The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-10
TIE ROUTINE BUSINESS
Transacted ~ the City Council /.
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Transacted " the City Council Last
Evening.
The routine business transacted in
Council last night was rs follows:
The Board OF Public Works reported
that the following amounts were duo for
the paving OF South Huron and Virginia
streets on the Island: D. Gorc, paving
and grading, S4,333 MI, Nest Virginia
Fire Brick Co., brick, SS,752 SO; William
Stobbs, curbs and crossings, S2O7 OF;
amount due contingent fund OH account
Of labor, pitch and miscellaneous items.
Sl,570 81; total, Sl4,S73 Oh. The Clerk
was instructed to draw his order on the
Receiver for this amount, to be paid out
Of the ten cent levy fund.
The loarl further reported that the
following amounts were due and asked mn
appropriation to pay them: Luke Elton,
sewer pipe, Sl35 "a; William Stobbs,
curbs and crossings, S347 10; James Gil.
christ. surveying, SIS; r. L. lIose, ditto,
S3l; West Virginia Fire Brick Company,
brick for Sixteenth street, $737 IS: Same
brick for St. james alley, Sl55 So: total,
sl,i44l4. The clerk was instructed to
draw his order on the Receiver for these
amounts.
OUTSTANDING CITY ORDERS
Tho. following was received from Re.
ceiver Dunaway:
GENTLEMEN: The taxes Of the city be.
ing due, the Collector OF the city will pa,
TO me the amount OF his collections from
time to time, and as there are numerou.
or0ers Of thecity outstanding desire TO re-
deem said orders rs soon as the money
comes into my hands, thereby stoppinr
the accumulation OF interest OH the same
The parties holding said orders desire in.
terest OH the same when they arcrcdecm.
ed, and TO enable me to take up orders Of
the city out rtanding and stop further in.
tcrest OH the same, l respectfully ask
your honorable body to adopt the follow.
ing:
Eesolrtd, That the Clerk of the citv be
and is hereby instructed to Issue his order
on the Receiver for interest accrued IN or
ders OF the city when the Receiver has
money to redeem the same, interest to be
paid to the holders OF orders.
This resolution was adopted.
The following bills vera presented bv
the various committees and ordered paid:
Fire Department, Sl07 Is; Jerry O'Bricn.
tor repairing northwest corner OF United
engine house rs per contract. SlG3; Mar
kets, SIS 50; City Prison, Ss4 81; Superin-
tehdents OF 'City Prison. $3.50 As; Rail
roads, $500 20; Health, $40 so.
TIE BALTIMORE K ONO CHANGE.
The Committee on Railroads recon-
mcndtd that the petition Of Beltz & Flad-
ing and ~ others, asking that tho Bnlti-
more II Ohio road be compelled to cross
Market street ut grade in making. its
llcmptield extension, be rejected, Which
was done.
The report OF the committee appointed
ut the citizens meeting two orthree weeks
since, toinvestigate into the present ilnau-
ca condition OF the city and report n rem
edy for the same, together with the rese-
buttons adopted by the citizens in regard
to the same, were taken mp and read, and
on motion OF Mr.. G. O. Smith was referred
to the Committee on FINANCE ior cousid.
alton and report.
RENTERS OF CITY PROPERTY.
4 petition from citizens residing OIL the
hillside. in the First and Second wards.
lessees OF real estate belonging to the city,
asking for o reduction in rental, provoked
a spirited discussion as 10 whether it
should be granted or referred; % was
finally referred for report. The three can.
didates Tor city sergeant in the lower
branch gotin their work OH this matter in
great shape. They worked the poor man
racket for everything it was worth.
The following ollrled by Mr.. Narrell,
raised n lively discussion. 1t was finally
adopted.
Reso!re!, That the Committee on ordi.
nances be and It is hereby Instructed to
draw up an ordinance, compelling the
bridgeport coal merchants to pay a license
for peddling coal in the city OF Wheeling,
The First Branch conquered in the nc
ton taken by the Second on the above
matters.
In the First Mr.. Caldwell offered a rcso-
luton instructing the committee on Sala-
rlcs to report m ordinance, fixing salaries
for tho officials to be elected at the COM
ing election. This was adopted. The in
tent OF 1t is TO prevent the row that has
usually ensucd by fixing the salaries after
the election.