The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-27
COUNCIL AND THE LOAN.

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COUNCIL AND THE LOAN.
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'""' urax" N. rra"o. ordlnnneo.
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c"a. nm. C"""',n IT,, ,,o,,o1 , .,,
eI':-lhe oouncii mas "aop'co no"
loan ordinance, which It asks the people to
approve Mt the next charter election.
M, ,~oon,, hove olroadv c,nnhoticollv
a.. iii
oeclafeu .i'at t1ey Will y "pPto'o "ny
loan, until they haye reasonable nssur-
u,,ce that the reckless aud illegal expen.
diturcs OF former wears will not be re-
peated,
What has tho Council done, to meet this
demand Of the people? ''They have
amended Rule 4 restricting somewhat The
Board of Public Works." But what as
suranco has Council given tho people
That il u methods hereafter will DO any
more prudent or conservative than here.
tofore? None whatever! What security
Is offered the peoplc. that Council will not
itself renew tho needless and illegal ex-
prnditurcs, which have brought embar.
rnssment and disgrace upon the city?
None whateverl .
Tho Board of Public Works has been
made a scape goat. which, It Is hoped, will
carry into the Wilderness the sins OF the
Council. The people arc not TO be de.
ceiyed by such stratagems. They remem.
Der that Council repeatedly INDUCED in
reckless legislation and wastcful expcndi.
lures before there was any Board of
Public Works. They do not forget tho
fact. made known 10 the citizens meeting,
Tint the most costly and i}l-adyised OK.
penditurcs OF tho Board OF Public Works
irere ordered Jy Council: and without INV
]proyious Recommendation. or even SUI.
rcstion Of the BOARD. The writer is not n
member Of the I,oard of Public Works,
and there rests with him No %personai
motives or obliration TO defend It, other
than rests unon every in~tellipentand hon.
ornh,e man tn do ~ii,stice Under NIL cir.
cn,nstanccs. In n candid and impartial
review of the work done by the Board
the fact must be admitted that its iudp.
ment M to when and where streets should
Le improved WAS better in ali respects,
in view of tLo needs nj the ueople as n
wboIe han wos tl,e indyment II Gonncii
Tho RoarI has not heon without its faults
and errors. Int these are trines when
viewed in Tho lipht ri tho great benefits
socmrnd to tbc tnSnavars and nronle orn.
oroIiy b, n comnraho,s;vo ;ntnll;oont
cnns;.tcnt and econpmical system Of street
~;mMrov"ment Th" neonlc of WhrclinG
viii make n preat mistake if thew iall
hack into ths ;ne0;r;ent md wn:tcfml
wo 20 ri ;ormor yoars Thor shoui1 he IN
tI,c;r crard viii reference to the com
nla;nta and m;sr.nresnntations nj those
trhn from norsonol or selfish motives oro
WY; t : p1 ,non .ho noarJ svstan, az
r. rs,,rn ~ the snh;ect of the loan tho
oucs,ion arises whnt can Council do to
]Sat;siv tho nnonie thot it's recklcss hah;ts
vii not i" raneweIp These oro tho
,nnas,r" wh;eh Il adontad vorIl 10
m,,n% ~ ro,ss,,ro ,ho nonnlc
~ Mnlo II the dn,v ri the CITY Sol;.;.
,or a. sno o,t an ;ni,nct;on on INV.
;,,a,aI nrocooJ;rr ~ Gounc;l This cnn
nnx sM ". IONA Nv INV c;tsen Int i 10 TOO
unovina "nd oxn.,s;va J business for y
r;t;,cu te mndcrtato. nor is Il mir that
onn or mnTe c;t;,ens should be MT to
trorhla and cos,s for the honetit ri mo
"on,1n canoronw Eartbo.o roa.ono anJ
ppth up wb;ch Wood not hn namcd in SONS
S,ntos II 10 nrow;Jei 1 bvl,w That sncL dntv
shall bo norforme1 ~ The CITY Solicitor
Il inr,hor Io";slnt;on Is needed to nlore
such dntv nnon the City Solicitor the
Conncil can show its disnosition to satisfy
tho neonle Nv raising n resolution, asking
tho feoislntnrs for lie rconired omthoritr
Tho Council however can do more
than this md nrohahlv without wa;tino
for legislation. Il mi conior mon tia
Wavor the veto mower, under nroner l;m;.
t%ation,. For vears there hns bern n ron.
stont termination held ont to members n
Council in The mower of combinations n
several wards, to secure legislation for
their sncc;oi hcnoft and IN the %nrccedenco
Of the rights Of other wards, md Of the
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