The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-01
COUNCIL HASN'T
THE AUTHORITY
TO APPROPRIATE MONEY TO PuR-
CHASE FOOD TO SELL, SAYS
CITY SOLICITOR
City Manager Has A Substitute Plan
Whereby People Can Be Fur nished
Government Food At Cost

The city council cannot appropriate
So. 400 or any other sum of money 10
purchase Stt CkS Of canned meats ana
Vegetables from In" government TO DC
sold to IN" pcupl" of Wheeling. y Ncr-
bal OPINION to tins effect was given by
l'ty Solicitor ]. J. L O'Bricn. to whom
council last Tuesday night referred the
question.
This being TIC case City Manager
Ephllu now prC poses To go before III"
commission appointed to investigate the
high cost ct living md suggest 10 that
commute" n plan whereby tho govern,
m"ut fu"dSIuffS can be purchased ana
sold by IN" city.
TIL, plan is suggested to tho city man
ag"r IN II letter from Lieutenant r.
Boyle. 9. NJ G.. Of tho Amy Re: y"
pcp0l At New Cumberland, Pa. Ihr
plan has been taken up at Harrisburg
i'a.. and is sand To be working out nicely.
Following cut IN" suggestion Of Lieu
tenant Irylc. 'Glty Manager Ephlin Will
t,ll the COMMITTEES that Il can take up
with wril-;0-dn business mon PROPOSE
tlrn to adNanC" III" money In pay for a
carload If government ioodStuilS the
men advancing TIA" money Ia be rclm-
burS"d from the proceeds Of these food
siuifS ut Gust.
The city manager favors. in case the
purchaS" from tn" government is made.
having tn" city handle the sale of tho
cdIhl"s. The railroad yards Just across
Sixteenth street from tn" cit! building
h" ~als. HiturdS an excellent site on
which H. soil III" meats and vegetables
direct from The car and the mana ger
considers II better IU have two or three"
rcopi" ~ charge Of the sale than to
have the goods distributed at a number
uf stations scattered about IN" city.
Mr.. ErhlIu received an answer To his
communicate to ia" Army Reserve De-
pot officer at Philadelphia advising him
that that d"noi has n" NOR" supplies
II canned rdih'"S for sale 10 municipai-
l,.if for n
to the laIIImur" and New Cumberland,
Ia. drv"tS. Yesterday Mr.. Ephlin re-
r"iN"d Il letter from Lieut. cnant Boyle
Informing him that tn" New Cumberland
depot has millions of pounds of meats
for sale. and quoting prices similar 10
IhuS" tho uaua.'Cr already had at hand.
The NV Cumberland Army Reserve
Depot officer. hpw"N"r did not quote
prices on canned Vegetables, but sub
mttrd "n.y the PrIr" Of meats. Mr..
EphlIn Immediately wrUt" him for prices
on mixed shipment OF meats and y"Ec-
tables. MIR. Erhlin * not sur" Of the
pos" Of Il carload Of meats alone.
ThIrty-lh"uSand pounds is the mimi
mum carload lot of meat. according To
the New Cumberland Reserve Depot.
The ,,liy w"uli H." allowed ton days in
wluch to remit payment for the ship
u"u'.
Mir E:rhliu stat"d thar prices quoted
hy l.i"ut'rlnilt E"yl" ar" decidedly lower
than III" " h"".inE InHrN"t prices. Tax"
bacon. tur lnStauc" n" said; the govern
n,nl quotes bacon AT from ) I" SO
r"nis.a pound. according 10 the quality
and size of the package. In wheeling
II" retail mHrhCi pTI'" Of bacon ranges
from :.H Ia 80 cents. or even as high as
IT,, cents for sliced bacon.
Mr.. ErhlIn. when h" saw the an
u"uu,cm"ut from Washington that gov
..rumrul fnodStuifS ar" 10 be placed on
tn" market through tn" medium Of the
i,oSI Offices and parcel post. Indicated
that thai step may relieve tn" city, OF
~" undertaking II furnishing thcS" sup
Plies t. IN" people.