The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-14
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But Little Business Transacted The
session Wasted In Talk Reports Of
Committees, de-, DC.
second Branch.
Council met lastnight in regular month.
~ session. Present at roll-call In Second
Branch: Arkle, Alfred Caldwell, b, n.
Caldwell, Ewing, Fisher, Goodiellow,
Haudlan, Hamilton, Horkheimer, Hoas.
ton, Jefferson, Kimberly, Larkin, Meyers,
Pollock, Peters, Reeves, Simpson, Wait,
Mr.. President.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read, approved and signed.
The rules were suspended to take upap-
pllcatlons for coffee house licenses. Lewis
Husemen, Louisa Koch and Leopold
Reister were granted licenses.
The application of Henry 9. bauer fora
coffee house license was rejected.
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
Srtes, Alep and GradeS-Submitted the
following recommendations: That com.
mittee's bills, amounting to SSsS 81, DO
paid; that 81, 25O 40 DO paid to the parties
named In the Street Commissioners re.
port; that the cleaning OF the streets,
alleys and crossings be committed to the
Street Commissioner; that the contract
for curbing and crossings be awarded to
George Arkle, at zoe for new curb, 82lC
crossings, &c for resetting and 25c for
stone for Street Commissioner, the con.
tract to be drawn up by the City Sur.
yeyor; that the stone from the Fourteenth
street cut be placed on Seventeenth street,
between Eoff and Wood; that resolution
to pave Alley 10 and petition 10 improve
Thirteenth street DO rejected that the
CITY S%ury0yoEbe instructed to furnish the
grade OF certain streets in Caldwell's addi.
ton, which the Riverside Iron Works
Company propose TO I'll with refuse mate.
rial from their works; and other recon-.
mendations Of less importance.
The report, with tho various recon.
mendations given above, was adopted.
Water WOrEs-BillsO OF committee, $50 SO;
Superintendent's bills, $505 81. The com.
mittee recommended that petitions Of the
following persons pc granted: r. D. Car
roll, VIM. Ramp, Henry Seyerlng, SEN, $.
u. Howard, Ed. Coen, Odd Fellows Hall
Association, W. II. Martin, James a. Ian.
caster; and that petitions Of @. Selbke,
VIM. A. Waugh, Thos. G. Mo9rehead and
Cornelius Morgan be rejected.
The committee recommended that o
4.inch water pipe be laid on Sixteenth
street from Main street to Alley B, and
up Alley B to connect with pipe on Fiji
teenth street. Also, that Committee on
Water Works bedirected to purchasethree
6.inch fire plugs and four 4.inCh fire plugs,
and that q tax Of S. per square for each
square sprinkled be levied against p. Ma.
honey for water used in Rprinklings streets
Tho recommendations were adopted Us
reported, with the exception Of that fixing
a tax for sprinkling the streets, which was
amended by making tho amount 81 per
square.
acknowledgement a balance OF ST.
S04 40 in hands OF Receiver on the list day
OF May, 1879. Fines collected in April
SS3S 20, lookup fees $5S so, total collections
1907 40; amount OF Clerks fees $l67 10,
~SOrgcgnt's fees $50 80, Sergeant's fees fol
summoning Council committees and wit
nesses in the Carpenter investigation
1903 so, total fees S3l1 40; amount OF fines
assessed $S0S 60, amount uncolleCted $40,
Bills ~pggregating $l,409 40 we've reported
by the COMMITTEES. The committee recon-
mended, also, that the sum OF $40 DO re-
funded the G. P. Brown Boat Club, being
amount OF license paid for ball in Decem'
Der last. Thereport was adopted and billt
ordered paid.
Ciy Prion-Reported bills a~ggregatinI
Sis "a, submitted by Superintendent foI
month Of April, also monthly bills con
truGtRd BY committee, amounting to Sis
81. According to Sppprjntendent's repor
there were 40 prisoners on hand April lst
received during month -, discharged 42
escaped from prison 5, escaped from city
building 8, released by Mayor 8, released
by City Sergeant 8, in prison May LIST 30
adopted and bills ordered paid.
Wares-Reportsd that they had eX
amined the wharf, and found 1t in vory
bad condition, and also greatly in need o
ring bolts and checking posts, and recon-
mendel that the Street Commissioner bt
authorized to put iu fifteen ring bolts ant
ten checking posts; also make such re
pairs as are necessary to put the wharf il
good order. The report was adopted.
Health = Recommended that Edmund
Booking, agent, be paid $50 25; GeOrgt
Bittner, s. SO; r D. Cline, $40 10, on nc
count. Also, that the Health Officer bl
empowered 10 serve his notices by thu
City Sergeant, and that the City Sergcan
be paid Is cents for each notice served
The bills were ordered paid, and the rec
o%mmendation as to the Health officer wa
rejected.
Real Etas-Recommended payment o
bills amounting to $50 IS, for repairs t.
city building, and asked that they be au
thorized to purchase 90 feet Of small gun
hose for the city building, for the purpose
OF sprjnkling, at q cost not to exceed $40
Also, that the petition Of Henrietta Kin
delberger, for lease Of piece Of grounC
from city, be granted. The report Of thu
committee was r~eCommitted.
Fire Observation-Disclosures bills o
Chief Marshal for month Of April, aggrega
ting SIS IS, which were ordered paid.
The Committee submitted the following
estimates of expenditures for the ensuing
year:
CHIEF laTShRl's Salary""....- ..,............,.....S ~
Four FIrelIen at 5000 caelI. .. ....., -. ...... e. ....,...., $40
Four Holsters at 5000 each ............o.. n..."....... 10
Three Engineers nj 5000 each. .........n.... ......,.... $50
THREE FIfemen nj $50 IL