Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-23
CITY COUNCIL.
Special Session Last Night
Licenses Granted-Mr. @.
p. Browns Minority Report,

Licenses Grdnteu-mrs Os
p. Browns Minority Report,
Etc.
SECOND BRANCH.
This Branch was called to order by
President Logan and at roll call the fol-
lowing named members answered:
Messrs. Arkle, Caldwell, ALI, Caldwell,
B. F., Ewing, Goodfellow, Hamilton,
Halter, jefferson, Kimberly, Meyers,
McNash, Pollock, Wait, Warehouse,
Mr.. President-l5.
Reading of the journal Of the prev
ious meeting was dispensed with
and the President stated the object OF
the call to be to grant applications for Ii
censes for Coffee Houses and Ordinaries
for the year ending Monday, May LIST,
1880, as presented to the City Council
on Tuesday evening, April Sth, 1879.
Licenses were granted as. follows:
COFFEE HOUSES.
John Biedenbach, Peter Bonenberger,
Fred Widdel, Henry Bieberson, Aug.
Rolf, Aug. Rolf, Aug. Wiedebusch, Cas-
per He'll, Christ Siebke, Jacob Nunge,
Henry Blumenberg, Henry Amick, Hen
nv Schwartz, Ernst Kleppner, August
Mathew, Louis Nolte, Joachim Beuter,
George Schwartzbach, Alfred III. Nolte,
John Sheekey, Louis Seidler, VIM. Meier,
G.. A. Stoker, w. G. Heiser, Frank IN
rub, VIM. II. Zimmerman, John j..
Kenny, VIM. McManaway, James
Mathews, Henry Michel, Julius Lohse,
G. Birkle, George j. Dauber, Henry o..
Bauer, Laborius Kress, John Klevis,
VIM. Hartenstein, LOrentz Walther,
Louis Schwab, VIM. Goetze, Lawrence
Heller, Chris. Heddrich, Joe Green,
Henry Crimson, Joe Beuter, John
Mason, Charles X. Behler, friedrich
Bishoff. James Robinson, Gregory War
ner, Thomas F. Owens and j. III. Beck.
oRDINARIEs.
George +. BOtt, A. Dush, Louis Linge-
man, Simon Lasch, Henry Neuhard,
Herman Renner, James Rine, Christian
Viewig, Ed. S. Norton and Ed. Corbley,
John Robrecht.
George A. Wickham, J. G. Hervey
and w. A. Haller were granted auction
eer licenses.
The Beethoven Singing Society were
granted privilege to give a benefit con-
cert for widow lady.
Sundry petitions and minor resolu-
tons were read and referred.
The bill of o. S. Long was referred to
the Committee on Claims.
PRESIDENT BROWNS COMMUNICATION.
The following communication was
read:
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Council
Ofthe City Of Wheeling:
GENTLEMEN-In compliance with the
order passed by your honorable body on
the Sth instant, referring to the Gas
Trustees, for report, the protest of SUI
perintendent Arthur Browne against the
action of the Trustees in reinstating Mr..
w. n. Greaves, / respectfully beg leave
TO report that | did not concur in the
action OF majority of the Board in re-
Installing him.
NV reasons for dissenting from their
action were that Mr.. Greaves had made
serious charges against Superintendent
Browne, which if proved would certainly
have necessitated the superintendent
removal. Mr.. Greaves had been before
your investigating committee and
though not officially informed by it, the
trustees were fully assured by persons
in position to know that no evidence
damaging TO Superintendent Browne
had been produced.
His Honor, Mayor Sweeney, Prosecut-
ing Attorney jordan, Mr.. Harry Cald-
well, DIR. Reeves and Mr.. Ralph Arkle
are among those who asserted the SUI
perintendent's innocense.
In addition TO these evidences OF the
charge of Mr.. Greaves being unfounded,
the said Greaves admitted to the under
signed that he had not been formerly
discharged from the gas works, but he
considered his transfer from the purify
ing house to the position assigned HIM,
with the general treatment he received,
equivalent to discharge.
His published statements that he had
been discharged for certain reasons
which he cited, trere umwdrrdnted, as
evidenced by this admission.
With a knowledge of these facts, can
only desist from the action of the ma
jority, deeming it one of great injustice
and disrespect to the Superintendent,
besides being unwise, in that it relieves
the Superintendent and his bondsmen
from responsibility so far as the acts Of
the appointee were concerned, and sets
n precedent that, If followed, must re-
suit in the loss of the superintendent
authority over the workmen and
inaugurates general characterization.
The position assumed by the under
.:a.,,l h., g0nntlx. maintains 10 rnrrapt
and is in Orief-that the charges made
by Mr.. Greaves against Superintendent
Arthur Browne are either true or they
are not. Ii true, the resignation OF the
Superintendent should be required. II
not, Mr.. Greaves should not have
position in the city gas works under
Superintendent Arthur Browne.
Respectfully submitted,
G.. 7. BRowN,
President Board Trustees City Gas Works.
Wheeling, April Is, 1879.
On the motion of Mr.. Ewing, the
communication was ordered filed.
Council adjourned at II NJ. o'clock.
FIRST BRANCH.
His Honor Mayor Sweeney presided,
and the following members were pres
emit: Boring, Butterfeld, Bowan, Girls
well, Hughes, Reister, Schambra,
Schultze, Simpson, Wilson and Zoeck-
ler-ll.
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
The various committee reports left
over, and already acted upon by the
Second Branch, were reviewed and con-
CURED in.
A LITTLE BREEZE.
The gas investigating committee made
a report of progress and recommended
the payment of certain bills.
Captain Wilson wanted to know why
a full report from the committee was
not forthcoming. He thought it due
the Council that it should know what
had been done. There were many vague
and wild reports in circulation and moth
ing definite presented TO Council.
Mr.. Schultze stated that il was impos-
sible for the committee TO make its re-
port until they had finished their labors.
They were busy now and the work was
assuming such dirtiness" that they
were anxious to finish il before report
inc