The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-19
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For fhN ~. n w toQp What ~ Cantefn.
plated liednesiap Oh salary.
Tie Board OF Public worksds hndipg
Itself considerably hampefed this aeaAon,
owing TO q lack t!ayailableiund 1t win
be remembered that when estimates were
being made by the various departments
ofthe city and the Council committees, oi
the amounts OF money that would be
needed to run each during the current
year, preparatory TO the drawing upsof
the appropriation ordinance, the Board
estimated that it would need eighty thous.
and dollars In round numbers, 10 do the
work required in various parts Of the city.
The committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades when 1t came to examine the este
mate sealed it down six or seven thousand
dollars. The Finance committee when 1t
came 10 examine all the estimates present
ed, found it necessary to lop of about ten
thousand dollars, and afterwards finding
that It had made q mistake Of ten thou
sand dollars in its iootings chopped tot'
another ten thousand dollars, aud sill
later finding that one item Of expense had
not been provided for, found Il necessary
ito take another slice from the Board 3 esti-
mate to provide for the forgotten item.
This left in round numbers about S52,-
coo for the Board, exclusive Of the ten
cent levy, as the ordinance making that
levy had not then been passed. This
amount, So, 1000, included tho Boards
contingent fund, which was based on the
amount derived from that source last year,
which.was quite large. This contingent
fund Is made npiot rents from. city scales,
fines and costs imposed by the police
court and the revenues from the markets
and wharyes, all Of which is placed b the
Boards Gre lit 10 BIO expended ins the pay
uisntof contingent expenses, and for nc
Eother purpose. 81, ~
This year this fund Is going to fall fai
below whatit waslastyear. The main
sourCe Of its income is from the police
court, and owing to the shut down oftht
mills and the city otmoney this Is only
about half what it was last year. Tho po
lice lnd that citizens having little or nc
money TO spend for Injuries, do not gct
drunk and carouse asformerly. and IL they
do, they prefer in q large number Of caset
to work out their fine and costs "on the
hill" in which case, the Board gets moth.
ing. The police records OF this year show
| a marked falling OF In the number of ar.
rests and tho amount OF money received
as compared with last years records.
Very little is being received from scales
marksLj and whafyes, and the Board has
had give up all hopes OF making several
contemplated and needed improve
| The passage OF the ten cent levy ordinance
made II possible to do an important piece
| OF work, although the money from the
levy will not be in the treasury for several
months to come; however Col Camp
bell, the contractor, will proceed with the
work and wait for his money. The work
referred to, is the paving with brick o.
Chapline street from Twenty fourth tc
Twenty-seyenth street, up Twenty,seyentt
| % E0tf and down Eotf TO Thirty.seconc
street. ~
The Board is repairing and building
several important sewers on the South
Side, and proposes to gravel North From
street, on the Island, as South Front wa
done three years ago. y = u,
Tie Board realizing that its contingent
| fund was falling far behind what it was
estimated that 1t would BIO, and also be-
ll;eyine that it would experience difficulty
lin securing from Council appropriations
large enough to make up the deficit, be.
gan casting about for gone way 70
begin the work Of retrenchment,
Several improvements were aban-
doned and the salary Of Super:
intendent Todd has been reduced
from 81 200 TO 5000 per annum. How the
| last move will result is not known. Mr..
Todd's appointment was confirmed by
Council also his salary $1,000. Council
has not been consulted asto the reduction.