Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-08

committees recommendation nfty per ccnbs
Lost, ayes, 4; nays, 10. as follows:
Ayes--Messrs. Boring, Delbrugge, Peter
SON and Picket
Nsys-Messrs. Maxwell, Nichols, Prince,
Stein, Stoker and Woods.
Mr.. Peterson moved to make the reduc'
ton 331 per cent.
Mr.. Boring then moved to make the re.
ductiop 40 per cent Lost, ayes 4. nays 8,
the vote being the samea as on the5 o per cent.
vote.
Mr.. DeIbrugge then took the floor, and in
the course OF his remarks, said that it had
became evident that the committee were de-
termined to force this measure down the
throats Of the people, and if this was so, he
was in favor Of letting them go ahead.
Mr.. Picket took the floor, n said 1t was
a strange thing if this Road and Bridge
| Committee was to be allowed to run this
Board. Things had come to q strange pass
if six members of this Board were TO be al
lowed to 90 off into some dark and gloomy
corner and there concoct their questionable
and damnsble schemes. He denounced
those members as unfit to sit in the councils
ofthe county.
Mr.. Woods replied to Mr.. Picket, and was
followed by Mr.. Boring. The latter said the
members from the country were coming here
and demanding something which was
not at all necessary. This com
mittee Of six would get in
a corner and fix up their schemes and the
city would be compelled to pay the bills.
| He pointed out Messrs. Maxwell, Nichols,
| Prince, Stein, Stoker and Woods with his
| fingers, and denounced them as voting away
the peoples money. He addressed himself
especially to Mr.. Woods, and declared that
that gentleman had placed himself on all
the committees for the especial purpose OF
fixing up schemes, and had showed the
old man" (Borlng) out because he repre-
scented the people. 49,,
The Chair-You must confne yourself to
the question. You cannot indulge in per
sonalities.
Mr.. Boring disdained any intention of
doing any on injustice.
Mr.. Stein made a few remarks and then
Mr.. Peterson took the floor. 1t was not q
question of necessity as much as one OF
ability. He did pot impugn the motives OF
sny member Of the committee or OF the
Board. The point had been made that the
law required the county to keep the roads
in order. That was true. But there was
a vast difference between keeping roads in
repair and ~macadsmizing them. BE had
no doubt but that SIC 5000 would do all the
work necessary.
After some further discussion Mr.. Peter
son moved to scale down the appropriation
Is per cent.
The motion was lost, ayes 4, nays 6, as on
former votes.
Mr.. Stoker then moved to strike out the
item of 5000 for the Union Hill extension.
Carried, ayes 6, noes !, as follows: Ayes,
Messrs. Peterson, Boring, Picket, Delbrugge,
Prince and Stoker. Nays, Messrs. Woods,
Maxwell, Nichols and Stein.
Mr.. Stoker then moved to strike out the
sum of $4,000 from the contingent fund,
and insert $500.
Mr.. Boring asked if the gentleman de-
signed that $500 to pay the county engineer.
you know it won't do it." said he.
"Your idea is to knock this item out, know
ing il is insufficient, and then you will bring
in an item for that officers pay after while.
| don't want any lodging here"
Mr.. Stocker-The gentleman has been
calling for economy. | am trying to give
him economy, and it don't appear to suit
him.
Mr.. Picket moved to make the sum
81, 800.
Mr.. Peterson was in favor of looping the
whole contingent fund of, and paying
the county engineer q salary on a per diem.
Mr.. Picket withdrew his amendment and
Mr.. Peterson moved to strike off the item
of 1900 for contingent expenses.
Carried.
Mr.. Woods then moved to insert at the
end of the committees report the following
item: For per diem Of county engineer,
$780,"
Carried.
Mr.. Delbrugge then moved that 20 per
cent. be stricken from the report Of the COM
mittee.
The ayes and nays were called for as fol-
loVs: Ayes, Messrs. Boring, Peterson,
Pickett and Delbrugge. Nays, Messrs.
Prince, Maxwell, Nichols, Woods, Stoker
and Stein.
A motion to adjourn having failed, Mr..
Stoker moved to scale the committee re-
port Is per cent. Lost. Ayes 4, nays 6.
Mr.. Maxwell moved that the report Of
the committee, as amended, be adopted.
On that motion Mr.. Woods called for the
previous question. =.
Mr.. Picket obtained the floor, and moved
that the Board take a recess until $50
o'clock.
The Chair refused to entertain the mo-
ton, and answered that the previous ques-
ton had been demanded. The question
was, shall the previous question be put?
Mr.. Delbrugge called for the ayes and
noes, but before the question was put Mr
Peterson appealed from the decision of the
chair, in that the motion to adjourn was no,
in order.
TIE Board sustained the decision of the
Chair, ayes 6, noes 4, the Chair Mr.. Prince)
voting to sustain his own decision, although
Mr.. Picket sarcastically moved that he be
excused, as it was q somewhat delicate posi-
ton to be placed in.
The previous question was then ordered,
and the main question, shall the report OF
the committee as amended be adopted, was
carried, ayes, 6; nays 4-the same old vote.
Mr.. Maxwell moved that the clerk of the
DOdIu pe iuSIuCtcu W dufcil'o0 1OA Nauo
work on the country roads.
Mr.. George B. Caldwell then appeared
before the Board as counsel for the petition
ers for a bridge at Loripg's Lane, advocating
its construction.
At the conclusion Of his argument, Mr..
Stein moved to insert an item ofS4,000 for
the construction of the bridge.
The estimates Of the county engineer were
read, as follows
Embsnkment, i,2TS cubic yards at &c. s 3st 90
Masonry dry, 2S cubic yards at 81 Co.,. l,140 %
Riprap, 100 cubic yards At 81 90 ............. 900 90
superstruction tiIOn}, $50 feet clear sPan..- $500 90
si,s2i 90
Cash 500 90 |
Net cost to the county 80
Mr.. Delbrugge was opposed to the bridge.
He said there were not over four residents of