The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-07
COUNCIL COMMUTERS
Go Over the City Finances and
Some Other Subjects,
THE CITY GARBAGE SYSTEM,
Different Plans Proposed to Render
Collection More EfiicIent-EIsht
Districts Decided on-The
City CFematory Again.

The Council Committees on Accounts,
Markets and Health met at the Public
Building last evening and disposed OF
business as follows;
The Committee on Accounts made a
final examination Of the books Of ex'
City Clerk Bowers and ex-Receiyer
Dunaway and found all the accounts bal,
anced, and that everything connected
with their Offices was turned over to
their successors in a perfectly straight
and satisfactory condition, The accounts
Of City Clerk Thoner and Receiver Woe
Der were also gone over, The balances
that will be reported to Council are as
follows: Appropriation fund, to balance,
81; general fund, to balance, $9S5 40;
Board OF Public Works contingent fund,
to balance, $500 90; ten cent levy fund,
to balance, 5000 05,
The Committee on Markets audited
bills aggregating 50 IS, instructed Clerk
Kenney Of the Second ward market
house to collect S. rent per month from
Squire Peterman for the use OF the room
he has for an office, and agreed to ask
Council for permission 10 pipe natural
gas into the Second ward market hall in
order to heat the PLACE.
The Committee on Health held one OF
It's almost interminable sessions, nearly
all the time being devoted 10 talk, The
crematory and the garbage removal
question were the topics under discus
sion. About $l60 worth Of repairs were
ordered placed ON the Crematory and
most Of Il generously divided between
Charlie Miller and Colonel G. Wash
Rumble, two members OF the commit
tee. Repairs to the extent Of 500 were
talked oil, but finally abandoned, as the
belieio nearly all the members was
that In q year or so the present crema'
tory will fall down, or become utterly
useless, and then a new one will be
built at some accessible point.
The subcommittee appointed to de-
wise some plan whereby the crematory
may be made self sustaining, reported
slow progress. The discussion Of
the question OF the removal OF garbage
by some better plan than that which has
been in vogue, was opened by the pre-
sentation ofthree different plans from the
three members Of the subcommittee
appointed to look into that matter. Mr..
Terrell favored the present plan, OF let
ting the removal out To contract
ors. DR.. Campbell favored hiring
men and carts by the day, and
Health Officer Garrison proposed
that the city should buy horses AMI
carts and do the work itself. The com.
mittee favored adhering to the contract
plan, but agreed to increase the dis
tricts from five to eight and ask for new
bids. An ordinance making the change
in districts will be submitted to Council
at It's next meeting,
After agreeing to recommend 10 Coun-
Gil change In the ordinance so as 10
provide eight garbage districts, each
ward being one, instead Of the five that
have heretofore existed, 1t was suggest
ed that the % bids that have been sent
in in response to the calling for bids for
removing garbage from the FIVE districts,
be opened, the idea being moro than
anything else to crafty curiosity as to
how the bids compared with what was
paid for the work last year.
In connection with this suggestion,
which was favorably received by the
committee, it occurred TO the ripe mind
OF one Of the members that the bids
should be opened only IN executive ses.
sion. Accordingly the doors were
solemnly closed, and the bids, which are
never likely to be Of any use except for
waste paper, opened. The bids ranged
all the way from 81, 100 down to $375.