The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-05-02
CITY COUNCIL.


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A special meeting Of City Council was
held last evening. Present o. roll.call:
Mesars. Atmeyef, Armbrecht, Baird,
Carpenter, Darfah, Forbes, HAzIett, Hell,
Hildreth, hobbs, Horkheimer, Lancaster,
MotAt, Pollock, Roth, Simpson, Sweeney,
Vockler, Warren, Logan (Pfesldent).
Petition Of keepers Of ordinaries, Gsking
0 reconsideration oil the ordinance In
creasing the license for ordinaries, was
laid on the table.
Petition Of saloon keepers, asking that
two grades Of licenses be established, was
also laid on the table.
The amendment Of the First Branch TO
the action Of the Second Branch fixing
the license Of o circus, was concurred In.
The amendments Of the First Branch
10 the resolutions In the report Of the
Committee on Streets and Alleys, was
also concurred In.
Action Of First Branch upon report Of
Committee on Lights was non concurred
10, and Messrs. Hildreth, Pollock and
BAird were appointed q committee oil
conference on behalf Of the Second
Branch.
Petition Of Sisters Of 81. Joseph, for re-
duction Of Water rent, was granted. This
reduces the tax one.half.
The applications Tor licenses for coffee
houses and ordinances were then taken
up.
sixty.seyen applications for coffee
house and ordinary licenses were read
and granted, when Council adjourned.
First Branch.
Mayor LETTERS in the chair. At roll call
there were present Messrs. Boring, But.
tetaeld, DInniDg, Hall, Kelly, Pannell,
5chambrR, Tod, Wallace and Wilson.
On motion Of Mr.. Pannell, the reading
Of the minutes was dispensed with.
The action Of the second Branch In the
following was coucurred in:
In awarding 5000 damages to the own.
ers oil the Zane street homestead, Also
sustaining action Of Committee on FL
nance 70 pay Trobridge claims; ordering
bill Of Kimberly d %. to DO paid.
Report Of Committee on Cemeteries,
recommending certain repairs, referred 10
committee with power to act.
Report Of Committee on Scales, recon.
mending the removal Of same from their
present location to corner OF York and
Zane streets, and renting same 10 ]. B
Lukens at $120, accepted by the Second
Branch, was concurred In.
A report Of the Health Officer upon the
necessities Of the service, and asking an
appropriation Of 800 10 pay an assistant
recommended by the Committee on
Health, and passed by the Second Branch
was ccncurred in.
Petitions from merchants and Others
In relation 10 change OF grade and widen.
ing oil pavement on Main street, referred
by Second Branch 10 special joint com
mittee, was ConcurTed in, and Messrs
shallctoss, Hall and Kelley were appoint.
ed on the part Of First Branch.
Mr. Hall moved to take from the table
the resolutions in relation TO the closing
up of salOOns at 10 o'clock at night, and
other matters 10 connection there with, on
which the ayes and noes were called.
AYEs--Blair, Boring, Dunning, Hall,
Kelley, Wallace and Wilson.
NoEs-Butterfeld, HandlAu, Paunell,
Roberts, Schsmbra, Shallcross and Todd,
which being tie, the motion was lost.
Second Branch announced It's adhesion
10 lis action on the 9th and 7th sections
Of the report Of the Committee on Lights,
In relation to furnishing gas 10 Bridge
Company at $50 per annum per lamp,
and asked for q Committee Of Conference,
which was appointed, and Mr.. Wallace
reported the action oil the conference to
be in favor Of allowing the Bridge Com
pany to have gas at $15 per anuum for
lamps, In which the First Branch con-
CURED. -
Meesrs. Wilson, Hall and Butterfeld
were appointed on the Committee Of Con.
ference in relation 10 Yoke account for
Curbing.
The action Of the Second Branch order.
Ing the opening Of Eotf street by the
Street Commissioner was concurred in.
The action Of the Second Branch auth.
orizing the use Of oak timber Tor street
crossings was referred to The Committee
on Streets and Alleysfor examination and
report.
The appointment Of Joseph Salisbury
to be assistant measurer OF lumber was
concurredin.
The action OF the Second Branch auth
oriztng certain repairs on the CITY Hall
was referred 10 Committee on Real Estate
with power 10 patch aud whitewAsh.
Payment to James Haley Of $4l3 was
concurred In.
Petition Of Sisters OF st. Joseph for 70.
ductiOn Of water rent from $3.50 to S75
was referred 10 Committee on Water
Works with powsr 10 act.
Mr.. Hall renewed his motion To take
up the 10 o'clock clause OF the resolutions
from the Special Committee on Licenses
In considering this motion tho debate
took q wide range. Finally The resolu-
tons, on motion Of Mr.. Hall, were refer.
red 10 the Committee on Ordinances,
with instructions to draft an ordinance in
conformity with the spirit Of the resolu.
tons
The granting of licenses 10 the follow
ing persons was concurred in:
Susan Boduiny, Henry Beeberson, Ma.
~ Cause, Louis Cause, Cletus Hauser, 6.
Hell John Jericc, Adam Kabhash, Louis
Keller, F. Kramer, J.hohse, q. Metz, A.
Matthew, VIM. McManawsy, T. Owens,
Aug. Roll, ]. Robinson, L. j. savaueeot,
Mary Strobel, G. Schumacher, F. G. Vass'
Lorenz Walther, G. Warner, Aug. Vie.
debuSCh, Ed Christman, A. Dnsch, s.
Lingerman, P. Medert, q. Newhardt,
Joseph RGbrecht, ]. Y. Stencil, q.
Stamm, @. Veinig.
The applications Of John B. Watt and
Laurence Heller were rejected and those
OF a. ): Miller and Lewis Scarborough,
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