The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-15
CITY COUNCIL.
Second Branch.

Second Branch.
Regular monthly meeting held last
night, President Forbes In the chair.
Present. Messrs. Altmyer, Baird, Clator,
Caldwell, Crawford o. j., Crawford
r., Hubbard, Hammer, Lancaster, List,
O'Brien, Phillips, Salisbury, Sheppard,
Smith J. g., Smith r, steger, and Weis'
gerber
Minutes oil meeting Of 9th Of April,
read and approved. E~ =
The report Of the Chief Marshal Of the
Fire Department was read. Bills amount.
Ing to $l2l.73 were submitted, and the
recommendation Of the Committee on
Fire Department that they be paid, was
adopted.
The Committee on Cemeteries reported
sales Of lots amounting $3.50, and asked
that they be confirmed.
Sales confirmed. .r..,..
The Committee on Ordinances report.
ed the following resolution: ReSOIred that
the Receiver be instructed to receive one
half the amount charged for license on
ordinarics and coffee houses, and receive
q negotiable note with good Gndorsers
with interest added from May !, 1872, at
the rate Of nine per cent per annum, pay.
able in six months-the security 10 be up
proved by the Committee on Finance, for
the remaining half
Adopted-ayes Il; noes !. .,....
The following was offered in accordance
with the recommendation of the Chief
Marshal Of Fire Department: ReSOlred
that tho Committee on Fire Department
be autharized 10 purchase 1000 feet oil
hose. Referred for report.
The Committee on Water Works 70.
ported the sale Of house on lot No 18,
in Sprigg's Row to Fred. Hanke, for 1901
and asked that It be confirmed. M.
Sale confirmed. =
The report Of the Street Commissioner
FLOR the month OF April was read. Bills
for labor, SC, amounting 10 $1,GO7 SIT
were presented, and the Committee on
Streets and Alleys recommended that they
be paid. Adopted.
(The recommendations Of the Street Com.
missioner were referred to the Committee
on Streets and Alleys for report) ..0
The report Of the Superintendent Of
the Water Works was read. Bills for
labor amounting to 1916 OF; also for dig
lying trench, &c, amounting to $419 90,
were presented and the Committee on
Water Works recommended their pay.
ment, The Committee also recommended
that the taxes of the Wheeling Iron and
Nail Co. Tor the year 1871 be reduced
$75; also, taxes OF Bodley & Bro. be re-
duced $67 so for the year 1871; also
taxes Of Theo. Roller be reduced $40 for
same year; also, s! NJ. Mcclellan be al.
lowed reduction Of $40; that tho
petitions Of Ed, Simpson, Geo. Myers and
Wheeling Hinge Co., asking reduction
of water rents, be rejected; and that 1t is
inexpedient at this time 10 take up the
pipe on Fulton street and replace it with
. inch pipe.
Adopted.
Committee on Police reported in favor
paying bill Of J. B. Hughes 1887 75)
Recommendation adopted.
City Sections report for the month Of
March was read; also that, for April.
Received and filed. .'s'S
The Committee on Accounts recon.
mended the payment Of suudry bills
amounting TO $56575, also that they had
examined the Receivers accounts and
found them correct.
Report received and recommendation
adopted.
An ordinance amending the 9Th section
Of IN ordinance establishing and regula.
ting Fire Department for the city Of
Wheeling, was read.
The first section prescribes the salaries
OF the officers and men as follows: Chief
Marshal, $500; each Assistant, $50; each
Foreman, $50 each hostler, $3.50; each
Engineman, $3.50; each extra man, $50;
each Fireman, $50.
Read three times and passed.
Receivers eport Tor April was read.
Receipts, including balance in Treasury,
April LIST, $22, 5l097; disbursements, ST..
10000. Balance on hand May 1st, $15,.
0l0S7.
Received and referred.
An ordinance amending ian ordinance
in relation TO wharfage, &C." was read.
The rates fixed are the same as those
in force last year. =.
Read three times and passed
The petition Of the Superintendent OF
the Water Works for authority to employ
an extra fireman for three months was
read and granted. a--
An ordinance In relation to the Pitts
burg, Wheeling & Kentucky Railroad
Company was read.
After the ordinance had been read, Mr..
Clator offered the following: Provided,
also, that the p. W. & Ky. Railroad Co.,
or any other railroad company operating
the same, shall, in consideration OF the
conveyance and privileges granted unto
them, locate and maintain upon the line
Of sad railroad within the corporate lin.
Its OF the city Of Wheeling, machine shops,
locomotive house, &C., with full capacity
to do all repairing for said railroad. -
Before vote was had on MIR. Clator's
proposition amotion to adjourn prevailed.
. First Branch. /.
Mayor LETTERS in the Chair. Present at
roll.call; Messrs. Allison, Ewing, scham.
bra, Handlan, Kelly, Shallcross, Wilson,
Stanton, Pannell and Butterfeld. q
The petition Of Joseph Wood, to be al.
lowed 10 keep candy stand on the pave
ment, in front OF the Merchants Bank,
was rejected. - o. -
On motion ofMr. Pannell, Mr.. George
Beam, who had been temporarily ap.
pointed by the Mayor to take charge Of
the First Ward Coal Scales, was author.
lied to continue till further order Of
Council. 7.ts 1'. - ~.
An ordinance giving the right OF way
and defining the route OF the Pittsburgh,
Wheeling & Kentucky railroad through
the city was reported and passed.
A report OF the Health Officer Of his
action in the small pox case Of Horatio
Q. Smith (Forepaugh's man) was received