The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-07
AN UNIQUE REPORT.
OoUxoII's EINANoE ooMMrTPRH
70 Present to Council an Ordinance Viz.
tuAlly Repeating Several Existing ordi-
nRuOsS and Amending the CHARTER.
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A special meeting Of Council has been
called for this evening to consider an i'm!
poltAnt report from the Finance Com.
mittee. This report Is accompanied by
the annual appropriation ordinance for
the fiscal year commencing January /,
1856, four months OF which have already
passed away, in which considerable ex-
penae has been incurred by all OF the de.
partments. These expenses have been
provided for, however, by an ordinance al
lowing each department to expend during
the first five months OF the year five
tWeliths OF the amount appropriated to II
last year, These appropriations are in
cluded in the totals named in the ordi.
nance to be submitted this evening,
The ordinance is drawn in conformity
with the ordinance to keep the disburse-
ments Of the city within its revenues. II
also defines certain ntfenses and presCribes
penalties. The latter portion is a new de,
psHture, and it ia probable that 1t will
raise a lively discussion.
Tue REPORT.
The committee in Its report says that II
has expended much labor and care to per
feet the ordinance and to make such sp.
portionments as shall enable the several
departments to be successfully operated,
1t has found the financial condition OF the
city much better than in former years, but
suggests economy, though the %appropria-
tions are liberal. 1t has not dis
turbed the amounts asked for by thu
various departments TO any extent, except
that asked for the City Prison, in which
the compensation OF two guards Is dis
pensad with. The committee in its re-
port hits the management OF that depart
nent several hard blows, 1t says that the
department has grown dispropOrtiOnRtely
TO what was intended when first estab'
lished; that the ordinance under which
the prison Is operated did not contemplate
the present expensive management
cost OF 81 cents per day per prisoner, or al
the rate Of SIG so per MONTH that the
keeping and feeding OF prisoners Is moi
regulated by the same system OF economy
which prevails in institutions Of the same
character In other cities.
woRKuOusE EXPENSES.
The committee presented q tabulated
statement Of the expenses Of the depart
ment for 1885. A reCapitulation snow
that 1888 80 was paid for bread; SAL 50
for meat; $500 7S for groceries; Sl3 70 tol
milk; Sll6 90 for coal; $50 So for tools
1924 70 for m%iEosllanies; total 81 ,G07 2S;
salaries S2,045; grand total $l,G42 rs.
These figures are from the Superinten-
dents monthly reports. Those reports
showed q total number Of prisoners In
prison on the first OF the months Of 279,
The committee says that supplies should
be furnished by contract given to tue
lowest and best bidder and the manage.
ment and supervisor OF It's officers should
be placed under the Board Of Police and
Fire Commissioners and in this ConneC-
lion the committee would include the
lookup and It's keepers. The committee
suggests that this portion Of It's report be
referred to the committee on Ordinances
with instructions to draft an ordinance
amending the ordinance in relation to the
City Prison,
The ordinance in its first section ap.
p%ropriates money as follows; Fire De.
oartment, S23, 900 "a; Health, $500;
Markets, $4,050; Police, $4,000; City
Prison, $4,000; Scales and Weighing, ST..
400; Cemeteries, $4,000; Salaries not other
wise provided for, $4,000; payment OF In.
terest on loan Of 1881, $1,000 80; Gas
Works S02, 800; Water Works, 500, 1917 4S;
Real Estate -, $50; Contingencies, $2O,.
pIv,un pypRNaRs.