The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-13


heimer, HsndlaD, .Hasson, Kingdom,
Long, Otte, Myles, McGaw Pollock,
Reitz, Travis, Wilkinson, Warner.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read, and there being no objection, were
signed.
Ths resolution introduced at the last
meeting limiting the Street Commits
sioner to 81, 800 for street expenses, was
tabled
The following reports were then re-
ceived and disposed of;
The Committee on Accounts reported
that they had examined the accounts be
/ tween the CITY Clerk and Receiver for
Novemb Der, 1876, cancelled drafts, orders,
! &c and found Il balance due the TX
! change bank on the first Of Decent Der OF
| S85, 426 The report Of the Clerk OF the
! Municipal and Police Courts was also
/ embodied in this report, which gave the
amount of fines collected BY the Police
( Court as Sl25.50. The report also
recommended the pay ment OF Numerous
] bills Adopted.
The Stree and Alleys Committee re
ported bills to the amount Of $685. %,
which includes the bills of the Street
Commissioner, and recommended the
payment of the same. Adopted.
The report of the Superintendent or
Water Works, recommending the pay
ment of bills amounting 10 S59S.l4 Tor
labor. and S5ll.94 Tor suudry other ex-
penses, was adopted.
The committee on Lights reported
/ bills to the amount OF S2.4O3.5G for gas
posts, ETC., and recommended the Fay
ment of the same; also that gas posts be
erected on Chap!ine street from twenty
! seventh TO Twcuty-third on Thlrty-thlrd
street to Jacob, and down Jacob 10 Forty
! fifth. and that posts be placed alternate
! ~ on the east aEd west sides Of Chapllne
and Jacob. and on the north and south
sides Of Thirty-third, and that TOUR men
main be lain from Twcnty-scyenth 10
Forty-third Adopted.
The committee on City Prison report
! ed that the number OF prisoners received
during the month OF November was =,
escaped 4, discharged Il. now confined
20. The number Of trampS received was
l., discharged, -, now confined Z. lime
made by men during the month was 313
DAYS, rs follows. AT Capital grounds
III. 1T city building %, and the balsnce
Of time at the quarry and rock pile. Dur
ing the month $50 percheS O: stone were
broken, Of which 10 perches had been
hauled away by the street Commission
or. The average cost per head, per day,
Tor prisoners was 2S cents. Adopted.
An ordinance in relation to cleaning
privy vaults, cess pools, etc. was read
three times and passed. The ordnance
provides that no person snai. en-
gage in moving or transporting the
contents of prIyy vaults or cess pools
within the city, until he shall first have
received Il permit from the Committee
on health, except during the months of
December, January and February. That
every cart or other vehicle hereafter used
for the removal or transportation OF the
contents of privy vaults and cess pools
shall be so constructed a to be water
tight and securely covered Oh the top, 50
that no odor nor any part OF the con-
tents shall escape. That thirty days after
the introduction INTO the city OF one or
more of the Odorlcss machines for
cleansing vaults, it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons To engage IN the
cleaning of vaults or ccsspOOls with
buckets and carts, or other offensive
method, except during the months OF
December and January aud February,
and during the hours between 10 O'Clock
T.. NJ. and 5 A. NJ. That any OrdOrless
method for the cleaning of vaults and
cesspools that meets with the approval OF
the Committee on Health may be used
during any,month and in the daytime, in
the city, provided, the charge Tor cleaning
vaults aud cesspOols be not greater than
the rate of fifteen cents por cubic foot OF
the contents removed, or nine dollars
per load OF $50 gallons each. That any
person failing to comply with this ordi-
nance, or violating amy Of It. provisions,
shall. upon conviction thereof, forfeit and
pay to the city u fine tnot less than ten
nor more than twenty dollars tor each
and every such Otiensc. The ordinance
to take effect from and after It's passage.
The following communications, petit
tons and resolutions were disposed OF:
A communication irom the trustees OF
the wheeling gas WORKS, stating thal Ihe
receipts Of that institution Tor the past
three months were %il,9Oi.3G and Tue
expenditures Sll,"bi0"
\ nctjtiou from j. =. Brockhardt and
Charles Frank. residing on Market
street, city. asking that their water taxes
be lowered, in consequence OF their being
without employment. referred.
A petition from IhriS. h"IPeI%er'
asking that he be allowed to locate
slaughter house on Water street, between
Forty-frst and FOrtysrcond streets,
Eighth ward Referred.
a petition from +. Bradley X Son,
asking n reduction Of $1,000 on the as
sessed value OF the bradley WOODEN lac
tory, claiming that IN" present assess
ment is unjust. Referred.
A petition from Thompson IL Hibberd,
oskinr a reduction of $50 in their water
assessment Referred.
ratit,on from the Nail CITY Brew.
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