The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-08
ROAD CONTRACTS LET
BY tho Board of County Commits
eioners Yesterday.
VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS
at tho Regular Monthly
Session. hut Most of 1t ia OF
Purely Routine Charaoter--A Now
Road Ordered From Edgington
Lane TO tho bethany Piko-Com.
Inittec Reports, Etc.

The regular monthly meeting OF tho
board OF county commissioners was
held yesterday. with all tho mem
bers present. The court house and jail
committee recommended tho payment
OF bills for STAT 10, which was ordered,
Tho finance committee recommended
bills for sOS5 O5, which wero ordered
paid. The sheriff returned county
orders for Si,ll+ 90, with which he was
credited.
Tho poor house and farm committee
recommended tho pGymontotbtlls agsre-
eating s4i5 II. out OF tho poor house
fund, ind Sg03 II out Of the contingent
poor iuGd. Tho superintendent OF tho
poor house reported titty.thrce white
males, twenty-five white females, one
colored malo and one colorcd female, q
total Of cighty.Hin April. There was
one birth and one death. Tho condi.
ton OF the property and inmates was
reported good.
The road and bridge committee ap.
proved BILLS for Sl,3S9 Oh, which werc
ordered paid.
Mr.. Bates offered a resolution prohib.
iting the cutting OF sod along county
roads, which WAS adopted.
Tho viewers OF proposed road IRON
Edgington lane to tho Bethany pike re-
ported that everybody gave. free right
oil way. The board ordered the road
opened.
An ordinance giving the council OF
Fulton the right to grant citizens per.
mission TO tear up the National road
for the purpose OF making connections
with tho new water main, was passed.
The ordinance requires all digging to DO
by tunnelling under the surface when
possible.
The report OF the circuit courts com.
mittee to inspect tho Jail was received.
The committee consisted OF ]. E.
Hughes, DR.. II. i. Baguley aud D. J.
Campbell. Besides the formal report
the committee recommends that cell 10
be repaired. In this cell bricks have
been torn from the wall and iron bars
in tho door sawed in two by prisoners.
1t is also recommended that different
closet arrangement be adopted, and
that heavy wire screens be placed over
the windows which open on the streets.
A vacancy was declared in the Office
OF Justice in Union district Squire
Biedenbach having moved out OF the
state. P. L. Kimberly was elected to fill
the vacancy.
T.B. Smith was elected q constable
for TrIadeIphia district, to fill vacancy.
Tho ordinance dividing the country
districts into new voting precincts was
made the special order for Wednesday
afternoon at . o'clock
The contracts for matchmaking coun-
ty roads were let to the following bid
ders ut the price per cubic yard given ::
David }. NicksEson, Bogg's hill. spriuges's and
CLARK Il. Mckee, Chapel run and Spsinger's.
{ 81 ~
Joseph Meyer, Gresgsville, Clinton ( Potomac
10 PoSuc's run s9c-
J. ". Bruncr, same, from PogGes run 10
Deans, 81 IS.
L: p. Glass. same. Deans to district line. $50.
8 s SinIih, same. second division. TO uesvey's.
Spear { Montgomery, sane, ucsvey's to POto-
c. G. Whitman, Kelly's barn aud Dement,
cemetery. 81 ~
{ G. Smith, same. s. 10.
Newton McConp, La!d!ey's run 10 Pernsylva.
William u Austin, Middle Wheeling creek.
lower end. Sc
J. W, Guy, same, upper end. 81 o1.
George GehIinS 4 Bro, McGIaw's run to G., c.
u P. 81 u.
Isaac sliSer, monument aud Big Wheeling
creek. DC.
v. N. Hutchinson, Pogue's run, 50
NJ. D, Shook Peters run. SIC.
William ". Nichols. same. Sc.
John 4. Lorent., peninsula, y Il.
John Hell < Co, River road, inst division.
J. c Fonman. Rice aud Css,enan's run, 81 IS.
~ William Il Fulmer. stone church. 81 ~
David HcsculeS Short Creek. North fork. CO.,
bowman BIOS. Valley Grove and Middle
Joseph Movers, Wheeling. W. L & b. frs,
Iii johnson. sane, second division. siSa
q. 8 Marble. Wheeling and Elm Grove 81 l6
John Burke & Co. Wheeling and Fairmont, 81.
William Morrison, West Union and Ropey's
Point, 81 0s-
Ed Moore. salnc 81 -
Samuel .lhcrcTonbie, same, 81 60
< Robart Cosia.u, Highland school house 81 SIS
J. E. Nichols, Chapline TO Sps!ages's hill
John Burke & Co. Frazier's run, 81
David Hercules, Hut's sun, oOc.
w. r Caldwell. W. L, TO Wc!lsburs. sc.
Carte; 4 Kelly, DoSSs Aill. sp;inses's and
BuyhSel&s. 81 80
MRZlnAo / AaZingo. Battle run 20 c., c. { P
road. &c. -
+ Nathan ranaman. Browns run, 9ac.
l5 Z. Y. Smith. same, 81 10
Z J. 4. Barr. D!xon'S run 10 G., C. & 2. .oad. So
John Klger, Elm Grove and HogS's hill, 81 o.
5 Fsttcrsons hill, 81 20. s
John Hercules. Glcnn's -un aud Cherry Hill,
st2a -
s.