The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-23
A SCENE IN COMMITTEE.


A SCENE IN COMMITTEE.
A Lively Episode In the Committee on
Health Last Night,
The Council COMMITTEES on Health met
at the Public Building last evening, for
the purpose OF awarding the contract for
constructing over the garbage crematory,
that has just been built on Wheeling hill,
a protection shed Of iron, There were
present Chairman George B. Caldwell and
Messrs. Myles, Buchanan, Brice, Yahn,
Miller and SChultze, OF the committee,
Health Officer Garrison, Clerk Galllgan
and DR.. q. Baird.
Charles s. Rea, a mechanical engineer,
OF Pittsburgh, who had o bid in for doing
the work, and Louis Hsrtong, of this city,
another bidder, were also present,
There we're three bids on the table, the
third having been handed in by Charles
H, Miller, Of North Wheeling, q member
OF the committee. Before anything was
done he asked and was given permission
to withdraw his bid, for reasons which he
said he would explain further Oh.
CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING.
This left the bids Of Rea and Hartong to
be considered. Mr.. R9s had submitted q
neatly drawn and nicely gotten up
plan OF an iron building 80 by
80 by 90 feet that he proposed
to erect over the crematory with
doors, windows and ventilators all CON-
plete and painted, together with . neces'
ssry arch, for $3.50, The work to be done
BY tho well.known firm OF D. W, @. Car.
roll 4 Co, limited, OF Pittsburgh, and the
plan one that had been approved by Mr.,
NJ. Y. Smith, the engineer OF Pittsburgh
who constructed tho crematory and who
Ia tho patentee OF the furnace used, Mr..
Hartoug's bid for constructing the shed
was $8i5. His plan proposed a building
OF iron, constructed on 0 framework Of
timber. The plan was hastily sketChed
and his communication q somewhat vague
one.
Chairman Caldwell after calling the
committee to order picked up and read
Mr.. Rsa's bid. Mr.. Miller took the floor,
and In his usual vehement manner an.
nounced that he would not vote 10 award
any contract to q firm that was represent
ed by "a tcoundrel'-"a villain who
had attempted to impeach his "honor'
by offering him, who had sworn 10
protect the city, q brlbe.
MR.. nEA ACCUSED.
He then pointed to Mr.. Rea and said
he was the "yillain' he had alluded to,
The committee had listened, evidently
very much amused, to the excited mem,
Der and now turned is attention to Mr.,
Rea.
That gentleman did not bear any re.
semblance to q scoupdrel or q william; on
the contrary no looked like q very mild,
~inoIpnsiyo peraon, lie endeayored tC
protest against the language Mi. Miller
had used, but was preventedby that indi.
yidual, who broke out again In q wild
harangue, during which he called Mr.. Res
"a-Gtiar," and repeated the other cpl
thets he had applledt to him.
Mr.. Rea told him that he could accom-
plish nothing by calling him names, as he
was not q fighting man, having one false
eye and not being able to see well out o.
the other.
BASIS OF THE CHARGES.
Chairman Caldwell took q hand in The
affair at this iuncture, and 1t was develop
cd after he had guieted things down, tina
on last Saturday hight Mr.. ReR had CONT
into tho Office Of the Board Of Publ,
Works to see Clerk Galligan about the
meeting OF the committee. Miller waI
there and was introduced as q member o.
the committee. Gslligan asked Rea, wha
they could get from. him in case his BID
was accepted. At this junCture the tele'
phone in the ! adjoining room ranG
and Galligan went In to answer 1t
Miller followed him Iand Rea, who
stated TO the committee that he was very
much astonished at Galligan's question,
followed after them. After Galligsn was
through at the telephone, Rea said 10 the
two men that whils there was no money
for him In the ipb, In case he got II
at bis figures he could afford to give them
$25 each, Miller then left the room and
Galligan laughing at Rea told him he had
made "a bad crack" that Miller was not
only a member OF the committee but a
bidder for. the work himself. lRaa had
then gone out 10 see Miller. I. E
NOT ASHAMED.
Me-. Res said that he lsd done nothing
to DO ashamed Of. A motion was made
TO reject the bid; action on this was sus.
pended until Hartong'g bid was read.
Then both parties explained how they
proposed TO construct tho work.
Mr.. Miller got Started agsip and used
some very abusive language towards Nj.
Rsa. He said that ReR had also said
damn the Bible" that Jim Todd had
heard him say II and had left the room /;
and that a inRl who would say that should
not receive any attention. Miller Yves
rapidly becoming excited,
MI. Rea denied saying anything Of the
kind; he said he was q member Of the
Presbyterian church and loved the Bible
too much 10 speak like that. Galligan
and Nr. Todd both said afterwards that
Rsa had said nothing about the Bible.
Mr.. RE4 STRUCK.
Miller started bis abuse onOo more;
R9a denied a ssatementI Miller suddenly
turned and hitting Rsa q singing blow In
the face, knocking him backwards, said,
nYou'd have me pVfjute my soul, would
your" He was sboit 10 follow up the
blow, but was pushed down Into Ills phgis
by Dk. Garrison, Considering MI, Rsas
inftmities the blow was o CoRardly one.
The committee asked GAlligAn Tor an
explanation. lie G%orroborated tho Btory
given above; he said no had said what ha
did 10 Mt. Rsa simply az a pure Joke, and
had accepted R9a's answer 40 q jOkej he
had looked on tho matter a. al exchange
Of iguying."
pointed out the decided advantages In Mi.
Rsa's plan,
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