The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-05-26
CITY COUNCIL.
The Business Transacted LAST N'sn'
"A Cry for work. 2s
suaoUp pRAHCH.

"A Cry for Work. s2a
sIoo1D pRAscH.
This branch of Council met in 'sPeciai
session las. night, tor the purpose OF can
wasting the returns of the recent election
for .judee oftne Municipal Court.
Present at roll csll-Msssrs; Adams
Rowns Csmpbf W CrowtberY Eeedfellow,
Hnnes, Horkbeimerp LoHS' Ayies, rs.'
lock. Ritter, Stoker, Vockler, "sn'
Waterhouse, Yahn, Mr.. President.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read, and there being no oolecsion'
signed. -, Gssusa .as,,;,, fo-
Judge of the Municipal court were re-
ceiyed, and it being found that u. l.,
Cranmer had received 3l4 majority OF
the votes cast, be was accordingly de-
clsred elected, and being present was
duly qua lied. .u,
The Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades reported in favor OF certain I'M
provements IN the way Of creek sewers
and recommended that the petition
OF Z. Larkln and others, asking
that tie pavement on Market streetDPP.o-
site the Second ward market house oe
widened, be rejected. The report WAS
adopted with the exception of that Por
ton rejecting 4. Lsrkin's petition, when
was referred back to the committee with
instructions to widen the pavement aa
much as practicable.
On motion the rules were suspended
and coffee house licenses were granted u
Joachim Beuter, +. Moran and l.. y
Ernst, Joachim Feinler IL Conrad Claus
The follow ~ petition was re erred to
the Commit zee on Street, and Alleys:
WHEELING, May Is, 1877.
To tho Hon. Mayor and Council! O
Wheeling. =. ~ '-.
GEsTLEMEN-Ths undersigned, your
petitioAer, respectfully represents to you
that he is poor mani tnst he Ia able.
bodi.d, wiling and anxious TO WORK, sno
that bsiny I'm bic to obtain sufficient e.a
ploymcnt owing to the dulIness OF the
times, be has applied to the Street Com
missioner fer an opportunity to LABOR fol
t city, desiring ~ least enough WORK u
ps his taxes, but without SUCCESS. h'
,urLner represents to your HONORABLE
body that he is German
ID that he considers it to be apparent
that the Street Commissioner has almost
entirely neglected and. excluded tne
Germans IN his distribution OF the clty'i
patronage to lsbor'ng men. This he be-
l,eves TO be PLAIN injustice, rs no Glass
OF cur citizens are more orderly, law
abldi.g add peaceable than the Germahs
who uniformly pay their taxes Without
murmuring or evasion, and wnep nee,
cessary always rally TO the defense OF
this. our common cCuhtry, with heart
felt z4ai, devotion and bravery that Il
unsurpassed in others. In VIE OIL the
foregoing promises, he earnestly prays
Your honorable b ,ay tbst you direct the
Street Commissioner 10 give him an op
por,unity to work LOT the city Very
respectfully your obedlent servant
PETER MAUR.
The report If the Finance Committee
estimating the receipts and Expenditures
of the city for the current year, was
taken from the table, along with al ordI'
uance making appropriations which acc
&C mpanied the report. That portion Of
the ordinance sppropriatlng $lo,uho ioi
streets and alleys was amended SO MS "
read $2l 972, aud as amended the ordi-
nance was adopted by the following vote
YEAs-Beltz, BJwu, Crowtner, Good
fellow, Hanson, Myles, Riddle. Ritter,
Sloker, Vockler, Wait, Waterhouse
Mr.. President-l4.
NAYs-Adams, Horkheimer, Logan
Pollock, Simpson-6.
The ordinance adopted by the First
branch in relation to tda distractions on
Main and Market streets by sign posts
Was concurred in.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved Tn It the Street Commissioner
is herewith instructed to continue the
widening oil the pavemcnts between
Eleventh and THeliIn streets on Mar
ket street.
Referred to the Committee on Streets
and Alleys.
ResoLvei, rnst the Conmittee on
Water Works is herewith instructed
to have fire plug attachment made At
tha south side o. Seventeenth AID Nc
Collocb streets.
Referred 10 the Committee on Ere
Department.
Rssotued, That gas post be placed at
the corner OF Coal street aud Alley 2.
Referred to the Committee on Lights.
ResoLred. That the Committee on
Streets, Alleys and Grades be authorized
TO have double stone crossing p laced
across South Penn street, on the nortn
side OF Virginia street; also double
stone crossing across South Penn street
on the South side OF Zane street.
Referred to the Committee on Streets
and Alleys.
Adjourned.
FIRST BRANCH.
This branch WAS CD led to order by the
Mayor. At roll call, Messrs. Baird,
Blair, Boring, Brice, Carnshsn, E serter,
Hast ngs, McAdams and Rcister answer
ed to their names,
The minutes OF the last meeting were
reAu duQ slSnec.
The Mayor then announced that the
session was called Tor the purpose of
counting the vote polled at the municipal
election held in this city, Thursday, the
oath inst.
A message from the Second Branch
stated that count OF the vote cast for
Municipal Judge gave Hon. T.. l.. Gran
mer msjority OF Sl4 votes, in which
this branch conquered in
A resolution offered By Mr.. Blair to
lay double store crossing at the corner
of South Penn ana Virginia streets,
Seventh WARD, was ruled out OF order BY
the Mayor.
An ordinance presented by Mr.. Stone
to change the grade IF Zane aud Vir.
ginis streets, was rejected on account of
the unintelligi bility OF the proposed doc
ument.
A report from the Committee on
Streets. Alleys and Grades, to change
the grade OF South Front and Virginia
streets, Seventh ward, was re ected.
The report Of the Committee on Streets,
Alleys and Grades, coming from the
Second Branch, was conGurrei il with
the exception of the contract allowed to