The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-23

s, NfiEDSESDA4 SEflEl
Hamilton a Company for putting up a
building for the Harvey Process Com
pany. This amount should have been
paid by the Harvey Process Company
and not by the city. Copy OF bill and
check attached TO ltatemhlt.) leis
/ We md that 1t was the custom or the
gas board for a while to have people
thatwerc not known put un bonus be-
fore turning on the gas. a deposit ac-
count was opened for that purpose and
cash was made debtor TO deposit &C.
count This account has stood open for
years with n balance of SEQ 20 on, the
credit side OF said account. The truss
tees ordered the secretary to close said
account by drawing u check for above
amount and depositlng the. same to the
credit OF the trustees, thereby covering
the sald amount into the cash drawer,
and under the mode OF doing business In
this office at that time, would admit OF
amount being taken out OF the cash
drawer and therefore make, a loss to the
city OF s66 80. (Sce minute, book pnge
| 300, check to pay sundry bills.)
Your committee say this for the rea-
son that they turned over to their sue.
cessors In November. 1895. tho exact
amount the books showed to cent II
the moneys charged three times. the
| trustees getting the credit for same
along with other charges which arc
mentioned before. the final settlement
would have shown that much more than
the books showed. ;
Your committee ind the discrepancy
| to be $1,000 a.
Tho rnpntsf of tl,t, I,nl,.
ruary %, 1896, included q, claim for
$l2053 20 against Henry Floershe!m and
requested that the city solicitor. with
this committee, beIordered to proceed
and collect the amount of this bill frum
Henry Floersheim or the trustees Gas
per Instructions from the city solicltor).'
Since then the city solicitor has adj
rised the board of gas trustees to pay
Henry Floersheim what was due him,
which the board OF gas trustees have
done, paying him for all coal delivers
ed up to May !. 1896, the sum OF Sl0,437 81,
with interest amounting to s2l3 "a. maxi
Ing the total amount paid TO Henry
Floershelm $1o,65l 81,
1t docs seem strange that the city Of
Wheeling should borrow money and
pay interest on same when she has
claim unsettled against the man she
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attention to the last contract made with
Henry Fnersheim.
CONTRACT.
WHEELING, w. Va. Sept. 10, 1896.
Tho within contract between Henry
city OF Wheeling, West Virginia. is hereby
renewed for the term of one year, COM
mencing on. the 18th day Of September,
1875. and ending September Is. 1896, at the
following price per ton delivered at D. & o,
yard (Old Hempield). City weights gov
ern settlements:
si.l5 per ton OF 1000 lbs, for best: slO5
for a: 9oc for run OF mines; g0c for nut
coal: the grade OF coal to be selected by
and subject to all its provisions in every
respect. 1t Is understood that at the sign
ing Of this contract the mining rate Is
Coo and freight 40c per ton.
Witness our hands and seals this 10th
day OF September, 1895.
(SeaD II. H. DUNLEvY.
(SeaD +, NJ HOLIDAY,
tSCaD L. BUCHANAN.
Board OF Gas Trustees of the City OF
HENRY FLoERSHEIM. (SeaD
Henry FIoershelm furnished coal at
the price named in this contract just ff-
teen days. On October LIST, 1895, Henry
Floersheim notifies the city gas trustees
there has been an advance in the price
OF mining coal and says: "P. S.-This
advance in mining will make the price
of,your coal 81 30 per ton, delivered at,
Your scales in Wheeling, from October
LIST, 1885" VIII the city solicitor allow
Henry f'loersheim to escape again and
call this a clerical error, as the city has
been paying 81 30 per ton for coal from
October 1st, 1895. up TO March 1st 1896?
Also paying the hauling from Baltimore
& Ohio yard (old Hempfieli) to the
scales. when Henry Floersheim, accord
Ing to his letter dated October 1st, 1895,
agreed to deliver the coal at the scales,
provided the trustees allow him 81 30
per ton for same? You will notice the
price OF coal was based on the price Of
digging. G0cents per ton September Is, 1895.
On October 1st,, 1895. the price OF digging
advanced to GA cents per ton and re-
manned at that price up to March 1st,
1896. when the price went to 70 cents,
and that has been the price up to, Sep
TENDER, 1896. when the price has again
been reduced to 60 cents per ton for min
Ing. On February Goth, 1896, Henry
Floersheim notified the city gas trustees
that the price Of coal would be 81 40 per
ton from March 1st, 1896. The city gas
trustees have been using three fourths
coal at the gas works for quite while
and have been paying 81 80 per ton for
same. Said prices would be all right
and according to his letter dated Octo-
Der LIST. 1895, provided the aforesaid
Henry Floersheim paid the hauling: and
as the city has been paying the hauling
Henry Floersheim has been paid too
much on this contract for the year end
ing September Is, 1896. See contract
based upon the 60 cents per ton rate for
mining. as mining was only g. cents per
ton from October 1st, 1885, to March LIST,
1896, and 70 cents per ton from March
LIST, 1896, to September LIST. 1896. Henry,
Floersheim has been over paid on all the
coal he has delivered from October 1st.
1895, to September LIST. 1896. II cents per,
ton and all the coal he has delivered
from March list, 1896, to Setember LIST,
1896, 10 cents er ton. Why Is this over
pay continued? 1t Is time to stop It.
You will see In bill against Henry
FloerSheim reorted February 25th, 1896,
we have charged Henry Floersheim for
coal delivered in the months OF October.
November and December, 1895. amount
ing Mt 5.4i5 tons, at II cents err ton over,
charge. S59S 95. The coal delivered in
anuary and February. 1896. $40 tons ut
II cents per ton. over charge amounts to
S34G 50, and the coal delivered fr'm
March LIST, 1896. to September LIST. 1896,
5,TGG tons. at 1t cents per ton over
charge, amounts to 1854 90, making a
total to September LIST. 1886, OF $3.50 "a.
Over, charge on the amount OF coal de-
llvered by Henry Floersheim In eleven
months commencing with October LIST,
1895, and ending August 81. 1896.
We offer for your consideration ant