The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-15
committeeman, "instcad OF asking us

committeeman, "instead OF asking us
to pay for It."
The Atlantic needs a new wains.
coting and wall paper on tho lower
floor, wall paper and n new metal cell.
ing on the second floor. Tho windows
will have to DO changed and other
minor repairs made. The committee
will also recommend the putting in OF
q four-inch crock sewer to carry of the
washings from the floor.
III l can get glass OF milk" said ono
OF tho members, 81 am ready to take in
the South Side department houses"
"There's dairy right down here"
replied another, and leading the way
he took the crowd where all refreshed
themselves with glass of"buttermilk."
Tho hook and ladder was modest in
its demands, asking only for ventilators
over the horse stalls, few chairs, wall
paper in the upstairs rooms and q
drain leading 10 the sewer from the
horse stalls. Mr.. Horstman took tho
sliding pole for the first time in his
life and landed straight on his feet,
amid the applause OF his admiring col
leagues.
At the Niagara the driver called at
tcntion to tho condition OF the harness.
EYES," said Mr.. Walther, the COM
mitteeman from the Sixth ward, "they
come up to my house every day to COM
plain about the harness"
"Thoy wanted ono last year." said
Chairman Happy. az believe they
have a special set Of old harness that
they bring out on every annual tour
made by the committee. guess we'll
have to get them set OF harness"
Besides tho harness, tho committee
will get the Niagara shut-off nozzle,
new CRATE bars, and new suction tube
for the engine. Some painting is neces-
sary. and q new pad Tor the foot OF the
sliding pole is one OF tho prime requis-
ties. 1t is worn out.
1t was getting late rapidly, and the
committee, having still! to visit the
Eighth ward, got hustle on the driver
and soon arrived at the hose house.
The floor at this house is OF brick, with
the exception OF a narrow strip OF
wooden flooring extending from the
side door. 1t was decided to have this
strip renewed. AS the brick floor
is HARD on THE HORSES,
on account Of tho danger of slipping,
the committee at first decided to put in
a wooden floor on the top Of tho brick,
but finally decided, as Council was to be
asked for new engine, to let the floor
20 over until another year. The Eighth
ward house has an elegant dormitory
for the men, nicely papered and cover
ed with fine carpet. The pillow cases
were full of holes, and the foreman said
that the mattresses were ready to fall
to pieces. New bed clothing, the COM
mittee decided, must be bought. As
one improvement, q closet will be put
in the bathroom.
snow, Mr.. Horstman," said Chairman
Happy to the Eighth ward representa-
tive, dis there anything else you want
in this house?"
Nothing much," replied the gentle
man addressed, 1--WE only want a new.
engine"
"And you shall get it, Mr.. Horst
man," said the committee, with one
voice, "for certainly Council can't help
but let you have it.
1t was now after o'clock and grow
ing dark. Tho committee wanted their
supper, and as all but Mr.. Horstman
lived uptown, they babe him good bye
and climbed into the bus With n
crack Of the whip they were off, and
Mr.. Horstman, looking after them, re-
marked: "If Council feels like this
committee, this ward will get an engine,
sure"
The committee was well pleased with
tho result OF the tour. The repairs
needed are not many, and some were
advisable to be put of. The commit
tee is trying to economic. SO as to save
as much money rs possible toward the
purchase Of a new engine for the Eighth
ward.