The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-09-12

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FIRST DLAEcH--REGULAR SESSION..
His Honor Mayor Sweeney presided.
Messrs. Baird, Boring, Egerter, Holt.
man, Hastings, McAdams, Reister, Stone
and Woodward answered roll call.
The minutes Of the last two meetings
were read and, being approved, were
signed by the Mayor and Clerk.
The motion TO put au bill lamp on the
corner Of Alley and Coal street was
adopted.
The report Of the Committee on Or.
dinnnceS, recommending the passage of
an ordinance prohibiting tho erection OF
awhing'posIs, sign'posts or other devices
Tor signtiying n place Of business, or in
any way, obstrructing the sidewalks, was
read and considered byseclions.
Inc second section, 10 relation 10 signs
anu other devices Tor indicating place
Of business, which requires said signs TO
De not more than four feet from the line
OF Inc building, nor legs than twenty feet
above the sidewalks, gave rise to consid.
eraole discussion "a 10 The significance oil
Tue ordinance US to whether i iorbids
merGhants 70 hang out or place any
goods Tor display at their doors. Mr..
nan was Of the opinion that ii the ordi'
nance contained pr9hiOltoFy provision
o. that sort 1t could not be enforced.
Inc section was amended so rs 10 pro-
vide mat all signs shall not be lower than
the hclghth oil the hrst story Of the build.
ing;
Mr. Blair made motion 10 recommit
Tue ordinance to the committee for tur.
thSr report which was lost,
Mr.: hall moved to amend 80 as to al =
low signs 10 extend three feet from the
sile OF the house, unless said sign be the
helghIo oil the first story when 1t may ex.
tend out five iect. The amendment was
aGopteo anu the section rs amended was
adopIed.
section three providing for the remov'
al Of all hltching posb, awning posts,
&c', from the side walks caused some dis
cussIon as 10 the hitching posts.
MIR. Stone offered an amendment ex'
emPting from the application OF the ordi.
nance lire plugs, lamp posts, telegraph
poles, shade trees already planted and
hltching postS. The amendment was
adopted and the section as amended was
adopted. The report passed to its third
reading and was adopted.
An ordinance requiring the Baltimore
" Ohio Railroad Company to keep a
Waterman ut each and every street cross
cd by their locomotives; also inCase said
company ahall refuse to comply with said
ordinance all engineers shall be compell-
ed to bring their engines TO full stop at
each street crossing on said road, and no
trains hall be run at agreAter speed than
miles MI ur. The section was amended
TO make the ordinance apply TO 9th,
Foil and 35th streets, and the section Us
amended was adOpted.H .
The second section was amended to
conform to the amendment 10 the first 80
far as the streets indicated. The section
us amended was then adopted.
On motion, the further consideration
Of the report OF the Ordinance Commit
tee, was postponed.
The action Of the Second Branch in
adopting the reports Of the various
standing committees for the month OF
August with the exception Of the recon.
mendation Of the Committee on Fire De.
partment in relation to building hose
house in the Eighth Ward, was concurred
in.
The report of the Special Committee on
Market Street Improvement was read and
the recommendation Of the committee as
approved by the Second Branch was con.
CURED in.
A resolution authorizing the extension