The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-16


A special meeting Of City Council was
held last night. Present: MeSEs. BsltI'
Erskine, Goering, He'll, Hog, hanGi4n'
Kinehorn, MeCourtney, Myles, Nc
Cav, Pollock Pryor, Reitz, Vogler, Wilk.
inson, Werner, WateThouSe, MI. Presi-
dent.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Committee on Fire Department
reported bills Of Chief Marshal. for
month OF July aggregating Se69 0S, and
recommended their payment. Also bill
Of Thos, P. Young. Tor hauling surplus
earth from the vigilAnt engine house,
amounting to S. IS. Bills ordered paid.
STREETS AND ALLEYS.
The Joint standing Committee on
Streets and Alleys submitted the bills re-
celved in response to It's advertisement for
curb and crossing stones for the year 1876.
The contract was awarded to Gillespy s
Slater, provided they enter into bond in
the penal sum Of 81 900 for the faithful
performance Of the contract.
A communication was received from
Health Officer Jepson in relation to the
sewerage Of the city. That part Of the
communication referring to the sewer on
SD street was referred 70 the Committee
on Streets and Alleys. A resolution bear
ing upon the remainder Of the eommuni.
cation will be found in Its proper place in
this report.
WHEELING Elm GROVE RAILWAY.
The Committee on Railroads, to whom
vas referred the petition Of the Wheeling
& Elm Grove railway company and the
draft Of an ordinance relative to same, re-
ported:
lst. That the proposed ordinance seems
10 conflict with an ordinance passed Oct.
9, 1866, entitled "An Ordinance granting
exclusive right for a street railway on
the streets Of the city Of Wheeling" 70 the
Citizens Railway Company OF Wheeling.
ID. The committee was equally divided
on the point Of allowing the petitioners
permission TO cross over the PeniRsular
bridge with locomotive and cars, ii being
urged that the width OF the bridge road.
way would not suffice for the purpose Of
railroad aud ordinary travel At the same
time. The committee therefore take the
liberty to return The papers and refer the
whole matter back to your honorable
bodr, with the remark that al the com.
mittee present were favorably disposed
towards granting the petitioners such
rights as prayed for, as will not interfere
with the ordinary public travel.
The ordinance submitted by the Com
mittee was read.
Mr.. Pollock moved that the first sec.
uon, giving the company the right Of
way over the Peninsular Bridge,b be strick.
en- out. The yeas and nays being asked
for upon this motion, and being called
resulted as follows:
YEAs-Erskine, Goering, McGaW, Pol.
lock, ReitE, Vogler, Logan
NAYs-Beltz, Hoge, Hanson, Hell,
Kingdom. Myles, McGaw, Wilkinson,
Werner, Waterhouse-l0.
So the motion TO strike out was lost.
Mr.. Wilkinson offered an amendment
to the ordinance requiring the bed OF the
track on the road to be so laid as TO be
least likely to interfere with travel.
The fourth section was amended by
Mr.. McCourtney, by adding provided
further that nothing contained or granted
in this ordinance conflicts with the privi-
iege heretofore given the street railway
company -.
The ordinance was read the third time
and passed, as amended.
The report Of the special committee on
Street Railway extension was received
from the First Branch and concurred in
BY the following vote:
YEAs-BeltZ, Erskine, Goering, Hoge,
Hanson, He'll, McGaw, McCortney, Pol.
lock, ReitE, yogler, Wilkinson, Werner,
Logan-l4.
NAYs-HanIlan, Kingdom, Myles,
Waterhouse-4.