The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-08

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Roads and bridges ................... l,IS3 &c
fetal ......."...'....'.''..'.. .'.'$4'seS VI
Sheriff Richards returned county or
ders to the amount of $3.50 50.
Superintendent Blrkett, OF the county
inhrmary. reported inmates for the
month Of April as follows: White
males, IS; white females. 70; colored
males, 2; colored females, A; total, So.
Mrs, Blrkett rendered her resignation
as matron of the county hospital. which
was accepted and Mrs. Fry, of Six
tenth street, selected to fill the va
cancy.
President McGregOr notified tina
members that the state board of equal
ization and appeals meets here to-day
and the county should be represented,
whereupon he appointed Messrs. Gut
man, Higgins and Hare to look after
the county's interests.
Attorney John Arbenz was present
and submitted an ordinance for the
Ohio Valley Railway Company, pray
ing for right OF way along the river
road above the Top Mill to the limits
OF Ohio county. The road is to connect
Wheeling and Wellsburg, and Is sand
to have a number of Wheeling lnan-
clal men behind the scheme. In order
to act intelllgently the board Will view
the river road on Thursday. after
which the ordinances will come up in
regular form at the next regular meet
ing.
Wiley Cox petitioned the board to
abandon the road running from West
Liberty and Bethany and scott's Run,
which was referred to the roUl and
bridge committee.
A Resolution, submitted by the cham
Der OF commerce. requesting $5OO,OOO to
be subscribed to the stock of the Union
town, waynesburg & West Virginia
Railroad Company, was referred to the
finance committee. The result Of the
finance committees meeting last night
is reported elsewhere.
Commissioner Bowman reported r
vacancy Of road supervisor in precinct
No. 2, Liberty district Harry Garrison
was elected to I'LL the vacancy; no OPP
position.
Transportation Agent McGregor's
vouchers for 1899 were approved by the
finance committee.
Commissioner Fritz requested the
board to take some action in improving
the approach to the Fulton Centre
street bridge by purchasing several feet
of the old paper mill property. The
matter was voted down. as the road
is not supported by the county.
The annual appropriation ordinance
was next taken up. It was based on
the appropriation made by the finance
committee, made from the following
estimate of county taxes to be collected
during the thlrty-elghth fiscal year end
Ing May 30. 1901:
Levy on S26, 900 estimated valua-
ton at 6Oc on the Sl0O................Sl3l,5 0l
Railroad taxes Observation-Disclosures, Dun
p, W, & Ky" Dividend .......,...." 9O5C
Total ..,...''...'''''..'''''''''
The following appropriation ordin-
anceIwas adopted: An ordinance to as.
certain. and declare the amount Of
money allowed to be expended for diff
ferent purposes by the board of county
commissioners of Ohio county during
the thlrty-elghth fiscal year ending May
81, 1901, and to appropriate the same
out Of the count" treasury.
Section 1-Be It ordained by the board
Of county commissioners of the county
of Ohio that the following amounts lie
and they are hereby appropriated out
Of the money in the county treasury
and arising out of the revenues of the
thIrty-cighth year, to defray expendl-
lures on different accounts, as follows
VIZ: