Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-09
REVISING tue ESTIMATES.
The Committee On Finance Goes uvsr
the figures Once More,
And Lops Another $4,000 OF the Bcaa d
Public Works---The Items Now
Believed to be Correct

TIE Committee on Finance Of the City
Counea met at the City Building last night
and for the third time went over the est
mates prepared by the various boards and
committees having charge over the muici.
pal machinery. Chairman Hildreth pre-
sided. The estimate Of the
COMMITTEE OK HEALTH
was first taken up. This committee had
originally asked for s., 500, 81, 500 of which
was to be devot to the erection of a,pest
house. At its first meeting this item Of
81 500 was stricken out, and the committee
given $4,000. Last night, after o
long discussion, more fully re
ported elsewhere, an item Of
1000, to be expended exclusively for tie
construction of garbage cremstory, was
inserted, increasing this comnittee's item
to $4,000. The sum to be allowed the COM
mittee on
CITY PRISON
was next considered. The committee had
originally asked for $5;245:56, including
besides the ordinary expenses Of the inst
tuition $3.50 for the erection ora new store
room. At its first meeting the committee
had stricken out this item, and Topped
enough off salaries to reduce the total to
$4,799. Council, it will be remembered
unanimously refused to sanction this
reduction in salaries, and last night the
dollars and cents sought to haye.been thus
saved we're sdded to the sum- originally
allowed, bringing the total up to 81, 095.50
The committee then proceeded to the esti
mate Of the COMMITTEES on
FIRE DEPARTMENT..
The committee had asked for q. total Of
$20,S58 10, with the proviso that in case the
loan ordinance was adopted they were to
have $4,000 additional for new hook and
ladder truck. At the FIRST meeting Of the
Finance Committee, the members, in az
economical moment, cut the salaries
of hostlers and foremen to the az,
gregste amount of 5000. The item
for the new truck was then added,
and the total of $2l 95s 10. thus obtained
was allowed to stand. Last night the sala
ries were allowed to remain as heretofore,
making an increase Of 5000, and after
motion to strike out the new truck had been
made and lost the total of $22, 1858. 10 was
made up and passed. The next thing to be
done was to make provision for the pay
ment of interest on the
TEE-THIRTY LOAN,
something which had been overlooked a
previous ceilings. This took Sc $50. Thu
items of increased expense to be met wer,
then footed up, as follows:
Garbage crema' -, goo
City Prison, 2yb D
Fire Department, increase. goo On
len-thrty oooO
Total. $50 50
There was but one way to raise this
money. and hat was to take it off the sum
heretofore allowed the Board Of Public
Works, already decreased $4,000 below
what they originally asked for-$80, 1929
Accordingly the sum Of $l2,S56.50 was sub
tracted from the $40, 800 allowed the Board
at the second meeting Of the committee,
when the clerical error was recti6ed, which
reduced the appropriation to $57,472.60,
including contingentfun These changes
of course, do not change the grand total Of
expenditures allowed at the first meeting Of
the committee, and the balance of 81, 1920
still remains ever and above the estim ated
expenses as contingent fund.
There beirg no further business before
il, the committee at 9 o'clock adjourned.