The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-12-16
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
s - December 10, 1874.
SECOND BRANCH.


.sZE.tslsg SECOND BRANCH.
This Branch of Council met last night,
pursuant to adjournment, President Lo-
gan in the chair.
Present - Messrs. Ambricht, Car
penter, Crawford, Forbes, He'll,
Hildreth, Hoffman, Horkhelmer, Nc
Cav, Koplin, Lancaster, Moffat, Pol
lock, Roth, Smith, Sweeney Vockler
and Warner
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and signed.
On motion the First Branch were in
formed that this branch of Council was
ready to go into the election of Fire
Marshal, which was the object of the
special meeting.
Mr.. Greiner, who was elected to I'll the
vacancy in this branch occasioned by the
resignation of Jacob Altmyer, Of the lst-
ward, appeared and the oath of Office was
administered by the President.
ELECTION OF FIRE MARsHALs.
The First Branch appeared in the
chamber of the Second Branch, and both
branches proceeded, in joint session, to
the election of a Chief Marshal of the
Fire Department and two Assistant
Chiefs.
NOMINATIONS.
Mr.. Blair put in nomination VIM. Win
der.
Mr.. Pannell nominated A. j. Sweeney.
The first ballot resulted in the election
Of Mr.. Winder, by the following vote:
Sweeney, Is; Winder, II. Mr.. Winder
having received the majority Of the votes
cast, was declared elected for the ensuing
term.
For Assistant Marshal from the first
district, Messrs. I. 7. Carpenter, of the
First ward, and George Kingdom of the
Fourth ward, were put in nomination.
Upon the vote being taken it resulted as
follows: Carpenter. Is; Kingdom, l5i
Sweeney, l. There being no election
second ballot was taken with the follow
ing result: Carpenter, q; Kingdom, 10.
Mr.. Carpenter having received the ma
iorlty of the votes cast. was declared
elected.
For Assistant Marshal of the Second
District, Messrs. n. Reister, John Cooper
and Chas. F. klcviS, were put in nomi-
nation. The vote resulted rs follows:
Klcvis 49, Rester ~; Cooper l. Mr..
Klevis having received a majority of all
the votes cast, Was declared elected AS
sistant Fire Marshal for the Second dis
trict.
The members of the First Branch then
| retired To their chamber.
The resolution from the First Branch,
in relation to the payment of money for
boulders purchased Tor the city, was con-
CURED in.
The petition of John J. Jones, cashier
of the Merchants National Bank, asking
for II c abatement of the taxes for 1874,
of account of the depression of their cap
| ital stock was, on motion, laid on the
table.
The petition of D. II. Bulger, to keep
IA shooting gallery, on Market street, was
granted.
The bills of j. NJ. Brodie for $3.50 and
Henry Gunther for $57G.l7, for work
done on the bridge over Caldwel's run,
at Jchnson's mills, were ordered to be
paid.
The petition Of Lukens, Rhodes and
Others, living in the 18th Ward. asking
! that the wat pipe be extended down
Delaware str, ct, was referred to the COM
mittcc on Water Works.
The petition Of james Ross asking to
| have taxes refunded, was referred to the
Board Of Appeals.
The petition of Victor Savaugeot, for
reduction of water rent, was referred to
the committee on Water Works.
The petition of John Roemcr, for the
reduction of tax on his property, was re-
fcrrcd to the committee on Real Estate
The petition of Dodson, Burt " Co.,
for Il reduction of water tax, was referr-
| cd to the committee on Water Works.
The petition of merchants requesting
the passage of an ordinance to prohibit
street runners from dragging strangers
into their stores to sell them goods, was
referred to the committee on Ordinances.
The following petition was read:
10 tie honorable Mayor and ComcH:
CONVENIENTLY undersigned being
aware that there has been gross injus-
ticc done them, who have paid to the
city 5000 for the privilege Of keeping II
coffee house barely more than half year,
would respectfully recommend that Coun-
ell take such action rs may be necessary
to do Justice in the cases.
Respectfully,
j. VI. HELLER,
j. DAVID KURNER.
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