Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-15
PUBLIC BUSINESS
BY the Board OF Public WOrks-Ex-
penses and Repairs-A Nhack az the
street Car company.

bY the bOaru Oh Public "orA
penses and Repairs-A Nhack at the
street Car company.
The Beard of Public Works presented its
quarterly report, showing total OF Sl4,-
Sl9Ol, made up as follows: For labor,
S3,12S.sS; sewer repairs, S2O9.29; removing
dead animals, $12; miscellaneous labor on
repairs, $3l.ls; sundries, for telephone
and stationery, etc, $27j. 30; clerks salary,
$3.50; lumber, $5220S; office rent, S15;
printing and advertising, S4635; cobble-
stones, 81, 1l2 %; bosses, 1896; janitor, s6l;
bridge repairs, $1O34l; macadamizing,
S2,lS1.4S: street cleaning 1923 so; sewer
pipe, 81, 765. 40; curbs and crossings, first
district, $54il2; second, 1922 Is; third,
1920 80; macadsmizing Chapline street,
Sixth ward, S5S4GO; same, Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, 1882 20, and surveying,
S235. This paper was filed.
The following amounts were placed to
the credit of the Board, for future and I'M
finished contracts: VIM. Stobbs, curbing
and crossing, $745.59; John Marshall; mac
adamiz,ng, 81, 235.79; A. Lally, same,
$G76.SI; d. Gore, paving, 81, 200; JOS. Gil
christ, surveying. $2O6; sewer pipe,
II 964. 40; Duffy Il Conrad, street cleaning
i155 81; Jos. Lazy, same, $445; J. J. Cava'
naugh, curb, $272l6; Jas. II. Rosenberg,
same, 1888; total, S., 5S459
The Board. reporting that grade had
never fixed the grade OF Main, between
Twenty-fourth and Twenty-sixth streets,
which was desired, and recommended the.
Councils Committee on Streets Alleys and
Grades to summon property owners along
there and get their views or objections, II
any, to fixing grade.
The Board reported that 1t had no power
to remove the dead wall at Chapline and
Thirty-third street, and recommended the
matter be referred to the Committee on
Real Estate.
In relation to the petition asking
change of grade on Wood street, between
Thirty.eighth and Thirty.ninth streets, the
Board reported that it had no power TO
change grade once established, and asked
the reference of the matter to the Commit
tee on Streets, Alley and Grades. People
living along there have already put up
their houses without regard to the grade.
The Board further reported that i IS sew.
er, emptying into JOnathan's ravine, near
the bridge, was damaging piece Of prop
erty belong to NJ. McGuigan. AS the best
way, for all concerned, out of the Diff
Guilty, the Board recommended the pur.
chase of the property at $50. which the
Council agreed to.
wHACKING THE CAR COMPANY.
The Board complained that the Citiz ms
Railway Company was damaging North
Main street by placing its new track too
high, and thereby running the street for all
use OF the people. There was no remedy
at Jaw. and the Beard asked council to no.
tify the company that it would repeal the
ordinance giving il right OF way unless II
lowered its track to the proper grade.
\ motion was made to refer the matter
to the Committee on Streets for report, but
Or. Jepson objected to this as too slow. He
wanted something done before the com
pany had completed the entire north end
Of the track.
DR.. Wingerter is a member of the drec.
tory Of the car company and he took upon
himself to reply. He said the company
was endeavoring to do even better than was
required OF it and put its new flat rail down
at once and before the bad weather set in.
TIE trouble was that the street was not
i,veI, anu that when the east rail Was on
the plane of the street the west rail was
Ligh. But if Council delayed them, they
would drop work at once. His company,
lie said, was OH good terms with the Board
hot on kissing terms, but still on good
terms.
pr. JCpsor, alter some little windy dis
cussiun, the .matter was referred to the
Committee on Streets, Alleys and Grade.
vi L D wer 10 notify the company that
the rdinanGe would be repealed, in case
Of failure.