The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-25
CITY CoUHCIL PR0CEEDlN0s.
WHEELING, April 24tb, 1874.
: SECOND BRANCH.

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This Branch OF Council met last
night pursuant to adjournment, Presi-
dent Logan 10 the chair.
Preteat-Armbrecht. Baird, Carpen.
ter, awford, Darrab, Forbes, Hazlett,
He'll, Hildreth, Hoffman, Horkheimer,
Kopiip, Moffat,; Pollock, Roth, Simp-
con, Smith, Sweeney, Vockler.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and approved.
The committee on Finance made the
following report which was adopted:
To the Hon. City Council:
GKsfInKH: Your Committee on
Finance met on Monday evening, April
Goth, 1874, to consider the matters re-
fsrrei to them. In the matter OF the
award of the jury in the Zane Home.
stead case, they find that the jury first
found verdict assessing the damage
to and value OF the property taken at
$500. Subsequently after conference
with the Mayor and q member of the
Council, they took into consideration
the money already spent by the city in
erecting the fence on each side Of the
street opened through the property.
and altered their award to $500; which
your Committee think oh ould lie paid.
They also report tor your informa.
ton; that the whole oil the claim OF
Mrs. Trowbridge sgaiust the city Of
s. 300 and costs, has been paid, as
directed by you should be done.
They elso report that they have paid
$3.50 on the judgment of3S00 recover
ed by z. Webb against the city, and
have paid the costs Of court IN said
case, (the costs on both Trowbridge
and Webb cases, having been certified
40 correct by the City Solicitor before
psyment) As there were sundry gar
pishees served on the city in the Webb
case. the City Solicitor thought that
$3.50 WIS as much as could be pru-
IDENTITY paid, until the whole amount
could be ascertained
am instructed by the Committee to
offer for adoption the following reso.
lutions:
RESOLVED, That the City Solicitor be,
! and he is authorized and instructed TO
pay into the County Court OF Ohio
courty or to such person as ia by law
entitled to receive it, the sum OF six
hundred dollars, being the award made
by the Jury in the case of the City
against the owners'ol the Zane Home
stead.
| Resolusd, That the action OF the
Committee on Finance in the CAGES OF
Mrs. Trowbrldge ard Z Webb against
the city be approved,
All Of which ia respectfully submit
ted. S. p. HILDRETH,
| Chairman Com. on Finance.
The report of the committee on Po-
lice, recommending the appropriation
OF $3.50 per month Tor street, car fare
for each member OF The police force,
was rejected.
The report OF the committee on Real
Estate and referred to the city solicitor.
The report OF the committee on Gem
eteries was received and adopted.
The following was adopted:
| Resolved That the committee on
Real Estate be instructed to have the
INSIDE of this building papered and
painted, and make such other repairs
as they may think necessary.
The petition of Daniel Peck, attor-
uey for John Porter, administrator for
J. S. Porter, dec essed, was received and
referred to the city solicitor.
The petition OF the trustees OF the
African NJ. E. Church, was referred to
the committee on Real Estate.
The following petition, signed by Al
property holders and merchants, was
read and referred 10 special committee
Of three from each Branch:
| To the Honorable Members Of City COun-
ell:
We, the undersigned property owners
and merchants would respectfully sub.
NIT to your honorably body that Main
street, between 10Th and 18th streets, is
largely occupied by retail house,, caus-
ing the foolways to be frequeuted by
large numbers Of persons. for whom
the preeeut width OF sidewalk with its
distractions is entirely insufficient, and
your petitioners further represent that
the grade, especially in the vicinity OF
llth street, is and has been serious
obstruction in the use OF that street by
vehicles; therefore your petitioners
humbly pray your honorable body, in
view OF the contemplated general i'm
provement OF this and other streets
that it be referred to q special commit
tee, whether any and what favorable
change can be made in the grade oil
Main street, between 10th and 18th,
coupled with an increased width OF
sidewalk from l1th to 14;h. without
injury to property on the line oil the
street, and also the cost to the city Of
such change
| The President appointed Messrs.
Baird, Pollock and Simpson on the
part of this Branch. to whom the above
petition was referred to.
Geo. A. Wickham was grated auc'
tioueers license Tor the ensuing year.
The bill OF James Honey was order.
ed paid.
Tie report OF tue special committee
to whom was referred the bills oil
Messrs. Yoke and Gunther, for curb
ing, was received, but the First and
Second Branch's being unable to agree
on the report, committee Of Conference
was asked for. Messrs. Horkb elmer,
Forbes and Carpenter were appointed on
behalf Of this Branch,
| The petition OF a large number Of
residents oil Weizel street, between
9Th and 40ib, Eighth ward, asking
Tor the extension OF water to that To-
cality, was referred to the committee or
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