Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-22
This Board OF Commissioners.

The Board of County Commissioners met
in special session yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, at the call of President Cruise, to
take some action looking to the relief Of
the distress throughout the county, by
reason of the disastrous flood Of Thursday
evening. The majority of the mem
bsrs were on hand promptly, the only
gentlemen absent during the session being
Msssrs. Nichols and Mckinley. In call
ing the meeting to order, President Cruise
made a brief statement of the necessity for
prompt action on the part Of the county
authorities, rs there were many people in
all parts of the county in absolute want,
and predicted that the longer the aid
which he felt should be extended was
withheld, the greater the suffering would
be.
When Mr.. Cruise had concluded, Mr..
Speidsl took the floor and said he desired
to acauaint the members of the Board as
to what hsd been done by the gentlemen
of the Chamber of Commerce relief COM
mittse, appointed to solicit funds for the
relief of the sufferers at Rowlesburg. This
committee, he said, had q balance re-
naming over from the monies in their
hands of about $3.50. The committee, the
day after the heavy rainfall, had purchased
four hundred dollars worth of provisions
and clothing, which had been sent out in
wagons and distributed among the needy
people along the creek valley and in
Caldwell's run. The money on hand was
not quite sufficient to pay for the goods
thus purchased, there being a debt of fifty
dollars thereon, which, as q member OF the
committee, he asked the county to assume.
This was agreed to by the Board without
remark.
Mr.. Stein then took the floor, and after
briefly concurring in the remarks OF Presi-
dent Cruise, as to the great necessity for
aid, moved that the Board set apart and
appropriate the gum of S., 900, to be applied
to this purpose, 5 $1,000 of this sum to be
expended for food and clothing, for distrt-
button, and 81, 900 in cash to be donated
to those who have suffered.
Mr.. STEMS motion was adopted, and
was at once supplemented by a resolution,
offered by Mr.. Speidel, to the effect that
the appropriation 80 made be placed IN the
hands of q COMMITTEES, consisting Of Presl-
dent Cruise, and Messrs. Maxwell and Ty-
Ter, of the Board, and Messrs. j. s. Woods,
C. s. Terrill and John E. McCardle, citi-
zsns of the county, and to be by them dis
tributed to the best advantage. This was
adopted.
Mr.. Rohrig moved that Commissioner
Maxwell be authorized to appoint a road
surveyor for Liberty district, in place Of
William CASTOR, drowned. Tbs motion
prevailed.
Mr.. TYLER made the suggestion that in
view of the terrible condition Of the roads,
and the fact that many Of them would
have to be virtually rebuilt, it would he
a rood thing to annul all existing con-
tracts, work upon which has not been
commenced or completed. This was con-
Cured in by the Board, and q motion to
that effect adopted.
Mr.. Maxwell called attention to the
fact that the roads were very unsafe, n
that there was great liability to accidents:
He moved that notices be posted along all
county roads, calling attention to their
condition, and stating that all travelling
must be ut the risk Of the persons
TINS engaged, and that the county dis
claim any responsibility for accidents.
This was amended 30 as to provide for the
insertion of similar notices in the daily
and weekly papers, and then adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Myles, q committee
ofthree, consisting Of Commissioners Tyler,
Stein and Speidel, to which President
Cruise was afterwards added, was appointed
to draw mp Q memorial to the West Vir-
ginia Senators and members OF Congress,
asking for their efforts to obtain an appro-
pristion OF $40, 600 from the government,
20 be applied to the repair and rebuilding
of the stone bridges along the line Of the
Cumberland road, in Ohio county.
The Relief Committee of the Board, and
the citizens will meet at the County lnfr-
mary at two o'clock this afternoon to lay
out their work, and can there be consulted
by those in need.
The storm In Washington County.
Up to late yesterday the idea was preva-
lent that the eastern edge Of the great
storm did not extend much, ifany, beyond
West Alexander, but news brought in last
evening goes to show it hoped over q good
piece into Washington county, about
Good Intent and Independence and Me-