The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-04-15
CITY COUNCIL PR0eERDNGs.
WRESTLING, April 18th, 1874.
SECOND BRANCH.

called 10 the char.
Prese nt-Altmeyer, Armbrecht,
Baird, Carpenter, Crawford, Darrah,
Forbes, Hazlett, He'll. Hildreth. Hobba,
Hoffman, Horkheimer. Knapp, Koplin,
Lancaster, Moffat, Pollock, Roth
Simpson, Smith, Sweeney, Warren and
Vockler.
The minutes OF The last meeting were
read and signed.
The report OF the specia! committee
on the question OF the citizens OF Wheel
ing voting on the subject o! license or
no license" was received from the Fret
Branch 10. concurrence in their amend
men,, which was to hold the election
on the Doth OF April.
On motion OF Mr., Carpenter the re-
port was laid on the table by a vote Of
thirteen to six, which virtually kills the
election project.
The report Of the committee on
Water Works was read and the fol-
lowing resolutions offered, which were
adopted;
ReSolced, That the items mentioned
10 the Superintendent report amounts
iug to the cum of $54S.34 be paid to the
different parties mentioned in said re-
port. -,
RESOLVED, That the monthly bills for
the running Of the water works
amounting 10 the sum OF $736.9O, be
paid to the different parties mentioned
10 said report.
The report OF the committee on Ac'
counts was received, read and adopted.
The report showed that there wac a
balance in the hands OF tue Receiver
on the lst OF April, 1874, OF SS,SllO3.
The fines collected for the month OF
March by the Municipal court amount
ed to s433.75. Bills reported TO the
amount OF 1894. 80 we're ordered paid.
The Chair announced that a con-
mittee OF ladies from the Women's
Ten perance Band, were outside and
mad asked permission 10 present their
petition TO the Council. The rules
were suspe nded aid the ladies invited
Inside OF the chamber, go they walked
in sod took their seats. Mre. DR..
REILLY headed twent. ysseven ladies who
presented q petition Twice as long as
long IS the moral law, which contain
ed over 4G0O signatures. Mrs. REILLY
then made the following address:
To the Honorable, tic, Mayor, ant city
Council ofMe CiWcf Wheeling:
We the undersigned citizens Of the
city OF Wheeling, respectfully represent
to your hoarable body, that a very large
proportion OF The want, degradation and
misery that presents itseli on every hand
throughout our city, is caused directly
or indirectly by the licensed traffic
OF Intoxicating beverages; that we
have organized for the purpose OF Gre
ating ard maintaining a public senti-
ment and influence that shall render
the liquor traffic business 60 odious
aud unpopular as 10 induce men 10 de-
sist from engaging or continuing In 1t;
aud while we feel that our efforts in
this behalf cannot be entirely trultless,
yet we believe that, to render them
most edectusl we need your official
countenance and aid. We there
fore respectfully pray that
your honorable body hereafter refuse to
grant any licenses whatever for the sale
OF intoxicating beverages within the
limits OF the city o. Wheeling, we be-
Jog FULLY persuaded that g greatiul
public will earnestly and thankfully
ratify and endorse such action.
Our petition bears the names OF more
than four Thousand OF our adult citizens.
/ feel it 10 be unnecessary to bring be-
fore YOU the great evil this great traffic
brings upon us. You, with us, are
copversant with it, perhaps even to
greater extent, and we feel the time has
come for the Christian people OF this
land to stand up as one man against 1t.
The desolate hearts and homes all over
this land cry out to us, and when we
read of the fearful crimes that are per
petrated through its influence We feel
that we can no longer remain silent.
AsI wended my way home from our
afternoon prayer meeting yesterday,
nv heart was sickened at the sight OF
six young men, hardly OF age, utterly
brutalized by liqnor, wholly unable to
care for themselves; young men who
have loving mothers whose hearts are
bleeding over their downfall. | said
something must be done.
At the conclusion OF Ms. RIelly's
rema,ks, Mr.. Horkheimer made mos
ton to publish the petition and sigma
lures attached thereto in oil the city
papers. The motion was referred to q
SPECIAL Committee to report the propr;-
ETY. of having it published. No com.
mittee was appointed. REP.
Mr.. Lancaster, on behal. OF the Ia
dies, asked that Council allow them to
indulge in prayer, which request was
granted.
Mrs. Henry Hubbard then offered a
prayer, which was attentively listened
to BY the members and all others pres
ent The ladies then retired.
The petition offered by the ladies was
referred 10 the committee on Ordi-
nances.
The report OF the committee on Fire
Department, recommending the pay
ment of bills amounting to 1924 81 was
read and adopted.
The committee on Ordinances made
the following report:
The committee on Ordinances would
report in reference to certain matters
referred to them by council:
let. That in their opinion it is not
expedient for Council to appoint an in
spector of Buildings, as contemplated
10 the motion before the committee.
I'd. That the storage OF coal oil in
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