The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-15
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Monthly MeetinE-RGpOrt OF
CommIttees-AnOther Session Friday
Evening,

CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Monthly MeetinE-RepOrtS of
CommIttees-An0iher Session Friday
Evening.
Second branch.
This branch got down to buBiness, at
7:45 and was called to order, with Presi-
dent Logan in the chair, and present
Messrs. Caldwell, A.; Caldwell, B. F.;
Handlau, Halter, Hamilton,
Jefferson, Kimberly, Pol.
lock, Reeves, Simpson, Vockler and Wait.
The minutes OF the previous meeting
were then read. approved and signed.
Mr.. Alfred Caldwell moved TO suspend
the rules and grant one or two licenses.
The motion prevailed, anil Geo. Scranage
was granted license to keep au ordinary at
the St. James Hotel, with N. REILLY and
B. Horkheimer as sureties; also TO Louis
Lingaman, to keep an ordinary on Water
street, with @. F. Shafer and B. Neuhardt
as sureties. There being no objections,
the license were granted.
The Mayor appeared and made YER
bal communication In relation to the
coming census as regards this city. He
stated that he had received numerous
papers from Gen. Walker, asking many
questions, but he had not time TO hunt up
answers, and he left the matter to Csun.
Gil as to whether they should employ a
person to do the labor.
The following
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
were then taken up:
The City Clerk presented his report
anu hta'eu tn"t 'ue l"''o"'us "u,'u' A
been expended during the fiscal year up
10 August: .oo, a.,
Water ~ ~ * X
e FTs ASs anu SI7 IS
Lights ......... ........ ............"... GIG 81
Which shows balance still standing to
the credit OF the various committees as fol.
lowe:
water Work, 100 CT
Fire Department. sSS2 !?
Lights SSS y
'N ~, "H''' aA1 ~ s,oa
Inc report was reCelVeu Auu n'eu'
The Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades presented their report, togetheT
with that OF the Street Commissioner, rec
omending the payment oil bills amounting
10 1881 70, and the payment oil parties
named in Street commissioner report,
bills amounting to 3O5S Is. 1t was also
resolved that the Commissioner be In
structed to purchase 5Oo perch o. DouIleis
that he be instructed TO set curb on North
Frontstreet, according tothe grade; thSt ne
be ordered 10 remove the DasIh 'encS a., i' ~
Alley G; that he be instructed to fill the
south side Of Twenty.ninth street, be,
tween MCCulloch aud Wood streets; thal
Seth street be macadamized from JACOB
to Wetzel; that the r, W. x Ky. RAILROAD
Company be allowed 70 move the stone
wall at the head OF Water street 10 the
west side oil the street, st lhel[ own "a eA :
peuse. The resolutions in relation to the
bills and wages, the filling oil f~enty'
niuth street and the r, W. " NY. were
passed. The rest OF the report caused 9
very heated discussion, and the resolutions
were referred TO committees. u
The report OF the COMMITTEE on wafer
Works, together with that OIL the snperIh'
tendent, was then read, in winch wa;
recommended the payment Tor articles ano
wages enumerated in the superintendent
report, amounting to S97S 81, and the com
mittee ask the payment OF bills amounting
| u GUUV INV
paid. The following, resolutions were aus
passed: The City CLERK was ordered u
make out bill amounting 10 50. 10 agaihs
the soldiers monument trustees ana pace
it in the hands Of the proper hanue
Several parties were allowed reuuct'ol
in water rents. Isl.
The report OF the Committee on tlfe
Department was read. and tue payment 1 o.
bills amounting to Sl2l,O0' as reported py
the Chief, aud various amounts lor gun
coats, hose lreights, etc, were reported "
the Committee. A resolution that az
these amounts be PAID was READ anu Tue
same passed. $500.
The Committee on Real Estate present
ed their report and the various resolutions
contained therein were passed.
The Committee on City Prison asked !oi
the payment OF bills amounting to S64 lSi
and the bills enumerated IN the superin'
Tho hillu we're ordered raid,
In the matter OF the refnndiDg OF water
Itax IN Hn0k & Shrader, the Solicitor rem