Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-03
MUNICIPAL SOLONS.
Short Session BelOw-Fire De
partment Ordinance Passed IN
the First Branch.
SECOND BRANCH.

partment ordinance fasseu III
the First Branch.
SECOND BRANCH.
Never, within the memory Of the old
est Councilman, has a first call OF the
roll found a quorum present. Last
night was no exception othe rule. For
| fully an hour, those members who were
present, sat about in the chamber wait
| ing for those who saw fit 10 be fashion
| able. True, they made the time pass
pleasantly with Joke and story, but
| then it is Objectionable TO the average
married man, who does not belong to
"the club" to crawl into bed about an
inch after midnight is marked on the
cuckoo clock.
Finally, after much work OH the parts
| Of several officers, the roll announced
| the presence of President Logan, Cald-
well. b. F., Deiters, Goodfellow, Hand
| Ian, Houston, Kimberly, McNash,
Peters, Pollock, Reeves, Simpson, Wait
and Warehouse.
Some one moved to do away with
reading the minutes, and after discus
sion which occupied time enough to
read three minutes, the motion was lost
and papers and cigars were called into
requisition while the Clerk waded
through the record OF the wisdom OF the
last meeting.
A communication from the Mayor an
nounced service upon him in the case oil
- Beck, heir of Barbara Becker, VS.:
the City, claiming damages of S5,0O0and
also in the case of w. ). Campbell and
| others, suit for trespass against the city
and claiming 5000 damages. He rec
commended their reference to the Board
OF Claims. Without discussion this was
| done.
Messrs. Ali. Caldwell and II. c.
Meyers here appeared.
The Committee on Fire Department
reported that it had examined the re-
port of Mr.. C. c.. Kemble, stating the
! amount of Indebtedness due by Messrs.
Armstrong and Snyder, builders of the
Eighth ward hose house. The cOntrac-
tors were unable to build the house at
| the contract price, but had nevertheless
thoroughly completed it and were out
of pocket as the result. The committee
thought the building cheap, even with
| the additional sums, and accordingly
recommended that the contractors be
| Unidentified for any loss they had in
| Cured. The amount was Sjl5.T.
This provoked much discussion. Mr..
Simpson was of the opinion that when
contract was made it should be be strictly
lived up to, or else contracts were
useless.
Mr.. Handan replied to this
in very lengthy argument, showing
why the indcmniiication of the contract
ors. They did not "squeal, y when they
found the buildingcould not be finished
at the stipulated price, but kept on at
! their own expense. He said it was =
common occurrence, ("Ges, with the
city," interpoated Mr.. SIMPSON, even
with the government, for contractors to
fall short and be reimbursed.
After this discussion the proposition
was lost by the following vote:
Ave-GOodfellow llandlan, Houston,
Kimberly, Meyers, Reeves and Wait
NO-Caldwell, A., Caldwell, i. F.,
Deiters, McNash, Peters, Pollock, Simp-
son and Logan-S.
The Committee on Police reported
that they deemed it incxpedirnt to re-
nit the fine imposed by the Police
Judge upon Richard McCracken.
Twenty-Five dollars and twenty-five
cents were ordered paid Alex. Wallace
for feeding prisoners. The sum OF $500
was ordered paid John :. Armstrong for
work on the cells in the Eighth ward,
and S6035 was ordered paid klevis,
Kraft 4 CO. for lumber furnished the
Eighth ward prison.
The petition OF A. b. Caldwell to
grade a portion of Alley +, in the Sixth
ward, was referred to the Committee on
Streets and Alleys with power to act.
4 resolution, offered by Mr.. Deiters,
directing the Street Commissioner to at
once cause the Elm Grove road to lower
their track as heretofore ordered, and to
repair cutters, &c, was adopted.
4 lengthy petition from thirteen ply
| sicians, in relation TO the diphthcria in
East Wheeling, was received and read.
! lit will be found in another column
1t was referred to the Committee on
| Health.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY IIandlan:
Directing the Committee on Fire De-
partment TO ascertain the cost of 4 bell
for the Eight ward hose house.
! Adopted.
BY Peters:
Directing the Street Commissioner to
! open Il sewer ut the northeast corner OF
Twenty-third and Main streets.
Adopted.
n,, RaavaS.
Ordering the Street Commissioner to
improve Twentieth street from Chap
line TO east end with broken stone.
Adopted.
By Pollock:
Authorizing VI. Edwards to employ
Fairbanks 4 Co. to repair Island scales.
Adopted.
| BY Kimberly:
Ordering the Street Commissioner to
remove growing grass, weeds, &c, from
unpaved cutters in East Wheeling, in
the plague stricken district.
Adopted.
Adjourned.
FIRST BRANCH.
This body met i'm called session in its
chamber in the City Building, last even
ing, Mayor Sweeney presiding, and the
following members present: Schuitze,
Zoeckler Schambra, Hughes, Simpson,
Boring, Cowan, Hall, Criswell, Cracrait,
| Carnahan and Wilson.
The usual routine of business was
gone through with on assembling after
which the action of the Second Branch
in regard to bill for repairs
on streets was cOnCurred in;
also concerning the report of the
Assessor in the first district in the mat
ter of extra assessments for the use of
water; and Mr.. Cracrait then moved
that the ordinance in relation to the fire
| lnnnrtmnni hn fnknn IN Mr. SrhnlfZn