The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-17
YHR GIIY'S FINANCES,
An Interesting Meeting Of the
Council Committee,
THE MARKET STREET PAVING
Provided for by ResolutIon"DlveFs
Views us to the Other Improve
ments-B DeacIt, New Poo
lice and OLD Court House,

The Council Committee on Finance
was called TO meet last evening, and
in response to the call Messrs.
Hrrrell, chairman Feuell, Max
well, Tracy, Pollock and Wilkie put
in an appearance and spent about an
hour in City Clerk Thoner's office dis
cussing the City's financial condition,
The only action taken was to agree to
recommend to Council that a resolution
be adopted sppropFiating about $1,000
from the ty's,contingent fund, to be
used by the Board Of Public Works in
completing the Market street brick pave
ment, the amount originally appropria,
ted, something over $4,000, having been
found insufficient by about this amount,
The committee Informally discussed
the need OF about $4,000 that will be
felt before the year Is out, OF this
amount $4,000 will have to be provided
TO meet the deficit in the amount up,
propriated to meet the city's obligations
under the 1880 loan.
II Is absolutely necessary that this
amount be provided from sope quarter
before the expiration OF the current
year, il the increase OF eight In the
police force, provided for by Council at
lts Last meeting, b. made soon, about
$1,000 Will bensedel Tor salaEes, There
was some talk Of so arranging matters
that the amounts appropriated to be
used byths Beard Of Public Works for
paving Eoff street with brick from
Eleventh to Twelfth gtFeet, and for put
ting a new sewer In Twelfth street from
Eolf street to the river, and paving that
street for that distance with brick, could
be used to meet tho peeded $4,000, by
having those improvements postponed
till next year. It was argued that
all the work mapped out by
the Board OF Public Works to be done
this season could not possibly be done,
Just as was the case last
year, and that the two improve
nents referred to could better wait
than the other work, Mr. Tracy
was violently opposed to this scheme, as
he was also to the arguments that there
Is no need for another sewer, and that 1t
Is not safe 10 put one In, lest while the
street is open n hea' " storm might so
wash away the sandy soil that the build.
ings fronting on tho street would be
undermined. In this connection the
argument was revived In favor OF having
Twelfth street go paved when bricks are
substituted for the Cobbleg that now
cover the street, that the Curbs shall be
about one foot high, making the street
deep enough TO carry oil without damage
to surrounding property, the vast vol.
ume OF water that comes down that
thoroughf4re from the hill when there
Is q heavy storm. This discussion was
finally dropped, however, without any
thing definite being done.
The disposition Of the leaders In Coun.
Gil seems to be to dispose, at an carly
day, OF all OF the old Court House prop.
erty at auction. The committee had
this In mindat last nights meeting, and
that was the principal reason for letting
the matter Of providing for the deAcltot
$4,000 under the 1880 loan pass by IN.
attended To for the present. The pro.
ceeds from tho sale Of the old Court
House property will be more than suti.
cient to meet the 1880 deficit,
President Cruise, Of the Second Branch
of Council, who vas present gaye It as
his opinion that there wis mo- neeesSlty
Tor hurry about providing for the salaries
Of tho new police, for the reason that
heretofore It has always been toHpd that.
the appropriations have In o number OF
instances been more than sufficient to
meet the wants OF tho departments. The
balances, lie thought, would go far to:
wards supplying what would be needed
for the police.
There was nothing said at this meet
ing about the $4,000 that has been pro-
posed for a new Cretnatory.