Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-06-28
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
A short and Embarrassing
Meeting-Salaries Fixed the
Same as Last Year.
SECOND BRANCH.

About half after eight o'clock a sui
ficient number Of Commons came Inland
a call of the roll found the following
members present Ankle, Caldwell, b.
f., Ewing, Fisher, GoOdlellow, Handlan,
Hamilton, Kimberly, Larkin, Pollock,
I.arkin, Pollock, Reeves, Wait and
Waterhouse-l3 DIR. Reeves was
called to the chair upon motion OF MI.
GOOdfellOw.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved ,
The estimate OF the expenses OF the
city government was returned from the
First Branch with the amendments.
The first of these was to reduce the eStl-
mate OF the fire department from SILL
$50 to 81 600 The Branch unanimous
ly resolved to adhere To Its former !
action. The other amendment, VIZ: IN
creasing the street and alley appropria- |
ton 5000, was cOncurred in. y com
uittee Of conference was appointed,
consisting Of MesSrs. Handlan, Kim !
berry and Ewing.
Mr.. Handlan presented an ordinance
in relation to the fire department pro-
viding for salarying the men regularly |
employed, about in effect what has been
in effect, but slightly increasing the
number Of men.
The ordinance was adopted by vote
of II TO l, all but Pollock voting in the
affirmative.
THE SALARIES.
As the report of the Committee on
Salaries was filed and something must |
be done, il was decided to try the effect
of a resolution, and the following was
offered
BY GOOdiellOw:
RlNolrol. That the salaries OF the Ofi-
GERS hereafter named be as follows: City
Sergeant, 5000; Street Commissioner,
81 30; City Clerk, 81 800; Superintend- |
cnt Of Water Works, 5000; the latter
To pay out two engineers SO per month !
each and two tiremen $50 per month;
and that the City Sergeant he required !
10 pay out the salaries OF eleven depu-
ties at SG5 per month.
Adopted by vote of II to !, DR.. |
Reeves voting in the negative.
BY Larkin:
Rssolred, That the City Surveyor be
requested TO report to the Council as re- |
cards the safety of the City Building, as
per instructions in the resolution here |
ioiore adopted.
A substitute for this to
the effect that the city |
Clerk see the City Surveyor and ascer-
tain what he intends doing, was
adopted.
There was no business before the |
Branch and recess was taken, while |
the conference committee was in Ses-
sion.
In half an hour the conference COM
mittee returned with a report in favor OF |
making the estimate for fire department |
expenses at $4,000, which was adopted. |
The resolution authorizing the pur-
chase ola map OF the city 10 contain the |
courses of the waterpipe, was adopted, |
and the Branch adjourned.
FIRST BRANCH.
This Branch met in special session |
last evening, His Honor the Mayor pre- |
siding, and the following members an |
swerrd at roll call: MeSsrS. Boring, But |
terrified. Zoeckler, Criswell, Wilson, |
Scharubra, Hall, Cracraft, Rester,
Schultz.
The minutes Of the previous special |
meeting WERE read and approved.
The second Branch insisted on its ac-
ton in regard to the appropriation for
the fire department, contained in the |
annual estimate ordinance. The FIRST |
Branch, refusing 10 reCede, appointed |
az a committee of conference MesSrs.
Wilson, Schultz and Criswell
The Mayor stated that complaints |
had been made to him in regard to the |
blasting OF stone on Seventeenth street, |
which endangered the lives OF the
peopleliving i'm the neighborhoOd. Mr.. |
Wilson stated that the resolution passed |
i'm the Second Branch ordering this |
work had not passed the First Branch, |
but was referred TO the Committee on |
Streets and Alleys for report, and that |
the Street Commissioner was not |
authorized to prosecute the work and /
that in doing what he had done he
acted in opposition to the will OF this
Branch.
The Street Commissioner, being pres
eut, was asked why he went on with |
this work when the First Branch had |
not cOncurrrd i'm the action OF the Sec
ond Branch.
The Street Commissioner replied that |
the work had been commenced. and rs |
the resolution had passed the Second |
Branch he supposed the First Branch |
would pass the resolution also.
several members expressed their dis |
appreciation Ofignoring the First Branch |
i'm actions OF this kind, and after some |
further discussion the matter was |
dropped, as the Second Branch request |
Ell the members of the Committee OF |
Conference TO meet.
Aitera recess, the resolution from the |
Second Branch fixing the salaries OF GER
tain officers oi the city was taken up. |
The motion 20 lay it on the table was |
lost. On the motion to concur the yeas |
and NAYS were called, and resulted |
yeas Q, nays |.
The report Of the committee of con-
ference on the annual estimate Ordi- |
nance was received from the Second |
Branch, the report sustaining the action
of that Branch.
ON motion, the First Branch con-
Cured.
Adjourned.
Not on the Minutes.
As rule, the session of the House |
OF Commons was as quiet aS 4 Bible |
class, the opposition and controversy |
being not loud but deep. Not that it
was absent, but opportunity for a dis
play did not occur.
\ slight rutlie appeared on the sur
face of serenity when the salary question |
came up. Mr. Goodfellow was of the
opinion the chartcro of the city required |
that it be- fixed during May or June, but |
others were of the opinion that it might
be- stretched. Then a motion was offer
eel Ia ask for new conference commit
tee, but was objected to on the ground |
that this Branch was now on its |
dignity and would ask nothing /
of the First. Some thought the fact OF
the report having been filed prevented
any action upon it, and this opinion
finally prevailed. 1t was then deter
mined to try 4 resolution, and as this
Branch was almost unanimous on the
subject, let the Upper House have the