The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-22
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
July q, 1874.
SECOND BRANCH.

SECOND BRANCH.
A called meeting Of this Branch OF
Cotncil was held night, DR.. Logon in
the chair.
Present-Messrs. Armbrecht Baird,
Carpenter, Crawford, Darrah, Forbes,
Hazlett. He'll Hildreth, Hoffman, Hork-
heimer, Koplin, Lancaster, Mofat. Pol
lock. Roth, Smith, Sweeney, Vockler and
Warner.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved.
An ordinance to establish the grade OF
North Front street, was read 'nifu
time and concurred in.
The petition of st. Alphonsus church
to Law sewer down paper mill alley 10
the river at their own expense, was
granted.
The following resolution was reterreq
to the committee on Streets and Alleys:
Resolved, That the Street Commissioner
| be instructed to have a curbstone set on
the east side of Chapline street, between
! 9TH and 3lst streets.
The application of Frederick Remnka
for coffee house license was granted.
The resolutions directing the Street
/ Commissioner to have the depression, IN
Main street, from 9th to Jonathans gut,
filed with limestone was referred TO the
committee on Streets and Alleys for re-
port. ~ Iu,
On motion of Mr.. Hildreth, Hugh Nc
Cav was elected to FIJI the vacancy IN
TIN. Branch from the 18th ward, OCCASION
ed by the resignation of Henry ). Knapp.
The. following ordinance was read
third time and passed, as reported by the
committee:
/ AN ordinance to provide for the
/ placing of watchmen at the intersection
! of 24th and Water and 35th and McCuI-
loch streets, in the city of Wheeling, by
the b. X O. r. r. Co."
SEC. |. Be II Ordain>d BY the Conn
ri OF the city Of HhcitinA That
the b. so. X. L., Company, be and is
hereby required to have watChmen sta
toned ut the intersection of Water and
14th, and McCullOch and Both streets,
from daylight to dark, in each day OF the
year. ~, -,
SEC, >. Be Il furfhsy' Orddined: Should
the X. * o. Il. X. Company fail or re-
fuse to comply with the requirements OF
the above section, that III the future all
trains and locomotives i'll passing along
track or tracks within the city limits
shall not run nj greater rate of speed
than four miles an hour and shall come
to a full stop ut each and every street
crossing which said track or tracks pass;
and anv engineer violating the provlS-
ions of this section, shall BE- fined not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars.
SEC 3. This ordinance shall be- in
force from and after its passage.
On motion, the Council adjourned.
FIRST BRANCH.
At special meeting of this Branch
last night the following members were
present. Mr.. Blair occupying the chair:
Mcs>rs. Butterticid. Stone, Wallace. Pam
nell, Todd. ShallGrosS, Wilson, Kelly,
Schambra, Boring, Cowen, Dunning and
Hall.
The reading of the minutes Of the last
meeting was dispensed with.
The report Of the committee on Streets
and Alleys rs il came from the Second
Branch. after the amendment
by the First Branch, at its last meeting,
was read and concurrcd in.
The members. appointed by the chair
from this Branch acting on the commit
tee of conference were, MesSrs Stone,
C"wrn and Shalcroas.
The ordinance in reference to assess
ing water tax for 1874 WAS re-
crivcd from the Second Branch
read and cOncurrcd in. The members
appointed On the committee of confer
cncc BY the Chair were MeSSrs. Butter
field, Todd and Wilson.
a recess wa, then granted by the
Chair, and the members Of the JOINT
special committees on the Water Tax
Ordinance and the report Of the commit
tee on Streets and Alleys retired for con-
ference.
After IA half hours recess the members
were called to order and the street paving
ordinance was taken up and read. On
motion this ordinance by Il rising vote
was laid on the table.
The report Of the committee on con-
ference, in relation to the amendment to
the report ofthc committee on Streets and
alleys, which refers to building the crook
sewer in the Seventh ward, was read
and the action of the Second Branch
Cuncurred in.
Thcreport Of the special joint commit
tee on the water works ordinance was
read and the action OF the Second Branch
concurred in.
The petition to put down n sewer in
nllcv - WA, read and concurred in.
The petition of A. Wallace for 50 feet
of new hose for the city lookup was con-
Cured in.
The resolution authorizing NJ. Ed
ward, to adjust the city scales was taken
from the table. and the action Of the
Second Branch Concurrcd in.
The petition Of Henry Riemke TO keep
a coffee house at 1873 and 1876 Jacob street
was COnCurr"d in.
On motior this branch adjourn to meet
tonight.
PERsONAL.-Mr Hugh McGaw, Wa
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