The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-17
CITY COUNCIL.
Second Branch.

City Councilmet IN special session last
night. The following members answered
OF rollcall In the Second Branch: Messrs.
Altmeyer, Baird, Carpenter, Crawford,
Darrah, Forbes, HGzleit, Hell, Hildfeth,
Hoffman, Hofkheimer, Lancaster, MoffAt,,
Pollock, Simpson, Smith, Sweeney.
In the absence Of the President Mr..
Sweeney was called 10 the Chair.
Mr.. Hildreth presented Q resolution
authorizing Mr.. Black, IN correcting the
city books, 70 charge the item "Hemp.
field Railroad" 70 aReyenue and Expend-
iture.p Adopted, tsft5st. : 7
The thirty-eighth annual statement 81
the city Of Wheeling was read and Or
dered printed In the INTELIIGRNoER,
Register, ktdHdGfd and Ar6eiter FfeuRd.
Communication was received from the
Street Commissioner with estimates oil
work done BY James haley amounting To
1929 20. Referred 10 Committee on Con.
tracts with power 10 act
City Surveyor reported approximate es.
innate Of work done by Lawrence CLARK
on streets in South Wheeling, amounting
70 $l.046 Referred to Committee on
Contracts with power TO set.
Petition received from Mrs. A. 8. Trow-
bridge for amount OF damages $4,000,
awarded her BY the Circuit Court Of Ohio
county on Dec eth. Referred.
A petition was received asking an ap-
preparation to send representatives Of the
surviving soldiers Of the Mexican War in
this city to the centennial celebration In
1876 The petition was unslgned and was
laid on the table.
A large number Of petitions for reduc-
ton Of water rent, ETC., were received and
referred TO the proper committees.
A petition from citizens Of the Seventh
Ward, asking that Council open South
Zane street, through the old Zane home.
stead, was received, with The following
resolution:
Resolued, That q sum not exceeding
$500 be and the same Is hereby appropri.
ated for the opening Of said street, and
that the same be expended under the dl.
reclion pl q special committee, consisting
Of the members oLCouncIl from the Sew
enth Ward. 49,.
The resolution was amended as follows:
I"Pr0vided, That the Trustees Of D. F.
Zane shall first agree In writing that any
sum 80 expended shall be credit on any
award of damages hereafter allowed BY
court In opening South Zane street
through said estate.
Resolution adopted as amended.
Statement showing the resources and
liabilities of the city Of Wheeling the 1st
day OF January, 1874, was read and order.
ed printed one time each in the INTEL
LIeENoER, Register, Standard and Ar5eitsr
Ffeund.
A resolution from the First Branch, In.
structing the Committee on Ordinances to
draft an ordinance defining the duties OF
the city police so as to make 1t unlawful
Tor them to attend to business belonging
70 county constables, was laid on the u.
Resolution from the First Branch 10
enforce the street paving bill' was con.
Cured in.
Thetollowiug was adopted:
ReSotped, That the Committee on Ordi.
pances are hereby instructed to draft an
ordinance Tor the purpose Of letting The
cleaning up oil the streets and alleys in the
city OF Wheeling out by contract.
a resolution inquiriDg why prisoners
sentenced 10 the chain gang are moi
brought out Of Jail, was adopted.
VIM. Manion petitioned Tor retail liulor
license. Granted.
Adjourned.
First Branch. .U.r.-
Mayor LETTERS 10 the Chair.
MessrsY Boring, Kelly, Hall, Blair, But.
terrified, Shallcross, schambra, Wallace
Todd and Roberts answered TO call OF the
roll.
Minutes read and adopted.
The clerk proceeded 10 the reading OIL
various reports Of committees and other
business sent up from the Second Branch
which were all concurred in with excep.
ton to the rent Of Fifth Ward scales, and
the resolution to close the Hempfield
100000 bonds into account of revenue
and expenditures. The latter was refer
red to Committee on Accounts: -
The resolution ordering the thirty.
eighth annual report Of the receipts and
expenditures 10 be published in the DAILY
lNTRLLIoENcER and Register was amend.
cd by Mr.. Todd 30 as to include fhe