Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-03-15
BOARD DoINes.
Transactions Of the soard Q
Public Works.
After the Two Street Railways-opsu
ing the. Cd Sore lntimation
ofNew Street Paving.

The regular meeting Of the Board Of
Public Works was held, last evening, and
as far as the members were concerned,
passed of Is smoothly rs summer Sea,
with one exception. To all outward ap
pearances, the break by Captain schockey
had been neatly healed over, but the scar
remained and it became evident through
the white flag Of truce could be
seen the point of the spear. The
fun began with row over q
bridge placed across Caldwell run,
by Thomas Norton, by permission Of tn :
Board. Norton has quarry there and
Captain Schockey has one adjoining 1t, and
Captain Schockey complained that the
bridge was taking up more Of the street
than it should. Norton was summoned be-
fore the Board, and appeared last night,
and it was shown the bridge was good in
stitution and was just fifteen inches on the
street The other members of the Board
then proceeded to make 1t lively for the
| Captain for about ten minutes, after which
the usual peace broeded over the delibera-
| tiols.
1t was reported to the Board that the
| Elm Grove motor track was not being laid
| in conformity with the ordinance. Creigh-
ton said it was high in some places aud
| low in others, and the two feet on the out
side were not paved in stone as required.
| DR.. Baird said he had called the attention
\ OF Fred. Happy to the oak plank being
used on the edge Of the track, and Mr.
| Happy said 1t was only temporary. Ii was
also reported the company was using mac.
| ajam instead OF paving After some little
| discussion the clerk was instructed to no
tify the company that unless it conformed
the attention Of Council would be called to
| the matter.
President Wingerter was present to rep
resent the street Car company in little
| matter that demanded attention. The
company owes the Board about IS, 300 on
paving and grading, and Wingerter came
to ask time to get remeasuremsnt OF the
work, and to ask several deductions. 1t
was shown that the company was entitled
| to rebate on four inches OF paving along
| the line on account of the additional length
Of the swingers, and this was allowed. DR.:
Wingerter wanted $llS more on account OF
double charge on some paving, but the
Board refused to allow it.
| In the course OF the discussion. some
| quite amusing talk was gotten of. DR..
| Wingerter thought the Board was inclined
| to be q little hard on his company, and to
offset this, DR.. Baird and Mr.. Campbell un-
| dertook to show the contrary, telling what
| they might have done, had they been dis
| posed to be strict with the railroad. DR..
| Baird took the position that when a CON-
vsny got such fran chise over the streets,
| II should be very willing to bear its share
the burden of keeping the street in re-
pair. In talking he mentioned the word
divide nds," which acted like a galvanic
shock on the Doctor, causing him to pro-
| duce his memorandum book and show that
| in 1882 the net profit of the company was
$50, on capital stock Of one hundred
| Thousand
"Td ike to see your road pay so per
cent. dividend" said Mr. Campbell, heart.
| lily.
The ordinance prescribes that the COM
pany shall pave its track to conform with
The street, which led Mr.. Campbell to ask:
What will you do, Doctor, when We
pave Market street from Tenth to Sixteenth
with brick next summer
Look here, Mr.. Campbell" said DR..
Baird, Don't you know thet'll all be in
the morning papers? don't know about
Market street This ten cent levy don't
cover that"
al think we'll have enough outside
money" said Campbell.
We'll" said Baird, you've given that
away, now I'll give my platform. l am in
favor Of expanding the money on those
streets that have no paving. When people
have to pay the ten cent tax they're entitled
to that much at our hands,"
"How about paving Market street with
brick from Twelfth down to the alley"
asked Wingerter.
That's further along"
The Board transacted some minor busi
ness and adjourned.