The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-07
.CITY'S FINANCIERS
Instructed by Council to Appro:
pirate a Wage Advance
GAS WORKS EMPLOYEES

Dcpar1nentS VIII Have to DC Scaled
to Provide for the Advance-A Tilt
inthc Second Branch Over Paving
Sewer.
The city council hold special meet
Ing last night to adopt the annual ap-
preparation ordinance. but the increase
Of wages asked for by the employees of
the gas works proved stumbling
block 10 Its adoption. The ordinance
was referred back to the finance COM
mittee by the first branch to appropri-
ate $4,000 for the wage advance. after 1t
passed the second branch. The finance
committee will now have to reduce the
appropriations OF other departments,
which Will be no easy job, and the ordi-
nance is therefore delayed beyond tho
usual month for passage.
All went well with the second read
Ing OF the odInance In the second
branch until the Sixth ward dlstrlbu-
tlon Of the ten-cent levy was
reached. Mr.. Gaus, OF this ward, sub
mltted In amendment an altogether DIFF
ferent distribution from that made by
the finance committee, which has been
previously published in the Intelligent
Ger.
Mr.. Gaus wanted to aDportion the
wards funds as follows:
Paving Market from Twenty-sIxth
.north ........................-.. S5D
Paving La Belle street from Eoff west. go
Paving south side Of 1wenty-nInth
east Of McColloch. Observation-Disclosures. 100
To be used for constructing sewer from
Twenty-seventh to Twenty-ninth. on
Market, extended. Observation-Disclosures. 600
Sewer In Alley b from Twcnty-sXth
to Twenty-seventh ..................... $50
Paving gutter on Jacob from Twenty
fourth to Twenty-sixth.. .............. $50
Curbns and boulder gutter on Charles
street from Twenty-th!rd to alley be- -
low; ....:..... .............. .".:::....:.. l5o
$50 feet west 800
Curblng Twenty-eighth, north side,
from Eoff to Wood. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Grading Alley D to make proper drain -
pat;n,, r,;,,, ~, ,o ID
seventh to Twenty-elshth-... 100
SlAlu Nilu oubpui tiIG
this change were Messrs. Ritter Gaus.
Watson and Stroebel. The Sixth ward
representative on the finance commit
tee. Frank C. Caldwell, pointed out the
| fact that In the distribution advocated
by the, "k!ckers" to his plan there was
an appropriation for laying Il sewer
from Twenty-seventh to Twenty-ninth
streets, on Market extended, which
passing through Baltimore e Ohio prop
erty, couldn't be legally done by the
city. Further. Mr. Caldwell produced
| copy Of an agreement between the
w. B. McMechcn & Sons canning
works and the Baltimore & Ohio by
which the canning company was to
construct sewer through the rail-
| roads ground. hence Mr.. Caldwell
claimed the injustice of the PROPOSE
| ton.
After brief debate with Mr.. Cald-
we'll on the one hand and Messrs. Wat
son and McMechen on the other Mr..
Watson stating he knew nothing pre-
| viouSly OF the agreement with the rail-
road, Mr.. Gaus withdrew the sewer
item. but at that his amendment. was
| defeated by to IL, so the Sixth ward
distribution went rs recommended by
| the finance committee.
The ordinance was adopted by the
| second branch on n vote Of % to /, the
| nay vote being Mr.. Watson's.
In the first branch Mr. Waterhouse
moved that the city solicitors opinion
| be secured before acting on the ordi-
nance. Mr.. Warehouse took the
ground that the ordinance should have
provided for the outstanding orders OF
| the board of public works, total!ng
\ 5000 and the gas boards over draft
OF $500. He believed the city solicitor
should pass an opinion on this point.
| MIR. Warehouses; motion was seconded
| by Mr.. Scally, and was lost on n strict
| party vote. there being six Republicans
| against four Democrats for the mot
| ton.
| Clerk Worls then proceeded to read
the ordinance, but had only read the
finance committees preparatory re-
port. which referred to the restraining
ordnance" providing for "disburse-
ments being kept within the limits of
revenues" when Mr.. Waterhouse ask
ed II the restraining ordinance was
read before the finance committee. Mr.
Schmidt. OF the COMMITTEES, said he
hadn't heard 1t read.
After this pause. Clerk Worls read
the ordinance for the first time. on the
second reading Mr.. Watcrhouse moved
to substitute $4,000 for 1885,, the sum
to be paid on the gas boards overdraft
this year The substitute would wipe
| out the entire overdraft. The motion
was lost by 4 vote Of to 6.
The gas boards appropriation was
s94,l12. but Mr.. Mccormick offered IN
! amendment to increase It to sos, H. the
! additional $4,000 to pay Increased wages
to the retort men at the gas works.
| Other members favored the Increase,
but wondered where the revenue would
come from. Mr.. Waterhouse inquired
whether the gas board had asked for
the Increase. and Il negative answer
was returned. Mayor Sweeny intimated
that Mr.. Mccormick should have pro-
vlded for the money to pay tho in
| crease.
| After some discussion. Mr.. Williams
moved that the Mccormick resolution
be referred back to the finance commit
tee. In speaking. for the committee.
Mr. Wat.rhouse and Mr.. Bnchmnn
drifted Into an argument relative to the
| Fifth ward appropriation, which was
stopped by tho mayor ruling the debate
out OF order.
1t being stated that Mr.. Williams
motion II II carried would seriously de-
lay the passage OF the ordinance, the
| motion N-os D.ithdr,u-n ,rbon ,,,,a