The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-29
The bill of B. w. Peterson, city sur
vtyor, WAS ordered pad.
RESOLUTIONS

Inc blll OF ID. w. tleTsun, CITY sur -
yG'yor was ordered paid.
RESOLUTIONS.
Rcsoired, That the committee OF
Lights be instructed to place u lamp pos
on the west side of South Front street,
about one hundred feet south of Viz
gina street. Referred to Committee on
Lights
Resolrcd, That the Baltimore X Ohio
railroad be, and the same are hereby, au-
thoriZed TO put up and MAINTAIN II
swinging bar mt the intersection of the
road with Chapline street, so that when
the bar is across the railroad track Chap
line street will be open for passage, and
when the bar is across Chapline street,
the railroad will be open. Lost.
Rcsojrcd, That the b. X. o, L, K. Co,
/ be requested and ordered to regulate
! their cars on their side track in the Sth
ward. in such way rs to leave free
/ passage t. all streets aad alleys. Referred
| to the committee on Ordinances.
Resoired, That the Street Commissioner
be Instructed to place new floor on the
| Zane street bridge. Referred to the
committee oa Streets and Alleys.
Council went into the election 10 MI
| the vacancy occasion in this Branch by
the resignation of Caleb Sylyis OF the
! First Ward. Messrs. Donald Forbes and
| 4. T. Garden were nominated. The vote
being taken resulted in the election OF
Mr.. Garden by vote of . to >.
! On motion adjourned.
FIRST BRANCH.
Alta called meeting of this branch the
following gentlemen were present, the
Mayor occupying the chair: Messrs.
Baird, Blair Egctcr, Hail, McAdams,
Roberts, Schambra, Wallace, Wilson and
Hoffman.
The minutes of the last two meetings
were read and approved
Pending other business, Mr. Egertcr
offered the following resolution:
RcSolrcd, That the committee on Ordi-
nanccs be requested to prepare an ordi-
nance granting power to his honor the
Mayor, the City Sergeant the Judge of
the Police Court, or the Board Of Control
Of the City Prison, to send amy person or
persons, on application, without prosccu-
I'tion, to the workhouse; there to be sub
Icctcd to the same rules and regulations
as are applied to prisoners; said appH-
cantS to be required to perform such an
amount of work rs in the opinion OF the
superintendent would indemnify the city
for the amount of expense that the city
may incur. and report SAID ordinance at
the next regular meeting Of Council
Mr.. Egcrtcr spoke 1T some length IN
favor of the resolution, citing an instance
Of cigar maker applying to hum for ad-
mittancc into the workhOusc because he
could get nothing to do and wanted to
work for his sustcnancc.
Mr.. Stone thought II very objection
able on the ground that 1t made poor
house out of the institution, whereas the
county had already an excellent and
cOmmodiOus institution of that nature.
Messrs. Hall and Baird believed that
it ought to be adopted from an cconom-
cal standpoint, as 1t would save the city
tour dollars and costs on each prisoner
sent to Jail.
DR.. Baird moved that the resolution be
amended So that the said committee re-
port u section providing that the costs
be not paid in cases where judgment Is
suspended until the prisoner leaves the
city. The resolution Us amended was
carried.
The report Of the Committee on Fire
Department, along with the report Of the
Board of Control, IN relation to the dan
gcrous condition of the Washington Hall
walls, and also report of the eXamlna-
ton of the detective tluc which caused
the fire, and the resolutions accompany
ing the same were read. a discussion
here arose in relation to the Cnief Fire
Marshals salary and bill for services
rendered and the ordnance governing
the same
Mr.. Stone said that it was exceeding
~ strange that this matter should again
be brought up after it had been cileetual
IL disposed of ut the last meeting and
he thought there was decided "Hocus
pocus" smell aboutt.
Mr. Blair chairman of the committee f.
on Fire Department, and father of the .
report, Indignantly hurled back /
in the face or MS co"frerC, Mr.. Stone,
the innucudo of attempting the use Of I
"hocus pocus' means. He believed his |
colleague knew more about the words |
"hocus pocus than any other member OF .
Council, and though much against his |
will, he would let down Mr. Stone Il peg .
or two on that point.
Some further discussion cnsucd by
other meLbcrs of Council, when vote /.
was taken on the payment Of Mr.. VIM .
dcr's bill, and resulted III the resolution /
being Lon-concurred in.
The rest Of the resolutions, rs received /
from the Second Branch, were concurrcd .
in
The resolution to pay Mr.. CrumbaCk-
er's bill for building sewer was concur
red in.
The bill of Mr.. Mooney, for work on
city prison, was concurred in.
The bill of Curran Il Co, for balance .
due them for work on Peninsula bridge, .
was concurred in.
The resolution that the Street Com .
missioner be authorized to advertise for
proposals for placing a double floor on
Seventeenth street bridge WAS read, and
amended so that the whole matter be re-
fcrrcd to the Committee on Streets and
Alleys for specifications.
The payment of the City Surveyors
was read Is received from the Sccoud .
Branch, and was concurrcd in.
The resignation of ID. Schambra from
the committee on Police, was laid on the
table.
The resignation Of II. c. Ulrich, mem
Der of this Branch from the Eighth ward,