The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-13
THB APPROPRIATIONS
For the Current Year Reached
by the Committee, z
BUT NO PROGRESS IS MADE
Contingent Appropriations Passed
Upon, With'thc Expectation that
They will Have TO DO Scaled
'sHa. ...Strcct Paving.

The Council Committee on Financ
met last night and waited till ten o'clocl
to find out TINT 1t WAS not ready to d.
business. The city clerk had not beer
given sufficient time after the committe,
reports werc prepared to arrange th,
estimates Of approximate receipts for III,
year, hence the committee had no dats
TO 60 on, in making up the appropria
tioas. 1t however decided to make q
low appropriations haphazard, with
the understanding that there shall be
another meeting ut which these appro.
rrlations can be scaled down.
Cemeteries asked for Sl,10O. Mr..
Tracy moved to give 5000; no second.
Mr.. Farrell moved to make IL $1,000:
carried. City prison asked for $5.OJ0;
allowed S4,50O. Tho contingent fund
was made $l2,O05 co. The Fire Depart.
ment asked for s24,ls9; allowed. The
markets asked for $4,000; allowed,
Tho police asked for $500; allowed.
Real estate asked and got S2,2l0. Salaries
$500 60; allowed. Scales and weighing
asked for 5000; allowed. The tax collect.
ing fund was passed by the percentage
10 DO paid from the contingent fund.
The water works asked for SS2, ,25O Is:
allowed. Loan required, S0,33O 90.
Gas works asked or Stii,S08; allowed.
These figures have no bearing upon
the, final appropriation, which will be
made at the next meeting, which will
be held on Thursday next.
The Board Of Public Works presented tho foi.
lowing list OF PROPOSED Improvements for the
comn ittec's reconsideration:
,,pS rSSviug South street from Nnin to Ohio River
ir'a 1oau tracks, s9D; paving Eoir street from
twelfth 70 Fourteenth. sI,cs9 Ii; paving SIC.
G0llocl street from Sixteenth to north Side OF
!E,se,ehth, !,,.th, Si8.9ss; paving Market street from
,tIest T. F,om seVea!a G1u6 sS S paying Market
siO.4lS; paving .Twcnty.thlrd street from Chap.
line TO Eon and Eotf street from Twenty third
10 Twenty seventh. Sil,g1v: paving lhitty.third
st.fet from Chnpllnc 10 Jacob also jacob from
sarStyt snsty.thi,d to Tatrty.niuth. so.l.o: paving
AlteSt, also 10 Inch crock sewer and curb on
south Side ol Seyentceth md lo inch crook
sewer in Alley 10 connect with Is inch sewer
y ! pfiuse, ,s!,ul; paving Eleventh street from
Mnlh 70 Market, also curblng. Sl,llO; paving
Alley Is from Aatu street to Water and Alley a
lfon Alley ls to Twcnty.sccoud street, 81. .isD:
paving Alley between Eleventh and Twelfth
s!.est,, s9loto; paving Tenth street from Main 10
.a,r eH% oase sal9: paving Twelfth stree,
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, S75D 90:
paviug hiatn street from Jonathan's Kayine 10
n0tsh s,n wheeling ferry including fencing truck,
". All the above streets arc to DC paved
WIN bI!cE, A catch basln 50 feet long AZ ,!,e
heai OF Thirty.iith street scwcr to protect
mouth OF scwer, $?,45O; repairing and paintins
AatSet street bridge. $780, bench MARKS for civ
g,aaes n sly; Sc sevsnteenth street bridge, bnlance
~ so IVY %: one street sweeper. Sie5;
Inaties street, cobble pavement. sli0J; Twcp.
ticth street. Main 10 Waicr, cobble payemen,
aud curb, seG; Alley II, cobblc plvement, si75;
grade anu gravel north huron street. Zane 10
aew JeEscy. s3ss6: new curb for Third and West
streets rs: new curb. both sides Jacobs street,
IWenty.ihird to Twenty fourth, s6o5; pave
with cobbc Alley D and IL inch crock sewer in
"a same alley Ironi Twenly.sccond street TO Alley
~. $3.50; new curb south side Twenty.fourth
street between EolI ard Jacob. sll2; new curb
Nineteen:h Street from Woods street 10 Alley G,
sloo q; twenty inch crock sewer In Twelfth
street from wharf TO Chnpline street, Is inch
sewer sewer from Chaplinc to Jacob. u inch sewer from
Iaacob : Iact 10 n,Sh. y iucl sewer In Alley c from
Eleventh 70 lWelfth, and u inch sewer In EoiT
from 80 feet north OF Twelfth to Twelfth, 10
connect with Twelfth street, &c. 100; 12 inch crock
sewer in Market from Tenth TO Eleventh. Si57 80
!welyc.ineh crock sewer In alley a. from Twcn.
inph CROCK sswer, Sixteenth street. from Chap.
ltue to Eoa, with dropsat City building. SIS %:
twclve.inch, crock sewer. on Seventeenth street,
from Wood 10 alley !, $50 10; twelvc.inch
crock sewer in alley Fourteen. from EoT TO
alley +. $50 0o: twclve:ileh crock sewer, In al.
ley between Norlh York md North Huron
streets, from north side OF New jersey street,
south south TO te%er in nley meeting North
twelve.inch crock sewer In alley between South
Huron and South York from Delaware street
south TO Arst cross alley, s339 IS; twelvc.inch
crock Gro, sewer In alley between North Huron and
Wabash street TO connect with Indiana street
sewer. t!56 w; egh,een.inch crock sewer IN
second alley south OF Ohio street, commencing
at south broadway nud running west to BACK
river: twelvo.lnch crock sewer III alley running
parallel with South broadway 10 connect with
elghteen.!nch sewer, including stone work.
ys!57 to; putting Seventeenth street to grade OF
baltimore 4 Ohio railroad, SIS W.
A number of East Wheeling people
were at the meeting to ioby the Fiji.
teenth street paving scheme. Several Of
them addressed the committee, but the
Board of Public Works estimates did
not even come up for discussion,