Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-13
CITY FINANCES.
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE LAST
EVENING.
An Attsmp! to Block Ont the Appropriations
Board Of Public Works Estimats-A Delegation
Of Citzsns-Facts and Figures.

The Council Commute Oh ln"iiNS ""~
called TO meet last evening, for the purpose
Of examining the report of the Board oil
Public Works. transmitting ehe estimates
for the current year, and with that data
before the body, attempting to make some
progress in blocking out the yearly allow
ances for the several departments. The
fnll strength of the committee was present,
and in addition a number Of Councllmen
and strong delegation OF citizens OF RI
teenth street, asking for the paving OF that
street with fire brick. OF course, II oeing
the first session of the committee, nothing
definite could be DONE and the members
confined themselves TO attempting TO get
their bearings and become in some degree
/ familiar with the figures before the com
mittee. as well as the comparative needs OF
the various departments and sections OF
the city.
The first thing taken up was the list OF
estimates transmitted 10 the Committee by
the Board Of Public Works, which was
read as follows;
Pave with FIRE brick South street from -.
Main TO b. 4 o track ..........- - w :"
Pave with fire brick Eon street from 100, g.,
Twelfth to Fourteenth street. 80, 4Uo' ID
Pave McCulloch street with IRE brick
from Sixteenth street 10 the north
s S,Tg 0l i'e''"'H . '.. 1898 o.
pave with fire brick Market street
from Tenth 10 Seventh street. with ~.
necessary curling 100. ............ 1919 81
Pave with fire brick Market street.
T 1SSen VI s gstreet T. los %
Pave with fire brick Twenty-third
street from Chapline TO Eof and
s sUn iiV1 Street. With curbng. 80. Ises o.
I N al Fu.. ltrfsa
/ street from Chapline 10 Jacob; also
1SGpD ninth ''o'" '''' '' e.lsO o.
I Pave with fire brick Seventeenth street
from bridge to Wood street, and place
/ l5-inch crock sewer and curb on
south side Of Seventeenth street ana
| io.inch sewer in alley G., 20 connect
E E,,h OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES '"' '''. 475O u
/ pave with fire brick alley c. between
Fi r,H to- To- Twelfth streets......... 80 %
r Main T' street 10 Suspension bridge $40 u
| Pave with fire brick Twelfth street.
i l5GR ron s 10 ""''' 6,g79 %
Pave with IRE brick alley Il, from
| Twelfth 20 Thirteenth streets, ana
north of alley y. ........ ...--.--.....- 80 u
Pave with fire brick. from Jonathan's
Ravinc TO railroad crossing 10 ferry.
including grading, excavation ana 900 -,
fence along track ......... ..--, -'''o' W
I Catch basin eighty feet long. AT h'au ~ ~,
Pep,irs IN Market street bridge ....... 2,50O %
Bench marks for establishing city -, m
grades. . -, ",
ST., s,reener ordered ......... ~ o.
lCobbhng Charles street. ..----....-. Spp W
'% Woter and c"rbinr .............-... $50 u
|tobbliug Alley G.. Market 10 thaplnc.
between Alley u and Fourteenth ~,
street .......... ~ ~ ~
Cobbling Alley II ......--..---..-.-.--. 4'' VI
'I Zsge ~ Sew ,Uy'i Icriey y'V s2So o.
-'s s,r.a ~. . ''''- 2aS u
New curbing ON both sides Of Jacob
street. from TWenty-third To Twenty
fourth ..-...-. .... ..-- Us' w
Cobbiine Alley d. aud Pinch sewer
from Tweuty-Second street to Al
ley ~ --....... .----.-.- NJ w
'f fourih hist street C. from Fol to Jacob lis o.
New curb ON Nuctecnth street from 100. ~.
Wood 10 Alley G........-.- ...--..--.. - -
CoLbling and grading Alley l-.-.-.---- ~ I"
sO-inch sewer ON Twelfth street from
wharf To- Chapliue. l5-inch sewer
from Chapline To- Jacob. and Finch
sewer from Jacob 20 High. Pinch
sewer in Alley c. from Eleventh to
Twelfth street and l2-inch sewer
ON Eon street. from point RI north
Of Twelfth street ..... ....... ..-...---- h,hp W
from from Tenth S'gIH to Eleventh street, 49, q
Pinch crock sewer ia Alley c. from
Twenty seventh to Twenty eighth
street .........- .-. --.-.-..--.-- 90 I"
i5-inrh sewer on SiNtceth street. from
Chapline 10 Eof streets ........ ...-.- ~ %
Pinch sewer ON Seventeenth street.
south side. from Wood street 60 Al
Levi Observation-Disclosures. 80 %
i9-inch sewer in alley Is from Jacob
~ Eog -i 'i in alley l5............ 10 %
'- ,trcr, and aii.y '............... 80 "a
is.inch sewer i'm alley between North
York and North Huron streets. from
New Jersey street To sewer IN alley
connecting with North York and
North Huron streets .-......-........- SH W
ia.iuch sewer in alley between South
Huron and south York streets, from
aI I.',"'''' '''' ''. -. sag -
70 inch sewer running east from North
Broadway, IN alley between Indiana
aud Mary land streets. ......---- ~ W
'- North York TO North Broadway.... Ses %
Pinch crock sewer. extending from
tween 'H@.T North York and Broadway.... Sg3 %
Linen u,,ra1 ,, ,n5 Vabas6 ,tre.ts'.. 80 10
/ lS-inch sewer 10 second alley south OF
Ohio street. from south broadway 20
Rack" river. and i2-iuch sewer in
alley parallel with south broadway. 2.751 III
crajiI,i Seventeenth street ........... ~ VI
When the reading Of the estimates had
been completed delegation of citizens of
Fifteenth street. headed by Joseph a. Met
calf. Isaiah Warren. B. ). Allison, and 9th
ers. appeared. and urged upon the Commit
tee the improving Of the street named by
LAYING a brick pavement. Mr. Metcalf
spoke at some length. urging the undertak
ing of the work. and was followed by 9th
ers i'm the same strain. II was stated the
street could be bricked from Eof street to
the alley east of Wood street, for about
/ ). 900. and the delegation hoped the Com
mittee could see its way clear 10 recon-
mend the work.
The committee then turned It's attention
| TO the examination and tabulation OF the
estimates of the several departments. II
was found the reports We're all in, save
the Committee on Health. which will AZ
rregate at least $4,000. The other esti-
mates sent in footed up sos, 35026, not in
GLIDING the Board Of Public Works as iol-
/ lows:
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