The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-04-09
MATTER OF PREVENTING WATER
WASTE WAS DISCUSSED AND
SUGGESTIONS MADE.
oispense water by Meter. Charge for
power washers and Purchase
City Light Considered.

Bearing out the declaration that
they were ready 20 DO thing. mem
ters OF tle Finance. commission. at
their weekly meeting held last night
IN the FIRST Branch council chambers
took up and discussed plans. whereby
the city can acquire revenue suffi.
cient 10 Withstand the deficit follow
lng the closing OF the saloons IN July
probably what could be termed the
Keynote OF the whole meeting was
how TO raise more revenue from the
water system OF the city. payment for
collection OF garbage. true returns to
the assessor OF the real estate and
personal holdings OF corporations and
taxes placed ON divers articles.
With a report from the State As
SCISSORS meeting at Parkersburg be
fore them. the committee got down
TO business and at the conclusion OF
the meeting II was moved TO hold a
meeting each Monday night instead
OF "wednesday night in the future and
To have reports ON different features
ready Tor the commission at that
time. Realizing that next Tuesday
night council meets. and that practi-
cally all council committees meet on
the Monday before council. IL was
concluded not to hold a meeting then
hut will hold over until Monday.
April 20.
Following the routine business OF
the meeting. fathered by II. p. Nc.
Gregor. Archie PAUL. Captain Otto.
and other members of the committee.
the question of cooperative use and
waste OF the city water came up.
How can we get at the bottom of the
waste and added expense and get
the corporations and private interests
10 pay their share of the water taxes,
seemed TO be the paramount issue.
aithough the committee took up the
matter of family consumption. Mr.
sands moved. and was readily sec
onded, that all water power washers
In the city be assessed 81 per year,
and that the assessors keep a sharp
lookout for these machines Inc mo-
ton carried without a dissenting vote.
The question of hydraulic elevators
was also taken up and the board of
control instructed to get a list OF
such elevators and have IL ready for
the commission at its next meeting.
Mr.. Fisher then took up the cues.
ton and said as the families and in.
dividuals had been taxed for their
extra use OF water that the corpora
lions should be used the same way.
Mr.. Brues stated that great many
corporations had been using the
water on a fiat system but when
placed on meter and made to pay as
private individual they cut away
from the city water and sunk their
own wells. lie said that there were
Few concerns who were getting their
water at 81 cents per thousand feet
as great number of people would
believe. and said that the people in
the out-the-pike districts during the
drought paid cents per thousand
feet, as they did not use a sufficient
amount Of water to get the reduced
rate. The question seemed 10 he
mat there was leak somewhere as
the water revenues did not keep
abreast OF tho increase in consump.
| ton.
Discontinue Light Plant.
Mr. PAUL stated at the beginning
that the electric light plant could be
discontinued at a saving TO the city
OF $4,000 per year. He said that
while he did not know how popular
that idea would be. nevertheless IL
I Is true. Mr.. Brues said that the city
was now paying about S45 per light
in the city when they could be Sc
cured for $50 per year, the former
cost huctuating he said as improve
ments We're necessary. A motion
was made and carried that the Board
OF Control furnish the commission
with figures on the total cost of the
electric light plant and the relative
cost OF getting their lighting power
from other sources. One objectiona-
BILE feature to the latter scheme de-
yeloped in the fact that light for pub-
lie buildings would have 10 be paid
for while at present IL is free.
Captain Otto preached the subject