The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-01
CRY COUNCIL.

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The First RFaneh Confirms the street
Cleaning Contracts me second BFaneh
Passes the Fire Department Ordinanee.
second Braneh.
This Branch met in special session last
evening, with Mr.. GoodfelloW in the chair,
In the absence Of President Logan. The
following members answered At roll-call:
Messrs. Caldwell B. F., Ewing, Goodiel.
low, Handlan, Hamilton, HOrkheimer,
Houston, Kimberly, Larkin, Reeves,
Simpson, Wait and WaterhouSe-l3.
The Journal Of the last meeting was read
The Committee on Finance reported
that Mr. a 9'Fof has completed his Ia.
boFs Of collecting and arranging the city
archives, and offered the following reso.
ludons:
Rssolred, That the bin Of Nj. H. Q. Eofi,
amounting TO 81, be paid.
Adopted.
Realized, That the City Clerk be In
structed 70 procure suitable boxes and
have the archives placed therein under his
direction.
Adopted.
The Committee on Markets reported in
favor Of reroo6ns the market, and asked
for permission TO advertise for proposals
90 to do. Several bills were ordered paid,
and the following resolution was adopted:
RkaoFrtd, That the Committee on Mar
kets be empowered to receive bids for
different kinds Of roofing and report to
Council.
A Recommendation that Council adopt
the ordinance In relation 70 prohibiting
improper sales In market was referred 10
the Committee on Ordinance.
The Committee on Ordinances reported
the Neutrality-suspicious.:
Resolped, That the only remedy for the
double system Of fines and expenses now
In existence, Is by act ofthe Legislature.
Adopted.
Reotsad, That the Sergeant be and is
hereby instructed to enforce the ordinance
in relation to mining and gunpoWder,
whether sold Of wholesale OF retail.
Rejected.
The Committee on Fire Department
submitted an ordinance in relation to the
government OF the department. After
much discussion, and after rejecting q
motion 70 refer TO the Committee on Fire
Department, the ordinance, which Is quite
long, was adopted by the following vote:
AYEs-CaldWell, B. F., Ewing, Good
fellow, Handlan, Houston, Halter, kim
berry, Larkin, Pollock, Reeves, Wait and
Waterhouse-l2.
Non-Caldwell, A., Hamilton, Hork.
hetmer, Jefferson, Meyers and Simpson
is. rt sti
Rules and regulations for the govern.
ment Of the department were submitted
by Chief Marshal Eecles and referred to
the Committee on Fire Department.
The two sets OF recommendations for
the various positions in the department,
as published in the morning press, were
read and referred TO the Committee on
Fire Department.
At10:44 adjourned.
FIRST Branch.
This Branch met in special session last
evening, with His Honor the Mayor in
the chair, and the following members be.
ing present: Messrs. Hall, McAdams,
Reister, Boring, Zoeckler, Schambra,
Stone, Cracraft, Simpson, Wilson, Schultz,
CrisWell, Cowan.
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
The report Of the Committee on Streets
and Alleys in awarding the contacts for
cleaning thastreets and alleys Of the city,
the awards OF the First, Second and Third
districts, as adopted by the Second Branch,
were concurred in. The award Of the
Fourth district to William Godfrey caused
some hesitation on the part OF the mem.
bers to vote for the award of the Second
Branch, and the Clerk OF the city was
4 called upon to explain why the bid OF Mr..
Godfrey was not reported by the commit
tee. He stated that the bid OF Mr.. God.
frey was opened, but was probably over
looked by the committee. After some dis
cussion the action OF the Second Branch
was concurred in; likewise the award Of
the Fifth district.
The resolutions accompanying the above
report were recommitted to the Commit.
mittee on Streets and Alleys, with instruc.
tons to find the cost Of the Improvements
contemplated in the same, with the ex.
ception Of the 9th and 34th resolutions,
regarding the resetting OF the curb on
Thirteenth and North Front streets, which
were concurred in.
The report Of the Finance Committee,
as adopted by the Second Branch, was
concurred in.
The petition OF Catherine Warden for a
rounding of water tax was referred to the
Committee on Water Works.
Several resolutions were read and
adopted. ri q n
The report Of the Committee on Mar.
kets was read and adopted.
The resolution OF Capt. Wilson request
ing the City Clerk to furnish Council at
each regular meeting the amount of money
expended in the several departments Of
the city OF the appropriations made, was
adopted. ~ p ~
The ordinance recognizing the Fire
Department, received from the Second
Branch, was, on motion, laid on the table.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Stone,
requesting the Committee on Streets,
Alleys and Grades to report what steps
ought to be taken at the Fourteenth street
cut to protect the city from damage, was
adopted.
Adjourned.
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