Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-25
QUITE 4 VARIETY
OF TOPICS DISCUSSED By THE COUNCIL REAL
ESTATE COMMITTEE,
Al Last Evenings Ssision-Thsy Want to Know
BY VIVA Authority the School Board Has
BlOckadsd Tenth Stree. and Talk Of
Stopping Sunday Base Ball.

The Council Committee on Real Es-
tate held another of its long sessions
last night, and discussed a good many
topics during the evening.
Before they adjourned the Committee
finally passed upon and recommended TO
Council for payment bills footing up
sol6. %, and then made the interesting
aud pleasant discovery that they had
Just S2a.44 remaining to their credit
after providing for salaries for the re-
maInder Of the year, with which to have
the boiler overhauled and repaired,
repair the fountain, buy new hose,
alter filter, do plasterinR, whltewasn-
ing, repair the walls Of the City Hall In
various places, and pay all the mlscel-
laneous bills which will inevitably accu-
mulate during the ensuing six mont as.
The Committee is pretty unanimously
of the opinion that the S23.44 won
quite reach around, and Council VIII De
asked for more money or for RELIEF IN
some other form, as the boiler In the
basement must be overhsuled before
cold weather sets in, and its repair Is
likely to cost pretty penny.
One OF the first things the Committee
did was to make tour OF the City Hall,
from basement TO attic, and note down
carefully all the repairs which are
deemed indispensable. The items are
quite numerous, and many shodld be
attended TO at once. There is no money
available at present, however, to DO
the work. Then the Committee dis
cussed the matter Of selling the surplus
flag stone left over after doing the
landscape gardening around the build
ing. and ouened the bids, or rather,
the bid, for there was only one. II was
from William Stabbs, and he offered to
take all the stone-about 4,500 or 4, 700
square feet-for Sl35. The Committee
rejected the proffe r in hurry, and
after talking 1t over for a while ordered
the advertisement for bids TO be contln-
ued in the papers. 1t was stated our
ing the meeting that the county had
sold surplus stone for twelve cents
foot, aud the city ought to have at least
as much, as the stone was better.
A communication was received from
the Water Board enclosing bid from
Trimble & Lutz TO repair the Paxton
fountain for S25. so. The first PROPOSE
ton of the Board was to do the work II
the Committee would pay for the mate
rial. This was talked over for time,
and the Chair and Clerk were instruct
ed to see various plumbers and ascertain
what the job could be done for.
The subject of leases Of real estate In
the city common coming up. lease was
ordered made 10 Al Rays, for SIS per
year. Then the case of Mrs. Header
son was referred to, the Board OF Edu-
cation wanting her TO vacate the ground
occu pied by her house, that 1t may be
added to the play ground OF Lincoln
school, the board TO pay her $3.50. This
started the inquiry as to what rights the
School Board had on the present site OF
the Lincoln school, as the whole outfit
stands upon city ground, and this LED
up to the queery as to
how the Board got over on
Tenth street eight years ago, and by
what right they were now building
farther still to the south, occupying the
full width of the street, with the ex-
ception OF eighteen feet. The Solicitor
and the Board of Public Works were
both enouired Of, but neither knew OF
any permission given the Board to use
the street for any purpose, and the
Solicitor was formally instructed to
bring the matter to the attention OF
Council this evening, to the end that an
INQUIRY might be started and steps
taken to compel the Board to vacate
the street.
In this connection the Solicitor call
ed the attention Of the Committee to
the lack of any authority or right In
Council to grant the use Of streets to
any one for any purpose save that OF
public highway, for which they were
intended, and be cited several instances
where trouble had either already result
ed or where it would result in the lapse
of time. The whole subject will likely
be enquired into by Council, and steps
taken to clear Tenth street of the ex-
listing obstruction, placed there by the
Board OF Education without asking
anybody's permission, as far as could
be ascertained last night.
Mr.. Hupp brought up the pernicious
practice OF playing base ball on Sun
day, on the commons around the bill,
and introduced a resolution to prevent
1t, under the impression that the ball
grounds were upon city property. 1t
was shown that the boys played upon
B. s. o. real estate, wbereupon Mr.
Hupp changed his resolution so as TO
make it the duty of the police to put a
summary stop to ball playing on Sun
day anywhere in the city. The Com
mittee felt that 1t had no jurisdiction
In this matter, and IL was laid aside.
The bill of Hoge & White, for en-
cheering in connection with the i'm
provements about the City Hall, amount
ed to Sl69 IS, was ordered paid, and
after more or less general conversation
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