The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-18

sale huQ TeIoiI, ~ DihSoA y ~. 49,
Main street.
CITY CoUNcIL-Sscond Branch This
branch met in special session lsst Light,
to consider, among other things. the
matter OF csying in OF the building
owned by Irs. Stou., caused BY exca-
vations maor Dy toe C-t!.
Present-AIr,.-s. uzEdeG Hanson,
Kingdom, Long, Myles, MeGaH, Pol
lock, Pryor, Reltz, Voglsr, Wilkinson,
Werner,
The principal object of the meeting
being as stated above, the following re-
port was read from the Committee on
Real Estate:
To His Honor the Mayor and City COHn.
Gil of the City Of Wheeling:
Your Committee on Real Estate met
| this evening at the residence Of Mrs.
Stout, on Fifteenth street. Mrs. Stout
was represented by four or five citizens
as her friends. Your Committee are OF
opinion that the city is liable for the
damages done, and see no other way to
repair the same except to rebuild on the
same site as good house as has been
ruined They (the Committee) inter
viewed two contractors snd::builders, and
sscertained that $500 would re-
build, using all old materials,
rs good house as has been destroyed.
Your Committee are of the opinion that
it can be done at less price II adver-
tised until November 10th. MIS-. Stout
agrees to take 800 and give receipt
in full for all damages. We have no
resolution to offer but leave that to be
done by council.
l.. Z. HANSON, Chairman.
The following resolution was then sub
mitted and adopted:
RssoLued, That the whole subject De
referred to q special committee OF three.
Two from the Second Branch, and che
from the FIRST Branch, with full power
to act.
Messrs. Hanson and Pollock were APP
pointed as such committee on the part OF
the Second Branch.
The resolution regarding the erection
of new scales in the Fourth and Filth
wards. as amended by the First Branch,
repairing the scales in the Fourth ward
and substituting new scales for the old
ones ip the Fifth ward, was non-con-
CURED in.
The following petitions were submitted
and disposed of:
A petition signed by numerous citizens
of the Island, living on Virginia street,
between Penn and South Front, claiming
that the established grade OF Virginia
street was incompetent for drainage, ana
asking change of said grade, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Streets and
Alleys.
A petition from numerous residents
on the west side of Chaplne street ask
ing that the curb be raised = inches on
the west side of Chapline street between
Fourteenth ard Sixteenth, was referred
to the Committee on Streets AID Alleys.
A petition from DR.. Bagulsy, asking
that the city bear the expenses OF damage
done to his property IN the grading OF
Chap inc street, was laid on the table.
A petition from Alfred Caldwell
claiming erroneous assessment on Sl,5OO
bank stock and asking that the same
be stricken from the books, was granted.
Petition of numerous citizens to have
Baltimore street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth repaved, was referred TO the
Committee on Streets and Alleys with
power to act.
The bill of GilIespy & Slater, amount
ing to Sl,356.42, for work done, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Streets and
Alleys.
The following resolutions were then
submitted:
Resolced, That posts and oil lamps be
placed on the corner Of Alley 8 and
Seventeenth street, and on the corner OF
McCulloch and Seventeenth streets, and
on Seventeenth east of the bridge.
Referred TO the Committee on Lights.
Resolved, That the Street Commits
sioner at once proceed to pave with cob.
BILE stone, Chapline street, from Four
teen th to Sixteenth, and Fifteenth from
Chap.ine to Eofi,
Referred to the Committee on Streets
and Alleys, with power to act.
Resolved, That the Gas Trustees at
once place lamp posts at the corners o!
Alley ID and Fifteenth street, Alley d
rand Sixteenth street, Chapline and
Fifteenth streets, and Chspline and SIX
teenth streets, and one at the intersec-
ton of Alley d and Alley II.
Referred to the Committee on Lights
with power to act.
Resolred, That committee Of three
from each Branch be appointed to report
plsn for locating two bridges over Csld-
wells run.
Adopted.
The resolution from the First Branch
that on and after December 1st the city
would pay not more than $500 for
sire Ell purposes per month, and that on
and alter the Goth inst, reduction Of
Is per cent. be made in all wages, wss
amended by striking out that portion re.
stricting the Commissioner to 1900 by
the following vote
Ayes Garden, Hand'sn, Hanke,
He'll, Kingdom, Otte, Myles, McGaw,
Pryor. Reitz, Werner, Waterhouse-l2.
Noes-tioering, Horkheimer, Long,
Pollock, Vogler and WiIknSon-6.
AS amended the resolution reads that
on and after the 10th instant reduction
OF fifteen per cent be made on ell wages
and was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Corden, Horkheimer, Hanson,
Hanke, Long, Otte, McGaw, Pollock,
Pryor and Vogler-l0.
Noes-Goering, Kingdom, Myles,
Reitz, Wilkinson. Werner, HandlaD,
Wsterhouse, Heil--y.
A Committee on Conference on Scales
being asked for by the First Branch,
Messrs. Kingdom, Hsnke and Hell, were
appointed as such committee.
A communication was received from
the FRS! Branch, stating that that
Branch adhered to its resolution touching
the Street Commissioner, but the Second
Branch sdherIng to its action, the resolu-
ton was recommitted to the First Branch.
The report OF the Commute of Confer
ence on Scales, recommending that the
Kim berly scales be abolished and that