The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-03-03
THE COMMISSIONERS
orTnr oouNaY 81 OHIO AssEala1E

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EoFTHE COUNTY OF OHIO sEMHtE
In An THEIR Dignity IN Regular Monthly Sea-
sion Al the Court House and Look After
me cshnty's Iatsrssts Arbitrary As.
sesnsnt-c case OF the Top aEill.
The Board Of County Commissioners
held itsregalar monthly session Yesterday.
Tie routine business was disposed Of
with commenilable dtspatch, in fact II was
rushed through, when one takes into CON
alteration the Boards usual mode Of pro
cedure and compares II with the
manner In, which yesterdays busi-
ness was gotten out OF the way.
Tha afternoon session was devoted
to hearing arguments on the petition OF
the Wheeling Iron & Nail Company, for
q correction Of assessments, which were
very interesting. The Board took no ac-
ton beyond deterring further eonsidetae
ton until another meeti ing. Sse
Tha Board was called TO orderat 1880
O'clock by President Woods, all the nem-
bers being present except Mr.. Peterson,
who appeared, however, O short time alter.
The minutes Of the last regular and two
special meetings were read and approved
and the regular committee reports taken
up for onsideration.
Bills aggregating the following amounts
were presented by the various committees
and ordered paid: Poor House and Farm
| contingent poor fund 81 AS 25, and poor
house and farm fund, SOL. 4S; total, 81
$50 IS. Court House and Jan-general
school fund, SAG 60, and court house and
/ Jail fund, $l54 So; total, sol 40. Roads
and Bridges, $i46 %. I
The last named committee recommends
ed that viewers be appointed to examine
with the County Engineer the proposed
route Of q new road near McCntcheon's;
prayed for;by w. s. Orr and others, and
that the proposition to remove ]. w. Nc
\ Culloch from the position of road surveyor
In precinct No. 4, Richland district, be
rejected. Thereport was adopted. !.
The Committee on Finance reported
that ex.sherff Brown had returned county
orders paid by him amounting TO s., or 40,
and general school orders paid by him
amounting to S4SS 90, which were found
correct and ordered credited to Brown.
Bills amounting to $23 were presented
and ordered paid. The committee report
ed that ii had rejected the bin Of DR..
Alderman for a post mortem on the body
oil. DR.. Schuchardt. II recommended that
William Goering be refunded S. 95, erro-
neous assessment on piece Of property
in Washington district. It reported fur
Their, that the petition OF Mary Mcnamara
! for relief from taxes for 1884, Mary Bow
man for. reduction OF assessment, and
George Baker same, had been rejected for
want Of iurisdictio and that that OF ]. II.
Ferguson for reduction of assessment for
4 1885 had been rejected. Therepoft Of the
committee was adopted. - 49,
The annual reports Of Justices George
Arkle; WIN. ManionE and / a. X. Mel Cam
were received and referred to the Com
mittee on Finance. The bonds OF recently
appointed constables, road surveyors, ETC.;
/ were received aud ordered fled. Various
bills and petitions were appropriately re-
ferred. ~. !,llf. q
x On motion of President Woods, Mr..
Prince n;the chair, the petition OF A.. II.
Patterson and others, asking for q bridge
over Wheeling creek at the. head Of
Crnger's lane, was again taken up for con-
"A
ment made by the following nanad per-
sons to give the amounts set down towards
the erection Of the bridge: A. Il. Patter-
son, free right Of way, thirty feet wide, be.
tween the bridge 10 the point OF second
crossing, free use of stone quarry for
building abutments and peir and free
right Of way for road to the mouth
Iot! Jake's Run and fence on both sides Of
the road s. @. Patterson, free right Of way
and 500; Mich Schrader, free right Of way
and 500; John Schater, $50; George ?.
Forman, SIS; Conrad Miller, $50 IL. NJ.
Britt, $25; @. A. seabright, 500; Minnie
1 Klrges, SIPS; q. W. Goethe, SIS; Henry
Burns, $40; A. Schairer, $40; total 500.
G.B. Caldwell, attorney for the petition
ers, was allowed to address the Board.' He
showed that there was and had existed
for a long time, a pressing need for this
bridge. Considerable time was taken up
in discussing the question. II was finally
disposed Of BY referring 1t 10 the Commit
lee on Roads and Bridges TO selecta site,
and the Engineer to make an estimate of
\ the cost Of q substantial bridge ut such a
point as may be selected. IS
n. Zane, Assessor, for the country dis
trict reported that he had finished half OF
This work, and asked that he be given $50,
half Of his salary. The petition was
granted. $500
The chair named Messrs. Maxwell, Mich
OILS, Stein, Stocker and Prince as viewers
to locate the road prayed for by w. s. Orr
and others. - 49,
Mr.. Delbrngge said that in view OF the
numerous fires, attended by loss OF lie,
that had occurred in poor houses and
asylums, he thought that some measures
ought to be taken!to guard the Infirmary
against suchsa calamity. He presented a
Proposition from the agency representing
the Harden Hand Grenade Co. that was
referred to the Committee on Poor House
and Farm for report. A recess was then
taken until r. M "a f5
The Board reassembled promptly at q
O'clock, every member being present. The
clerk was instructed 10 read the petition
OF the Wheeling Iron Il Nail Company,
Top Mill which was presented ct the
last meeting and printed In full in this
paper at that time. The company in 1t,
asks to be relieved from paying taxes on
an assessment Arbitrarily made. This
assessment Is TO the. amount OF SOC, 900 and
Is made nsthe products OF the mill re-
naming unsold in the hands Of the owners
or their agents on the inst day Of Janu-
airy, which, under the acts Of 1881, the
petitioners claim, arc exempt w.
IP. Hubbard, ESD, appeared for
the company and spoke Tor over an
hour. His remarks were noticeable for
the plain and easily understood manner
! in which they were made, and his argu.
ments were very forcible. Hon. All. Cald-
well, Attorney General.elect, appeared
for the State. He did so, he said, because,
provided the. case was finally appealed to
the Supreme Court, as he had no doubt Il
would Be, he would have to represent the
State there. In the course Of his answer
to Mr.. Hubbards arguments, the latter
gentleman asked him several questions
that seemed to embafrass Mr.. Caldwell