The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-12

The street Cleaning Ordinance Finally
Passed-Report OF the Committee ON
Lights on the Gas Works Improve.
AsA second Branch.
Council met in special session again last
evening. Present in the Second Branch;
Messrs, Arkle, All. Caldwell, B. F. Cald.
well, Ewing, Goodiellow, Horkheimer,
jefferson, Kimberly, Meyers, McNaSh,
Houston, Pollock, Reeves, Warehouse,
Mr.. President.
The reading. Of the minutes Of the two
previous meetings was dispensed with.
On motion OF Mr.. Kimberly, the vote by
which the substitute Of the First Branch
to the ordinancein relation to cleaning the
streets and alleys Of the city was rejected
at the meeting on Thurday evening, was
reconsidered.
STREET CLEANING ORDINANCE ADOPTED.
Mr.. ALI. Caldwell moved that this
Branch concur In thesubstitute Of the First
Branch.
Attera short discussion, the ayes and
nays were called upon Mr.. Caldwell's mo.
ton TO concur, with the following result:
AYEs-Arkle, All. Caldwell, B. F. Cald'
well, Goodfellow, Horkheimer, Jefferson,
Meyers, McNash, Pollock, Reeves, Water.
house, Mr.. President-l2.
NAYEs-Ewing, Hamilton, Houston
Kimberly, VoCkler, Waite.
So the motion TO concur was carried.
A motion to adopt the ordinance u
amended was carried by the same vote.
THE NEW ORDINANCE
divides the city into five districts; the first
district comprising the First Ward, the
second district the Second and Seventh
Wards, the third district the Third and
Fourth Wards, the fourth district all that
part Of the city south Of Wheeling Greek
and north OF Caldwell's Run, and the
fifth district oil that part OF the city from
Caldwell's Run south 10 the southern line
OF the city.
On the 10Th inst. the Clerk is to adver.
tise for proposals to clean the streets, al
leys and street crossings from the first day
OF August, 1870, to the first day OF May,
1880, and on the first Of March, 1880, and
annually thereafter on the first day Of
March he shall also advertise for proposals
to clean streets, ETC., for the twelve month.
commencing on the first day Of May there
after. All proposals shall be for each dis
trict separately, and shall be addressed L
the chairman OF the Committee on Streets
Alleys and Grades, and opened by hin
, before said committee, who shall repor
, said proposals to Council, with such rec
concentrations as they shall see fit. Coun
ell shall award the contracts, and no per
son to whom is awarded contract for onI
district, or who is interested in suct
award, shall have any interest or part IL
any contract for any other district.
The amount of money for which each
contract is awarded shall be divided BY
the number OF months for which the con
tract is taken, and from hemonthly proper
ton so ascertained, twenty per cent shal
be deducted, 10 be retained by the cit,
! until the expiration Of the time for which
5 the contract is taken. The remaining
eighty per cent will be paid to the contrac
, tor by the city monthly; but in case any
r contractor shall fail in any month to do al
the work required OF him by his contract
his contract shall be forfeited, and thu
. Clerk will advertise for proposals for thu
, re.letting thereof. Any loss that the city
may sustain by the re-letting Of such con
) tract shall be deducted from the amour
of the twenty per cent retained by thC
3 city from the former contractor. lin any
, month, however, by reason OF unusua
freshets and otherwise, unusually heavy
l labor is required Of any OF the contractor
and is performed by them, Council viii
have authority to direct the payment Il
: such contractors OF any part or all OF thu
twenty per cent already retained on &C
count OF such contract.
All contractors shall perform their worl
; under the supervision OF the Street Com
: missioner, whose duty it shall be to repor
promptly to Council any neglect or fail
ure OF any contractor to comply with tht
terms OF his contract.
, PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GAS WORKS
, The Committee on Lights, having unde
consideration the resolution referred Il
them in reference to the character OF The
, improvements undertaken by the Ga
J Trustees, carefully examined the grount
and took into account the present necessi
ties of the city and its probable wants fol
from three to five years to come. They
anu lOOhCu lltO tLlo CudLhtICi VI VIC I'LL
provement about to be made, and were o
the opinion that it will be useful anc
necessary, and will not necessarily b'
temporary.
There are some views, according TO tn,
report Of the committee, in which It woult
be desirable for the city to have some ad
ditional grounds adjoining the works, bu
, they think there is no real necessity, anC
that there will be no such necessity for ,
period OF three to five years and perhaps
, not then. The committee think 1t proba
, BILE that even in the event Of an extension
Of the Works that good plans might avoiC
the necessity for additional real estate
! While other good plans OF improvement
possessing considerable merit have beer
proposed and thought Of, the committee
could see no reason for departing from thu
past action OF Council, or Of interceptinl
or interfering with the authority given t.
. the Trustees in relation thereto.
The report was received and filed.
At $3.50 p. NJ. this Branch adjourned.
The First Branch was without a quorum
and no business was transacted by thai