Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-08
SHORT AND SWEET.
But Interesting-COuncil Last
Night-NO Quorum I'm the Up
Der House.
SECOND BRANCH.


SECOND BRANCH.
II looked very doubtful at 80 o'clock
last evening whether Councilmen would
assemble in sufficient force to make up
the number necessary 10 quorum.
Four members, four reporters, three po-
lice and fourteen barnacles were the
makeup of the assemblage at that hour.
But the Solons gradually struggled in,
and at o'clock some one mustered up
sufficient courage to call Tor or
der. Order refused to come,
but when things grew a
little less choatic, Mr.. Ankle called DR..
Reeves To the chair. Alex. UpdegraH,
the Sweet Singer OF this Branch was
absent on business trip, and the sun
burned mustaches OF Barney Galligan
waved over his seat.
The roll was called and only ten MEM
bers answered. The Sergeant was order
eel to bring IN the absentees and started
out. Bill Wait was iished out OF the
Clerk office, where the City Democratic
Executive Committee was in session.
Several others were ambushed and
driven in, and some one rapid at figures
announced quorum present.
Present-Messrs. Arkle, Caldwell,
Ewing, Fisher GOOdiellOw, Hamilton,
Halter, Jefferson, Kimberly, Larkin,
Meyers, Peters, Reeves, Simpson, Wait
and Warehouse.
As no minutes were there it was deem
ell advisable to dispense with the read
ing.
Some one asked the object of the meet
Ing. and Mr. Kimberly took the floor and
said he had been partly instrumental IN
calling the meeting, and 1t was on ac-
count of the work on Sixteenth street.
lie said the Elm Grove track had been
lowered and the curb staked off, and yet
the Street Commissioner had done moth
ing. III believed a cart or two had been
dickering about on the street, but no
work had been done. Now he wanted TO
know why this was so. He wanted the
Street Commissioner TO rise and explain.
The Chairman put the question and
the Branch signifed its readiness tohear
what the Street Commissioner might
have to say.
Mr.. Wait, who was sitting outside the
railing, got up eXcitedly to explain, but
Mr.. Ankle rose TO point of order, and
Wait was squelched to give way to
Nichols.
The Street Commissioner rose very
exctedly and said he had been working
ont there. and that Mr. Kimberly's talk
was all gammOn. or words 10 that effect,
the words calling down a mild censure
from the Chair.
Mr.. Kimberly then offered the follow
ing:
R,S0lrcd, That the Street Commission
cr be- and is hereby ordered to immedl-
atelv cause the curbstOne on Sixteenth
street, from Eoff to Mccullough, to be
set out three feet from the present line
OF curbing. And that he have a j-iOOt
gutter-way paved outside of said curb;
and further, that the space between said
guttcr-way and the Elm Grove railroad,
a distance of twelve feet on each side, be
excavated 10 a sufficient depth 10 admit
OF the same being packed with sand
stone 20 be taken from Nc
Cullough street, between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets. And further
that two strings of limestone be hauled,
broken and spread on each side OF SAID
Elm Grove railway from EOh TO McCul.
Tough street. All of said work TO be
done by the Street Commissioner with
his force, except the curbing, which is
i'm the hands Of contractor, unless II be
found that the hauling, breaking and
spreading OF the limestone can be done
better bv contract. In which event the
Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades are authorized To make a con-
tract for the same with responsible
party, who will agree to do the work at
a date not later than November 10,
1879. thecommittee to advertise for pro-
posals and make the award on Saturday
next, October IL, 1879.
After a motion to amend and one to
commit were rejected, this resolution
passed by vote of . to :. Asa two
thirds vote is necessary, it lays over un-
ill the next meeting.
The Committee on Streets, Alleys
and Grades reported that Mr.. Andrews,
to whom the contract was awarded Tor
building the five foot sewer on Twelfth
street, is unable To comply with the
terms OF said contract and therefore has
given it up. Two resolutions were
offered as follows:
R,S0Irrd, That the contract be award
eel 10 Hamilton q McCiranaghm to
build a five foot sewer on Twelfth street
at $40 per lineal foot, they to give
bond for the iull amount of the work
for the faithful performance OF the con-
tract.
Resolred, That the contract for tagging
on Jacob and Thirty-third streets be
awarded to Thomas Wright for the sum
of $50 cents per lineal foot, he to give
bond for the faithful performance OF the
contract.
The latter resolution was adopted
without discussion, but the former
stirred up a hornets nest. Mr.. Kim
berly stigmatized this sewer as a 'pet
Job and Mr.. Simpson "a 4 monument
To somebody" Then some one re-
memhered that the sewer matter had
been referred to the Committee on
Finance and never reported back, con-
scuucntlv the resolution was tabled.
RESOLUTIONS