The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-09

By Cowden: Authorizing the Com
mittee on City Prison to employ horses
and carts not exceeding six days time,
and use the same with the labor Of the
prisoners to haul the loose stone about
The prison and place on Coal street
Adopted.
By Stone: Instructing the Gas Com
m~issioners to plsee q lamp post on the
east side Of South Front street, 200 feet
south Of Fink street; also n lamp post
placed on the west side Of York street, at
The northwest corner oil the Alley, north
Of Virginia Street. Referred TO the Com.
mittee on Lights. +,
An ordinance q anting the Citizens
Railway Company the right TO construct
q track Tor running their cars IN 4Sd
street, from Jacob to Water street, and
also to run a track across the corner Of
the pavement at the corner Of 4Sd and
Jacob streets, was received from First
Branch, and referred to the Committee on
Ordinances for report,
Adjourned.
FIRST BRANoH-RLaULAR SESSION.
His Honor tho Mayor presided. Messrs
Blair, Boring, Brice, Carnahan, Egerter,.
Hall, Hoffman, McAdams and Reister
answered the calling Of the roll.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read, and there being no objection the
minutes we're approved and signed by
the Mayor and Clerk. !.
In accordance with resolutions passed
at the last meeting, an opinion Of the City
Solicitor as to whether a member Of the
First Branch can remain such sfLer hay.
ing removed from the city limits or
changed his residence from the ward
which he was elected to represent was
read. The Solicitor gave his opinion
that in either case permanent removal
should be taken as an intention to resign
and creates a vacancy.
Alexander L~aughlin again rendered
his resignation as q member OF the First
Branch, and on motion his resignation
was accepted.
Mr.. Egerter nominated Mr.. Daniel
schambra to gil the vacancy caused BY
the resignation Of Mr.. Laughlin, and he
was unanimously elected.
w. e.. Woodward's resignation was
also read and accepted.
Mr.. Reister moved that Moran q
Earnest be granted a license to keep u
coffee house at IS 18th street, Opera
House.
Mr.. Blair thought that the application
ought to be made first to the Second
Branch, 1t not appearing TO be a simple
application for leave to change the loca-
ton under alicense already granted.
The Mayor decided Mr.. Blair's point
we'll taken.
The papers were then transferred TO
the Second Branch, and said Branch
granting the license the First Branch
concurred.
Mr.. Hall presented an ordinance to al
low the Citizens Railway Company to
extend their track from Jacob to Water
street, down 43i street and to cross the
corner at 4Sd and Jacob streets; they to
leave a width twelve feet for side walk,
and to protect the city against all suits
that may hereafter arise in consequence
of said grant. Mr.. Brice protested against
the adoption OF the ordinance, urging
that the city had no right to grant such u
privilege. Mr.. Hall commended that pc
deslrians must yield something to public
interests.
Mr.. Hall moved to insert 60 daya In
stead Of 80 days as the time within which
the Co. shonld avail themselves Of the
privileges Of the ordinances, and 1t was
agreed TO. The ordinance was adopted
Report Of the Committee on Streets
Alleys and Grades, was received from
the Second Branch and the action O aaid
Branch IN approving tie report and o :
dering payment OF bills enumerated, was
amended by rejecting the bill Of Carna.
han & Co. for a pair Of gum boots,
bought by Street Commissioner White
amounting 81 so; after which the report
was adopted.
The resolution OF the Second Branch
orders payment Of the bills Of the Street
Commissioner for the month OF Decem.
Der was considered.
The third resolution Of the report, em
bracing the construction Of sundry crosS,
ings approved by the Second Branch was
non-eoncurred in.
The fourth resolution recommending
the erection OF a board walk on McCul-
Tough street, from 18th street % Peninsu-
lar bridge. Approved by Second Branch,
was non.toncurred.
The fifth and sixth resolutions were
also non.concnrred in. The seventh reso.
lution,1 recommending the grading Of
18th street by city %Iisoners. Approved
by the Second Branch was no%n.concurred
10.
Section s was concurred 10,
The action OF the Second Branch in
ordering the payment OF the bills OF
Cayenaugh and William Hare was con.
CURED in.
Report OF the Committee on Accounts
for the month OF December, approved by
the Second Branch, was %concurred In.
The report Of the Committee on Water
Works for the month OF December, ap.
proved by the Second Branch, was con.
Cured in.
The report of the Chief Marshal and
the Committee on Fire Department for
the month Of December, approved by the
Second Branch, was concurred in.
The report Of the Committee on Real
Estate for the month OF December, ap.
proved by the Second Branch, together
with the recommendation that the bills
enumerated be paid, was censurred in,
with the exception Of that portion Of the
report in. relation TO approving the lease
Of a certain lot TO James 7. Fleming,
which, on motion Of Mr.. Blair, was laid
on the table.
The report Of the Committee on City
Prison for the month Of December was
received from the Second Branch, togeth:
err with the recommendations oil said
committee approved by the Second
Branch, and was concurred In.
A communication from the Clerk Of the
city enumerating the expenditures Of the
various departments was read and ordered
filed.
summons against the city on the parts OF
the Messrs. Campbell, Trustees, for Mrs.
McGinnis, was received from the Board
OF Claims, read and ordered filed.
Reporto OF City Sexton for the month Of
December was read and action Of Second
Branch in ordering the report fled was
concurred in.
A communication from James Hsley,
asking the payment Of the bill for De.
cember for cleaning streets, and the Sec.
ond Branch having ordered said payment,
the First Branch concurred.
Petition Of Edward Christman, asking