The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-04
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS
The Finance COmmittso Again .WrsStlsl
With the App oprIations,

WlIh tue cApPtppFlNVuhps
The Council Committee on FinanCl
met again last evening and remained II
session till 10 o'clock, long enough t
have accomplished considerable work
but instead only a little further progress
was made in the preparation Of the an
nual appropriation ordinance, All the
members were again present, and as was
the case Wednesday night, Mr., Maxwell
was about the only practical worker. He
was again assisted by Colonel White
and President Cruise, OF the Second
Branch, These gentlemen are expert.
enCed bookkeepers, and had the work OF
preparing the appropriation ordinance
been left TO them they could probably
have had it all ready by this time, but
when they have to put In half their time
explaining over and over things that Ger.
tain Of the members seemed 10 find 1t i'm
possible to comprehend, the work is
necessarily somewhat retarded, 1t took
nearly an hour to show TO the satlsfaO
ton Of all that It was necessary to appro.
pirate but 5000 80 out OF the general
fund To meet the expenses OF loans-that
Of 1881 only, aud that the Water Board
and Gas Trustees took care OF the Others
and allowed for them In making guptheir
estimates Of expenditures for the year.
After this had been explained for about
the 'steenth time Mr., Ferrell, with that
air OF important severity he assumes
when transaCting city business, an
nounCed that he did not rely much on
fancy bookkeeping; that what he banked
on was practical common sense. Mr.,
Maxwell looked tired and said that
bookkeeping was supposed to be about
as coldly practical work as q man could
do. Mr., Farrell silently ignored this
mild protest and suggested that the
proper way 10 get to work would
be to ascertain what the estimated
revenues would be for tho year,
AS that was done the first thing
when the committee met Wednesday
night, and as all It's calculations since
have been based on that finding, 1t was
not deemed advisable to follow out Mr.,
Ferrell's suggestion. The committee
united In explaining to the Fourth
ward member that this had been done,
and TO thoroughly convince him Mr. |
Maxwell went back and read over the |
items Of the estimated revenue. MIR.
Ferrell looked over the mass OF figures
he had been making and then subsidized
The work done last night briefly sum.
married. Is as follows: 1t was asCeftained
that there will be $ll0, ,3S4 90 (estimated)
for the Board OF Public Works to OK.
pend. OF that amount $29,704 05 will
be itscontingent fund, which was origin.
ally designed To be used for cleaning
and repairing. Council will, however,
do Just as has been done the last two or
three years, appropriate a portion OF
that fund for specific work, and the
Board will do that work II 1t feels that II
can afford to do 1t, and II II don't feel
that way, the contingent fund will
not be used for specific purposes. The
contingent fund deducted leaves $780,.
800 20, and out OF that must be taken
sl5, 1858 60, the estimated cost OF the Mar.
ketstreet paving, which leaves $40, ,826 81.
OF this last amount 1t is estimated that
S23, ,320 o. will be derived from the 10
cent levy, and that can be used for no
other purpose than new paving and
sewers. The estimated revenue from
that levy this year Is 10000, and to that
Is TO be added over S., 900, q balance left
over from last year. This amount sub.
tracted from the last balance given
leaves $4,000 to constitute the
Boards general appropriation fund.