The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-08-01
CITY NOW HAS
NEAT SURPLUS
FINANCE COMMITTEE MAKES
CUTS ToTALINo siaos4.
Top Mil Road Fund Can Ea.i,v he
Furnished-Details Of the
Changes Made.

As a result OF cuts in estimates
made last night by the finance com
mittee. the city now has money to
wipe out the small deficit. pay the
city's share OF the Top Mill road i'm
provements. and leave a balance of
$685.. II will thus be seen that all
sensational statements as to the
city being In the mire OF debt arr
false and groundless and that on
the contrary the financial CONDITIONS
facing the committee are better than
Tor some years past.
IL Is understood that some persons
stu put forward the claim that n
mistake has been made in estimating
the water c OF the wear and
that all OF the revenues cannot be-
properly included In the statements.
IL Is sufficient answer TO this to cali
attention to the fact that the totals
or these have always been
included and h proposed system
Is a purely academic one. that can.
not be put Into practical use at the
present time. II is true that Auditor
Cameron suggested this when he was
mere. as being n good means TO give
the city a working capital after out
standing orders had all been paid.
But under his direction, the total rev.
enues were estimated n the time
has not Yet come when the sucgcs-
ton can be carried out.
Cuts Made.
The cuts in estimates made by the
committee las night are as follows.
Fire department. $1,000: health de
partment. S4.054: cemeteries, S72o:
scales and weighing. $3.50: police.
$500: city prison, $40; total SI2.O5I
h total OF the deficit aud the $500
desired for the Top Mill road is
Sll.234.O5. leaving a balance Of
$685.. The total estimates for the
general city fund are now $224.777.g5.
instead of S236.971. 80.
The estimates for the departments
rs they now stand are as follows.
Health, 1860: cemeteries. S7.0:
scales and weighing. 500: fire. S73..
$1,000; police, S54.35G. 80. prison.
Ss.Se9.4O; salaries. $500. real Sc.
tate. S3.379: markets. $3.50: contia
gent, Sl4.SSl.
Bonds for Fairgrounds.
communications Wefe pacaiyed
rom Councilman Nolte In regard to
d new sewer for the South Side and
water improvements for Mozart hill
n from the Fairgrounds associa-
ION. Action on the Nolte commuri-
cation was deferred. On tua plty
grounds subject. Rev. Or. c. II. Nc.
Donald and Mayor Schmidt smoke
i~aVorably 10 the committee. and on
suggestion OF the mayor. il was voted
TO recommend tie inclusion OF the
sum OF $4,000 for this purpose IN
the next bond issue. Sl5.u0O OF this
sum is 10 he uscd Tor improving
Wheeling Hill and the remainder for
the Fairgrounds proper.
The items u from the fire DEPART
ment estimates on suggestion az
Chief Altmcyer. include repairs 10
The Niagara engine. rubber tires.
hub brakes. a bell striker and an in
ulcator rive new alarm boxes were
provided for. On the police esti-
mates the sum OF $500 for "A team "
horses was cut out. The smallDox
iund OF the health department was
cut down from $4,000 TO $1,000. gar.
baee collector salaries were scaled
Sl,3t4; a new sanitary officer M s4uu
was cut out and some other changes
made
Mr.. BlUm called attention 20 tho
need OF a new concrete floor for tho
Center market. but 10 Is hardly likely
that the money will be found ans
year.
City Prison CHANCES.
on the city prison estimates. SUP
erintendent Halter was voted a salary
OF $3.50 a year as night -wa'chman
Of the garbage stable. The salaries
o. the guards We're recousidered ana
a Uniform rate OF sos a month wa4
adopted. In accordance with tho nos
law. a matrou was voted for tho
"orkhOuse al a salary OF $50 Dor
month.
The committee VIII Vresilo wlfS
the figures again on "Wednesday
night.