Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-03-09

| Fourth street ..... 500 90 5sS % ''.. 80 -
Fifth street ....... COCO 439 81 so 60 30 %
Seventh street .... go 90 90 81 Jus ~
paving ..... 49,. S2o 90 2O1 299 %
The total amount of bonds due is
S4,O20. The total amount in the funds
is S1.S19 81, leaving the city's proper
ton S2,2OS.S9, which they ordered
paid
The covering of an old well at the
corner of Hickory and Second streets
was referred TO the Street Committee
/ with power to receive bids for the same
and award the contract. The matter
of placing a fire alarm in the home OF
| the captain OF the Vigilant hose com
| pany was referred to the Fire Commit
| tee. The cleaning of the sewer at Park
and Sixth streets was referred to the
Street Committee. The committee that
was appointed for the purpose OF see
/ ing about getting scales for the city re-
ported that they could get a pair OF
| fve-ton scales for $120, and recommend
ed that one pair be got Immediately
| and placed on Hanover street between
/ Fourth and Fifth streets, and two more
! pair gotten soon as possible. a mo-
| ton TO this effect was made and passed.
1t was moved that the City Solicitor
be instructed TO draw up an ordinance
providing for the weighing OF all mater
! ial necessary 10 be weighed that was
brought into the city. The Light Com
mittee were authorized to receive bids
! for making repairs to light plant. \
motion was passed allowing the Car
antors Insurance Company SO more
| for policy for insurance Of the boilers
at the light plant. The matter OF
furnishing light TO the hose houses was
/ referred TO the Light and Fire Com
mittees.
The following bills were ordered paid
as far as there was money in the re-
spective funds: Samuel Westwood. ser
vice as Mayor S25: Dr.. J. w. Darrah,
services as Health Officer and for drugs
/ S241. 10: Walter Kline. duty as guard,
/ $50: Dan Woods. the same, $28. 90; He'll
| ing Bros. for coal. 81; r. a. Linde-
muth. services as sanitary police, S44;
G.. W. Smith, 5000: Ed. Anthony,
burying dog. 25c; II. Grayson, balance
of plumbing bin. soc; f. Oberdick, in
terest on order. S2.S1; Peoples Saving
| Bank. interest on police orders, $24 "a;
/ Peoples Savings Bank, interest on
Cross street bonds, $500; l.. Spence
| repairs to fire alarm box 81. 81; Thomas
| Johnson. for putting ashes on streets
! $500; J. NJ. Bowers, repairing bridges,
| SIS 80: VIM. Dixon. services as Solic-
! itor. S26. 50: l.. j. C. Drennen, fees for
/ assisting in the electric light injunc-
ton suit. SS7. %: and bills contracted
bv the electric light plant to the amount
of 81 .015. 10.
The bills of the city officers, which
had been laid aside, were then taken up
| They were: r. f. Moore, service as Mar
| shall s4S.29: service at police. II. ).
| Neal SAP. NJ. Meyers S42, Fred. Och $42
| John Fisher So. Mr.. Hilton moved
/ that the bills be paid, less the amount
| due the city from each one as found by
recent Investigation. Mr.. Kerr sus-
tanned Mr.. Hilton and said he hlmsell
was in favor of it. He made quite q
/ little speech concerning the matter ana
finally ended by giving an Illustration
of one man paying another Tor Young
money into his pockets. This aroused
MIR lanes ire. who supposed he was
casting reflections on him, and he SAID
he wanted Mr.. Kerr to understand that
because he was taking the part OF the
officers that he was being paid FOR
it. Mr.. Kerr said ne did not mean TO
insinuate anything Of the kind. Mr.,
lanes wanted to know why they did
NOT make the Water Works Trustees
nav back the $500 they had secured lille
eallv from the city. and why they dld
not 90 further back and make them pay
hack all the money. He then referred
to the bill of SS7 that had been ordered
maid for only six or seven days work
and wanted to know why they did not
ont those kind of bills down some and
not iumD on a man that worked thirty
days for $42. Matters went on TINS way
| for quite a while, but did no good' Us
the motion was carried.
The cause for all this originated from
a quiet investigation made by Council
some time ago into police affairs Ever
since this place has been known as a
city il has been customary for the po-
lice TO send in a bill of 81 for attend
ing the trial of the persons arrested
Many times an arrest has been made by
them. and they knowing the prisoner
! had no money. did not think 1t worth
while having him fined and released
him. but sent in 81 for attending triaI
and 60 cents for making the arrest In
doing this they saved the city good
deal of expense. for had the prisoner
been given a trial and committed tc
iail 81 or So of a board bill would have
bcen presented beside the fee of 81, but
Council does not think this the proper
thing and demand the money they
have paid the officers for this kind OF
cases.