The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-04
! A JAIL S7B SECURED
At a Cost Of $4,000, and Now
the Board Of Commissioners
WILL RUSH THE NEW JAIL UP,
Tho Rogers Property Let 30 nt Sis,.
oo0-icstcrday's Meeting OF tho \
N Donrd-Routinc and Misccll.
g'H nncous Business.

The Board Of County Commissioners
met yesterday in regular monthly ses.
sion, at It's chamber in the Public Build.
ing, with President Dobbins in the chair
and all the other members present. The
principal business transacted was the
perlecting of IN agreement with Mr., F,
II. Lange for the purchase OF the Rogers
property, aituated in the northeast
quarter.section OF the Public Building
square for $4,000. As has already been
published, the Board has within tho mast
month acquired the titles to the three
other pieces ofpropeity contained within
this quarter.section from Mrs. Lauraine
foreman, Of Parkersburg, Mr.. Hannibal
Forbes and Mr.. Charles Killmyer.
paying $4,000, S3,500 and $500
respectively, or $4,000. in all, for
them. The Rogers property which fronts
sixty feet on Eotr street, was the only re-
manning property desired by the Board
In order to put It in possession Of the
entire quarter.sectiou to be used as a site
for a new jail. Before acquiring Mrs,
Boreman's property the Board had in.
slituted condemnation proceedings
against her, but stop was put 10 these
by her finally agreeing to accept $4,000
for her property. The price first put on
the Rogers property by its owners was
SO, 900, and the Board not being able to
secure lower offer instituted condemna.
tion proceedings against this property.
which will, OF course, be stopped BY the
agreement entered into yesterday with
Mr.. Lange. e| -1U
While the Board was proceeding to
acquire these properties it will be re.
membered that Mr.. Anton Reymann
endeavored to have the Board enioined.
His first petition was refused by Judge
Paul US was also a second one which he
presented, but this second one he took
to the Supreme Court. The Board be.
fore proceeding to act yesterday on the
proposal made by Mr.. Lange, was inform
ed that the Supreme Court had sustained
Judge PAUL in refusing Mr.. Reymann's
second petition for an Injunction.
Mr.. Lange appeared before the Board
at its morning session yesterday and
made his proposition. The matter was
temporarily laid on the table, and dis.
cussed in secret session when the Board
reassembled in the afternoon. = It was
finally accepted on motion OF Mr.. Nc.
Gin:ey, and on motion of Mr.. Tyler the
Finance Committee was instructed to
procure the title at once, also funds for
the same. The Court House and Jail
Committee formally reported the pur.
chase OF the other three pieces of prop.
erty. 1t was also reported to the Board
that funds for the purpose of SECURING
the site aud building the jail would BE-
advanced by some OF the banks on the
county's Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Ken
lucky securities. =
On motion Of Mr.. Dobbins it was or.
dered that the stone, sand and brick
contained in the properties:acquired, be
offered separately, at the front door of
the Court House on Saturday, April s.
at 2 O'Clock. All the other building ma.
terial contained in the properties, exclu.
sive Of the stone and sand, will be sold
with the brick. The terms of sale will
be that all the stone and brick must be
removed by May l, and the sand by
June l.
.lne matter OF securing plans was
brought up, but laid over till it shall be
ascertained how much money is to be
putinto the Jail.
tits the eyeidentintention ofthe Board
to lose no time in getting started on the
new jail. On motion OF Mr.. McGregor
it was decided to leave here over. the
Baltimore 4 Ohio road at 1915 o'clock
tomorrow night for Newark, Ohio, to
inspect the superb jail recently built
there by the Licking county authorities.
It is very handsome structure and its
appointments are said to be simply mag
niticent. From Newark the Board will
go to Pittsburgh Thursday night, over
the Panhandle, and spend Friday in.
specting the splendid new jail building
recently built in connection with the
new court house in that city.