The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-11-02

" 1AA9 WHY ANPSA ~ va fFH~
as follows:
Court hohse-jaii committee. ..,......3 500 0S
Poor house and farm committee. ~ u
FINANCE committee. .;.",'"'""'''' " W.
Contingent poor tund,",.n,r,,.,, ~ ~
Roads and bridges committee. ...'. 2i5l %
Sheriff Richards returned county or
ders asgregating S2i,46S,e2.
The superintendent Of the poor house
St2.i 80. Inmates are CLASSIFIED as fol-
lows: White males, g.; white females,
25; colored females, 4; total, 90.
The ordinance Of the Wheeling & Elm
Grove Railroad Company, granting
right OF way in the country districts OF
the county, came up but consideration
was postponed until the next meeting
OF the board. In the meantime the rail-
road company has to dispose Of the
question OF securing property for right
OF way. Work on the reconstructed
country division of the road Will not
start before next spring, 1t Is said.
The bond Of ]. Il. Butler, Justice OF
the peace in Triadelphia district, with
James Baird as surety, was approved.
j. A. Birkett, experimenting the work
Of the county's stone crusher, reported
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eral districts as follows: Valley Grove,
2l3 yards at Sl.lS; Roney's Point, 2lf
yards at "A cents; Triadelphia, 400
yards at $t.0s; Fulton, 500 yards at 10
cents; average, 90 cents per yard.
The court house and Jail committee
reported having declined to buy any
mattresses for the county jail. The
board approved this action, after
lengthy discussion.
Chairman Hare, of the special COM
mlttee empowered to prepare an ordl-
nance equalizlng the area and popula-
ton Of the districts Of the county, made
its report. The committee had found
the population and area OF Washington.
Madison, Clay, Union, Centre, Webster
and Richie districts unequal, as shown
by the vote OF 1896, as follows: Wash
ington, 1883; Madison. 2,O3S; Clay, 1858;
Unien, 1893; Centre, sos; Webster, 1882;
Richie, 1860. The committees ordi-
nance would make the average popu-
iation Of these districts 1850 votes, The
committee found It impossible to make
a change in the country districts, Rich
land. Liberty and Triadeiphia, that
would equalize population and area
The ordinance then recltes the bounda-
AlNos AhV lllNNlllkthNCA bANNo "a ~
and the proposed boundaries:
WASHINGTON,
Present-All territory south OF Rich
land district, the south line running by
way of Ninth street over the hill.
Proposed-On Tenth, east to Grand
View street, south to Eleventh street,
and out Eleventh to corporation line.
MADISON.
PreseBt-The Island. and territory on
the city side between Ninth and
Eleventh streets.
Pfoposed-The Island.
CLAY.
Present-Territory between Eleventh
and Fifteenth streets,
Proposed-Territory between Tenth
and Fourteenth streets.
UNION.
Present - Started at Fourteenth
street. at the river, thence to Market,
down Market to Luke's alley, and out
Fifteenth street.
proposed-Terrltory between Four
tenth street and the creek.
CENTRE.
Present-From south bank OF Wheel
Ing creek to Twenty-thlrd street.
Proposed-South bank Of creek to
T~wenty-hfth street.
WEBSTER.
Present-Territory between Twenty
third and Thlrty-gecond streets.
Proposed-Terrltory between Twen-
ty-hfth street and n line described as
follows: Beginning at Thirty-ffth
street, on the river bank, 20 an extend
ed junction with Thlrty-second street.
This takes out Of Richie the first vot-
ing precinct
RlTCHIE.
Prcsent-From the line OF Webster
district to the Marshall county line.
Proposcd-From the line described as
the proposed southern boundary Of
Webster district to the Marshall coun-
ty line.