The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-14
S2,353 IN FINES
LEVIED ON TRUCK
OWNERS IN COURT

! Fines and costs aGgrcGat!nE 3@.3J3.ln
were levied by Judge John ). RITZ in
police court Yesterday morning upon
truck owners for alleged violation OF
: the new ordinance regulating the load
ing Of trucks. The ordinance requires
that IN case OF trucks weighing over
! .00N pounds the loads shall be limit
. cd To COO per inch Of tire space:
! The fines levied yesterday were as
, follows
Auto Coal company, S?5 and costs
I \. NJ North 500 and costs upon :
different OfTcnScS.
, Pittsburgh Whcellng Coal company.
500 and costs upon two ofenscS.
= Louis NHibcrgall '25 and costs upon
/ ono offcnsc.
{. VI. Morris. SIS and costs upon two
orcnscs.
+. {. Humphrey. 500 and costs upon
' three oncnses.
; Shadysrde Coal company 500 and
costs upon 1--WE uffenses.
Scott Lumber 500 and costs upon
, one "fIcnsc. lima! decision still pend
ne" +. Moore 500 and costs upon four
| oTcnscs.
rwenty-ninc different orcnscs were
! tried in all. ThrGe OF these were DIS
missed The Mhiiak%r.EISs sr3og d,S com a
! truck 500 pounds Since the oncnse
If committed wiltuiTy could not COM
/ pare with others where as much As
! 800 pounds overload has been dis
! covered. and since the company by it's
! representative stated that there was no
| desire 10 violate the law. the court saw
! A. 10 dismiss this case. The company
had no legal representative present.
Two charges against the ShadEsid"
coal company were ais" dismissed.
| These Warrants charged that the COM
| pany had overloaded one Of its Tracks
| on two different occasions 10 the
! amounts of 900 and 1900 pounds. CITY
| ESnEincer Harry \. Conrad who had
| compiled the evidence against the com.
, panies stated that the driver, Scott
! Gordon, was one OF tho most conScien-
! iious with whom the city official had
had to deal. and that the ofcnSe mlGht
/ have been purely accidental. Inc cases
were accordingly dismissed.
! In the other cases against the SHADY,
) side company the oVerloads were found
bv the city engineers testimony To he
! Slon. 6. 500. $3.50. ZOO and 1000 pounds.
! They were. accordingly. assessed the
limit in these cases ThGy WsTS Fe wSo
! also represented l.. G. Humphrey. who
was fined 500 and costs on TWO charges.
The Scott Lumber company, repre-
sentcd by Attorney Amos, OF BrIdgeport'
viii nc -rvc- further consideration by
J the court. City solicitor J. J. /. O.Bricn.
who represented the city. stated that ne
| found their violation TO be the most nag
rant yet heard.
The Pittsburgh Wheeling Coal com
! pany. A. NJ. North and j.. Moore. all rep
resented hv Blackford and Fnulkc were
} all tincd the maximum. since they put
up no defense
c. NJ Morris. represented by Judge
J Hunt. and the Auto Coal company. rep
resented by Attorney {. J. Smith. were
| both fined the minimum since II was
! shown that there was no disposition or
these defendants to diSobcY the law.
| Louis NcIbcrgall. who was alleged tc
driven his ic" truck while overloaded.
/ was also fined the minimum. He was
! represented by Attorney Is S. Honockcr.
| All Of these cases with the except ion
! Of the Auto Coal company. Louis Ncihcr-
gall and {. NJ Morris will be appealed.
\ Tho latter may he appealed also.
! Tho Echo Coal company. fined last
; Friday for violation Of the same ordl-
nance under which these defendants
were fined. today by recommendations Of
! 'h,. city solicitor had its fine reduced To
! So and costs. and the appeal withdrawn.
| This was done following evidence that
| there WAS no desire on the part OF the
Echo people TO disobcy the law.