The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-22
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Vacancies in the Various Houses
Filled last Evening
BY THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE,
Repairs and Painting for the Houses
let to Contract, and Councilman
seeIey Gets a Job-A Fainter
Is In the Soup.

The Council Committee on Fire De-
partment held another meeting last
evening and disposed Of considerable
business, The special subcommittee
appointed to report what repairs were
necessary at the hook and ladder house,
now that ithas been decided to remain
in the present quarters for a time at
least, reported that new flooring, paint
Ing and paperlng and a bath tub and
other fixtures were needed. There were
bids in for the flooring and the painting
and papering, The contract for the
flooring was ordered awarded to W, H,
Wilson and for the painting and paper
ing to ], A. White 4 Go, Other small
jobs at the Niagara ann Atlantic houses
were parceled out,
At the last meeting Of this committee
bids for painting the exterior Of several
otthe Departments houses were opened.
The bid OF Ed Harry was SIG, as read
by Clerk Fee, for doing all the work,
and being the lowest was ordered award
ed to him. II appears, however, that
his bid was one Of Sl07, but how the
mistake OF reading those figures as SIG
was made,does notappear, Harry has not
yet signed any contract but has COM
menced work on the Hope hose house,
The committee reasoned that not only
would the city be liable to be gouged
in some way by u man who would be
willing to make a dropot $5l on a$l67
bid, but that II would be unfair to the
J other contractors who had bid for the
work TO let Harry proceed, As no con.
| tract had been slgued in this matter, the
committee felt justified In awarding the
contract for this work To I, A. White 4
, Co., who were the lowest bidder, Sl20
being their figures. Harry has put one
coat OF paint on the Hope house, but aC'
! cording to the committees idea he had
no authority for doing this, and will have
to whistle for his money,
Q The appointment OF Ad Ebbert to be
Q foreman at the Island hose house, vice
James MCGEE, resigned to accept {
!, positioninthe P~ostotice, was taken frou
the table, where It had been laid at thu
Z last meeting, and after Mr.. seeley haC
stated that lie had not been able TO learr
anything against the man, his confirm
alton was ordered. The appointment
. OF James McClyment to be hostler q
the Island house, vice John Mason, re
signed, was reported by Chic
! Dunning and was ordered recon
mended TO Council for con6r
. nation. Mr.. Seeley stating tina
Z he had examined into the case and beer
|, unable to find any Democrat who want
q cd the place, Chief Dunning also 70
l ported that during the day Friday
there had been q difference or conflict o
authority between the foreman and thu
tillerman at the Hook and Ladder house
aud that Ed Deach, the tillerman, haC
Q resigned. He had filled the place tenn
g porarily with "Paddy" Mahoney, whom
Q the committee decided to recommend fol
confirmation In that position. .
The job OF putting in q bath tub, etc.
at the hook and ladder house was award
ed to Mr.. Seeley at his estimate OIL
sos 80. He said he had made measure.
ments and estimated that the work
cost that still he was willing to have the
: committee get bids on the work II II 50
8 desired, but II had no desire.
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