The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-10-21

| Ing Clty OOuuCll met ID SpeClal bteblOL
last evening. Present In the Second
Branch: Baird, Carpenter, Crawford
Forbes, He'll, Hildreth, Horkheimer, Nc
Cav, Lancaster, MOfiAt, Pollock, Smith
Sweeney, vockler. Mr., Sweeney occupied
the chair
MISCELLANEOUS BUsINEEs.
An Ordinance relating 10 burial cettih.
Gates was read three times and passed.
The Committee on Police reported bill
for work done on the lookup, amounting
TO $2S %, which were ordered paid,
The Committee on Streets and Alleyl
submitted report containing q number
Of unimportsnt recommendations, which
were adopted with some amendments.
Ordinances changing the grades Of Al
ley 10 and Alley G, reported by the Com.
mittee on GtsIes, were adopted.
The petition Of Harkins & Co, con-
tractors Tor the grading Of st. Charles
street, was referred to the Commute or
Streets and Alleys for report.
Tho petition Tor stone crossing oyeI
York and Huron streets, on east side o.
Virginia street, was referred to the Com
mittee on Streets and Alleys.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rcs9Irtd, That tho Committee on Water
Works be and they are hereby authorizsd
TO purchase 800 feet Of 4.inch water pipe,
Adopted.
ReSolrsi, that the amount of money re-.
ceiVed from Thos. E. Wilson and others
for part Of the water pipe laid down OF
South Front street be refunded them,
Referred 10 the Committee on Water
Works.
ReIo!rGd, That the curbstone on the essl
side Of Main street, between 9th and 7th
streets, be reset, and that the gutter be
paved with boulders. Referred.
ReSOErsd, That the City Surveyor be
appointed TO oversee the construction Of
the sewer now being built on oath street
instead Of the Street Commissioner (aE
formerly ordered by CounciD, and tina,
said Surveyor be authorized TO place
some rusty person In his stead, when he
Is compelled 10 be absent from said sewer
by his official duties. Adopted.
ReSo!Vsd, That there be four oil lamp!
and posts placed at the following places
One corner North Penn and MARYLAND
street, one corner North Broadway and
Maryland street, one corner North York
and Maryland stree, and one corner North
Huron and Maryland streets, all in the
Seventh Ward. Referred.
Retolvtd, That the City Solicitor insti-
tute the necessary legal proceedings
toward condemning sufficient ground L
extend Ohio street eastward from its pres
ent terminus to the Ohio river. Referred
for report.
Res0!Utd, That the Superintendent O
Water Works be and he is hereby in
structed to lay 4-iuch water pipe from
Kentucky street to New Jersey street, OF
North Huron street. Referred.
ReSo!red, That the Street Commissioner
be instructed to place stone crossing
across Penn street and Broadway street
on the east side Of Virginia street, Sew
enth Ward. Referred.
ReS0lUed, That an order be drawn or
the Treasury in favor OF John w. Cum
miDgs, Superintendent Of Water Works,
for the sum Of five hundred dollars $500
to pay for labor in laying water pipes,
Adopted.
ReSo!red, That the consideration oil ar
increase in the salary Of Chief Marsha
Of the Fire Department be referred to the
Committees on Fire Department and Sal
aries for report. Adopted.
ResolUed, That the Committcoon Streets
and Alleys be ordered 10 have Jour strings
Of broken hard blue limestone placed or
10th street, from east Of McColloch stree
to Chaplinc street (west side Referred
to the Committee on Streets and ALLEYS
with power 10 act.
ReSo!red, That stone crossings be laid
across Penn street, on the north side O
Virginia street, and across Ohio street or
the west side Of Penn street, and that the
crossing across Virginia on the west sid
oil Penn street be repaired. Referred.
ReSoI7ed, That the Committee on Street,
and Alleys be directed 10 have a new boz
sewer across Market street, north Of Goth
street, as the old one is too small to carry
of the water.
This resolution was referred TO III,
Committee on Streets and Alleys, will
instructions TO inquire and report whether
the water from Dewey's mill can be turn.
ed down jacob street, or the alley east Of
Jacob street, into Caldwell's Run.
ReSOlUtd, That u lamp post be PLACED
on the west side OF Broadway, at a poin,
about $40 feet south Of Ohio street. Re
ferred.
Re'olUed, That a lamp post be placed a
the corner Of New Jersey and NORTH
Front streets. Referred.
ReS0lred, That lamp post be placed a
the intersection Of Eighteenth street snt
Alley F. Referred.
Adjourned.
First Branch.
His Honor Mayor Jeffries called Ii,
Branch TO ORDER and the following gen.
tlemen answered the call Of the roll
Messrs. Blair, Butter6eld, Boring, Kelley
Psnnell, schsmbra, Shallcross, Todd ant
Wallace
The minutes Of the last several meet
iDgs were read, and, there being no OBJ
jectlons, were approved.
The report Of the Superintendent O
Water Works was read, and the recon
mendation OF the committee that TIT
bills therein, amounting 10 $l4l5 81, bt
paid, with the action OF the SecopL
Branch approving the same, was con
Cured in.
The report Of the Committee on Ac.
counts, involving bills to the amount o
$3.50 65, and the action Of the Second
Branch in ordering payment Of the SAINT
was concurred in.
The report Of the Chief Marshal ant
the Committee on Fire Department recon
mending payment of bills 10 the amour
Of $l72 Al, with the favorable action O
the Second Branch upon the same, wal
concurred in.
The report OF the Street COMMISSIONS
for the month of Sentemher With hIIIo ~