The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-22
VOLUME XXXVI--NUMBER 235.
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Meetings of Important boards and Con
mIttees Last Night,

Meetings of Important boards and Com.
mlttees Last Night.
Three Of the municipal boards and
three Council committees were called to
meet last evening. There was import
ant business for nearly all OF them to
attend to, and all met EXCEPT the Police
and Fire Board, which failed to secure
quorum, only two members putting in
an appearance. There was nothing but
routine business for it to consider.
The joint meeting OF the Board of
Public Works and the Council Commit
tee on Finance was held in Clerk Bow
ers' office, and was called for the pur-
pose Of extricating the Board from the
trouble 1t has gotten into in paving
Main street, through the discovery after
the street had been torn up that the ap-
preparation made for the work was ex-
hausted. ....
All the members OF the Board were
present last night, and nearly all the
committee. The fun was started by an
inquiry from Mr.. Ferrell, OF the commit
tee, as to why proper and sufficient es-
innate OF the amount necessary TO do
the work had not been made in the tirst
place. This brought President Myles
and Mr.. Butts, of the Board, to the front.
One word followed another until things
were very warm, and when Mr.. Dobbins
said that it was evident that some one
had made mistake somewhere that
should be reCtified us speedily rs possi-
BILE and thereby stopped the racket, the
contest started by Mr.. Ferrell was de-
clared draw.
Mr.. Myles stated that the Board had
found that the appropriations for the
following named pieces Of paving would
not be sufficient 10 do the same by the
amounts named: Main street, $1,000;
a certain alley, Sl00; Twenty.third
street, $500; Wood street, $500. Clerk
Lancaster read statement showing n
deficit OF $3.50 50 between the appro-
priations made for work now in progress
and what it would cost to complete it.
Mr.. Myles said that Main street (north),
Twenty-third street, Woods street and
Jacob street, in the Eighth ward, were
all torn up now and must be finished.
He suggested that the paving Of Main
street from Twenty-fourth to Twenty
seventh street, provided for in the ap-
preparation ordinance, at the instance Of
Mr.. Cruise, be stricken out and the
money provided for that work applied
to finishing the work he had referred to.
This brought out a motion from Mr..
Cruise to the effect that the money need
ed be appropriated from the Boards
contingent fund. This brought the
Board up with its fighting clothes on,
and the old racket about the right OF
Council to interfere with this fund Of
the Boards was gone over again.
Mr.. Myles and Mr.. Mitchell had q
spirited 60 OF it over this proposition.
Mr.. Myles said that already $4,000 has
been appropriated from that fund by
Council without any warrant whatever.
There was some further talk and then
the committee, to the intense disgust Of
the Board, adopted Mr.. Gruse's motion,
and instructed the City Solicitor 10 draw
up an ordinance amending the appro-
priation ordinance so rs TO provid that
the additional money for the work
named, be taken from the contingent
fund.
THE NEW RESERVOIR.
The Board OF Water Commissioners
met and opened nine new bids for the
construction OF the proposed new reser-
voir. The bids handed in in response to
the first call numbered thirteen. Last
nights bids were handed to Clerk Wilk7
inson with instructions to tabulate them
so that they may be properly considered
at future meeting. No figures were
given out.
The Committee on Health met and
audited bills aggregating $l25 and trans
acted other minor business.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
The Board of Gas Trustees and the
Committee on Lights met jointly and
listened to propositions made by Colonel
Beetle, representing the Western Elec-
trio Light Company, Of Chicago, Mr.. j.
A. Riddall, Of the Brush Company, OF
Pittsburgh, and Hiram Whitaker, Of the
Waterhouse Company, of Hartford, re-
lative to furnishing the city with an
electric light plant for lighting the streets
with the arc light. The plan proposed
by the Trustees embraces 81 lights, 40 to
be placed north OF the creek, 20 south OF
the creek and 10 on the Island. These
lights are to be placed at the most prom
inent street intersections. The state
ments made by the gentlemen named
were listened to attentively, and m in
teresting report from the committee may
be anticipated.
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