The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-15
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
LAST NIGHTS COUNCIL MEETING.
A Lars. Amount Of Roa.ius sa,iae., Transacted.
Appropriation for the board Of PaOlle
works-k treat GrIst Of Bills Paid.
ordInasess PasIsd-airor Matters.

Wofks-k drsat Grtst OF Bills Paid.
0rdInaaess PAsIsd-airor Matters.
An immense amount Of business was
transacted at the regular semi.monthly
meeting Of Council last night, notwith-
standing there was plenty Of chin-music.
The Second Branch was presided over by
President pro tenn Wilkinson and all were
present except Messrs. Gavin, Grogan,
Healy. Jaeger, Pickett, P. Smith, WhitlG.
ker and Hildreth. y H4
The various committees presented bills
that were ordered paid as iollows:- Fire
Department, S5l6.73; City Prison, SS2.75;
superintendent OF City Prison, Sl4l.S3;
Real Estate, $3S 95; Markets, $3.50 2S;
Cemeteries, S25 So; Police, $3S.93. ,1i.
The committee on Police WAS authorized
TO expend $40 for equipments for the new
men recently added 10 the force.
The roof OF the city prison was ordered
repaired. August'lst, there were 20 pris.
oners on hand. Last month the prisoners
worked on the streets S4b days, and so
loads Of stone were hauled away from the
stone shed. sT
The Committee on accounts reported
having examined the books Of the Clerk
and Receiver and found them correct. It
found the following amonnts standing to
the credit Of the funds: General $S22.72;;
contingent, S30745; appropriation, Sl72.11.
1t also presented resolution to pay Jo-
seph speidel 4 90. So for a wagon broken
on the wharf, he to receipt in full OF all
II a N Vhk4Fa Il Upnl Ha.l al Nto.
cussion over this and 1t was finally reject
cd by a vote Of II to 0 Many consid-
cred 1t II paid an opening wedge for all
cases Of accident, past aud future, aud
wanted a test case made Ill 5n.,,..,.
Tie contract for remodeling the Seventh
ward reel WAS awarded 10 LJuis S1aib, at
his bid Of $3l5. William Ootts, engineer
Of the yigilant, was allowed $40 for physi-
clans services rendered at the time Of the
Main street hill accident.
The Board ofPublic Works presented lis
quarterly report OF money expended dur
ing the three months ending June 80,
which was received and filed. The items
were: For labor, s., 12S IS; repairs 10 sew
ers, 5000 20; removing dead animals, Sl2;
miscellaneous labor and repairs, $Sl, IS;
sundries, including telephone, stationery,
etc, S!75 90; Clerks salary, $3.50; lumber,
S522 Us; office rent, SO; printing and ad.
vertising,; $40 So; coDble.stone, 81, ,il2 %;
boss, $l06; janitor, SOL; bridge repairs,
Sl0S Al; Jno. Marshall, maGadamizing,
S2,lSl As; street cleaning, SIPS so; sewer
pipe, 81, ,765 40; curbs ana crossings First
district, $544 l2; ditto Second district,
$2S2 IS; ditto rnird .dis.rtc:, $500 90; paw
ing contract, 81 600; macadamlzing Chap
line street, Sixth ward, 1854 GG; ditto Six
teenth TO seventeenth streets, Si32 20; sur
veying, S2S5. Total, S14,Sl90 Oh. '.l'sti So
Tne Board asked the following appro-
priations to pay for contracts In progress,
completed and in contemplation: VIM.
Stobbs, curbs and crossings, ST45 81; John
Marshall, Macadamizing, Sl,235 70; A.
Lally, same, SG76 ST.; d. Gore, paving,
81, 200: James Gllchrist, surveying, S206;
sewer pipe, Sl,9G4 40; Duffy & Conrad,
street cleaning, $500 81; Joseph Lazy, same,
S445; ]. J. Cayanaugh, curbs and crossings,
S272 10; j. II. Rosenburg, same, S2SS; total,
S7,5S4 %. The Clerk was directed to draw
mis- order for this amount and place 1t to
the credit OF the Board. i''7'' "a 3
The Board further reported that the
grade Of Main street between Twenty
lourth and Twenty-sixth streets had never
been established by ordinance; that it had
referred the petition to Council with the
suggestion that 1t be sent to the Committee
on Streets, Alleys and Grades, and that the
committee summon all persons to appear
to state objections, II any, to the passage OF
an ordinance establishing the grade. 1t
was 80 referred. H-o5. u Il t..i-a
In relauop TO the petition referred by
Council to the Board, in regard to the re-
moval Of the triangular dead wall at Chap.
line and Twenty.third streets, the Board
returned the same with the statement
that II had no power In the matter and
suggested that the Real Estate committee
was the proper one TO attend to the nuis.
ance. The petition was referred to the
committee with power to act.
In relation TO the petition presented by
residents on Wood street between Thirty.
eighth and Thirty-ninth, asking that the
grade De changed, tho Board reported that
It was improving the street and had found
that many OF the residents had built their
houses without regard to grade, and as II
had no power to change grade once estab-
lished by ordinance 1t referred the petition
TO council with the suggestion that It 90 to
the COMMITTEES on Streets, Alleys and
Grades. Council did 80.
The Board. reported shat some time since
It constructed sewer on Main street, run
ming north and empt7ing into Jonathan's
Gut, east OF the bridge abntment. Elst OF
the bridge Is lot owned by N. Michigan.
The sewer water Is washing this lot away,
and to avoid trouble in the future the
Board asked permission to purchase the lot
Tor $3.50. It was granted by the Branch.
The Gas Commissioner under date OF
August /, reported that there was Si2, l6701
on hand. During July $G,llSO0 was re-.
Ceived from the trustees, and 81 ,40023 ex-
pended on trustees orders. The report
was received and filed.
The oath OF Office was administered to >
City Collector Unruh. A number OF reso-
lutious and petitions were appropriately
referred. A petition from the Board OF
Education, asking for portion oil Tenth
street in order to build an addi-
ton 10 the colored school house
was referred to the Board OF Pnblic Works
with power to act. The ordinances In re-
la.ion to the Solicitors duties and COM
pensation and the one amending rule s re
quiring Il 10 be stated on notices for what
purposes special meetings are called, were
received from tue Frat Branch and
adopted,
In the First Branch Mr.. Myles presided,
and all were present except Bingell, Hal
stead, List, Wilson and Y 1eck!eI. (;
The Branch concuried with the Second
in all the business that came up, and also
passed several ordinances The Elmer.
gency" ordinance was laid on the table. .
-, :, .a