The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-21
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VII HOAfBkAN IN 6AsItAVSNR
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special Meeting Of the city Council Last
Night-AH. o. r., which Means nigh
Old Time-The BroWB.GreaveS Dimeul.
~ Referred TO the Trustees for Adjust.
ment-PropOsItion 10 Increase the ca
paclty Of Gas Yorkshire Municipal
clerks Fees-Other Interesting MatterH.
Second Rraneh. 81
Council met last night in special session.
Present in this Branch at roll.Call: Messrs,
Arkle, Alfred Caldwell, B. F. Caldwell,
Ewing, Goodiellow, Handlan, Halter,
Jefferson, Kimberly, Lurkin, Meyers,
McN@h, Peters, Pollock, Reeves, Wait,
Warehouse, Mr.. President.
Tho minutes Of the previous meeting
were read, approved and signed.
RRpoRTs OF COMMITTEES,
The Committee on Real Estate asked
payment OF bills ~aggregating $50 So, Tor
repairs to City Building. Also, that the
committee be authorized to purchase GO
feet Of small gum hose for the City Build
ing, and that the petition OF Henrietta
Kindelberger be granted. The report
was adopted.
The special committee appointed 10 in
vestigate the affairs OF the City's gas office,
etc, reported that in order to get ready
the testimony to be presented to tbegrand
Jury in the case OF the State vs.. James
Maxwell and Andrew King, they had to
employ the services Of an assistant clerk
for thirteen days, and to pay said clerk for
said service they asked the adoption Of a
resolution authorizing the payment OF $50
TO Geo. II. Williams. The resolution was
adopted.
The Committee on Water Works report
cd that they had made q settlement with
George q. Black, Collector, for the year
1877, and asked that the same be ratified
by Council; also, that the delinquent list
DO turned over to James d. fancy, ColleC.
tor, for collection, and that he be allowed
five per cent for collecting the same. The
recommendations Of the committee were
adopted.
The Finance Committee, to whom was
referred the acceptance OF the resignation
OF Mr.. G. II. Booth as a Commissioner Of
the Public Building Loan, reported that
they had examined the books OF the Com.
missioners and found them correct, and
recommended that Mr.. Booths resigna-
ton be accepted. So ordered.
WANT THE CAPACITY OF TIE GAS WORKS IN.
CREASED.
A communication from the Gas Trus-
tees, setting forth tho necessity Of increas.
ing the capacity Of the Gas Works, the
substance Of which has already been pub.
lisled, was read by the Clerk. The Trus.
tees asked for the adoption OF the follow
ing:
Raolred, That the Trustees OF tho Gas
| Works he and they are hereby authorized
and directed to have constructed on the
ground OF the city in the Fourth Ward,
adjoining the Hinge Factory property, a
new tank and gas holder OF the capacity
Of 100000 cubic feet, with all appurte.
nances ready for use, and TO pay for the
same by their orders on the Commissions
sioners Of the Gas Loan; and in order to
provide that such orders, as we'll as other
lawful orders of the Trustees on the Com
m~issioners, shall be paid promptly, it is
hereby ordered that whenever, during the
current year, the said Commissioners shall
not have sufficient funds or bonds lex
elusive Of the amount set aside for
payment Of interest and redemption OF
bonds in July, 1870 to pay any order Of
the said Trustees upon them which shall
have been presented, they shall make u
requisition upon the City Clerk for such
amount as will with the amount in their
hands as referred TO suffice to pay such
order, and the amount 80 required from
the Clerk having been paid through his
draft upon the City Receiver, the Com
m~issioners shall pay such order Of the
Trustees; audit is orderedthat the amount
OF the drafts issued by the Clerk as afore.
said be credited on the account Of the Gas
Works against the city, and it is further
ordered that the aggregate OF the amounts
for which requisition may be made rs
aforesaid shall not exceed $4,000.
ResOlred, That the City CLERK be and is
hereby ordered to draw an order on the
Receiver to pay to the Trustees OF the Gas
Works SOL A, In payment for 400 feet Of
pipe borrowed from the Gas Works for
the use OF tho Water Works.
RcSOtred, That the Trustees OF the Gas
Works be and they are hereby instructed
that, in cases Of meter rents and Of con.
sumers whose respective months con-
sumption OF gas shall appear TO be less than
200 feet for each meter, they shall charge
meter rent in such amounts that each bill
for gas and meteor rent or for meter rent
alone shall be "a cents per meter per
month, and such meter rent shall DO SUBJ
iect to the same discount for prompt pay.
ment that the charges for gas arc.
After some discussion, the paper was re-
ferred to the Committee on Lights.
TIE DROwN-GREAvEs MATTEL.
Messrs. Geo. K. Wheat and VIM. Filing
ham, Gus Trustees, submitted a report
concerning the appointment OF VIM. NJ.
Greaves as purifier ut the City Gus Works,
in opposition to the wishes of Superin-
tenden Brown, which was published in
full in these columns last week.
In this connection, a long Communica-
ton was read from Supt. Brown, reiterat-
ing the charges already made Of Greavcs'
incompetency, and enclosing a paper from
the ex.Gas Trustees, certifying that they
had sustained the Superintendent in his
action in removing Greaves.
Mr.. Kimberly asked that the papers be
referred to the Committee on Lights.
Mr.. All. Caldwell desired that they 20 to
the Special Chs Investigating Committee.
A spirited discussion ensued, in which
much feeling was displayed, and several
gentlemen were called 10 order By the
President for indulging freely in personal