The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-21
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paredby the Committees.
Inaeeordanee withthe second and third
sections Of the ordinance recently passed
by Council, entitled IAN ordinance to
keep the disbulsementsof the city within
the limits d its revenues the Council
Committees on Fire Department. Health,
Markets, Police and Scales, were called 10
meet atthe City Building last evening to
prepare a report to be made at the next
meeting Of Council, OF the estimated
amounts that will be required by
the several departments to run them
during the current year. The ordinance
feeites that these amounts must include
the salaries and amounts already expend-
ed during the year and that the commit
tees must be particular to consider, in
making their estimates, all classes Of ex.
.penses necessarily incident TO the depart
ments, and that each Of the statements TO
be reported to Council should be accom-
panied by full statements Of the neces-
stiles Of the several departments as far as
known.
The Committee nscales had very little
trouble in getting up its estimate. It'ran
over last years expenses; found out that
they amounted to about $3.50, and decided
to ask forSi,00o.
StAREErs AND POLICE.
The Committee on Markets figured out
that it&ould require atleast s., 600 TO see
It through to the first ofnextJanuary and
in addition decided to make q strong plea
to Council and the Finance Committee Tor
the privilege OF erecting respectable
market house over the open portion Of the
Centre Market space. Whatit would cost
TO do this no one on the committee ap.
peared to have any well defined idea, but
It twas finally decided 10 recommend the
erection OF q building at a cost not to ex-
coed s., 900.
The Committee on Police will ask for
$4,000 OF this amount $lG,;77S goes TO
the Chief and his nineteen deputies for
salaries and summoning Council, and the
salaries OF the lookup keeper and his as
sistant and the expenses OF the lookup are
are to come out of the balance. What lit
| Tie will then be left OF the $50, 600 will be
used for contingencies. There was some
talk In tho committee about reducing the
force in some manner. One member said
he favored return to the old style-a
chief aud eleven men. The present force,
he said, did no more work than the old
one. Another member said that he
thought S65 per month was rather steep
price to pay a policeman these hard times
there were plenty OF good citizens now idle
who would be glad TO serve as guardians
OF the peace for $50 per moth. No &C.
ton was taken on any OF these sugges-
tons; it Is too hard work getting out OF
an old rut in these matters.
Capt. Smith, on tie other hand, said he
would like to have five more men and
two detectives, and trotted out the police
reports OF Richmond, Va, and Dayton,
| o., to show in Whit fine condition the
police departments were in those
places. The Captain also said something
about patrol wagon, and said that all he
had in that line was an old wheelbartow.
The Committee may recommend the pnr-
chase OF wheelbarrow. LAST year the
police force cost Sl0, 14i Us, which sum in
cluded what was paid for specials during
the flood.
F1REASp HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
From the. departments Of Scales, Mar
kets aud Police there isa revenue, but It
all goes to tho Board Of Public Works,
and the appropriations asked for must be
made from the revenues in the shape Of
taxes and licenses. There Is no revenue
from the Health aud Fire Departments.
The Fire Department Committee was
all present. Chairman Hoffman and
Chief Dunnlng presented hurriedly
drawn up estimate, the total ofwhich was
$50, 600. Ofthis sum over $l5, 600 has to
be paid out for salaries, and the balance,
barely 5000, It is thought Is hardly a
large enough sun 10 nay for feed and the
thousand and one accidents and continr
gencies that are liableto arise in a depart
ment like that Of fire. Last years expend-
lures In the Fire Department were made
much larger than usual by the purchase OF
anew engine and the repairing that was
necessary incident to the flood. The COM
mittee, unable to come to- any satisfactory
agreement, decided to postpone action
until Thursday, when 1t will make itsIan-
nual innketing trip about the city andin-
spect the various houses, after which it
will be in a better condition to Judge what
will be necessary,
The picnic or the evening took place
when the committee on Health met. Its
estimate as finally made up is as fol-
lows: Health Officers salary, 5000 extra
services Of Health Officer, $500; Health
Officers assistants and sanitary supplies
such as lime, etc, 500; drugs and medi-
cines, $500 printing and advertising, $40;
removing nuisances, S75i removing gar
bage, Sl;734; Quarantine and contingent
cies, $500; new sections house at Iiehin-
sula cemetery and converting present
house into pest house, 5000 total S., 400.
Thecemmitteeh had scarcely come TO order
before Health Officer Garrison began TO
e4pstiate on the necessity Of his being
furnished with map Of THO streets and
alleys and sewers OF the city'to hang up In
hIs office. He said he didn't know'the
names Of 9 number Of the streets and he
was anxious 70 post up on the sewerage.
Chairman Bingell switched him OF and
the committee audited few bills.
ASSISTANT. HEALTH orF.cERs.
Then the work Of making IN estimate
was begun, All went smoothly, even Il
slowly, until the aueatsea Of Assistant
Health Officers was reached. That was
what DR.. Garrison had been waiting for.
He opened two new books that he had
had made aud proceeded to show the beau
ties OF scheme ghich he had;
A complains that B. has q nuiaan1S
on his premises @. Is ordered 10 notify B
10 remove, ETC., etc. The scheme is good
one but the oommittee was slow and could
not see what connection It had withjthe
assistants. The Doctor then proceeded 10
state that ten men could do Ia one day
and at the same cost what one man could
do In ten days; the only thing gained was
tina, This the committee did not offer to
ST. Slyles at this iunctprn said he
thought that two assistants would lie SUI.
tlcient-one north, the other sonth Of the
creek. It.would take amonth to exam.
Inc premises and serve notices and anot}l.
or aionth 10 see that the orders and no.
tees were carried opt DR.. Garisonagain