The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-12

WHEELING, JUNE IL, 1907
City FINANCES aud tho Nesistcr.

City Finances aud tho iicsistnr.
Whom tho Register tinds itself cor.
ncrcd on an issue it falls back on its
iavorito argument OF calling lis antag.
oniss n liar, makes a vague general de.
NAL OF all assertions it is called upon to
meet, aud lets it go at that, under the
impression that 1t has successfully
pulled tho wool over tho eyes oil its
readers. at least over the eyes OF the
thouch:less ones. This is the course
adopted by our csteomCd but mistaken
neighbor in its treatment OF the Quos-
ton oil a proposed bond issue, growing
out OF the dcfci. in the city treasury, rs
bcqueathed to tho present Republican
council by its late DemocSa;ic prede.
cessor.
But the ISrELIIGEScER docs not pro.
pose to let its esteemed aud courteous
neichbor of so easy. To say that the
ISrELlIGEScER has falsely stated the
financial condition OF the city is one
thing; 10 prove tho statements falso is
another thing, and the Register must
do the latter, or stand branded before
the public aud the interested taxpayers
OF Wheeling as having been guilty OF a
gross attemp: to mislcad for a mean
partisan.purpose.
Totho 1STELL!GESCFE'Sclalns thatthe
defci. OF $4,000 which confronts coun-
Gil is n legacy from past Democratic
councila; that the reported surplus lett
by the last council had no actual ezis-
tonce, and that By reason o; unpaid
obligations incurred BY past councils
the present body is forced TO meet an
extraordinary dcmand-to all these as
ssrtions the Registers simple and no:
ove1.poIite nor dignifed reply is: "You
ere a IiarII" In response. the ISTgL.L.r-
GEScEi; submits a few facts aud figures
for the consideration OF the Register
and the public.
As 4 part Of the statement OF the de-
ficiencics occurring in the gas Office, We
find the following items:
Coal bill. slj,GJg -
Ia,crc.I clcctnc light loan. !sJG....,. $50 %
Interest c.rctric l;Eh: l0-n, Isti......... i.3N %
IO:al 500 II
Owing toal.ck OF m the gas
board va, unable to NEE: these de-
mands, as ithad agreed TO 90, and the
amounts, which should have been paid
IRON the revenues. wcro taken out OF
the city's general fund.
Again, in the estimates that arc to be
mctfrom tine revenues Of the city for
the current Yeaz We find the following
items:
Electric light bond of IS; iuupaidl...S 500 ~
Electric light bond o! lS1I uIupgiIJ ..-.. 500 ~
ElectCiCl.:ht bond "t lsyt due ..aa.... s.Jp ~
Interest electric iich: bOad OF Isgj
Deficiency in - board isgi.m"..-..-... Iiug ~
TotAl.."--""~""~..-"..... .w Si!,S,o ~
Add 10 This IN" deficiency appearing
IN the hTs: 2i,@o Il
Mad we hare 4 ;oia! i-.............::5 5.C!g Il
To arrive at the precise deficiency be.
queathed from the Democratic adminis-
tration Of tho gas board OF 1851, do.
due: tho principal and in;crGs. OF tho
1895 electric light bond (SI2, $40 0Oy and
We have 4 balance OF :5i,@2g0 Is, which
should have been paid from tho boards
Will the l;Ogistcr say this is
not:rue? Viii the Register cay these
deficiencies shoGld not have been pro.
vided for by tho last council?
In addition to thjI there aro bills
amounting to fully 5000 contracted by
tho old council. They we're held over,
and still remain unpaid. Those bills do
not appear in the citvcleVk's statement.
Incidentally, it might intcrGs: the pub.
lie, in this connection, to havo tho
Register state the amour. Of its "
bill for printing and Advertising, left
unpaid b: tho Democratic council, but
which 1t expects tho present council to
pay out OF TIL, years appropriations.
Pcrhapa the l:esi1.or will consent to
haze council apply nome OF the trim.
ming il advocates TO that bill.
The Register I%onOuucoa tho IyrrL.
LIGESCEE'S gt~atcnartthat tho Dom0cra.
tic council did not ioavo a surplus OF
S26.G1 % as 'lio 10. D." Let ul sce
about that also:
q! tho amount Gppoarin. ia tho city
clerks statement for 1891 ~ aurpius,
Sl3,iJJ y was m amount which L.a!
boen appropriated by council u, II bal.
aRCo on tho stono bri!:O debt, bus
%a4 held in the troasury to pay on
order OF the court; while $l,l21 Us wa4
in tho hands OF rho CON mi3sionors o!
loana to pay iutcros. due, aa,I not vet
paid. II is 4 new proccE4 Ol lnanCicr.
ing to include mp1cy 0y0rluG aud M.
prO2riatcl n \ par. Of a "surp!ul," but
tho i.sgIItor g1nn3 to DO satisfied WIKI
that sort 0i fsuriu2. Tho fact ui tho
matter is. tho actual net balance WAS
only $1,000 20, which you'd not have
paid one.tcnth tI:c deficit that the Demo