The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-14
TAKING Arrest
IS THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Excavation for the Ssw Flrs Brick Pa',nsnt On
Sixteenth S,r..i csmmett.d-No O.htr Work
Und.s.sk.a Ju,i Now b. tbs Board IL.
etp, KstplnE The streets Cleln. b

LOT thc htW Fbc bk'ek fASmsnt On
Sixteenth Bir..i Cammer ted-Ns O.htr Work
und.s.sk.a Jusi Now b. tbs Board TX.
esp, K.tplnk tAs streets CIela.
Among tho papers on the table OF the
Second Branch OF Council which we've not
at Tuesday nights meeting, was
the regular quarterly report Of the board OF
Pablo Works for the quarter ending June
80, ths stcapitulation Of which 10 a. follows
April-contlnssnt fund, $2.Oo3 II; rppro.
p;istlon fund, 81. 800 90; Ten cen. lovy fund,
81, l43 70; total 50, 400 70. g May-Cont inpsnt
fund, 81, l07 80; appropriation fund, 81 $50 "a;
total $40 GAG 10. J1us-C0ntingan fund
81, 1913 %; appropriation fund, $s0s3 90; total
$40 so7 o.. Total paid out during tie quarter
}27 023 IS. = 4 !. graf y h
Considerable talk was Indulg.d In at that
Council meeting, In connection With the
new Loan ordinance, about incorporating In
1t some provision for tho completion Of the
Sixteenth street improvement, which had
progressed 10 ths extent Of tearing up the
guttela and hauling tho bricks for the work,
thereby leaving the Hrtot In q deplorable
condition. Il Will be- remem bered That tho
Council, after askipg the Board for estimates
for the work, ordered the Board to make i'm.
proyements on Sixteenth, EoG and Main
streets by paving with bficks-in all about
sixteen squsres-tas resolutions for ths
work, bsipg pissed Ia the cgtsr, the streets
are named. This work when finished would
represent about 40. COO, aud yet the Council
ordered 1t dons In tho face Of outstanding
orders 10 the amount OF about Sic, 900 and
With the Dissatisfied murmuripgs OF the PEG.
pie over the financial condition OF the city
beginning TO ring in its ears and further
With the fall knowledge that the money
could only be procured from the same source
from which the money Represented by the
largo amount Of drafts in tra,lsitu then e1tant,
had come. The manner in which the reso.
lut;ons were put through Council was as
clear case OF you tickle me and I'll tickle
you" as WAS ever seen. Members from North
and South Wheeling voted for Sixteen III street
work with the understanding that the favor
was to bs reclprocAted. 2fT 'EG5I
THE JOB UNDERTAKEN.
The work being ordered nothing remain Ell
for tho Board 10 do but 10 proceed with It,
and to that end one million brick block
were ordered for tbs Sixteenth and Eotf street
improvementh--500, GOO for each. The Bonrd
pays for work In this manner: LIS Clerk
draws warrant for the amount needed
which IL signed By member Of the Board
and given to the party to whom 1t IL due
He presents 1t 10 the City Clerk, who draw,
his order for tbs amount on The Receiver
who In turn accepts It, and II no has the
money pays II over. II not, II WEB the Gus
tom before the banks ahut down on city or.
dsis, Tor the holder to take the accepted or
der 10 the bank and get his cash. Ia case oil
payroll payment, the payroll is cent 10 The
City Clerk with the warrant for the sum
Total. As stated, ths Board had ordered the
brick and torn up Sixteenth street when the
banks refused 10 accept further city paper
and 1t vas impossible for the Board to Pro
coed, az no osB else cared to accept The
paper. It WAC almost imperative, however
that something be done for Sixteenth street
and 50 1t WOE, as published in the INrELLr
oEScEa yesterday, that the Exchange Bank
directors ugreed 10 accept IS 900 worth OIL
orders provided Observation-Disclosures would &C
cspt 81 500 worth, the money to be laed on
Sixteenth street. This YES dono as mattsl
OF accommodation to tho people Living In
Est Wheeling. The work Of grading, pre-
paratory to paving IVES begun yesterday, and
will be pushed 10 early completion.
In addition TO the 81 500 obtained as above
/
zens. This amount will be Offset by the coal
OF the tar and pitch that will be need ed
Added TO tho 81, 500 is about S, 800 which
the Elm Grove road will be called upon Il
psy ia its share of the work. These amounts
will pay FOX the paying and grading, leaving
the cost OF the bricks out OF consideration
The bricks which the city contracted for Snd
will have to pay for, cost SIS per thousand.
! TIE BOARD RRnIEa.
| A representative OF the INrELLlaEScER ask
ed CLARK Gnliigan, oil tho Board, yesterday
what it was doing at present IN the way Of
work. He answered that 1t wss practically
doing nothing but cleaning streets, which
with Tie expenses incidental thereto was BE-
ing paid for out Of the contingent S1nnd-tht
one that arises from fines imposed on the
police court, otc. S -.,g
'whet was that appropriation OF $1l 1856 e
for, that Council GRANTED Tuesdsy night"
"Thst VOC the frat appropriation asked for
| since Juns 10, and was to pay for contracts
begun and not completed previous to the
quasi notice from the Exchange Bank. Isay
| quasi because the Board never had any for
nal notice OF such Sction. About 81, 800 oil
that amount was Tor the culveIt at joins.
than's Ravine, which has always bean need.
ed there, and has greatly improved the prop.
erty on Coal street"
."Whst special work has the Board done
aincs Jauusry?' a., ~. h,
We'll, 1t has paved with brick blocks a
tquare on Fourteenth, Twenty.second and
Tweuty-third streets. has paved several gut
tess on the Island, laid sewers in sllsva IL.
10 and IA. and put in short saver in North
Wheeling aud slso built that culvert. It Is
OF present engaged in relaying this big sewer
in rhirty-htth street. 1t Is a crock and was
laid under tbs old regime, and daisy job It
was. II was improperly laid with no
regard to grede or anything else.
The result wrs. it became cracked
and clcggod up. 1t Is being relsid and made
rs good as new. It has been Gu expensive but
necessary piece OF work. 1t will be finished
this week, In addition wo have recently
paved an alley in the rear OF the Gas Works
aud considerable patching has been dons-sll
necessary work. The patching Is .psil for
out OF the appropriation fund, es It is done
under the Bosrd's paving coutIaot.n
"Has the Board Jet ordered the b1icks for
Main stree, ~ = sz..is- J5I' 81 5ry =.
mo, nothing has yet been done towards
the Main street improvement ,5ti
a WHEELING MAN KILLED