Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-04-01

The Council Committee on Health
met last night at the Office OF the City
Clerk and after recommending for pay
ment bills to the aggregate OF $65 40
took up the subject Of the garbage re-
moyal contract for the two years cDm-
mencing May j, and opened the bids
submitted, seven in number.
AS a preliminary, however, Mayor
Buttsacalled attention to the desirable
lty Of having the contractor remove,
without additional expense, such dead
animals as cats, dogs, rats, etc, and
said stipulation to that effect should
be incorporated III the contract-a pro-
position to which those present agreed.
The subject of the removal, by the
contractor, of offal and refuse from
the city markets, also came up, and it
was stated that whereas in 1895 it had
cost the city about $500 to remove this
stuff, it had been done last year free
Of cost, and this policy should be in
sisted upon in the new contract.
With this understanding the bids
submitted were opened, as follows:
John J. Kenney, No. IS Twenty-third
street, ST., 425; sureties, Robert Teas
dale and P. J. Gilhooly.
Louis W. Conrad, No. 1873 Wood
street, S9,700; sureties, DR.. S. l.. S.
Sprays and M. j. Lotus.
Thomas Coffee. $4,000; sureties,
John Coffee and T. f. Burke.
II PA0l-er Elf SQ0. cnIroti
not given.
George f. Naber and William T.
Holmes, 0,400; sureties, Thomas Nc
Ginley and Robert Holmes, ST..
William Carney, $10,S00; sureties,
William Carney and J. w. Weitzel.
Robert D. Cline, $500; sureties, j.
w. Kemple and Henry w Retzer.
A motion was made to award the
contract to Mr.. Cline, and that gentle
man was sent for, but was not to be
found. Mr.. Meyers, of the Committee,
however, stated that he had a CONVEX.
sation with Mr.. Cline and he had said
that he made his bid on the SUPPOSE
ton that the Rowland reduction plant
was to be built, and an incline erected
from it to Alley G, short distance be-
low the city prison. He had since I'M
derstood, Mr.. Meyers said, the reduc-
ton plant was not to be erected, and
under the changed conditions his bid
was too low. Several telephone mes
sages were sent for Mr. Cline, but he
was not to be found.
The position occupied by Mr.. How
land was then discussed, and it APP
peared to be the opinion that he would
,,la hot
all bids for the removal Of garbage
should be on the basis of the present
crematory.
At this point Health Officer Jepson
took the floor, and earnestly called at
tention to the condition of the road
leading to the crematory, stating that
Wednesday night a load of eight bar
rels of night soil had been started
over the road from the pike, the team
stalled, and after four barrels had been
dumped off the team was still unable
TO haul the remaining four barrels,
and it had been suggested to him that
the attention Of the Humane Society
should be called to the matter with
view to making the city do something,
for the sake of the horses. In tie
same connection DR.. Jepson said the
crematory could not handle the stuff
sent to it now, "and if that is true Of
March, what will be the condition in
April, May and June. | will simply
have to cease my efforts to clean the
city up" The doctor said the capa-
city of the crematory should be imme-
diately increased by fifty per cent, if
the work falling upon it was to be
done.
Members of the committee suggest
ed that if there was a new superintend-
emit twice or three times as much work
could be done, and several instances
were given when the superintendent
was down on the street when he ought
to be at work.
After further general discussion
the whole matter was deferred until
next Monday might, when all the bid
ders will be summoned to appear be-
fore the committee.