The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-08
MEETINd or coUScII.-A meeting

SECOND BRAHoIi. 7s'S
In the Second Branch the following
ing members were PRESENT. Messrs.
Brady, (President,3 y Adhesion, Brock
unier, Baier, CockRyne,S Darrah. EoHy
Hughes. Hamilton Miller, non MOAN 50
Reading minutes dispensed with.
The ordinance assessing taxes vas
taken up and the amendment reducing
the tax ton wharf boats rom SzuV 70
$50 was sreceded FROM zone amend
ment blythe I'd Branch yet remains I'M
acted on in the LIST Branch-increasiin s
tax on theatrical performances from %
To sI0N - . = sssuo5 ssiElG hr5
K com m nnication from the Health
Officer addressed n tod the Mayor was
laid before the CounciI.i The Health
Officer gives notice ito the Mayor to
construct1a sewer from York street, on
the Island, along the line of a certain
(unnamedl street, 10 thewest branch OF
the river, for the,purpose of draining
the pond formed by the City Park
Cotnt1afly.i Isilruis affGiu 10 be2ifiig5s'
( iMr.MIller said this whs the only way
the Health Officer had OF getting this
pond drained, z and he thought IL ought
to be drained. 10 Efis.~ siif ~ -
] MI. stanley said the parties who
owned the ground ought TO drain the
pond.
"A member remarked that the PARK
Company was played out. 41t zaf 81,
Mr.. Stanley said the Company had
not been, formally dissolved and the
members of it could be tound, and they
ought 10 remove the nuisance. ..ru. -.
Mr.. BrOckuDier said the President, OF
the Company had informed him that
the Company had diSbanded, taken
down their fences and were totally. dis
organized. .72i1j: i2r !!,'i ~
Mr.. Hughes,said whoever owned the
property must remove the nuisance.
He thought IL was absurd for the Health
Officer to proceed against the city for, a
removal Of the nuisance, he being an
officer of the city.
DR.. Mccoy. the Health officer, being
present, was invited to make an expfa-
nation. and complying, that gentleman
said he had been ibaffled In his en-
deavors to have the park pond drained.
He served a notice on the President OF
the Park Company, Mr.. Metcalf, to
abate the nuisance. tsHe afterwards
called on him and was Informed the
company was no longer in existence,
having disbanded some two months
before and sold out their effects, ana,
therefore, Mr.. Metcalf declined to do
anything. He then went to some ofthe
iot holders that were in the city, and
they told him If they were required to
make the drain they would raise the
levee up next 10 the old lanyard,
and run the water on the city alleys
on the outside of the levees
other parts of the Island. He therefore
stopped that until he could inquire of
the council what he should do. The
council directed him to call on the lot
holders. He did SO, but SO far as, he
conld find them there was no concert
OF action. he has now ascertained that
there is sixty foot street trimming d.
W n rnnI and
posed, therefore, the city owned about
as much OF the nuisance as any,
body, ~ and 1t was as fair the
city should open the drain as any
of the lot holders. If the city opened,
a sewer r. the lot holders could
drain into 1t and SO drain the whole of
the neighborhood. The pond would be
a great nuisance to the people on the
Island this summer. No individual
viii undertake to drain il, and to wait
the four weeks which the law gives
parties notified II would be hot weather.
He therefore thought the best way was
for the city to open the sewer.
F Mr.. Stanley thought If it was true
the city owned a street through there,
1t ought to make the. sewer, and he
moved the Street Commissioner be au-
thorized to have sewer put in to drain
the pond. .l y -. ~, r. z, 4. ~
Mr.. Hughes thought tine Health OFF,
GER had the power to have the sewer
made IL il was needed for the abate-
ment of "a nuisance. But he wanted
the matter examined first to see what It
would cost and to instruct the com mis-
sioner how expensive a sewer to put in.
He moved to refer the communica-
ton on the subject to the Committee on
Streets, &c. Agreed to. =
Mr.. Stanley offered the following
resolutions: l-.' rr
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Fire Department be authorized and di-
rected TO request the different fire COM
panles, with their apparatus, to meet
said Committee at the corner of Main
noon, 18th inst. at 2 o'clock, for the
purpose of ascertaining the condition
of their engines and testing the capacity
of their hose: said Committee to report
the condition of apparatus and hose
next regular meeting of Council, [next
Tuesday evening"
Adopted and concurred in by LIST
Branch.
On motion OF Mr.. Hughes the action
of the Second Branch at its last meet
ing granting the petition of Alexander
Rogers respecting south line of quincy
street was rescinded, and the former
action fixing 81. *. Lists corner 66 feet
from the ISTELLIGRNCERs building was
re-afnrrned. i.&GfitEftR'S3 I
"A resolution was offered to raise a
special Committee on Health, consist
ing of three members OF each branch.
Referred to Committee on Ordinances
to . prepare : an 9Ordinance' de-
filming duties OF committee. (Mr. Eof
was added to Committee on Ordinance
to fill "A vacancy. - - ~
The following orders were made in
the Second Branch, but referred to
committes on Streets and Alleys in
First, Branch:t7-7ils sri, III tt,..a!...ui si.z.s
Directing Street Commissioner to re-
set curb on north side of Centre street,
between Seventh and Green Garden
Alley. ~, ..5a 7'f,ii 80
Directing the Superintendent d OF
Water Works to put in a FIRE plug on
corner of Fillmore and Preston streets,
9th Ward. Jf.... "a ~ ii5,ilgi
Directing the Street Commissioner 10
break three strings of limestone on
Main street, between Monroe and
Union. e-1asllN 60 u.lli -a'''uu 4Nt ~
Directing the Street Commissioner to
reset curb on Zane street. BzI-4.'zErs
Directing the Street Commissioner to
set curb on north side OF Lindsey, be-
tween 9th and 9Th. t'3' - Elli ~ II
Directing the Street Commissioner to
pave and gutter west side of 9th street,
between Quincy and Hampton,
Directing the Street Commissioner to
set curb on. west side OF Eoff street,
from Mill alley to Webster street and
to lower and repair crossing on, said
street at Mill alley to suit the grade.
a petition of Mrs. Parker to have
coffee house license changed from first
class to second class; and a petition OF
Lawrence Walters to have coffee house
license changed rom second to first
class, were granted, Neither acted on
in the First Branch =sisTS H. zaiTsj.IG
The petition of Lawrence Plefser for