Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-10
COMMITTEES LETTINGS,
Committee on Nights.

The Committee on Lights met last
evening ut the City building, MrsSrs.
Ewing, larkin, simpson and Wilson
being present. The bili OF llaurs, Viii
son Il Co, amounting to S9.33, ami the
hill ct b. T. Caldwell, amounting to
Sll -, were ordered paid.
The resolution offered 10y Larkin, or
dcriug gas lamp on corner OF Baltimore
and Thirteenth streets, was rejected,
The petition iur lamp post on east side
Of Front street, was laid over,
The resolution offered by ilandlan,
ordering gas lamps IN regular order on
Jacob and Foil streets, between Tween
ty.third and Twcnty-fourth streets, Was
rejected.
The quarterly bill OF the Iias Works
amounting To ~ ,0l99S, was recommend
al Ia bc filed.
The resolution offered by lland,an
asking the Committee on Lights To AS
certain the cause that lamps are not
regularly lighted, and why they are CX-
tinguishcd at . o'clock IN the morning,
was recommended To bc referred To the
Gas Trustees.
The resolution offered 10y Halter, that
the lamp posts on MCColloch street he
trimmed with lamps and shades, was or
dcrrd recommended rs amended by the
First Branch.
Since February It'll, the City Clerk
has been advertising Tor proposals 10
lisht the oil lamps IN the city, rs well
rs furnishing wlCks, oil, glass, chlmneys,
&c. Last night the Committee on Lights
met TO open bids aud award the con
tract. The Mt. Vernon Lantern Works
made the following proposal;
We will furnish our W. H. Underhill
patent globe rejecting coal oil attach
ments, attach same 10 your city lamps,
furnish oil, material and repairs
and all labor necessary 10
produce u light equal To u
3 loot gas burner, or twice the present
amount oi yht produced 10y your out.
side oil lights, it being the same rs used
on the Wheeling aud Belmont bridge
Ii is understood, IL We are awarded the
contract, there is To be- not les than 20
lamps used. We will light your city
lamps, as above, for S2l per lamp per
annum, and give bond To the city Tor
the faithful performance oi the contract
This bid was accepted aud Council
will be recommended 70 award the Mt.
Vernon Company the contract
The Fire Department
The Fire Department, consisting Of
the chief. assistant chiefs aud committee,
met last evening ut the City Building
The appointment Of James AtRell rs
hostlcr at the Eighth ward engine house,
in place OF Sam'l Dctweiler, deceased,
was approved and Council asked to con
firm the same.
The account Of the chief vas received
and bills aggregating Sj0l.4 approved
The petition OF the extramen was
read. Ii set forth that their labors were
occasionally extremely arduous, and
their pay - III per MONTH extremely
small. They wanted an increase to $50
per month. The department agreed
with them, as 10 their present pay being
very small, but the prevalent opinion
Was that so vas too much.
Mr.. Arkle had understood they were
going to ask for sl2 aud had inlen led 10
favor giving them that, but would not
think OF so.
Mr.. Eccles thought they would do no
better at Sl2 than at the present rate,
aud thought Sl2 would do great deal
in delaying q move toward getting an
entire paid department What he want
al was two extramen at each engine
house at $40 month, they 10 devote
their whole time TO that business.
Mr.. Handlan made calculation and
found that 10 pay the extramen so
would make the expenses Of the depart
ment nearly twice what IL now H. He
aid the appropriation Of $1,000 IVES