Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15
ABOUT THE CITY HILL.
Arranging for Plans for the New
Engine House.
The Building will be About so by
100 Feet and Should be Three
Stories-Tex Collections-T The Re
flsal to Pay for Chair.

Acting under the authority given by
Council at its last meeting, the members
of the Committee on Fire Department are
busy figuring out just how much land the
city has available for a new engine house
building at Eoff and Seventeenth streets
preparatory to asking architects to make
plans. II is the idea of members of the
Committee that the new building should
be about fifty by one hundred feet IN
ground area, and three stories IN helght
with a cellar under the entire structure
Any smaller building. in ground size, than
this would not accommodate the engine.
hose wagon, ladder truck ana patTOI
wagon, while TO make the house less thah
three stories high would be 10 90 without
an upper room which would be of value
as public hall, as a gymnasium Tor the
double company when VIII occupy Inc
house, and for many other purposes. Inc
upper story would cost so little, after the
other two were up, that IL should be added
by all means while the city Is about II, as
the building is not TO serve temporary
purpose, but is 10 do for the next genera
ton as a central fire headquarters. The
cellar VIII be fitted up for washing hose
there will a private office for the Chief OF
the department, a battery room, which ii
is proposed to equip with a small dynamo
TO generate power for the electric sys-
TEN. This latter will be a big improve
ment and will save the city money, as the
present battery jars are a costly nuisance.
Il is thought the building can be erected
on the lines proposed for $500.
City Tax Collector Hall has turned over
to Receiver Kindelberger tax collections
as follows since the last report:
General funC o. o. ..$lll3 -
Ten cent levy .. .. ll2 Il
Total. 81. e.. :. e.. e.. e.. e. ..3I8l7 70
The Council Committee on Fire Depart
ment has inspected the Viglant reel, or
dered to be completely overhauled and re-
built month or so ago. ana md the
work has been done in a strictly frst-class
manner and that the reel is now better
than il was when new
The Council Committee on Ordinances
will probably meet during the coming
week 10 block out the ordinance amending
the existing ordinance and contract with
the Natural Gas Company of West Nir-
ginia.
The action of the Committee on Real
Estate. in refusing 10 pay for an once
chair for the Assistant City Clerk and Tor
a leather cushion for the Clerks chair, is
exciting some comment among people VINO
know all the facts. Inc two arucites
named were not purchased until permits
sion had been obtained from four mem
bers of the Committee. one Of whom was
the Chairman. yet when the bilis. Wnich
aggregate nine dollars, were presented,
they were turned down. The matter can
only be adequately examined under a mir
croscope.
tt will he observed that in passing the
three months appropriation ordinance, at
the last session of Council. providing Tor
the expenditures for the first three months
of 1896 the various departments, and
Committees were given one-f0urth OF the
sums appropriated to them I'm 1893. The
wear now winding up Will be pleasantly
Teco1lected as the year of high citv taxes.
and taxpayers viii note with glee that
The new year is 10 be started out on the