Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-08-18
CITY COUNCIL.
The Special Session - Money
Wanted--No Quorum Up

The Special Session - Money
wanted--No Quorum Up
Stairs.
Our city fathers are of the opinion
that heavy business and warm nights
do not 20 we'll together. Last night was
unusually warm, and close, ergo 1t was
difficult to yet the body in motion. 1t
was on.v after considerable skirmishing
by the police that a corporals guard
could be raised for either branch and it
was after OF clock before business Was
begun.
Second Branch
Met in session, last night, President
Logan in the chair and the following
members present: Mess. Caldwell. Al
fred. Goodfellow, Handlan, Hamilton,
Horkheimer, Houston, Kimberly, Mey.
ers, Naylor, Pollock, Simpson, Nockler
and Logan-l4.
The minutes OF last meeting were
read and approved. ~
To the Honorable Council OF the City
OF Wheeling:
Since the last meeting OF council my
attention has been directed 10 the TACT
that under an ordinance entitled IAN Or
dinance TO provide Tor the issue and sale
of bonds by the city oil Wheeling and
Tor the redemption and payment there
Of" adopted Jan %, 1877, there is an oh
legation on the part OF the city Tor the
payment to the commissioners OF said
loan, on the 10Th day OF August, 1850,
the sum OF $3.50 20 for the purpose OF
paying the interest coupons, which are
due September, 1850, on the said loan.
The Receiver informs me that there
are no funds in the City Treasury avail
able for that purpose, and as no regular
meeting of Council would be held in
time to make any provision for the def.
cheney, il became necessary that
special meeting should be called for that
purpose. Very respectfully,
Tuos. ii. LOGAN,
Actiug Mayor.
The communication was received and
ordered filed.
Mr.. Caldwell then offered the follow.
ing preamble and resolution:
WHEREAS, The revenues OF the city
for the current fiscal year have been ex.
hausted by the current and extraOrdl-
nary expenses OF the city corporation,
and
WHEREAS, 1t will be necessary for
Council to make some provision for the
payment of deficiencies already existing
and further deficiencies which must
necessarily occur.
Therefore Rcsolred, That the Finance
Committee he instructed to ascertain the
probable sum OF such deficiencies Tor
the current fiscal year and report an or
dinance providing Tor loan, by which
the same may he funded, preparatory to
submitting the same TO vote OF the
citizens.
This resolution was unanimously
ado pied and without discussion.
Soma eight or nine unimportant pc.
ntions, deferred from other meetings,
were read and referred TO appropriate
committees.
The Committee on Fire Department
submitted an unimrortant report.
which was adopted and the enclosed
bills ordered paid.
A resolution by Mr.. Handian, in.
structing the Street Commissioner to
repair pair OF dangerous cutters on
Ejtf street. at the intersection OF Thirty
sixth, was adopted.
\ resolution OF Mr.. Gooiiellow, or
iering the repairing OF the gutter ut the
| Sixth ward school house, was adopted,
| as was also one by DIR. Logan, repairing
| the Second ward cutters.
On motion oi Carroll Hamilton, a
resolution extending the lease OF certain
city grounds was recOnsiered and re-
ierred 10 the Solicitor for report.
This cleared the table and the Branch
adjourded.
First Branch.
The members OF this august body
were rather SLOW assembling, and after
mounting the steps were too weary TO
climb up to the second story, so they
sat on the front steps, talked politics,
wondered where Uncle John Boring
was, commented on the quiet that
reigned in the Second Branch chamber,
| took straw vote and amused them
| selves in various ways. Uncle Daniel
| Schambra seated himself in the lower
house and gazed on the actions of the
| commoners and mentally compared the
scene with the flow OF wisdom and good
fellowship that always prevails in the
upper house >.
Upstairs all was life and activity. A
reporter was found busting oil his desk,
Barney Galigan was raising windows,
and Lord Wolvington was stealing
march on his brethren by getting some
OF his pet resolutions near the top OF the
pile, where they would be first broken
into. Everything at last being in readi-
ness, Barney called the roll, but AS
a quorum was not present flank move
ment was decided upon by those pres.
ent to surround those below, and kind.
" but firmly insist on their going up
stairs. The forces started. but when
the lower floor was reached, 10, both
the Second Branch and the First Branch
members, had, as it were, "folded their
tents and silently stolen away"
With sorrow on his cOuntenance Gal
ligan went up stairs, captured McCully's
| blank paper. put out the lights and de-
clared the First Branch adjourned.