Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-19
DESIRE DAMAGES.
ACONSIDgRABLBNUMBBR OF CLAIMS FILED
AGAINST CHB CITY.
An Important Session Of the Council Committee, Las
Evening, at Which the Matters Were
Discussed and Set.

As has probably been noticed by those
readers Of the REGISTER who rom time to
time peruse the reports OF the sessions OF
the City Council, there are at present
pending a considerable number Of claims
for damsees against the city, growing,
principally, cut Of changes Of grades by the
Board of Public Works, through the action
Of Council upOn ordinances duly presented
to it.
The aggregate Of these claims will reach
several thousand dollars, and there is a
promise that in one or two instances, at
least, there will be litigation before set
Element is reached.
Last evening the Committee on Claims
met in the chamber of the First Branch OF
Council, TO arrange The preliminaries neces-
sary to an examination into the merits OF
the cases. There we're number Of claim
ants present in person, and others were
repress nted by counsel, snd the session
lasted about a couple OF hours.
Chairman Elliugham called the mem
bers of the committee present to order
about half psst seven O'Clock, Messrs.
dillingham;, Rawlings, Caldwell, Rumble
and Hadlich answering 10 their names.
The absen.ees Y ere Messrs. Craig, Happy
and Emmerth. Mr. Rawlings, after some
discussion, objected TO the portion OF the
committee present taking upon itself The
responsibility Of deciding Upon a definite
course. 10 tke absence Of some Of the men,
bsrs, and the committee agreed to set the
cases, as far as possible, for hearing s'
some future time. With this understand
ing. the claims before the committee were
taken up.
That coming first was the claim of Mrs.
Sarah ST. Myers, whose counsel, Hon. J. b.
Sommerville. recited that she was the
owner of lot No. -, in John McLuTe's ad-
diuon TO the city, and situate is North
Wheeling. The claim is made that N
making some street Improvements durlBe
the present season, part OF Mrs. 81. My
ers' ground was taken by the city for pub
| lie purposes, and she asks for compensa-
ton. The case was set for October oath,
at7p n.
The second claim was that of Mrs. Ma
honey, administrator Of the estate oil her
husband. who was killed by the cavipg IN
of ditch. on the 3Oih Of August last, IN
an alley between Twenty ninth and Thir-
tieth streets, or the South Side. Hon.
John o. PendletOn appeared for Mira. Ma
honey. and the case was set for October
25th. The claim is made, in this case,
that the wOfkmen we're not adequately
protected BY the city fsom accident, and
damages are asked fer mot TO excesd
\ SlO.OOO."
The third claim, or rather series Of
claims, presented, we've those Of John Nc
Morris, Fred Arndt and Mrs. Neihoun,
who allege damages by the change in the
grade of McCull0ch street. at and near the
corner of Thirty second street. The old
grade of the street was made many year,
ago and about 1872 Mr.. McNorris, siiei
consultation with Eogineer Walter Smith
then City Engineer, erected dWe!hul
house 10 conformity with the existing
Grade. The other claimsnts likewise erect
"a house,, and there was no trouble dOWI
20 the past summer. When 1t vas proposed
TO improve MoCulloch street BY boulder
ing il, the grade OF the street, et ald nes
Thirty.sscOnd street, was raised abOu
two feet, and The claim is made that th'
adjacent property, owned by the tbre'
Iclsimsnts here mentioned, has been dam
AGED. Nc McMOrris presented claim o
about $3.50. and Mr.. A!nit aad Mrs
Neihaun for about 1915 each. They weI'
represented before the committee by Mr.
George b Caldwell, ard after good dea
o. talk and the examination Of MIR. Nc
Morris, the Chairman of the COMMITTEES
appointed a sub committee, consisting o
Messrs. Rawlings, Caldwell, Hadlich ant
Rumble. to make o personal examination @
the property, srd make report to tn
fnll committee next Friday.
Another claim which came mp boicTt
the c mmittee through an error, 1t hsvin,
been referred 10 the City Solicitor for re
port. was that Of Mr. L V. Blond, who's
horse was struck by the Nigllant reel, OF
the morning Of October 9th, while the de
pArtment was responding 90 an alarm o
fts. Mr. Blond claims $780, the value o
the horse. The Solicitor announced las
evening that his sdvice was for the city Il
fight the case, and this will probably enc
in suit.
Another claim which will end in lit
CATION is that Of Mr. John Hsbber
field, whose claim for damages by rea
son OF the change Of grade nj First arc
Coal streets wss rejected by the Commit
Zee at a recent session.