The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-04-16
PRELIMINARY STEPS TAKEN eY
CITY ORDINANCE COMMIT
TEE LAST NIGHT.
City solicitor 10 Draw Up Ordinances.
Action Monday - Reservoir
Site Considered.

freiimtnary steps TO bond the city
for 100000 covering the Installation
Of the Smith SLOW Sand FILTER System
TO pay for rights OF ways and etc
were taken BY the ordinance commit.
tee Of council NJ It's Meeting last
night. City Solicitor Harold Bren-
nan vas instructed to draw up IN.
bond ordinance for this amount. same
20 be laid before the ordinance com.
mittee Monday night before final &C.
ton by council Tuesday night.
These bonds are 70 be serial thirty
year bonds. OF the $500 and s.. 900 5's
denomination. This COMMITTEES voted
TO recommend that the election be
held Saturday May Is. between rhe
hours OF sun-up and sundovn. Under
the state law. nothing but the bond
ordinances can be voted upon nj this
time. this eliminating the original idea
OF holding the bond ordinance cleo
ton with the general city election
May n.
Clerk of the Board of Control ID. G.
Brown submitted the following state
ment of the finances of the city as
taksn from the annual statement July
!. 1914:
bonded debt .......s 100. 500
fore jury I. 1916. ... 10000
bonded debt July I. 1875 ss1 900
Valuation
Personal property -...... .s2l POI. ITO
Real estate .-........--.. 39.11e. e35
Public Service corp. ...... Sass. so
Total valuation. .ss6. 7s2, l6s
Legal bond levy----. 2h
City bond limit. ...-..t 1859 .B11 81
Less bonded debt $685. S81 900
Bonds available. -. --.s 6ss.b71.37
A glance at this statement and the
attendant action OF the committee
shows that with the passage OF this
bond issue for the filter system, as
promised. that the city will be bond
ed within less than fifty thousand dol
lars OF its bonding capacity.
Reservoir Site.
City Engineer Charles b. Cooke
submitted his report on the matter OF
reservoir site and rights OF way
through Warwood. showing that the
same could be purchased for $4,000
l.. V. Smith. father OF the Smith filter
system. submitted his figures for in
stalling the Smith system. as follows:
Installing filter, 2O.00O.000 gallon ca
pacity. $4,000.
Valve chambers and auxiliary
pumping station with four centrifugal
100000 gallon capacity pumps,
100000.
Concrete reservoir. 100000 gallon
capacity. 100000.
Thirty-six-inch line from reservoir
TO present pumping station. $4,000.
System complete-Total ....s620.0O0
Rights of ways ............ 10000
Total for bonds ........... $640 900
The committee then took up the
resolution of J. r. Miller referred to
Il from council. in which a reappro-
priation of certain funds for the paw
ing of Eoff street, was asked for. Cap
tain w. T. Otto. one OF a committee
Of two. reported that he had found
800 in the police department. $1,000
from View street appropriation. and
$500 for Eoff street. or a total Of
$500 that could be used.
City Engineer Cooke said that in
his opinion the work from Twenty
seventh street to Thirty-third street
could be done. The city solicitor was
instructed to draw up an ordinance
transferring these funds.
On motion he was also instructed
20 draw up the ordinance for the reg
ular city election to be held MAY %
Al the conclusion OF this business the
committee adjourned to meet Mon
day evening.