Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-09
committee bills were reported as follow

A communication was received from the
Board of Public Works, announcing that
the appropriation made by the Council for
paving Twenty first street was not sut-
ticient for the purpose Indicted, and that
there vas q deficiency Of 1888 90. There
had never been a measurement on the
street, the estimate being merely
euess work The bill was ordered paid
out of the cOutirgent fund Of the Board.
l.. V. Blond fl a claim for $50 dam
yes for Injuries received by his horse, on
last Saturday morning, while the Vigilant
reel was responding to the alarm of fire
from tie ten cent store The Vigilan'
reel struck the horse while Mr.. Blond
vas endeayoring to get him on the side
walk, out of the way, the animal receiv'
iug cash in his side which, Mr. Blond
claims, renders him valueless. The mat
ter went to the City Solicitor.
The bill of the Wheeling Mining and
Manufacturing Company, for constructing
a vault or the premises of Mrs. ClstOr, was
ordered paid after a short debate The
First Branch refused 10 concur, and adopt
cd a resolution making the bill cOlleCtablt
by the City Sergeant from DR.. Garrison.
The Second Branch rejected this in turn,
and asked for a committee Of conference.
THE HORSE TROUGHs.
Tbs following communication from the
Water Board was read;
ITO the Mayor and Council:
GENTLEMEN Council passed an order,
in 1888. directing the Water Board TO place
troughs for watering horses at differen,
places in the city. The troughs were con-
tract, d Tor by a former Water Board, and
placed in position by the present Board,
permits TO open the street surfaces having
been granted by the Board Of Public Works
for making the necessary connections with
the water mains. 0ne trough was unfOr-
tunalely placed on the sidewalk, in front Of
the residence of an emplOye OF the head Of
the Board Of Public Works, and on his ap.
peal to the hesd, tee Superintendent oil
Streets was ordered by him to say to the
Water Board that the drainage from the
trough was ipiuring the paved
stree 8. An appl cation was made to the
Board o. Pobhc Works for permit TO dig
into the street to make a connection with
the sewer and remedy the trouble, but the
head # the Board Of Public Works sgair
interposed his authority ~ and ordered
the clerk TO not issue the permit. This
was followed in a few days by an order
from the head to the Superintendent Of
streets 10 tear up the trough and throw il
away. This was done, ard the trough
and fixtures were thrown on lot, from
Ehich they were stolen. So far as can bG
learned, the whole proceeding eminstet
from the active head Of the Board Of Pub
| lie Works, the record Of the Board showing
no official order TO justify the above actor
OF its employes. The object of this CON
munization to your honorable body is, L
ask you to pass an order directing tn
Receiver 10 pay TO the Waite
Board, out Of funds coming into
his lands, TO be applied to the contingent
fund Of the Board of Public Works, tn
cost of the trough and fixtures removed
aud stolen, and also the amount paid for
new trough and fixtures the Water BoarC
had placed at the sans spot from whicl
the old one ives taken. If the Board o
Public Works is over and above your bod
and all the departments Of the city gov
eminent, the authority assumed by then
is certainly worth paying a small
premium ior.
"Auotter matter we want to call after
/ ton to. The Board of Pablo Works be
charged the grade OF sMeCullCch street
from Twenty ninth to Tnirty-third, and i
paving the street with boulders
| The Water Board has bsen ordered
by the Board of Public Works t.
lower the water main ON that street. Tbi
water main was once before lowered, afte
it first being laid, owing to Council hav
ing changed the grade of the street. A.
vet. this Council has not changed th'
grade Of that street by ordinance, but tbs
whole proceeding as TO change of grade II
one of the Board of Public Works acts
The Water Board wishes TO make the &C
of the Board Cf Public Works the occasion
Of requesting your body to psss an ordel
that 10 future, when the Board OF Publi'