The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-12-07
A new ORDINANCE
Proposed by the Wheeling & Elm
Grove Railway.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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ARE TO MEET ON THURSDAY AND
INSPECT THE NEW ROUTE,
WHICH PROVIDES FOR A
LOOP ON THE COUNTY d.
VISION - THE REDIsTRIcTING
ORDINANCE GOES THROUGH
WITHOUT OPPOSITION = Rou-
TINE BUSINESS TRANSACTED,
The Ohio county board of commission
ers met in regular monthly session yes
terday, Mr., Hare's ordinance for re-
dlstrlcting the county went through
without opposition, The Wheeling &
Elm Grove Railway Company presented
a new ordinance, making important
changes in the right of way, and the
commissioners will go over the proposed
route in body next Thursday afternoon,
The new ordinance, II adopted, will
give the company the right TO construct
a loop from this city to Elm Grove.
The tracks, after crossing the Fulton
bridge, will follow the line of Center
street, instead Of the national road. They
will leave Center street and go through
the Thompson property along the line
followed by the old horse car road, to a
point about midway between the Thomp-
son homestead and Stackyard hollow
Here the tracks will cross the national
road to the present line, and there will
be a double track to Seibert's. The pres
| ent track near Thompson's will be moved
closer to the hill, and no greater portion
| Of the national road will be used than is
now occupied. From Selbert's to the
Park, there will be double track along
the middle of the road, and the company
agrees to pave sixteen feet Of the road
| with fire brick. At points where culverts
cross the pike II will be paved the entire
| width OF the road.
The controversy between the board and
Sheriff II. c. Richards was reopened just
before the body adjourned.
The matter was finally referred to the
prosecuting attorney for an opinion.
The court house and jail committee
presented bills amounting to $3.50 Dc;
finance committee, S1,5l2 so; poor house
and farm, 1855 "a. contingent poor fund.-
Sl,3l2 20; roads and bridges, S3,S92 so.
The superintendent OF the county In
| Urinary reported inmates In that institu-
ton as follows: white males, 40; white fe-
' ,,1a al A. NAta
Mr. Hares ordinance changing district
lines in the county, came up for consider
alton, II was adopted by unanimous
vote, without discussion.
Mr.. Russell asked leave to withdraw
the Wheeling & Elm Grove ordinance
presented to the board at n former meet
Ing, Leave was granted, and he present.
ed a new ordinance, changing the route
at number OF points. The new ordl-
nance was read first lime, and further
consideration was postponed until the
IAN Inst, when n special meeting VIII be
held for that purpose.
The pages Of the circuit and criminal
| courts, Albert u. Emblem, Earl Barr and
| II. Bachmann, presented a petition ask
| ing that their wages be Increased from 81
to 81 80 per day. The petition was en-
dorsed by fifty attorneys of the county.
A motion to grant the petition was de-
feated, and the matter was referred to
the finance committee.
The report of s. II. Caldwell, superln-
tendent OF the second division Of the
Bethany, West Liberty and Wheeling
pike, was presented and referred to the
roads and bridges committee.
A, l., Schultz was elected as constable
| to Ill the vacancy In Richie district.
A communication was read from Rich
ard Robertson, clerk of the county court
calling attention to the necessity for
more shelve room for books of record in
| the vaults Of the county court. II was
| referred to court house and Jail commits
| tee. Mr. Robertson also stated that
| there was much complaint from attor-
neys and others concerning the almost
| illeglbe condition of the two index books,
both direct and cross, from 1850 to 1872
He asked that they be copied; referred to
| finance committee
The board proceeded to the election Of
supervisors OF roads for the two years
beginning January j. 1898. 1t resulted
as follows:
Rlchland dlstrlct-Precinct No, !. John
Lash; No. 2, David Myre; No. ., william
Green; No 4, John Welshanch; No 3,
Jacob Hilton; No. 6, John Il. Smith; No.
T. John Tolbert; No, s, George j. Luckel;
No 0, l.. L. Rldgely; No, 10, Alexander
McCulloch; No. II, W. b. North; No II,
Taylor Kellar; No. 10, George Morgan;
No. "A. Nath Venamin; No. IL, Ed
| Springer; No. 16. N, Straub No II, Will
lam Hines, jr; No. Is, j. w. McColloch,
| jr; No. 10, Harry Carter.
Trladelphla dlstrlct-No !, G.. w Guy:
No 2, John Strickland; No. 3, Alfred
Himmins; No 4, c. +, orr; No. 5, S. NJ.
Hand; No. G, q. S. Robinson; No. Z, Alex
Mccain; No s, William BItzer; No o.
A. u. Carter; No. TO- William Elmer; No
II, Robert NJ. Jones.
Richie dlstrict-M. j. Smith.
Liberty district-NO. !, Brook Shields;
No. 2, Frank 3laney; No. 3, r. NJ. Max
well; No 4. G. w, Settle; No, 8, James
Dcnston: No G, william Smith; No, T.
| George h. Curtis; No, 3, NJ c, Hartley;
No. 0, Addison Rodgers; No. TO- Levi
Phlabun; No H. j. Foreman; No. Il,
l.. j. Hervey; No, ~, Henry shafer, 81.
Mr. Glass nominated Elsie Steele "a STU
perlntendent of the Stackydrd hollow
road and he was elected.
For the first division of The Bethany
| pike, Scott Gordon was elected Huperin-
| tendent without opposition. Fort src-
ond division Samuel II. Caldwell and
william Mckinley were nominated, and
the former was elected.
Attention was called TO the fact that
several Justices Of the peace have not
been provided with copies Of the Code,
ana The discussion which followed
brought out The fact that retiring Jus.
ticcs declined to turn ovdt their coplca.
The hoard adjourned to meet next
Thursday afternoon. to 10 over the pro-
posed route of the Wheeling 4 Elm
Grove road,