The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-13

Against Clerk Gailigaa and tho y. r. w.
The Clerk Talks.
Yesterday afternoon q reporter called at
the Office ofthe Board Of Public Works to
see Clerk Galligan and learn what he
might have to say regarding the charges
preferred against him by Health Officer
Garrison. Learning what the reporter
wanted, Galligan laughed ,careleesly, and
said: aWhat have / TO say about the
charges? Why, / admit them TO be true
10 certain extent. They are nothing more
nor less than another piece OF Garrison's
impudence, and there is nothing in them
for Council to waste time over. AS Clerk
OF the Board OF Public Works j am not
accountable to Council am account.
able only to the Board, which Is composed
OF gentlemen who give bond for the faith
full performance OF the duties coming
under their department. II DR.. Garrison.
wanted to prefer charges against me as
clerk OF this Board, he should have pre-!
sented them to the Board. / am ready
TO be investigated, butitis nonsense for
a committee Of Conncilmen to be obliged,
to waste time over a lot OF puerile charges.
- II Lulb pVdIu WAS W Wv tth thAs -.
Garrison wants 1t to do, 1t would have to
have O fund OF between SO, 600 and $780,
900 at its command. Let me show you
some Of his orders"
And Mr.. Galligan pulled down q big
bundle OF notices and postal cards adj
dressed to the Board and signed by DR..
Garrison, commanding II to do a variety
OF things. Continuing, Mr.. Galligan said:
"Hefe is one ordering us to clean q mud
alley in the Second ward--one that It Is
impossible to keep clean without posting
man there with brushes, shovels and
wheelbarrow all the time. Here Is one
ordering Morrow street cleaned, received
the day after 1t had been thoroughly.
cleaned. He orders US to drainiwhere
there are no sewers, and orders to clean
streets are here by the wholesale. In
every case these notices have been pre-
scented to the Board and superintendent
Todd sent to investigate each case. Some
Of these notices are simply nonsensicali
impossible things are ordered done and
things that Garrison and his men should
have done themselves; apparently he
don't stop to study for moment whether
such and such q thing can be done.
iThe Board has done the very best 1t
could; and yet we have received notices
to clean tho very streets on which the
best cleaning work had been done, and
this at time when there was no unusual
amount OF sickness or cause for alarm.
Evidently Garrison sent the notices on
complaint OF some one without going to
see for himself. have violated no ordi-
nance that should bring these charges
out. I was simply discouiteous to DIR.
|. Garrison, something the ordinances don't
| provide for.
Gone OF the notices i tore up wa3 an
order to clean and drain o mud alley
something that would have cost q big sum
to do properly and which the Board had
decided that 1t could not do at that time.
The notice / complied with was one about
matter that the Board had already acted
on. The gentleman l advised not TO
make sewer connection TO his
sink would have had to lay a
drain pipe about 275 feet TO
do what he IVES ordered to by Garrison
and the ordinance in relation to sewer
connections, doesn't contemplate mans
doing anything Of that sort. j told the
gentleman to let the matter go to police
court and that the court'would not compel
him TO follow out the order.
ssThe act OF the legislature that created
this Board gave 1.-THE care, maintenance
and cleansing OF the streets and alleys, and
in view OF that his orders are somewhat
amusing. Still the Board Is at all times
ready and willing to cooperate with him
in necessary work.