Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-27
CITY COUNCIL.
A Special Meeting-As Usual one
Branch Lacks a Quorum.


A special meeting OF Council was
called for last evening to consider matters
OF Importance. 1t seems to lie the
proper thing nowadays for large ma
iority Of Councilman 10 siavawav alto
yether or else come so late that but niue
business can be transacted. IL was
the case last night in the Sec.
oni Branch; it was al least
9 o'clock before aquorum was obtaintc;
and then it was SO late that by the time
the ordinary business Vas disposed OF,
il Was SO late that there WAS not iime 10
consider the loan o~dinsn e that has
Knocked around the chambers 30 long
la the First Branch there Was no
ouorum obtained. The members that
DO attend are getting tired OF the Tact,
that they are the oIly ones there anu
saw II il keeps on much longer, they tco'
will quit coming.
sccond Branch.
This Branch a, s:i5 met with Press.
d mi LOGAN in the chair and Messrs
Arkl-. Caldwell, Aid, Caldwell, l.. r.,
Goodielluw, Handlan, llorkheilner,
Kimberly, Laikin, Meyers, Naylor,
Simpson, Voeckler and Waterhouse,
present. ...
There being a quorum MI. Simpson
moved to dispense with the reading Oh
the minutes OF the previous meeting,
and the following reports were taken up:
To His Honor The Mayor and Council Of
the City Of Wheeling:
GENTLEMEN - Your Joint standing
Committee on Water Works met for the
purpose OF receiving bids in response to
advertisement, for the building OF a
wrought iron tank at the city water
works, and received one bid only, ana
that from Messrs. ID. W. Z. Carroll u
Co., which reads as follows:
PITTSBURGH, Pa, October 2lst.
We propose to furnish all the material
and erect at our own cost IN the city OIL
Wheeling, w. Va, at water works, one
wrought iron caisson, as per plans ana
specifications shown by Il. W. Peterson,
ESQ, for the sum of two thousand nine
hundred and sixty dollars.
Your committee would recommend
that the contract for building wrought
iron caisson b. awarded 10 Messrs. ID. W.
G.. Carroll & Co. for the sum OF S2,06o,
and that they he required to give bond
for the faithful performance OF the work
in the sum of $1,000, the work to be
completed on or before January 10th,
ISL, in accordance with plans and
Specifications accompanying this le-
port.
We offer for your consideration and
action the following resolutions:
LIST. ResOIrei, That the contract tor
building wrought iron caison be award.
ed 10 Messrs D. W. Z. Carroll 4 Co, oi
Pittsburgh, Pa, fer the sum OF S2.06O.
81. ResoIred, That Messrs. ID. w. G.
Carol & Co. be required to give bond
i'm the sum OF $1,000 for the faithful
performance of the work.
Respectfully submitted,
JONI WATEIuoUsE,
Chairman.
This report was unanimously adopted.
The report OF NJ. Edwards, weighmas-
ter, stated that in accordance with in
struct;ons from Council, he had investl-
gated as to the ages OF the several deputy
weighmasters, and found them all TO be
OF mature age with the exception oil the
boy at the Seventh ward scales, ore at
the Manchester scales, one at the Bodiey
scales in the Fifth ward, and the Boliey
scales in the Eighth ward. lie also ie-
ported having examined the different
scales and found them accurate. lie
had also ordered new floors in some
cases.
The report was adopted.
The bill OF the city gas works to the
city was received, the following being
an extract:
For gas supplied n pubic lamps during the
third quarter OF 1850. AT So - per annum ipr
each LAMP
To 81 ars Is AT 81 o. rerqulrtcr .........SJi %
IT, - lam - DAYS : nar uuarter %