Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-29
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PAYMENT WAS ordered.

second communication stated, the
Finance Committee had overlooked a last
years contract, providing for the paving
of alley 49, from Main to Water street, ana
calling attention to the fact that in 1888
the contract far this work had been
awarded TO Mr.. LemmOns.
Mr.. Seeley said the alley was in good
condition, having been macademizsd with
pottery refuse, and said The people of his
ward did not want it paved.
The Board was instructed 10 cancel the
contract if it could do 20 hOnOrably.
A third communication called attention
to the bad condition of sewer mouths in
The Eighth ward. They set forth that the
sewer.mouths on Thiriy-ffth, Thirty
ninth, Forty first, Forty third and Forty
fifth streets were goiDg to rack. 1t wOnld
cost 81 $50 to DO the work, ss per estimate
of engineer. The Board ssid the Finance
Committee had done nothing with the
matter, and recommended an appropria-
ton. The Board was instructed to do the
work out of their contingent fund.
A fourth report was:
1--WE respectfully report that in our
opinion the Peninsula bridge and the Mar
ket street bridge should be generally over
hauled and repaired, painted, and the iron
work scrsped, the floors put in good
condition, and iron work frightened up.
We think il should be done at once. Ii
will cost about 500 Something should
be done by your honorable body to place
these two bridges in good condition.
Therefore, we ask your honorable body to
make the appropriation to repair said
bridges"
The Board was instructed to do the work
out of the contingent fund:
The fifth and last communication was
81 have been instructed by the Board Of
Public Works to communicate to your
honorable body, in relation TO the purchase
Of a Barnard Castle wrought.iron four
wheeled street sweeper, there has been
quite a number of members Of your body
and others, requesting the Board to pur-
chase one, ont Of the Boards contingent
fund. It is impossible to do go at present,
ss we have scarcely enough to meet the
current expenses for Tepaving streets, etc
The Board believes that there would be
a vast amount of money saved by having
one of these sweepors. The work could
be done often, and at very little expense
Our brick streets should be swept often,
as on windy days the dust on them is very
disagreesble. The cost of one four wheeled
machine is $500. Have submitted two
Photographic views and an illustrated cat
alogue for inspection"
A resolution to instruct the Board to
purchase, was lost, ayes g. nays II.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Ed
Miller, providing for AN increase of the po-
lice force to a total of thirtythree men
and two detectives, was presented and
read. The resolution, in preamble, set
forth various arguments in favor OF the
proposition embraced. The matter WAS
referred to the Committee on Police.
A resolution, offered in the First Branch,
by Mr.. Robinson, and adopted by that
body, instructing the Board OF Public
Works to report as to whether or not it
considered q street sweeper advisable, and
if so, to report proper ordinance, was
adopted by the Second Branch.
An ordinance providing for the lsyir z
of and renting OF the Fifth ward market
space, was read one time, and referred to
the Committee on Markets.
At ten o'clock the two Branches met in
joint session for the purpose of electing.
weighers. The result was as follows:
Bells foundry, Henry Vollinger; Market
and Seventh, Edward Costello; Tenth and
Market, H. ]. LOOmis; Mccullough street,
William johnson; Central glass works,
John Carmsck; Seventeenth and McCul
lougb, W. II. Hornish; Seventeenth and
Eoff, James Thomas; Crescent coal works.
WV. Kline; Fifth ward market, Gotleib
Staab; La Belle iron works, w. E. Bes.
wick; Zane street, F. G. Rsmple; Chapliue
and Thirty-third stree ts, Henry Schultze
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co., E. D.. Renner
Jacob and Thirty-ninth streets, Charles
Jones; Kasley & Brooks, P. Daugherty
Forty-ninth street, Phillip Kuntz
For commissioners of the compromise
loan, Geo. J. MsthisOn and W. G.. Wilkin.
son we're elected.
The vacancy on the commissioners of the
ten-ihirty loan was filled with the name Of
J. ]. Jones.
The joint session then dissolved.
In the First Branch all the business sem
over from the Second Branch was coneurred
in.
Adjourned.