The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-18
A SPECIAL SESSION

OF tho Board OF County Commissioners
II Held Yesterday Morning.
"a special meeting OF the Board Of
County Commissioners held in the
chambers Of the Board at THE Public
building yesterday morning, was at.
tended by President Dobbins 4 and
Messrs. Fritz, Cruise, Koch, AIcCollcch,
mckinley andGVolllnger:: The meeting
was called by President Dobbins at the
request OF tile Natural Gas Company OF
West Virginia for the purpose Of con.
sidering petition from the company
asking for the privilege OF crossing the
County's iron bridge at Elm Grove,
leading from the National road to the
Poor House. farm, with their eight.inch
main which comes into the, city via.
Caldwell's rum In return for this priv
ilege the company offered to allow, the
Board the use OF the poles OF the private
telephone line which it operates between
its stations, for the purpose OF estab.
lishinga proposed telephone connection
with the Poor House. The company set
forth in its petition that the, main in
question had been destroyed three times
by high and swift water at the point
where : it has heretofore. crossed the
creek, Just above the bridge, and that it
was very i anxious to cross cover the
bridge with its line. The petition was
granted and Prosecuting Attorney How
ard instructed to draw up a contract to
be signed by President Dobbins and Mr..
Scott, the company's agent here, which
is to set. forth that the privileges ex.
changed between the Board and the
company, shall cease upon ninety days
notice to that effect from either party. &
A subcommittee Of the} Committee
on Poor House and Farm reported that
the Telephone | Exchange here would
establish telephone connection? with
the Poor House for $3.50 per annum and
a contract was ordered made for such
connection at that fgure.$ 81 ti III,
hi On motion OF Mr.. Fritz the, Commit.
tee on Finance wss authorized to sell
the next issue OF $4,000 OF Al per cent
1880 bonds Union Bridge bonds), but
not to pay the proceeds arising from such
eaiC W tho DiiuSS Suupau uutll luc cuN
tire Board has had an opportunity to ex.
anime personally the amount Of work
done by, the company, and:is satisfied
that it has been done according: to the
terms Of the ordinance making the sub.
scription Of S3U0, 900 to the Bridge Com.
pany.. This coming issue OF bonds when
sold and turned over, will make 100000
the Bridge Company will have received,
and will be- the last it will receive till,
according to the terms OF the ordinance,
the, bridge lis completed and cars run.
ming from here over it to Bowerston, on
a$road to 3 DO built, when the company
will be paid the remaining 100000. *;
Mr.. McColloch urged that action be
taken to provide for the raising OF part
Of the Bethany pike between the Ma
tional road and Woods run, and also the
raising Of the. toll house. They are both
80 low that they are subject to an over
flow every time the run experiences one
Of its sudden rises. Il The high water Of
this week gotinto the toll house. On
motion Of Mr.. Mckinley this matter. was
referred to the Committee on Roads and
Bridges. l.5s
j6{ Mr.. Koch reported tho leaving Of an
unknown male infant on Captain Raw
ling'sz door step "Wednesday evening,
and was instructed J to have the little
unfortunate removed to- the ,1niirmary.