Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-20

The Council Committee on FINANCE
met arain last night. and by hard work
made the estimated receipts and eNpen-
dfrnres balance. The ordinance carries
So2 $3.50 The appropriation Tor the
Fire Department will permit the re-
bujdfng OF eighteen miles OF the cleo
trfc system. provides five or SIN new
alarm boxes. 1000 Ieet Of new hose, ana
ercb general repairs and added essen
taIs as will put the department in hne
condition.
When the session had been called to
o~Fo~ chairman HOrkheimer stated ne
had asked the members OF the BOAR
of Public Works 20 appear DeIore 1HS
C,umirIre for explanations all atounu
.,d mutual understanding. ihe
chain stated to he Board that II appear
sJ to he i,ivcssible 20 allOJ tle boaIu
r,or, chan $4,000 AS q contingent lunu
and $4,000 tu Che ten cent levy -.n,s
i'm view of the excess OF eApen'''U'N ~
over receipts i'm 1890. 81
Clerk Hcu.sb. OF the Board. salu "a "
nav roll OF $500 AID Total OF 9t,o9',
bal bean carried over TO 1894. ana ne
Thought tl,f was because the estlulaIeu
recsipts Ola NOT fully maJerlalze,
-rbe civ Clerk said the Board hau
srent everv cent allowed il, ana as
tbs~s was not enough actual cash on
bard n balance had 10 be carried cNel.
~. he rs out Of the first three moAIns
o1lo,v5oaa for 1897. That would MAKE
o.. a.-'rrr-,rfa+ior tnat much short tins
year. 1.. i,s+ BOARD
co1rd NOT be wholly blamed. seven
~. airrr wears ESQ q Board o. FuouS
y-o,l-s had sDert more money tnan hau
bssn arorouriate3. They handed tnS
1,f.repea over To the next beaIu aLI
get a precedent which nad De u io'-oM -
RIGHT aroEz 1ir. Hornish also Ca .l'I
attention to- some OF the unusual lu.usS
the last Board had TO contend VIZ 5i,.
One was the HuJch.sson-Oha pu i,--. VI We,
asfer. another was inc steam rome a.
other was the paving OF Nor'h MAX 'e'
NJ ScEmuIb2ch. of the Board. SAID
the BOARD wanted every dollar thaI "iS
c0ming 10 f.. and they would nave use
sor 81 Mr. VanNeuren ADDED J--"' ,lio
Market street bridge would take Two
thousand dollars extra. .,,,..,,
Mr. Davison asked Mr.. Schmulnacu
If he being member Of the Co ,lll-,S
tee ne would appropriate 10 the no"IG'
fCr rho contingent fund. more than MS
r,-rsriorca iudicateE would be received,
Ar Schmulbach said ne certainly sAou'u
ro+ do ANYTHING else than what the
-.-ohoble receipts indicated. ana MI
Tarfssop said: All right; / am pre-
-,1r,J no vote ON that question.
mr. Schmulbach asked the reason 10,
+to fo--inr- of in receipts, and TINS leu
10 . discussion or the hard times eIc.
q comparison of individual eHoIts' "il''
finally four or five got 10 IaiNlnS d.
once and kept up the racket uhIli CuO
Chair called for peace. .Ar. IaNlSs ,li
tbe1 asked the Board for the speclai
,.-5so-,s If any. why the Board snoulu
bo,-e as much money as last year. III
,ss7orsa 70 this. Clerk HOrnish SAID tts
..,-l.a5s eyDenses for labor on the
s+rse+s durinE four years past was
-cr-+hfs only for street cieahiue'
reua-rs etc.. not counting saAdIIe9;
tCoIs or miscellaneous expenses, anu
mis- in view of the fact that the stree'S
v-ara in worse condition than LOT yeas
,Tbo matter was then dropped, ana lue
question of general income was TAKEN
nm Chairman HOrkheImer salo ne lLo lt
frrevrioyvad Collector Hall, and thaI
Gentleman stated he thought the Ooul-
Tofrggs.s estimate of $4,000 Tor taxes
f~or, SOC levy was too ,Ov; he Jnousu1
l. womb rum 10 Sll5.000. judging by ms
COLLECTIONS to- date and the outlook. III
v,ev of this the Chair thought inns
,.srric,Iar item of increase could De
,,,s,l-ol nm - 600 and the lOc levy IN
rroportion. This was done anu @ 49,.
was added tO the expected revenue IN IN
licenses. bringing the grand lo'dl VI
estimated receipts 20 $fl5.o-o.o9-
.rbsp tbe question was, how 10 elIheI
Ger more money in the exhibit OF esC'-
ro,aa recefpts. or cut the eSunateu - -.
,sr1itrres without muulating the orul-
oo-v 9suqvtncui estimates Oue p'Op
,e..io,, Was 10 omit any payment on ac-
-,,,+ of principal OF the lO-5O loau'
,.c,r of which bonds there are So
--a c,ret,ofing. Inc ordinance uhNer
-, tIis loan was issued. provinces loI
e a51 IN he appropriated each year io'
jr+rrest and So. ono additional lot pI ~
oiDol and MS the interest annually oe-
(,i,ssss tre bonds are redeemed at
c,D-ror+lv accelerated rate, because ot /"
,,~-,,,.ino. balance LETT over from the IN
+or,s- account. which goes 10 ana III
,.o1,riro the principal. lt was the IDEA
90 sCr,e Of the members 90 stop the pay
,1ert of principal this year. ana use
tbis none, for something else. the loan
bsi0g redeemed ahead Sl'.5'u. Hi'
- discussed long. n strong point oelhg
thot loan ordinance was not OF IuC
80 nature as another ordinance OuC
- En-, nature of a contract. IL was
e~oIIv decided that il would not ne
Ill ~ make any change. and the suo-
Sect was laid aside. .,,oD
A revision off all the figures was then
r,o1a with the following result. -,
Estimated 0eeipts Ss5 - IA
Evr.re.s already alloVct....'-..- ''''-'' ~
v.,,--, ....... ...............S i.'.a! 81,
Ar,oi,-. sill, Id %, provided for. >-.i'' VI
-.,,. .................S Sis 81
.r,is was 90 Doe taken from fire, markets
rel estate poI,ct, city prison cen','''',S'
rs.rfb and sca'ts. which asked Tor esD-
rs-es as follows. 1850 81,
ave ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ..--.'''''''' 49,, IN
Markets ...-....-.- '.'''''''''' . -ll an
police .. ......-......-. .'''-.''''' 49,, ~,
i..- Prison .....--.......'- ..-- ~
Health ..--------.----- CONGRATULATIONS s1o an
Scales ....---... -......-.''''''''-
TotlI.......... .................- $50 vi
--r, r-s der7rtmco, WAS the first taken
,., and ID Jolly dgh- resulted. The matter
fHfN aside LnfLl