The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-15
THE NATIONAL ROAD
m be Talion of tho Hands Of tho
state by tho County.
ASSESSORS SALARIES RAISED
And other Important Financial Mat
,rrs Attended to By tho Committee
IN Finance Observation-Disclosures
Taxes ArpOrtioncd for tho Year, etc.

Taxes nportioncd for tho Year, etc.
Tho committee Oh finance OF tho
Board Of County Commissioners held IN
;oportan. meeting yesterday afternoon.
One oithc primary objects of the call
VA, 10 make arrangements regarding
,br ordinance to issue tho bonds cover
mo the last ing,alment Of 100000 on
,bg rounty's subscription Of 100000 to
,bc CAPITAL stock OF the Terminal COM
many, bu. both President Cochran, OF
the Terminal company. and Mr.. W. P.
Hubbard, the colnpany's attorney, be-
;nr out OF the city yesterday, %coasi1cra-
,i6u Of that matter had to be postponed.
The proposition that tho county take
og the hands OF the State-which gives
!, no attcn,ion--thc National or Cum
Icrland road, all OF which in this State
Ncsi in Ohio county, was taken up and
considered mt some length. II was the
unanimous opinion OF tho members
nrcscnt that the longer tho county de-
iuycd taking the care oil the old pike in
rs own hands, tho worse It's condition
worId be when itE care VIVA finally
assumed, and that sooner or later tho
comfy would be compelled to take it
in hand and put it in good condition
and keep il 90. no satisfaction rs 10
,hc debt OF tho road, its revenues or
ANYTHING else could he gotten by the
board from the Secretary OF State, and
4 letter to the Governor brought tho
information that il there was any debt
on the road, the State Board OF Public
Works had no record or knowledge OF
The iact. This illustrates tho loose way
in which the Affairs OF the road have
been administered.
CONCLUDED TO TAKE II.
The clerk presented u statement from
the superintendent OF the road giving
the information Us to the financial con-
di,ion OF the road so far as he had it or
could procure it. This statement showed
that there were outstanding debts
against tho road OF about 5000, proba-
BIZ not quite so much Us that. There
was at last accounts 4 balance in the
bank 10 the credit OF the road OF about
$40. The revenues OF the road from
tolls last year aggregated $l,53427 The
average for five years past was not great
" different from that. Tho importance
Of the road TO this county can scarcely
be oycrcslimatcd. 1t is tho key to all,
the county roads, and with it in bad
condition it does little good to have all
,heconnecting roads many bcttershape.
The committee finally decided to rec
ommend to the Board OF Commissioners
that the proper steps be taken to as
gllae control OF the National road.
ASSESSORS SALARIES.
Petitions IRON County Assessors c. T..
Blanchard and Noah Zane, asking that
their salaries be increased in accordance
with the authority conferred on the
board by the last legislature, were read
and discussed at some length. MIR.
Blanchard asked that his pay be raised
from $3.50 to$l 800, and showed that in
: his district in the past year, that district
Including all OF the city but the Eighth
ward, there had been 40 new houses
cEeCtedi the improvements %aggrega.ing
$4,000 increase in the assessments.
This does not include new buildings not
completed when the assessments were
made. Mr.. Zane, who has the Eighth
ward OF the city and all the country
districts, has been paid 5000 per annum.
lie called attention TO the fact that tho
Eighth ward and part OF Triadelphia
district have grown very fast, cntailing
much additional work. There was
some plain talk in the discussion OF the
question, all agreeing that Mr.. Blanch-
ard is a first class assessor and earns the
increased salary which ne asked.
Finally Mr.. Cruise moved that the
board be recommended to give Mr..
blanchard $1,000 and Mr.. Zane 500,
both to commence the first OF next
January. To his motion Mr.. Cruise
added the proviso:
THE board expects the law as to
assessments to be strictly carried out in
tho future, especially in tho country
district"