The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-04-26
CITY CoUNCIa PROCEEDINGS

A special meeSing Oh Oity Sodncii
was held last night, President Logan in
VI Present-MessR.. Beltz, Erkskine.
Goering, aanson,i Hanke, He'll, King
horn, Myles, Mc(9aw, McCourtney, Pol
lock, Pryor, ReIts Garden, Vogle, Wiki
inson and Warned
The minutes Of he last meeting were
read and APPROVE.
;;!aHTs.
The committettSu Lights made their
report and ofer..f the following resolu-
tions for adoptic.:
Resolved, Tha. lac contract for thirty
or more gas posts oe awarded to s. Z,
.jimms & Bro, ! Cambridge, Ohio, at
So 80 ger post, <f4ivered in Wheeling,
they 10 give bond With approved security
for the faithful inlallment of the con-
tract.
RESOLVED, That the contract for all gas
and oil lamps for the street posts, tor the
ensuing yoar, be awarded to Charles ID
Miller, Of Wheeling, at $500 for gas and
1886 for oil lamps, he to give bond with
approved security for the tulfllment OF
his contract.
Resolved, That the contract for cleaning,
lighting and extinguishing, and furnish
ing oil and wick for the public oil lamps
in the Second and Third wards be award
ed to d. A. Padgett at $500 per lamp
per annum, he giving bond for the per-
torrance of his contract.
Resolced, That the contracts for clean
ing, lighting, extinguishing and furnish
ing oil and wicks for the public oil
lamps in the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
wards be awarded to James Cunning
ham at $ll.90 per lamp per annum in
the Seventh ward, and $l1.50 per lamp
per annum in the Sixth and Eighth
wards, he to give bonds FOR the faithful
performance of his contract.
Resolred, That posts and oil lamps be
placed at the corner of Wetzel and
Thrty-eighth, corner of Wetzel and
Thirty-ninth, northeast corner os Viz
GINA and Huron, and corner of Della
ware and Huron streets, and that gas
post be placed en- the east side OF Chap
line street, midway from Eleventh to
alley Z.
The report of the committee and reso-
lutions were adopted.
REPORT OF GAS TRUSTEES.
The following report of the Gas Trus-
lees was adopted:
To tie Mayor and Council of the city
Wheeling:
The trustees of your gas works beg
leave to report that, in accordance with a
resolution passed 18th of March last, they
on the st day of April, advertised for
5000 feet inch cast iron gas pipe,
5 500 feet 6 inch cast iron gas pipe,
Is, 600 feet inch cast iron gas pipe, 1000
leet inch cast iron gas pipe, and all
special castings that may be needed in
laying the above pipe, all pipe to be bid
for by the lineal foot, delivered in the
city, bids to be received at the office OF
the gas works until the 10Th INST, at Z
O'Clock. Eight bids were received, and
after a careful examination and compari-
son of the bids received, we find that Jas.
Marshall & Co., of Pittsburgh, are the
loves, bidders. We therefore recon.
mend that the contract be awarded to
Jas. Marshall & Go at the following
rates: For 8 inch pipe 81 ll-2Oc per
lineal foot; 8 inch pipe 40 l32-l6Oc per
lineal foot; 4 inch pipe % Is Gao per
llneal foot; 8 inch pipe 20 10 zoe per
lineal foot; special castings at &c per ID.
We therefore offer the following reso.
luton for your consideration and action:
Resolred, That the gas trustees be and
are hereby authorized and required to
contract with Jas. Marshall u Co., OF
Pittsburgh, for the amouat of pipe and
special castings named in the above re-
port, and at the prices named, they Civ.
ing bond with approved security for the
faithful fulfllmen. OF the contract.
All bids received are hereby respect
fully submitted with this report.
The petition of Christ. Arnold, asking
the privilege of tapping public sewer
was granted, provided it is done under
the direction of the Street Commissioner
The petition of S. Welty and others
asking that two additional lights be
placed on the east side of the Second
ward market house, was referred to the
committee on Lights, with power to act
The petition of James Hamilton to fix
the license of the Opera House at the
same rate as last year, was referred to the
committee on Ordinances to prepare an
ordinance Aving the license of the Opera
House at S75 for the coming year.
THE LICENSE QUESTION.
The following petition, signed by
twenty-five ladies, was received and
filed.
To the Hon. President and Members o.
III. Second Branch Of City Council o.
Wheeling W. Va:
Looking with painful apprehension on
the effort now being put forth to reduce
the price of license for retailing liquors,
and also for discriminating in favor OF
wine and beer houses as against other
drinking places; and having our appre-
tensions especially quickened at the evil
dent favor with which such efforts are re.
garded in certain influential quarters,
the undersigned citizens of Wheeling
would respectfully, but earnestly protest
against any modification of the license
fee in favor Of the liquor interests. The
WHOIe sysletn VI iiCcusco bidmS III iutoA
icating liquors is abhorent to the moral
sense of large proportion of TIE COM
munity; and while you may not under
existing laws feel yourselves at liberty to
utterly refuse the license in question, yet
justice to the enlightened public senti-
ment,as well as financial prosperity of the
city, requires that you should so grant
them as to do the least possible harm.
This cannot be done, either by cheaper
ing the retail license as whole, or dis
eliminating in favor Of wine and beer
houses. We therefore most earnestly
protest and pray your honorable body
against any such reduction or discrimi.
nation. We would also protest against
the renewal of the license Of any saloon
keeper who has violated the law in sell
ing liquor on the Sabbath, selling 10 mi
nors, and to habItusl drunkards.
The report ofthe committee on Health
was taken from the table and recommit-
ted to the committee for report.
The First Branch adhered to its action
in regard to fixing the license in coffee
houses at $500 DER wear, and asked for q