Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-06-11
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\ 13rOltrs OoUs6rL F.uhb, i.,,.,,.
meeting Hf the City, Council was held :. -.
ooaueil Chamber last evening.
me ne Committee on Water Works fsnotf 4
me works 9l'l in bad condition. Tbey. repor,
Y tsyOt Of speedily repairing t6esupS ma
eaalqing BY placing Iron plates upon ~
walls and supporting them by hog ,chains
MF. Baird stated that the jsrrine Of M
machinery wonld eventually knock tbs
building down, If the walls were not az
cured lqs- :
MT. Blair said the Water Wosks were
becoming very expensive. He desired e.
know whether the proposed Improvement
would. be permanent. II not, he would r.
IN favor of tearing the whole thing dovn
He wanted to know how long 10 the imnra.a =
ment would last,
NJ Baird didn't know how long II vnnld
last. Patching up old buildings was, not in
The Mayor aud Superintendent Of water
Works stated that the proposed improve
msat would be comparatively, permanent.
Mr. Hobbs coneurred In this opinion,
aud ar. Wilson expressed some doubts M
the Su6ject The.latier gentleman thonSobt
that the condition Of the Wetsr.W orks was
worse in-the Imagination of some gentle.
men that in reality.
sAr.DUnhell aud Others spoke mon 1 Tho
subject, and the report was finally adontsd.
The Committee on Fire Department re.
ported that the Hope Hose House isipsucb
a'dilapidatsd condition that it cannot he
repaired. The Committee recommended.
the'rebuilding OfithS House.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson the COMMITTEE
were instructed otask for proposals aud a
plan for rebuilding the house, and 10 RAJ
pors.at next meeting of Council.
The Street Commissioners called the at
-tentton ofithe Council to the railroad track
on Quincy and Market streets, He thinks
ttiOught.to bettaken up aud replaced with
boulders. Referred TO COMMITTEES ON Streets
and Alleys. : 5tsa ~
In the case of NC. Arthur. who renrs.
entsataFions insurance companies, UPON
each of which the Council has leyied.a
liCsnssaof4 500, the opinion of Attorney
General Wheat was submitted. General
Whsat'siopiIioa,is that the Council has no nc,
authority to levy a taz.apon foreign .iusur.
ance companies.
John Fitzpatrick sqbmiltedia bill for the
boards care'of two orphan children-
Felix and Sis Russell, whose parentstwere
committed TO Jail. Referred.
George T. TipEle petttiOued,for the re-
mOval Of apple of dirt lying opposite his
to'' .sIBL4 6.9G0A .EG9
Do motion of Mr.. Hughes, the Street
Commissioner was instructed to have the,
ordinance in reference to such filth as com
planned of by the petitioner, enforced. i.
ThOs. F. Ovens preferred charges in
writing against James ST. Meyers, a,Depu.
ty Sergeant, for assaulting him (owensl
and others atzthe house of J., MolBhu.
The matter was referred to special COM
mittee for report The Mayor appointed,
as the special committee, Messrs. Baird,
Hughes and Pratt. la9f il ) .stil,
{ The petition of Thomas Jefferson was
laid on the table. ,sq Z g5raii son
Amer some uutmportant business, the
Council adjourned. kl Is .s1a
BGrHoS. SAN. PRIcE, a member Of the
Richmond Convention, was taken Ptissonsr
after the late battle at Lewisburg, aud is
now at Charleston. ~ = A'-'''' -ss'H
A Gard rom ths l1nspeetor.n !