The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-18
CRY COUNCIL.


An Adjourned meeting Of The Second
Branch q Council was held ksteyening
President Furb8 IN the chEir. Present
.-NesSrS Atmyer, Baird, ClAior, CAld'
vel, CnWford D. J. Hammer, Lancaster
LiSt, Logan, Phillips, Sheppard, Smith
J. G., Smith p, and TolivAr.
On motion the reading o! the minutes
Of the last meeting EEs dispensed with
The Second Branch proceeded 70 coz
slider the ordnance making special water
assessments for the year lS12. This or
dinaDce hAd been passed at the last meet.
inc Of the First Branch, and Is action
thereon wa concurred In, except N the
following CASES:
The tax 90 the Kein House was re.
dueed 70 $3.50; StAmm House, 500; Louis
WeisEerbefs brewery, $50, Blown &
Higgins, go; Grant H0use, $780, james
n Adams, SIS; N Reilly'S rectiiyipg e.
tabliShmenL stricken o1t; Robert Luke
$50; Wheeling Hinge Company, $iI5
Citizens Railway Co, increased 70 Sl29
n & o. Jackson, reduced to 800; VIM
Myers to SIS.
The ordnance EAs rad three time
and passed.
An ordinance assessing taxes for The
city Of Wheeling Tor the year 1872, wa
received from the First Branch, and Il!
action adopting II was concurred in
The following was Gfered: EEAplnai
That permission be and b hereby granted
10 the Belmont Nail Works TO lay pip
from the river Gcross Wsier street and
along DiTisinn street 70 the ground o.
which the proposed furnace i 70 be 10
Gated, 50 that the Belmont Company car
pump water from the river. Adopted.
The Chairman Of the Committee %
Streets and ALLEYS reported that the con.
tractor for filing Jefferson street had dis
CONTINUED work because his bid EAs y
much PEI cubic yard measured In the ill
and not in the cut IS required BY Council
The chairman recommended that tht
contract for said filing be re-let 81 once e
the lowest responsible bidder.
In connection with this, NJ. J. G
Smith offered the following: RGSoluci
That 8 special committee OF four (tEC
from each BrADchl be appointed viii
power 70 advertise and contract With III,
lowest and best bidder, Tor filling Jefef
son street Adopted.
The Committee on Police, to which va!
referred the resolution inquiring Tit
cause Of the vacancies in the police force
reported thai in the First Ward the W
cancy Was occasiooed BY the death o
Joseph ChApline, late deputy, and in tht
Fifth Ward, By the resignation Of Johr
Finnegan-
Received and fled, and Nessrs. G. W
Deieb8ugh and Nat. Peril, who Wer,
previously proposed, were confirmed.
The First Branch returned the resolu
ton adopted by theSecond in reference Il
Jefferson street Ill, with 4 substitute or
deripg the Street Commissioner 10 pgoeeat
~ once TO i'll up the street
On motion the Second Branch sdheret
10 is original action and asked q Commit
tee OF Conference
The President appointed Messrs- Baird
ClatOr and Logan or behalf Of this Branch
The committee retired and subsequent
II reported the following resolution:
REso!nad, ThSt s specisi committee (twt
from each Branch be appointed viii
power 10 advertise and contract With TIL
lowest and besi bidder for the compleiio:
Of the filing Of Jefferson street cut-s2i:
committee To s1perintend the same, an;
thAt bids b asked both for measurement
IN the cut and also in the I'LL
The resolution WIS adopted and thl
President appointed MssSsS. B4ird Gui
Clstor on behalf Ct this Branch.
The City Sergeant proposed the nant
OF john Jackson Is Deputy, and the ap
pointnsni wAs confirmed.
Adjourned