Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-04-03

Tho indications are that the scheme
which was backed up by a maJoII'! u
the Board of County Commissioners u
exnend eight or nine thousand dollars Oh
nuh,ic money for something in the ma
ture of a private snap, has met an entire
" timely death. and there will be lew
rnourners-not over six or seven IN the
entire county.
Taxuavers may as well remember how
ever. that the gentlemen who were look
ing after the Interests of the people III
this particular matter were very much
in earnest, and while the scheme Is ap-
parently off. it may come TO the front again
in q manner Just as sudden and uneXpect-
81 as the original proposition, little over
q month ago. and it will be well 10 Keep
one eve on the extreme northeast corner
of the Court House for some time 10
come.
II has been known for two or three
weeks that majority of the Commits
sioners' Committee on Finance-to-wlI
Messrs. Hare. McGregor and Speide!-
were opposed to the recommendation oil
the majority of the Committee on Court
House and Jail 10 spend nine thousand
and odd dollars on files and book RACKS
which were wholly unnecessary, and yes
terday this knowledge was verified. Inc
committee met yesterday morning ana re-
NAMED in session until one o'clock III the
afternoon. wrestling with the finances oil
the county. 1t declined to place any sucA
item as was desired by the Committee on
Court House and Jail in the annual APP
propriation ordinance. u rough draft OF
which was blocked out, and which Will
be reported to the Board at Monday morn
ing's regular session. Unless the Item
goes into the ordinance ii cannot be spent
very well. unless, indeed, majority OF
the Board should persist in their course
and order q part Of the work in contem-
plation-like sections CO. and "D'-out Of
the general contingent fund. which
amounts as the ordinance is now drafted
to something ike 5000 But this is only
mentioned as a possibility, and not as d
probability.
Another matter came rather prominent
" to the front at yesterdays session OF
the Committee one or two members of
the Board who We're enthusiastically IN
favor of the vault matter have stated, in
conversations and otherwise, that the
county would be in easy financial condi-
ton this year, and that there would be
no trouble in getting the money for the
work They even proposed to do all the
work this year AZ a cost of about $4,000.
but said in addition that if it was not
possible or judicious to take it all from
this years revenues. that half the work
could be done and paid for this year and
the other half next year. When the Com
mittee got down to figures yesterday, it
found that so far from being in easy finan-
cial shape. the county would be hard press
ed. for absolutely necessary and essential
appropriations if anything was to be paid
upon the floating debt on account of new
Jail. Nothing was paid on this debt last
year. and only 5000 the year before which
was not reducing the burden very fast.
and IL was desirable to cut $1,000 of the
debt this coming year. To do this and
provide for necessary things, would re-
quire something like $12iO00 without TAX
ing the vault business in,o consideration
a. all, while the total estimated revenues
were but Sis $50. Tbs necessitated close
economy. and after going over matters
very closely and repeatedly there was
still some difficulty in making both ends
meet. and as a result horizontal cut Of
81 600 was made on each of the depart
mental. Committees. which about made
the accounts balance. The wisdom Of 60
ing slow on the vault job was, therefore.
apparent. Other than financial considera-
tons entirely aside.
The detailed sources of revenue. from