The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-15
A loan FOR $4,000
Is now Proposed for Straighten-
ing csIdweII's Run,
A NEW MAIN STREET BRIDGE
And tho Rebuilding OF tho seyen'
teeuth Street BFldge-The Work
of the Second Branch Last
NIghr-AssIze Ordinance,

NtHnt-ahsl4e ArutNhHCs'
At the regular meeting Of Council
held last Tuesday evening, resolution,
offered by Mr., Brandlass, was adopted
by both branches, agreeing when they
adjourned, to adjourn till last night,
when the special order should be the
consideration OF the proposed loan ordl'
nance, by which it is designed to raise
the necessary funds to build bridge
over the creek at Main street in place Of
the old stone structure swept away
by the freshet OF August, The
Second Branch met and remained in SEES
sion oyer two hours struggling with the
several vexed questions that came up in
connection with the matter, The First
Branch could probably have gotten a
quorum together had 1t been necessary,
but the Second occupied so much time
that the members OF the upper house,
having no other business to engage
their attention, finally, tired Of waiting
for the Second to conclude with the loan
measure, went away, The Second
Branch members present were AlessFs'
Bailey, Brandiass, eapps, Dawson, Em-
marth, Hadlick, Harrell, Kreiter, Marsh,
Miller Edward, Miller @, H., Robrecht,
Warehouse, WiIkle, Yahn and Presi'
dent Cruise.
The reading OF the minutes OF the pre-
yious meeting was dispensed with.
President CRUISE submitted, IN opinion
he had secured from City Solicitor
White regarding the legality oil gny
action had on a loan ordinance at any
but a regular meeting Of Council, The
opinion Of Colonel White was that action
had at an adjourned meeting such rs
this would be perfectly proper and law
full.
Chairman Harrell, OF the Finance Com.
mittee, reported back the loan ordinance,
which had been referred to his commit
tee for tho purpose OF having some
changes made, with tho statement that
| It had been DECIDED that II would be in:
advisable to Make any changes. The
ordinance was therefore taken up on Its
second reading.
TO he a STONE BRIDGE
1t was provided by the ordinance that
the loan should be for $4,000, that
amount to be expended in the erection
81 q 'istoneN bridge, Mr.. Harrell re.
sumed bis opposition 10 o stone bridge
and moved to amend by making 1t IN
''lron or steel' bridge, q proposition that
was once more knocked out by large
majority
President Gruse took the floor and
moved an amendment increasing the
amount OF the loan to $4,000, Of which
amount SID, 900 is 10 be devoted to build
ing a stone bridge over the creek, $685.
900 to STRENGTHENING Caldwells run and
$4,000 TO rebuilding the Seventeenth
street bridge. There was long wrangle
over this matter, but the ordinance was
finally passed With the amount hxed at
$4,000 and divldeda Us abOYe. 81
The superintendent OF $50, 900 to CSld-
wells RID Eas the specially objection
able feature. Mr.. Cruise proposed the
following TO BIO Incorporated In the or
! dinance; =
Before the strengthening OF said Cald-
wells run shall be commenced the own
ers oil the adjacent real estate shall re-
lease the city Of Wheeling from all dam
ages by reason OF any ireshet or Hood /
said release to he to the satisfaction OF
the Board Of Public Works. 1t is fur
| Nkna nHn,,i,lnI thut hnfntn untl tnrk ahall
DO commenced the b. & o. railroad com
pany shall agree to remove their bridge
at tho mouth Of Caldwell's run in a
direct line with said run when straight
ened,D
Those opposed TO Strengthening the
run COnsoled themselves with the belief
that the Baltimore & Ohio will DO In no
hurry TO make the agreement contem-
plated above and that therefore, the NOM
ey will not be borrowed nor expended.
The title OF the ordinance as originally
reported was as follows: IAN ordi-
nance To provide for tho issue and sale
Of bonds Of the city OF Wheeling, to he
known as The Wheeling Greek Bridge
Bonds, and for the redemption and pay
ment thereof"
The amendments made TO the ordi.
nance necessitated some changes in the
title, which were briefly made by insert
ing the words land improvements" after
the word "bridge." 1t was considered
unnecessary to state any more specific
ally in the title what the ordinance was.
The bonds are to be OF the following
denominations: Ten Of 500 each, one
hundred OF $500 each and the balance Of
81 900 each; they arc TO be l0.34s, and
bear interest at the rate Of 3 per cent,
and notsubject 10 citytaEation. Mesars.
Frank 7. Jepson, NJ. LETTERS and Myron
Hubbard are named as the commission
ers, and the Bank Of the Ohio Valley Is
named as the institution at which the
bonds are TO be payable. The ordinance
will be submitted to the people for the
necessary three.fifths vote 10 authorize
the loan on Saturday, April 20.
Tho following part Of section was
what was objected to when the or
dinanCe was last considered, and which |
led To the measure being referred to the
Finance Committee,
"Section 4. There shall be annually
levied by tho Council OF the city Of
Wheeling, at the same time that tho an
rual levy OF city taxes for other purposes
Is made, until all the bonds issued under
the provisions Of this ordinance are paid,
direct tax upon all real estate and per.
sonal property assessed by the said city
for taxes, which direct tax shall DO
levied aS o separate tax and In al.
dition 10 all other taxes that may
DO levied for the benefit OF the city, and
which shall be sufficient 10 produce In
each year until and including the year
1922, d sum sufficient 10 pay the interest
annually aCcruing upon said bonds; and
which levy shall, after the year 1893 un.
VI the said bonds shall DO fully redeem.
cd and satisfied, he sufficient TO nay an.
nually the interest on such Of said
bonds as shall DO rinredeemed."
The Finance Committee found tho
language about direct tax was reces.
sary. AT present the city taxes It's Clti:
Gems up 10 the limit allowed by law and
out Of the revenues 80 derived provision
must DO made for the payment Of loans.
The First Branch will, In all probable.
". considerably amend the ordinance aB