The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-06
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.


Inportant Cpmmlteo Meetings Last Night,
The Fire Department Getting In Good
shRpe-RsstrIetion on Woodsn Buildings,
A special meeting Of Council has been
called for this evening, Last evening
three Of the standing committees met
and prepared business for the Council to
consider. The Committee on Police
audited and approved bills a~ggtegatipg
Sll9 20. OF this amount S24 was for
helmets for the new men added 10 the
force, and $50 80 for the new equipments
clubs and badges-with which the en-
tire force has been supplied,
bills a%mountingto 1929 %, and agreedto
recommend to Q0ppellthat they be Or
dered paid, The committee also opened
bids received for painting the roof and
other parts Of the Centre Market House,
but decided to postpone further action
till certain matters have been examined.
The Committee on Fire Department
had before 1t bills'to the amount OF
$50 q, all Of which were approved, and
the payment OF which viii be recon.
mended to Council tonight, Chief
Dunniug was instructed to have the
yigilant company'R reel reprinted and
put in good repair, The Chief was also
authorized TO purchase at once the two
new tire-alarm boxes and the two cleo
trio indicators, the cost OF which was in.
Guided In the committees annual esti-
mate, allowed represented, in the annu,
al appropriation ordinance. One OF the
indicators Is to be put III at the cen
trail fire station the Atlantic
house, and the other to be
placed In the hook and ladder
company's quarters. Whenever an alarm
Of hre Is sent in the number oil the sta,
lion is shown bythe Indicator as soon as
the box is pulled, 80 that II tho gong
should strike the wrong number, or IN
the confusion attending the rushing out
aud hooking up OF the horses the mer
should fail to count correctly the strokes
OF the gong, they will know by a glance
at the Indicator Just where the fire Is
Experience has proven that the indlCa,
tor always shows the box pulled, nc
matter how badly mixed up the number
may be struck on the gong, 1t is also q
time saver, for after getting In readipesG
to move the company does not have Ia
wait for another roundto be ruug in sc
as to know where the fire is. In time,
1t Is hoped to have every house in the
Department equipped with one Of these
indicators. Tho two 10 be purchased
now are to go to the companies named
for the reason that they so out to every
alarm, and are expected to report at fire
as speedily as possible.
The unusual amount OF this months
bills Is due to the fact that during the
past few weeks all the houses In the De
partment have been undergoing repairs,
painting, papering, r~eplasteriDg, etc, and
the bills for this work were principally
those considered last night. The Vigil
liant compGny's house Is the only one
remaining to be repaired. 1t Is TO have
a new floor aud other improvements.
A man aamed Crawford appeared be
fore the Committee Oh Fire Department
with q grievance. He was ut work last
week raising bis stable, a frame struc
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Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Jacob and Wood
streets, one Of the squares in the dlstrlc
in which the erection OF wooden build
ings above a certain height Is prohibited
Complaint was made to Chief DupninI
about the matter and in accordance
with his duty under the ordinances HI
had to order the work stopped, Craw
ford claimed that there were othe.
buildings In tho square, the erection o
which should have been prohibited, ant
that lie could get a petition from resi-
dents such as required by the ordinance
in order to permit the erection OF hi
stable. He was instructed TO get Vi
such petition and present 1t to Council
this evening.
In connection with this matter, Chic
Duunipg did what lie has repeated!
done with other Fire Department com
mittecs-Called attention TO the grea
need for an ordinance governing thu
erection OF all buildings. The commit
tee concurred with him In his views, ant
It is probable that something will b.
donein the matter.