The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-03
TIE COMMISSIONERS
TRANSACT A BIG LoroF BUSINESS,

TRANSACT a BIG Lol Sf e0slNEoo'
Lsttlsf Ofths coatrartl for Work On The COsntrI
Reads fsr the Ra,sIsE Sssaoa-Osssr I've
IatsrsstIar Matters up, bat not aYsry
~ Lively AsstlnT Taken Altogether I'D.
Tha Board was called to order by President
Woods at 1915 o'clock, all the members be.
Ing present. The minutes OF the previous
meeting were read and approved and the
regular committee reports taken up. n,
The Committee on Finance and Accounts
reported that the Sheriff had turned over 10
the county orders amounting to sll,Sl0 ~
AND that the interest on the came paid BY
him amounted TO 1851 %. he was credited
with thu amount OF the orders and an ofder
for the interest ordered Issued. The County
Engineer was ordered paid $lSl 10. The
committec also recommended that twenty.
hye.year bonds, amounting to SO, 900, to pay
the county's subscription TO the three road
be issued on or after J uly !; that the petitions
OF T. l.. Kimberly aud ?, DslaplRin for roads
be rejected. That petitions for rebate oil
taxes be granted as follows: Henry Fisher,
81 81; Mrs. N. L. Holiday, $l2; John Mo.
Ginty, 81; F! A. Ebert. 81, Julius Lohse, u
cent; H. b. Hubbard, SOC; all OF which wa,
granted. 10 reference to petition Of Benoni
Feay for the balance Of an order given bin
on Ohio county In 1915 by Messrs. Walton
q McGoyern amounting 10 800, 1t was
recon mended that 1t be paid. Attorney
Jones appeared In behalf OF the petitioner
and made warm speech. The recommends
ton was not approved. Mr.. Commerford re
fused 10 vote.
Bills amounting to $lS so vera presented
by the Committee on Printing and ordered
paid. ..... ..gs.rs Us.
Bills aggregating 1858 9j, presented by the
COMMITTEES on Court House and Jail, were
ordered paid ont OF the jail and Court House
fund, and $40 SO out OF the school fund.
The Committee on Poor House and Farm
presented bills amountingto 81, OPS 70. which
we're ordered paid out OF the county poor
fund, and bills amounting TO $i2O 30, which
were ordered paid out OF the county poor
house fund. -. ....
Platform scales were ordered erected at
the Poor House, at cost not TO exceed 1925
W.. T. Chambers i Co. were awarded the
contract for coal 10 be furnished the County
Iufirnary for the year beginning April l,
and Kasley & Brooks awarded the contract
for furnishing coal TO the Jail and county
poor In the city. Kastey & Brooks bid was
71tcents per nushel for clean; 90 cents for
mixed, and 0It cents for nut. q. hendel & Go.
were awarded the contract for furnishing
coilins, etc, for the burial Of deceased poor
III the county for this year, at the followir u
figures: Coffin stained and lined for person
over Il years OF age, S. %; ditto, ditto, per.
so. under II years fage, IS Is; hearse and
attendance, s. 90; hacks, 81 10; bugsies, 81.
The Committee on Roads and Bridges pre-.
sented bills amounting TO Sl6s.5?, which
were ordered paid out OF the various road
funds The committee recommended that
the petition OF G Green for damages be re-
jected. That the petition Of the Wheeling d
Elm Grove Railroad for the privilege OF lay.
log y track in the street In Fulton In front
Of YOcke's lot, be granted, the railroad TO
put down and keep IN repair good plank
roadway at grade across, said ~" The
Board concurred in the recommendations.
The committee reported having awarded
contracts Tor work u be done on the several
roads OF the county as follows: 81! ~
Boggs Hill 10 B. s. & b. road, Liberty, to
L. Philips, excavation, earth, 20 cents; loose
rock, 20 cenA; solid rock, 90 cents; masonry,
s. 90. -, -....
G. G. d P. road, first division-w. NJ.
Hutcheson, nGcadamizing, sl40.
GO. & P. road, second division-John
Armstrong, macadamzing, 81 IS.
Dixon's Run road-W. N. Moore, excavat-
ing, earth, 20 cents; loose rock, 80 cents; solid
ROCK, 40 cents; masonry, $2.75.
McGraw's Kun road-Phliips & Rine, ex.
cayating, earth, 20 centt; loose rock, 80 cent?;
solid rock, 90 cents; masonry, $500.
Middle Wheeling Creek, upper end-B.
Feay, macadamizing, $l.S5.
Meeting House Hill-Frank Higgs, macad-
amizing, il Is:
Morrison's road-N.s. whitecotton, mac
adamiEing, 81 25; paving, $I20.
Pogue's Run-E. Peylon, excayating, earth.
20 cents; loose rock, 20 cents; solid rock, Is
cents.
Pogue's Run-w.M. Hutcheson, macadam.
izlng, 81 40. '..p
Peninsula Road-Joseph Marshall, maca
damzng, SIPS.
Peters RUM. Herwig, ercavsting, earth,
"a cent; loose rock, IS cents; solid rock, 80
cents.
Peters Run-w. T. Krumme macadamiz
ing-S3Ik cents.
Roney's Point 10 B. s.&B.-Wm. Morrison,
excavating. eartb, le cents; loose rock Scents
solid rock 40 cents; masonry - 90; macadam.
izing, $l.05.
Short Creek, north fork-John Lenahnn,
excayating. earth, 25 cents loose rock ,35 cents;
solid rock IS cents; masonry Sl,76.
Short Creek, south fork-John Lenahan,
excavating, earth, 2SH cent?; loose rock, IS
cents; solid rock, IS cent; paving, $l.SO.
Short Creek, main stem W. II. Davis, ex.
cavating, earth, 20 cent; loose rock, IS cents;
solid rock, 90 cent; masonry, 1880. /
Wheeling & Fairmont road-M. Anderson,
matchmaking $l.50. ID ~ A.n
west Union l. Roney's Point rice supler,
macadamiziBg, (soft stone) first mile, 81; sec.
"a K. ~. I..A II,
Wheeling 4 Elm Grove, Triadelphla dis
trict-M. Anderson, macadamizlng, $3.50.
Wheeling Il Elm Grove, Richie district
W. schockey, macadaniztng, $l.i5.
Wheeling and Frazers-John Lenahan,
excavatine, earth "a cents loose rock 80 cents,
solid rock IS cents, masonry ~ Is.
Waddle and Wardens run-W. Casey, ex'
cavating, earth "a cents, loose rock 10 cents,
solid rock so cents, masonry 50 %.
The bond OF G.. A. Schaeier, J. p, Clay dis
trict, with L. F. Stifel and J. Beuter as sure.
ties, and the bond OF George Ankle, J. p,
Clay district, with P. L. Kimberly and J.
Hull as sursties were received and approved.
August Heimberger, Henry Seibert, Frank
Walter, Judith Roettger, George Baker, Mrs
ElizeMiller, Lawrence Heller Il. Gehringer
and A. Mathews petitioned for license 10 sell
liquor, and the piitons were ordered granted
Nuen the proper pOnuh were HIeu.
Tbs oaths and bonds OF twenty OF the
county road surveyors were presented, Sc
curly approved aud the bonds received aud
fled. y ...i5tT s-..ss... .-
Various small bills and several petitions
we're leAd and referred TO the proper com.
mittees. III. .....s 80 Il
The following resol i tions were offered:
BY Mr.. speidel, that oil toll keepers give
hnnh nj ROO for the faithful performance of
their dulies. Adopted. .....
By Mr.. Stein, that $500 be appropriated for
the Fulton aud Peninsula road, Adopted.
By Mr. Stocker, that $500 be appropriated
for opening section OF road between the
Fairmont pike and the Elm Grove road.
Adopted
These last two resolutions were only adopt.
ed after long fight Laler, Mr.. speidsl
moved TO reconsider the $500 appropriation
and Nj. Boring the $500 appropriation. This
fight aud was lost, AIessrs. Del
brugge, stooker, Stein, Maxwell and Nichols
voting against II. Mr. speidel said: III l
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