The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-14
COUNCIL WANTS
WELL SYSTEM
REPORT MADE
OPENING OF BIDS FOR MEcRAN1-
CAL FuTER GOES OVER FOE
A WEEK
Indiana Air Lift Company Proposes to
Drill wells SO Feet
Deep

WhcelinE's pure water is another
week farther away from reality as the
result of last nights session OF the city
, council at which the following members
were present; J. II. Beans. Il. s. Blppus,
{. IL. bowler. y. +. Habig. J. II. kunZ,
{. S. fancy. c. q. Thompson and Mayor
7. f. Thoner.
Bids for the mechanical filtration
plants were 10 have, been opened last
night and action was expect ted. but was
delayed when Mr.. HedgCraft. represent
ing the Indiana Air Lift Pump COM
pany appeared with Il proposition. His
scheme was TO sink wells on the lSlanc
tpa depth of fifty feet below the 80 TO
50 foot level customary depth;
His plan was referred TO the water
commission recently appointed by the
mayor for consideration and report 10
the council next Tuesday night.
The Indiana plan was first presented
10 the city about eight weeks ago. II
was taken up. at a council meeting on
August Gath. and after consideration,
and after the city had decided on me
chancal system. was referred TO the
commission within a period of six
weeks during which it was TO have been
taken UP with the state board of health
However. 1t was not presented until TO-
night. at tho same time which L letter
from the state board sof health was
read Directing StrenuouSly to the IN
StaAation Of the system.
In the communication from the board
OF health, were citations of cases, and
especially Of the Memphis. Tenn, cpl
dcmic of typhoid last year. where the
we'll system was declared to have proven
failures.
Councilman fancy raised the first OBJ
lection TO the Indiana communication
being read. basinG his claim on the as
sertion it belonged to the water commits
sion, and further that the system could
W hn
health objected to the well system.
There were number OF discussions
between Councilman Nolte. Dowlcr. otto
and Rippus. and finally vote was taken
commission. resulting as follows: Ayes,
Beans, Dowler. Habig. Kunz, Morgan.
Nulte. fancy. Thompson and Thoner;
Noes, Otto and Bippus.
Accepts warwood Paving.
The first matter taken up last night
following the reading of the minutes of
last weeks meeting was the report or
program. The work has been completed.
and when the contract was first made.
il was agreed the Warwood city council
waSto accept the work before final pay
ment was made T. J. Gilligan. the con-
tractor. However. there is no city coun-
Gil OF Warwood now. and the contractor
is asking for his final payment amount
ing 10 S4,902.64 Engineer kohler re-
Gently made an inspection and pro-
nounced the work satisfactory. A vote
was taken to accept the work and to is
sue vouchers in payment, the result be-
ing unanimous.
Two ordinances for the installation OF
two two inch and one one inch lines IN
Alleys d and + and over Thirty-sccond
street. were read the SECOND time for
amendments and then titled and both
were granted unanimously.
Wants Pay for Sewer
Arthur Stifel appeared before council
with his attorney, Nelson Hubbard, de-
handing $1,000 for the sewer one third
Of n mile long now owned by Mr.. Stifcl
IN the out-the-pike district which the
city claims became it's property when
the district became part OF Wheeling.
Mr.. Hubbard demanded the above
amount. and urged the city to avoid un-
plea SAINT circumstances, but the matter
was referred TO the city solicitor, J. J.
I. O'Brien.
City Manager Ephlin presented res
olution urging the city to buy small
strip OF property at Forty-third ana
Jacob streets for pavement. the prop
erty now being owned by Lenora kas-
scrman, for 500. 1t was referred to
committee of Councilmen Dowler, kunz
and Nolte for investigat ton.
Settle with C. q p.
City Manager Ephlin's recommenda-
ton on the settlement with the {. & l..
Telephone company for S7.435 to release
the company from recent contracts with
the old Board of Trade for privileges or
using streets underground Tor S,oieS'
etc. was ordered received and filed.
The final matter of the evening was
a petition fro ma number Of residents
of the Eighth ward TO have the Z. &
Q. railroad install a gate and watch
man at Forty-third and McCollocn
streets where a little girl was killed
several weekss ago. The matter was
eft in the hands of the city manager
and the citysolicitor.
Captain w. T. Otto presided over the
early part Of the session until Mayor
Thoner arrived The attendance last
night was complete. every member being
nresent The meeting was held last
evening due to the Columbus Day cele-