Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-04-09

the annual estimate. Report adopted
and the bills ordered paid.
AN EFFORT FOR PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT
The following ordinance was submit
ted by the Committee on Fire Depart
ment, amending section s of an ordl-
nance establishing and regulating the
Fire Department OF the city OF Wheel
ing. so as to read as follows: That the
salaries OF the officers and now COM
prising the department, shall consist oil
the following sums per annum, payable
monthly: Chief Marshall, $3.50; each
assistant marshall, $50; each foreman,
5000; each hostler, 5000; each extra
man, $50; each fireman, 500. The or
dinance was recommitted for further IN
formation.
DISTRICT TELEGRAPH ALARM.
communication was received from
the Mavor in relation to the district tele-
graph alarm, in which he stated to con-
tinue the line for another year requires
the payment of $500. The effort TO
raise this amount has been continued
for some time and resulted so Tar In
the pledge OF $3.50 from home and foreign
insurance companies. 1t is hoped ana
believed that some further amount Will
be received from some companies not
vet heard from. The district company
have been prevailed upon to leave the
line in use until such time as the
amount needed to pay the rent could be
raised, and in order to raise the amount
required Council is asked To aid IN
maintaining the line for the year by an
appropriation OF such sum as may be
necessary to complete the payment.
The following was offered by His Honor:
Pesolred, That the City Clerk be
authorized to issue his draft on the City
Receiver on the requisition OF the
Mayor for such sum not exceeding $40,
as NAV be necessary to pay the rent oil
the telegraph fire alarm:
After some warm criticisms from the
members of the Council, the resolution
contained in the communication was
adopted.
CITY PRISON.
This committee submitted the Super
intendent's report for the month OF
March and recommend that the bills,
aggregating S291.64, be pad. Also
S46,5 to Fred llOzenfeld. The com
mittee is of the opinion that 1t is mex
pedient to erect fence around the
work house and quarry. Report
adopted and bills ordered paid.
MARKETS.
The committee on markets reported
having examined the monthly reports
of the clerk of the market, and found
the collections for February To he
Sl63.9O, and for March S22O.9O,
as per statement from him. The
committee recommended that there he
purchased two hundred feet of two-inCh
iour-ply hose, to be used for the pur-
pose of washing out the market house,
as is required of the Clerk by ordinance;
that 500 be placed at the disposal OF the
Committee to meet the payment OF bills
that will necessarily occur during the
wear to keep the market house in repair;
that new spOuting be put on the Second
ward market.
Adopted.
An ORDINANCE to amend the 18th sec
ton of an ordinance entitled An or
dnance regulating the markets oil the
city of Wheeling
Be Il ordained by The Council Of hr CtP
of Wheeling, That section % of IN ordi-
nance entitled "An ordinance regulating
the markets of the city OF Whcelidg,' be
amended so as To- read as follows:
SEC. -. That any person attending said
markets with meat, and who shall pay
S25 scmi-annually and comply with all
other requirements eXacted of butchers
occupying stalls on the inside OF said
market, shall have all the right and priv
ileges to dispose Of their meats in such
quantities as they shall desire, IN any
part of said market that they shall hap
pen To occupy. Provided always that
this section shall apply only to persons
who follow the occupation OF butchers,
and not to those who attend market oc-
casiOnally with meat.
The ordinance was referred to the
Committee on Ordinances.
SUPERINTENDENT BROWNIES CoMMUNICA-
TION.
The following communication from
Arthur Brown, superintendent OF the
Gas Works, was read 10y Clerk tpde-
graft:
To Ills Honor hc Mayor, and he Council
cfhe Cdyy Uhei1g
GENrLEMEN-l respectfully ask the at
tcntion of your honorable body to the
following statement:
VIM y. Grcaves was removed De
cembcr 18th, 1873. from the purifying
department. of the gas works, because he
had prevented an assistant purifier from
saturating the lime sufficiently, and ac-
cording To instructions given 10y me,
preparatory to being placed on the trays
Of the purifiers.
This had the effect oil causing a dan
gerous back pressure, which might have
resulted in serious gas explosion at
the works-such accidents have oc-
Cured at Gas works elsewhere.
Grcaves' fault consisted in directing
the assistant not to treat the lime a.
directed 10y me, and for this fault he
was removed from the purifying depart
ment and sent To do outside work, at
tending to public lamps and syphons,
which work he quit on learning
that his wages would be
81 30 a day, the price usually paid for
such services, saying he would work for
mo 81 30 day"
On the morning OF the 3lst OF March,
nit, Greaves brought me a communica-
ton from Mr. II. Caldwell, the Secrcta-
~ Of the Gas Trustees, informing me
that at meeting OF the Trustees OF the
Gas Works on the evening Of Friday,
March 2Sth, il was by them Ordered,
That Mr.. W. y. Greavcs be reinstated
in his former position OF purifier at the
Gas Works, and that the Secretary no.
tify the Superintendent of the order"
To carry into effect the above order OF
the Board OF Trustees, ! had to remove
an employe who had performed the duty
OF purifier satisfactorily since last De
cember, and at s. month less wages
than Greaves had received.
At a meeting Of the Trustees on the
9th ult., the desire 10 place Greaves in
his former position at the Works was
expressed by them 10 me, when | brought
to the attention Of these gentlemen and
read 10 them from the newspapers the
unfounded accusations and offensive
personalities published by him against
me. | stated to them that under the
circumstances | cpuld not consent In N