paid as follows: The
money shall be divided by the number
OF months contracted for, and within
ten DAYS, and not less than five days,
after the expiration OF each month the
contractor shall be paid 50 per cent, the
remaining one-fith to be retained until
the expiration of the time contracted
for. Ii a contractor shall fail in any
month TO do all the work contracted Tor,
the contract shall be forfeited and put at
an end by an order or resolution OF
Council, which order shall be eitectual
when a copy shall be served upon the
contractor. After the rescisiOn Of any
contract the Clerk shall promptly advcr-
tise for proposals to renew it, giving ten
dlvs' time for the filing of bids, when
the contract shall be re-let as
above. Any loss the city
NAV sustain in this re-lettlng
shall be retained from the 20 per cent.
reserved as above, and any balance be
paid the former contractor. II in any
month, by reason OF ireshets or other
wise. unusually heavy labor is required
OF any contractor, Council shall have
the power to order the payment to him
of all or any part OF the 20 per cent.
which may have been retained.
All contractors shall perform the
work specified in their several contracts
under the supervision and to the salts
faction OF the Street Commissioner,
whose duty it shall be to report prompt
" Council any neglect or failure OF
any contractor to comply with the terms
OF this ordinance and his contract.
The form OF contract shall be 10 this
effect. The contractor IN consideration
of payments hereinafter agreed to be
made him hv the city, agrees and prom
ises To clean all the pared streets, &c,
i'm blank district, as described in the
above ordinance, by sweeping aud
scraping the same and by removing
thcrelrom all mud, dirt and dust twice
month, during the months OF May,
June, July, August, September and
October, and once a month during the
others: once each in spring and fall he
will scrapc the macddUmi,ed streets and
alleys, and open up al the cutters,
the latter to be done at
such times as Council may
direct, or i'm the absence Of any direc-
tons at such times as the contractor
NAV select; also, that he will clean all
crossings once week during the year;
also. that he will not leave any scraped
mud standing in piles, but will forth
with remove it and dump whore the
Street Commissioner may direct.
Then follows the stipulations in re-
gard to reserving 20 per cent, and in re-
lation To a removal in default Of fulfill
ment of contract, and then the blank 10
be filled as per bid accepted.
All ordinances in conflict are re-
peaIed, and this takes effect from its
passage.