Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-27
The STONE BRIDGE.
-, yposTAyT MATTERS UP BEFORE COUN-
Gil LAST NIGHT.
. a. Bridge Has Cost to Date, the Amount
ma and the RsSsrvs-Table Of Qusnh-
rs, and Pricss-Miscellans0us City
Business Transacted.

rbs important matter engaging the
...u,iop Of Council last evening was
-.rort OF the Stone Bridge Commits
transmitting estimate No. IL, a
.,ftion from Paige, Carey & Co., ask
chat they be paid the sum Of $1,000
-, the reserve fund, full statement
.,,,s substitution Of imported for do
e, cement in the wing walls, and a
5.,,flsd statement Of the cost Of the
doc covering kinds Of material,
D.,I,ftfes and prices. IL is proper to
- - In tnis connection, that Mr.. Gill
80 Sc, Browne, late OF the Terminal
E'a,,,ny. aud at present in charge Of
~ FsId corps of the Wheeling aud
Cc.,,-.,sI'sville Railroad, was yesterday
SIrCintpd the local representative OF
- firm Of Paige, Carey & Co., having
Zee Of their business affairs here,
80 that he entered upon his duties
Yesterday morning.
The Bridge Commission met yesterday
.t,srpoon at 4 o'clock, az the City Hall,
go rgssed estimate No. IL, amounting
% e. 569.lS, due Paige, Carey & Co.;
biT ~ the engineer, amounting to
Sel4 s6. and bill Of Inspector Bradley,
$40. a total Of S6,O63.34. The follow
ing letter from Paige, Carey & Co. was
read .. -,
"WHEELING, January IS, 1892,
,.To he Main street Bridge Commission:
..G,yrLE,rEN-In view OF the fact
that the Main street bridge Is nearing
completion, aud that large amount Of
money is locked up In the reserve fund,
we respectfully ask the Commission to
make rs an advance Of $1,000 from the
reserve fund. PAIGE, CAREY & Co."
After giving this due consideration,
+bs Commission resolved that the re-
rrast of the contractors was q reason
sbrs one, aud adopted the following:
WHEREAS, There is now In the re-
serve fund the sum Of $50, 354.15; and,
WHEREAS, We believe that the grant
ing Of the above request will not impair
the security Of the city, but expedite
the completion OF the bridge; therefore,
.Resolred, That the City Clerk is
hereby authorized 70 draw his order on
the Commissioners Of the Main street
bridge loan, to pay Paige, Carey Co.
the sum Of $1,000, in addition the
amount Of the estimate now due them"
The Commission also transmitted the
following 20 Council
The Commission also has the honor
70 report that asphaltum has been used
for the arch coating, Instead Of Port
land cement, thereby insuring more
complete protection FROM the water
with which IL is liable from time to time
10 be flooded. The cost Of this change
is Sa,O17.77.
Owing to . the inclemency Of the
weather, Portland cement Gin the pro-
portion Of one part cement to three Of
sand has been used in the wing walls
and spandrels, instead of the domestic
cement, which could not be used and
good Job secured. The additional cost
Of this is about s., 900.
In view of the fact that the bridge,
In its present condition, is at the risk Of
both the city and contractors, and its
70 a point where the centers
can be safely struck is an object Of
prime importance, the Commission has
.elt justified Ia mourning the additional
expense"
AN the above was transmitted TO
Council last night, with the following
detailed estimate: