Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-03
FINANCE COMMITTEE
HAS PRELIMINARY MEETING OVER THB
APPROPRIATIONS
Necessary fer tie Conduct O. the Oiiy Government
Tour o., The City to Be Ma1s-Ihs Old
Co1r. House Proposition Declined.

The Council Committee on Finance met
at Che City Hall. last evening, and spent
about an hour in preliminary work incl
dent to the making OF the appropriations
for the present fscsl year. Little actual
progress was made az the meeting, which
was mainly devoted TO o very general dis
.u,sion OF the needs OF the city IN the MAJ
ter OF improvements, and the ability OF
The Committee 90 meet the ideas Of the
BosrI Of Public Works and others who
have contributed TO the very comprsheu-
siye programme Of work mapped out
/; being evident at 3 very early period
/ iu the sessiou that the Committee had a
/ lob before it which would require ccusid-
enable time, ard Is there lie nov no money
syaiIable for payment Of bills, etc, owing
90 the fact that the ordinance appropri-
adng TO theseyeral departments Of the city
government onc-fonrth the appropriations
I of ls-t year, expired on the thirty first day
| of Mach, the Committee passed a resolu-
,io1 directing the City Solicitor 10 draft
ao ordinance sppropriating one twelfth the
Expenditure Of last yeas 10 the several
departments for the month Of April, which
sill tide the city aloDg for thirty days
more. BY the expiration OF that time, the
/ Committee hopes to Pea ready with rs APP
Precipitation report for the action Of COun-
/ ell.
,he Committee then psssed aresolution
DrCvidldug for "a tour of the city, that the
members might zee the localities propCssd
to be improved by tle Board % Public
Works. as pr i-s schedule submitted %
Conucii. through thf Committee on Streets
Alleys and Grades, a ;hs last regular
meeting. and when this trip is made, II IL
kels Che Board OF Public Works and the
City Engineer wil, accompany the Com
m.ttee The tour ia 90 be made ST the
csl of The Chair. s1d may take place
curing thepresent week.
Toe Committee then turned IFS attention
to the sewerage question IN general and ;he
sex ola Esfer conduit ON Market street,
between Tenth street auC The cresS, in par
ocular. and the matt-s was talked over for
quits q time ana a d,zzirg variety o.
views expressed. lie was the general senti-
ment that sewer OF some sort ought % he
p.sced i'm the street before the brick paw
Dg is put down. hut az the Board o.
Pablsc Works estimate is sile1t
upon th-s subiecf, although 10 pro
yides a sewer FOR Twelfth rect, the COM
miltee was rather 40 s. loss now TO proceed.
some of The members thought big five or
six foot sewer ought To- be provided ior
Market street. while others thought q
small sever, FROM thirty 20 thirty-siN
inches in diameter, SD placed Gs % thor-
ueh'y drain cellars, etc. bat shutting
ont sG5fscs water, would answer all
the requirements of the ploperty-oTu-
eos. Tue question OF whether the puttiDg
down ~ sewer OF any sort would not
interfere with Ia laying o! the pavement
his yesr eIso necessarily came into the
discussion.
Finally q resolution was adopted re-
questiug the Board or Public Works TO
.u6mil paper % the Committee. stating
shat sort ot sewer cugrt. in the luog-
ment of the Board, he placed on Marke,
street, what portion J5 ae street ought to
hs covered by ir. and what sized sewer it
.hould be-. together with estimated cost.
Pending light on t-ese points, tbe Com
mittes adjourned to NEE, ct the call Of the
Chair