Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-17
REIEIPTs

With these totals to start With, the
committee took up the estimates seriatum,
beginning with the Fire department, the
first item, Board Of Public Works, being
left over, until the other amounts should
be fixed. The Fire Department estimate q
S23, S24, went through without objection.
There was a good deal Of discussion over
the Health committee estimate, but iually
it wss passed after $33 had been struck
out. Markets va pHlled down from
81, $50 to IS, 900, the committee satiEste OF
g, OO0 for relaying the pavementsin the two
market houses being deemed something
thu city could got along without for an,
other yeer, With a little patching. The
Police Sstia3us d S5, ssh, was cuta little.
The item Of VI, 800 iof se.fSt Gs!v!ce was
what started the discussion. hr. Gr1se
moved TO cut off SSS5, making the appro-
p~riation an even SIS, QUO. Mr.. Mitchell
saw Nr. GruSe and went him $500 better,
and the original motion as amended was
adopted. The Cty RTisad istimate Of
Sll, 500. inelndtd in which yves aD ltsll
of $40, 900 for . EaS work house, was dis
cusssd at great length, extended
mention Of what was said being given
elsewhere. The appropriation was inally
placed at 1 1900. The Scales estimate Of
$1,000 went through all right. The eatI'
mate o. the Committee on Real Estate was
cut down from S?,5W TO $h6JO, after Il
good deal Of talk. One hEnjrcl qellsrs
was taken of the 81, 900 asked Tor by tue
| Committee on Cemeteries, making tRe
( allowance $500. Salaries were advanced
from the ssr9l $4,000 TO $4,000, on ac-
count OF one or ISG slight raises. The
Contingent fund was passed ONe., end then
tbs various loans were taken up ia then
order. Tbs interest and payment on ac'
count Of compromise Joan gas liked at the
same sun as last year, 10, 900, sud Gssig3ed
to the Water Board, which had not included
| that amount in the estimate submitted By
them to the ncOmmittee. Tle interest o
the loan Of lSSl, 81, OO2. 80, was placed on
| the list without alteration. In the matter
of the loan Of 1877, there was On inter
mirable discussion 10 connection s::S the
estimates Tor the gas works, the trustees
Of which, last year, only pail h2lt thein'
terest on the loan OF ISIS, 81, 1880. Il Eas
finally decided that the Gas Trustees
should pay, in addition to the share Of the
losn of 1885 heretofore assumed by them,
tine saui Of 81, $50 principal and interest of
the loan Of 1877, lesy Ing 1880 Of that
loan TO be assumed by toe EateS BGsF4, ~
last year. This payment by the Gas Board
il 10 com u Of the surplus Of
81, 7jl.I G estimated they will have
ca hEpd after setting aside the ex-
p%enditnrsS aSkan for, and will leave
the Board with bat tie Sasll cash balance
Of 81, 42I.ll on hand. This action nese5-
STATED the increasing OF the total appTo-
UriltioDs for the Gas Trustees 10 $50, $50.
The payment Of s., $50 thus contemplated
To b. taken out of the Gas Board surplus,
has actually hsep paid by the city, and the
Board will simply tara tie Egn mention
ed over 10 the City Receiver, to be PLACED
10 the credit OF the loan mentioned. There
wa q big endeavor made in the committee
10 require the Board to turn its present
surplus Of 81, 75l.ll over into tbs city
treasury ~ 3 lump, but the matter was
finally compromised - The way above out
lined. ThisImatteT passed OyeI, thu COM
mittee assigned 10 the Water board, IA
addition TO the interest on the compromise
loan, above referred TO, one-half the inter
st on the loan of 1856, $3.50, and
thea allowing all the expenditures de-
desired by that Board, increased the
smoun from Sc, 900 to 80, }24. i9, so as to
include the interest sums. This will lesFs
the Water Board With . surplus OF 81, IA =
% on hand, and will ALLOW them the $50
600 for a high service reservoir.
The following table will show in detail
the amounts appropriated for the various
departments last year, the amounts spent,
tie SUES SskeA for this year, and the sums
actually allowed last nigh 20 far as the
COMMITTEES brneeededs