The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-20
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
TUESDAY EVENING, March l9.
SECOND BRANCH.

TUESDAY EVENING, March ~.
SECOND BRANCH. .
The Second Branch met pursuant to
adjournment
Preseut-Messrs. Baird, Clator, Cald-
well, Hobbs, Hazlett, Hubbard, List,
Logan, Lancaster, McAiams, Phillips.
J. 6. Smith, Sheppard, Weisgarber,
Waterhouse and President Forbes.
The minutes of the previous meeting
we're read, approved aud signed.
An ordinance in relation to Board
of Equalization and Appeals, consisting
of four members from each branch
was received from the First Branch
and amended by the addition of Sec
ton.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Ordinances be instructed to examine
the ordinances OF the city defining the
duties of the Weighmaster, and report
an ordinance to Council providing Tor
the more etIectual protection OF the
BUYERS of articles required by ordinance
to be weighed on the public scales.
An ordinance in relation to the pre-
vention and extinguishment Of fire was
received from the First Branch. 1t
provides that the Board Of Control OF
the Fire Department shall be fire war
dens.
A resolution directing the Assessors
to make an immediate retaliation OF
the real and personal property OF the
CITY, WAS received from the FIRST Branch,
and the following substitute was
adopted
WHEREAS, The Council. by the es.
Enlistment OF Board OF Equalization,
has made provisions for an equitable
assessment Of the real and personal
property of the city, and in the opinion
of this Council, the time is too short 10
enable the Assessors to make a thorough
assessment; therefore,
Rcsolved, That the City Assessors be,
and are hereby, ordered to proceed at
once TO make the usual annual assess
ment.
The special order being the consd,
Grafton Of the report Of the committee
appointed to propose aplan for chang
ing the names Of the streets, the report
was taken from the table
Mr.. Hobbs offered his substitute for
the report. 1t provides for calling the
streets running east and west by num-
bers, as first, second. &c, and the
streets running north and south by
letters, as A, B, &c. The substitute
was lost.
The question being on the adoption OF
the report of the committee, the matter
was discussed at some length, and re-
committed with instructions to the
committee to report plan Tor number
ing the houses.
The First Branch having failed to
concur in the amendment to the ordi-
nance creating board OF appeals, and
to the resolution in relation to assessors,
a committee OF conference was asked
for. Messrs. Logan, Hobbs and Nc
Adams were appointed such committee
on the part Of this Branch.
Petition OF John Woneick and others,
residents on Coal street, to have
obstruction on alley removed, was
referred to the Committee on Streets and
Alleys, with power to act
Petition of J. P. Brockhart and
others for a crossing across the west
side Of Market street, between Adams
and Jefferson. Referred.
The bids to supply the city with coal
we're opened Fl. Capehart offering to
furnish good merchantable coal at Gl
cents per bushel; H. Mayer offered
clean coal at s cents, or mixed coal at
81 cents; w. Marshall offered to fur
nish clean coal at u cents, and mixed
at 6I cents; n. thinner offered to
furnish mixed coal at 63 cents per
bushel; Kimberly d. Co. offered to
furnish clean coal at I cents, nut at 5
cents; mixed, as dug out OF the bank, at
6 cents; mixed at g cents; Joseph
Werner, at IS % per 100 bushels for
clean, and S. 95 for mixed.
The bids were referred to the Com.
mittee on Water Works for report
The petition OF the Wheeling Iron
and Nail Company asking reduction
OF water rent and taxes, was referred.
A resolution authorizing the Com
mittee on Water Works to .sell frame
houses in Eighth ward, was received
from the First Branch and concurrel in
Bill Of E Booking for medicine fur
nished smallpox case, amounting to
81 50, was ordered paid.
A resolution directing the Street
Commissioner be directed to place
single crossing on Centre street, at the
alley between Sixth and Seventh streets,
was referred to Committee on Streets
and Alleys.
The following was adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Committee on
Streets and Alleys and the Street Com
III lSslO0tT De anu arc HcIcUN ulIcCtcu ~
have a conference with Lewis Luns-
ford, Superintendent Of the Cumberland
road, in relation to the condition of 90
much of said road as lies within the
limits OF the city.
A petition from Bailey, Woodward d
Co. asking permission to lay horse
car track from La Belle mill across
Caldwell and Denny streeta, and on
Sixth street to Pine and down Pine
street to the river, was granted on cond-
ton the streets be not obstructed.
A communication from the same firm
asking if the city could supply them
with sufficient water should they erect
a blast furnace at their mill property,
and if Council would permit them to
lay waterpipe OF their own from their
works down La Belle avenue or
Catherine street 10 the river il the city