The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-31

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IA your issue 81 the 3Oth inst. CRITICS.
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lll3lonefs, VINO are auYoeaSlnB the
contract for steel dllnE cases 20 be
nlacSd h the vatls ~ ths county
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CLERK once. Slussnsf cara y = PAA-
p9ble eifort % intlmidate the members
Of tho hoard and thereby prevent them
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the board taVortng the proposition,
desire 20 resent the unjust criticism 10
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90 fair opposltiqn ~ those VINO oppose
this or any other public measure In
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ney, put it - not lar opPosltlon 70 ~
slnuate that there has been q corrupt
bargain, "colluslVe bids" and "Ahady
deals" In other words, II seems TO me
emlnently unfair that bad faith would
be Imputed to members Of the board OF
commissioners because they favor what
they conceive 10 be a proper public linz
provement. Such publications present
no argument, but consist merely Of ttt-
Just abuse Of public officers, and de-
sire those who have INDUCED In that
kind Of publication to understand that
there 10 at least one member OF the
board OF commissioners who cannot be
made % abandon what seems 10 him
the proper course in this matter, by
threats coming from an individual who
assumes to speak for the whole public.
] believe the majority OF the citizens
are In favor OF this improvement as
they are In favor OF every step towards
Keeping Up with modern advancement.
All modern safety vaults are fitted Up
with the kind OF shelving and cases
that we propose totput In the county
clerks vault. Recently the wooden ma
terlal has been taken out and replaced
by this kind OF material In the clerks
Offices Of Tie counties OF Marshall, Tay-
Tor, Wood, Peasants, Doddrldge and
Mercer. The recent session Of the leg
lglature appropriated $4,000 to do the
same thing In the auditors ONCE. The
Exchange Bank, the City Bank and the
German Bank have done the same
thing; Indeed, Il Is being donS and
ought to be done throughout the cOun-
try wherever valuable papers are kept.
unnuestiobRbIy metallic vault fixtures
reduce the chances Of our public re-
cords being destroyed by FIRE, and mos
ney spent IN that direction Is well spent,
because the loss OF these records would
be lrreparable Should fIre destroy our
court house or should fire take place
In the vault and by the burning Of the
wooden ale cases and shelving, destroy
tina rasortis then / nFesuE1e ''CitlEen"
and ire local press would critleise the
board Of commissioners for negligence.
AZ severely a. what In called extrava-
RRpce. Ia now criticised.
WHY was there no criticism on the
score OF extrayaEance when the board
OF commissioners expended 100000 for
a new jaIl; when they gave away to a
New York syndicats 100000 to build
ave miles az railroad ana q bridge;
when they gave $4,000 to the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad Company to build the
.,pewIkv''. when they abandoned the
old court house and bought the new