The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-05
RAILROAD
ORDINANCE
PASSES
Unanimously at tie Meeting Of the
County Board of Commission
ers on Monday.
PRECAUTIONARY AMENDMENTS
Are Added to the Measure for cOun-
ty's Protection-Election oc-
ours July II.

Are Added TO the measure L0E SVuAA
ty's Protection-Election oc-
ours July II.
At the meeting OF the Ohio county
board of commissioners yesterday.
morning and afternoon, much public
business was transacted, the most I'M
portant being the passage unanimously
of the ordinance submitting to a vote of
the people on July II the proposition
to bond the county to the extent Of
100000. for the purpose of making
subscription to that amount to the
stock of the unlOntown, Waynesburg q
west Virginia Railroad Company. In
the absence Of Messrs. Meyer and Nes-
bitt, who were necessarily absent, ow-
ing to the session Of the criminal court
grand jury, Attorney William Erskine
was called in to represent the county's
interests in legal way, and at his sug-
Restlon several precautionary amend
ments were added to the ordinance.
which makes 1t Impossible for the
county to be mulcted in the possibility
that the railroad was not a straight
ana bona fde enterprise. These amend
ments are given in detail below.
The following bills we're ordered paid:
Roads and bridges. IL, 81
- 1.yal
Contingent poor fund. W "
Finance cOmmtttee........,... S,og5 ~
Court house and jatl,....,.,.....''.. 81 ~
ro,.,. .s255o e
Superintendent BlrKett, of the coun-
ty innrmary, reported as follows for
May: Cash receipts, s2e So inmates,
white males, &c; white females, 10; col
ored males, 2; colOred females, 4; total,
SC.
Sheriff Richards returned county or
ders to the amount of sG,2sO "a.
The resignation of T. G. Mayberry as
Justice of the peace in Clay district was
accepted. and that of W. H. Caldwell.
as Justice of the peace of Madison, was
also accepted. w. H. Caldwell was then
elected to fill the vacancy in Clay dis
trIct. This proceeding was brought
about by the recent supreme court de-
cision of Judge MewhorseT, compelling
Justices to live in the districts where
they transact civil business Justice
Caldwell has moved from his Island
home to apartments at the Windsor.
The bond Of w. H. Caldwell in the sum
Of $1,000. with G. O. Smith as surety,
was accepted,
The reports of County Physicians Me-
grail and Armbrecht were received, us
follows:
Megrail north of the creek)-Persons
receiving aid. 12S; lunacy examinations,
10; post mortems, c; births. 3; deaths, G.
Armbrecht Csouth of creek)-Number
of families visited. 1Os; houses visited,
go; lunacy examinations, II; autopsies,
5; deaths, 8.
The report of S. E. Caldwell, super
intendent OF the Wheeling, West Lib
erty & Bethany pike. second division,
for past six months, was referred to
the roads and bridges committee.
Commissioner Hare offered resolu-
ton that the Webster commissioner be
authorized to expend the Hubbard road
appropriation.
The board resolved to meet on June
20, n and %, as board OF equaliza-
ton and appeals, to take up Washing
ton, Clay and Madison petitions for re-
ductlon In assessments.
The board elected local board OF
health, composed Of DR.. ]. B. Jobes,
president. and DR.. L. N. Refer and c.
S. Terrell
Railroad Ordinance.
The Uniontown, waynesburg & West
virginia Railway Company ordinance
went 60 Us second reading and was
amended in several particulars. There
was provision that $4,000 of the
S5oO,OOO stock subscription. should be
paid when $4,000 had been spent and
IN amendment was passed that this
$4,000 should not be borrowed money,
but raised by private subscriptions to
the capital stock.
Another amendment provides for a
similar condition as TO the second $780,
900 subscription by the county.
The remaining 100000 to be paid
when the railway is running cars, from
wheeling to Unlon;own, and when the
company shall have provided n station
in this city, either Of its own o.
through arrangement with another rail.
road here.
Another amendment makes II con
ditiou that the rate between UnIon-
town and wheeling. or intermediate
points shall be nt least equal to the
rate between connellsvllIG and Pitts
burgh. The amendment is as follows.
at shall be condition OF said sub.
scriptlon that said railroad corporation
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