The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-25
THE CITY FINANCES
Again Undor Consideration by tho
Council Committee.
THE COAT SCUT TOFlT THE CLOTH.
AL tho Annual Appropriations Fixed
with tho Exception Of tho 0Hs
Eoard'S-Somo Tall Scaling has to
DO Done TO got tho Expenditures
Within tho Limit.

When tho council finance committee
mot Last night, all present but Mr..
Wheat, who ia out OF town, to resume
tho consideration Of tho annual appTo.
prlntion ordinance. City Clork Thonef
conveyed to It the welcome information
that thoro had boen added 10 the gem
Oral fund the sum Of $l,3ll c., this sum
having been paid ns taxes by tho Ter-
minal Railway Company, whose assess.
nent was before in dispute. This made
tho general fund S43l,22 . 70. With the
water boards revenues and other fixed
expenditures deducted, there was left
SOIL pa -, and with tho board OF pub.
lie worEg' contingent fund, also iiXod by
law, takon out, thcro was left SlG3, 0jl II
10 work on.
There had already boon appropriated
10 various departments n total OF $685.
S33 II. There was then $24,2l7 TO BE-
disposed OF, and the amounts uskod for
exceeded this by $l4,4OG 10. Besides
this the gas boards deficit Of over 49,
600 stared the committee in the face.
There can be no new engine house
this year." said Chairman Maxwell, and
all Concurred.
4 new element camo into tho consid.
Grafton, also, in the shapo Of $4,000
principal and 5000 interest on the
electric light loan. Last year $1,000 OF
those bonds became duo, but were con-
| EilnFata1t, Norrtnl ,,..r Ia, a. LnlIn-,
Mr.. Cruise thought tho board Of pub
lie works ought to take caro- OF the
markets. MIR. Maxwell thought the
$4,000 revenuDfrom markets should be
put into tho general fund, instead Of tho
contingent fund OF tho bonrd OF public
works. The market committee was
only allowed $500 this year. as against
its $4,000 revenues. Even Mt this, tho
problem was where the S3.400 was to
come from. On tho contrary, Clerk
1honcr showed that 10 take the market
revenues from the board OF public
works would leave only Sl,l39 6i Tor
stree. repairs and cleaning after the
street superintoudont's and clerks
salaries were paid. Tho board has al
ready spent Sll.S39 II, mainly on &C.
count OF the relief work in the winter.
4 scheme was suggested for reducing
the city contingent iund from $4,000 to
5000. and another to let the electric
light bonds 20 unpaid, so lar az posi-.
bic. Tho health committGe's appro.
priation was found to embrace an error
OF about S4Si, and it was cut from So.
500 toSl0.000. The fire department was
allowed $1,000, ins:ead Of the SjS,62370
asked for.
There vas still loft n shortage OF
S7,2S3, and the city contingent fund was
cut 10 5000, leaving S2,283 to be made
up somewhere. The compromise loan
was then taken up, aud 4 reduction Of
SS,li0 was found to be possible, making
Si.Sl7 the appropriation.
The electric light bonds wore still uu-
disposed OF. The gas boards estimate
was thon taken up. Mr.. Maxwell said
no was informed that the app ropria-
tons had been scaled about "a low as
they could safely be. 1t was proposed
that tho gas board be allowed Its full
%rovenues, and required to pay the in
terost on the electric light bonds.
After q long discussion Of q very wide
range Mr.. Cruise suggested that the gas
boards appropriation be left over for
the present, and that Mr.. Maxwell con-
fer with the gas board on the subject.
This was finally done, and the commit
tee adjourned 10 meet at the call Of tho
chairman.