The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-08
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WRESTLING. April 7rb. 1874.
SECOND BRANcH.

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Carpenter, Crawford, Darrah'
Forbes. Haxlett, He'll. Hill
bre,h, Hobbs, Hoffman, Horkbeimer,
Kopliu, Lancaster, Moffatt. Pollock.
Roth. Simpson. Smith, Sweeney and
Vockier
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read and signed.
City Sergeant. Davie, made the fol'
loving report:
To the Mayor ard Council Of the City Of
Wheeling:
GRN1LkMEN In my report Of April
Sd, 1874. l reported the name OF John
Robrecht as having been twice con-
victed for selling liquors on the Sab
bath day, and since said report / have
ascer,aiutd that the license Tor mis-
| house is in the name OF jos. Robrechr,
us con. The processes Of
the Municipal Court were is
sued against John Robrech,,
| wnen they should have been agaipsl
Joseph HObrecht. Judgment was con-
es,.d in the clerks Office and Zines
paid by John Robrecht.
| E NJ. DAVE,
City Sergeant.
A motion was made to annul the
ordinary license OF 10 eph Robrecht,
which was Lost By vote OF 9lo IL.
A motion was made to resciud the
action OF Council! IN arnulipg the
| | ceuse OF Adsm Bum, which was
lo.r BY vote of 10 toe.
The specia, committee appointed TO
ecau,re INTO the expedieucy Ut holding
an election tor the purpose Of finding
,he seuse OF the prople on license or no
rcenss made the following report:
II the Nayor and Council ofthe Cy@
Wheeling:
Your special committee 10 whom
WAS referred the resolution OF Council
% the subject oil taking the sense O.
the voters OF the city on the question oil
"icense or 20 license for the sale OF In.
loxlcatlng liquors Tor the coming year,
h,g leave 10 report that they met on
Monday evening lset, with all the
members present, and after O full aud
Gaze nj consideration OF the subject
involved, the committee Tor majority
Of mhers) came TO the CONCLUSION
that under all the Circumstances sur"
rou ding The question at the present
time, it would he proper and expedlen,
10 have vote OF the people on the
Question a. issue; and inasnuch as
lrerr is to be sn election on the Street
Paving Ordinance" the committee res
pectinily recommend the Council that
the presert question named, be sub
mitled 10 vote OF tie people at the
same time, presuming that the said
e lection on the Paving Ordir ance,
would be held sometime during the
p,esen: month.
am therefore directed by the COM
mi,tee 10 submit Tor your consideration
aud action the following resolution
Resolved, That The sense OF the quail
fled noels o. the city be taken on the
question uf licenses or 10 licenses for
ne sale OF intoxicating LIQUORS at retail
within the corporate iimns of the city
OF Wheeling TOR the yesr 1874 at the
same time that the vote o. the people
ID taken on the "street paving oldl-
uat &C."
Very respectfully submitted by order
ofthe committee.
THOMAS J BLAIR,
Chairman.
Considerable discussion took place in
regard to the subject, between Messrs.
Hnrkheimer, Hell and Forbes against
the report OF the committee, and DR.
Baird aud Messrs. Smith and Lancas-
rer in favor olit. The report OF the
committee WAS adopted by a vote Of
l2 to ii
To The Mayor and Council Of The City Of
Wheeling:
GENrLtMEN-Yo our special joint COM
mit,ee. appointed June IL. 1873. to ex.
anime the matter and facts co"ta'Ued
in a petition dated May II, 1873, Of
citizens Of the Sth ward. 10 regard TO
the non iulfllment Of terms and con-
d Mons made with the Ciuz-n's Street
Railway Company, now occupying parts
O, streets in the said ward, would re-
specially submit the following report:
The terms and conditions under which
the Cir z-us' Street Railway Company
now occnpy Jog certain streets in The
S,h ward, are FULLY set forth and DIFF ed
10 an ordinance passed April 9Th, 1867,
by the corporate authorities OF the town
OF South Wheeling, entitled, IAN ord.
nance granting the exclusive right to
construct a street railway in the streets
Of the town OF South Wheeling"
The main condition under which the
rights and privileges therein enumerat.
ed xas granted as follows: That the
Cit 2 M Street Railway Company shall
u eond faith actually commeece the
work OF making sail railway within
tour months, and have the came COM
pleted aud street railway cars In good
faith running On The same to the south
end O, said town cow 45th street } wilh-
in twelve months rom the time OF the
acceptance OF the ordinance
Notwithstanding, as the committee
are informed, the attention Of
the Street Railway Company
has fIeeueu,ly been called ,oI
the foregoing condition they have not
compet, d their track FURTHER south than
36rh a,rre', thus leaving distance o.
nine 50 ,ares 10 The point or termination
suec hcaIIy stated 10 the ordinance, and
10 which they should have completed
their track within t,oeirc months
The committee are also Informed
that all efforts on The part of the Street