The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-28
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All Sorts Of Local N9Rs and Gossip from
the GLASS CITY.

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All Sorts Of Local ESIvs mi Gossip from
Ii GLASS City.
Messrs. VIC. Bergundthal, 10. Cum
minis and j. i. Blackburn, as a COM
mittee, publish what purports to be an.
explanation Of "a proposition to inn
prove the city" by the Board OF Trade.
The plan in brief is as follows: 'The
city to secure the right to issue bonds
for a given amount (say, for example,
100000 00) forthe purposeot encourage
ing industries to locate here, floating
the bonds in such sums and at such
times that the interest thereon shall
not begin until. the industry shall be in
operation" as an example, they say:
Suppose q party OF capitalists seeking
q location for a manufacturing industry
and in consideration OF a loan OF $10,-
COO without interest they will invest
$4,000 here. The city will have ample
time to sell the bonds while the firm is
building and getting ready for business.
When the bonds are sold and interest
begins the city has had at least $4,000
added to our taxable resources aa. a
direct result of the negotiation, while
tho indirect result would be fully as
much more. Leaving the indirect re-
suit out Of consideration, and,
counting only the direct investment,
the increase of revenue 10 the city
would be, at the present rate OF taxa
ton, about s., 200, showing a clear gain
for the city of SOD per anlum over and.
above the interest on the bonds.n At
the last meeting Of the Board OF Trade
this matter was fully considered and
every member present voted in favor OF
II. This is the proposition mentioned.
some days ago, when it was stated the
project would probably fail, OF was
made even more positive. But the
| Board OF Trade is now heartily in favor
of pushing the matterlto an issue and
will ask special Legislation to carry the
plan through when the legislature
meets next month. AS usual the prop
osition finds numerous advocates and
few opponents. Some of these latter
are clluckltng over the figuring OF the
committee representing the Board, OF
| Trade in that q concern with $oO,00O
capital would add $4,000 to tile tax
duplicate and thus make the city the
gamer over the interest on $4,000 that
might be given such q concern. The
reason for this is that the rule in maxi
ing such returns OF manufactures goes
at from o~ne-tourth to one.third the cap.
itaI stock, aud often less than that,
The friends of the measure, however,
insist that something must be done
and that this Is the best plan yet pre-
sented TO bring in everybody on an
equitable basis. They claim, and fright
~, too, that it is not always the men.
best able who bear the burden OF pro-
icressive movements, and that to make
Il in the form of a tax will place the
burden upon each according to their
ability to pay. The plan is q seductive
one and will find great favor when sub
mitted to vote.
a colored man made q complaint
against d visiting policeman and an
other man for assaulting him, but the
other side claim the colored man wal
about TO razor them. The mayor will
investigate II.
The new mail box ct the Baltimore &
Ohio depot has been placed in position,
but the mail clerks have not yet been
instructed to take Its contents as their
car passes this point
Township Trustee George Kern was
handsomely caned by his son Andrew
on Christmas. II was q geldsheadsd
ebonycane.
Miss Mary Powell, formerly Of this
city, but now a teacher in st. Paul,
MINI. ia visiting relatives in this
county.
Mr.. John Amber and Miss Mary II.
Getroast were married by Rev. 1. w.
Barr at the latter's home Monday even
Colonel j. N. Dubois and family, Of
Knoxville, Tenn, are visiting his
brother, M. John Dubois, in this city.
Robert Carouthers, wife and child,
aud Miss Mary Hagertnan, OF Cleveland,
arc visiting Miss Phoebe strobeL
The Goodwill Hose Company realized
a handsome purse from their ball Of
Turner hall Monday night.
Mira. Sarah Z. Adams yesterday pur-
chased the residence property OF Mrs.
Mary Marsh on Gravel hill,
The Shamrock and Rose" VIII DO
rendered by the Catholic school in the
Elysian tomorrow night.
The Swelish Quartatte ia the next
entertainment Of the course. They will
BIO here Friday evening
Dick and Clyde Darrah spent yester-
day with the family of their brother,
Postmaster Darrah.
Heatherington's coal mine has been
tightly closed'to smother out the fire
that's still raging.
Superintendent B. T. Jones is spend-
ing The holidays with his father at
shreve, o.
The city council met last night, but
transacted little business OF public im-
portanec.
Fred vosel, of Harvey, Ill, Is visiting
his parents here.
Miss Nellie BeaEle is yisitingrelatiyes
at Utica, Ohio.
ottppEp from Canada Presbyterian nm.
der signature Of O, Blackett Robinson,
Propr: l was cured Of oft-recnrring