Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-04-27
LOCAL LEGISLATION.
SeRLn0NIKlY MeeTIsG or C0Uh'
Gil, LAST MIGHT.
A Large Pile Of Miscellaneous Work Dis
posed of-Another Racket on the
Proposed Fire Depart
msnt Change.

The regular semi-monthly meeting oil
Council last night, disposed oil all the
business in the line OF petitions and
other matters that have been lying idle
SO long, and leaves only one paper-ihe
City Solicitors opinion on the ieiser
matter. Another wrangle was bad over
the fire department, some hard things
being said.
Second Branch.
About hGli-past seven, Mr.. Steele
called the meeting 10 order and nom'-
ra,ed Mr.. Kimberly as chairman, Pres
ident Scott being absent TIE motion
was adopted aud the roll being called
the following responded: Messrs. Baker,
Burdatts, Clark, Commerford, Davis,
Cunning, Eschstruth, Grogan, Haber-
field, Houston, Kimberly, McGranagan,
Prince, Schocke, Robinson, Smith,
Steele, Warehouse, Walter and VIM
gerter.
The minutes OF the last two meetings
were taken mp and being long they took
about forty minutes TO be read; they
were approved and signed.
On motion OF Mr.. Baker the rules
were suspended and the applications for
Wholesale liquor licenses were taken up
NJ. Reiiiy's application was granted
and bond approved, with James +.
Brnes and Simon Horkheimer as sure
ties.
The same action was taken on the APP
plication of :. Horkheimer < Son and
bond approved, with NJ. Kelley and ii.
COhn as sureties.
The Committee on Elections reported
that it had organized Monday, April
25th, by electing j. w. Boring chairman,
and asked for the payment Of printing
bills amountingto $40. 1t was adopted.
Mr.. Houston offered resolution or.
dering that 500 be placed to the credit
of the Committee on Health, to be used
on the Piedmont" Hospital (pest
housed. Health Officer Edwards made
a statement as TO the present horrible
condition OF the place. The resolution
was adoptef.
A resolution offered by Clark order.
ing the Street Commissioner to pave
the east side Of Eof between Twenty
sixth and Twenty-eighth streets, was
adopted.
The petition OF the B. & o. telegraph
company was granted, and permission
given to place telegraph poles and main
tain line from Water and Fourteenth
streets, up Water to Water and Tenth,
streets.
On motion OF Mr.. Clark, a special
committee oil three from each branch
was constituted TO investigate as to the
damage done to the residence OF NJ.
Green, on Eighteenth street, by the
bursting OF water pipe.
Mr.. Hsller appeared.
ANOTHER FIGHT OVER THE FIRE DEPART.
MEST.
On motion OF Mr.. Baker, the new Ere
department ordinance vas called up.
Mr.. Kimberly, who was in the chair at
the last meeting, now stated that it was
dead. At the last meeting he had
stated that IL was carried by two
thirds vote, but ne now found by the
record that this was not so, the vote be
ing IL to 6. Mr.. Baker again moved to
take it up, which action was
taken, and then the fun commenced,
and for an hour and a half, there was
general go'as-you-please pow WOW
Mr.. Walters led off by Directing to the
one man power as the reading OF the
ordinance allowed the Chief to appoint
and suspend subject to the action of
Council; it has formerly been the duty
of the Fire Department Committee to
sanction the Chiefs doing. The gen
tleman was followed by Messrs. Bur.
datts, Wingerter and Haberfield against
the ordinance and Messrs Baker, Rob-
inson, Dunning and Kimberly for. Mr..
Kimberly made rather heated reply
10 Mr.. Wingerter who seemed inclined
to give the Chiefs fits personally.
Messrs. Robinson and Baker made
extremely sensible remarks. The entiie
talk was red hot, the Couhcilmen often
becoming personal in their remarks
in fact it often reminded one OF the
balmy days when the Windy Wilson
railroad bill" was in the House, last
winter. The vote at last was taken on
the ordinance by sections.
The first was adopted, in which it SAYS
the present ordinance, sections and 8,
are amended TO read so and so; the Sec
ond section. which changes the 9TH SET
ton, received vote OF II 70 7 and the
chair decided it lost. A big howl was
raised, the rule hunted up and il was
found to merely require majority vote;
the chair reversed itself.
TIE third section, amending section
Sand fixing the salaries, received 10
to 3 vote, and the chair decided it lost
The Acts OF 1877 were hunted up after
Mr.. Baker had taken an appeal and it
was found by them that being an appeal
OF money, it required a four-fiith vote;
thus the entire matter went to the ia
BILE, but was subsequently called up by
MIR. Dunning and sent to the Fire De-
partment Committee.
Mr.. Walters offered the following:
ReSorLed, That the Committee on ordi-
nances be and is hereby instructed to
prepare an ordinance in relation to pro.
hibiting members OF council TO sell or
offer for sale to the city of Wheeling any
ware, goods, etc, either of their own
manufacture or offered by members in
the capacity OF dealers.
This was referred to the usual CON.
mittee for all such scape goats-the
Committee on Health.
The large number OF petitions for re.
auctions OF water rents, curbstones,
crossings, etc that have been lying on
the table for weeks were all disposed OF
by being sent to various committees and
the table all cleared except the commun-
ication from the City Solicitor which
yet remains.
At 1880 the Branch adjourned.
First Branch.
This body was called to order by
Mayor Egerter, the following members
being present: Messrs. Boring. Butter.
field, Cracraft, Criswell, Hall, Hull,
Myles, McAdams, Schultze, Simpson,
Wolvington and Wilson. The minutes
OF the two previous meetings were read
and approved.
The action OF the Second Branch in
ordering the payment OF the Board OF
Assessors bill was concurred in.
SARCASTIC BORING.
The Fourth ward sage offered the two
following resolutions, which were laid
on the table: Resolred, That the Street
Commissioner show cause why il is that
he is going to let the mud dry up and
blow off from Sixteenth and Seven.
teenth streets. ResOlued, That the Street
Commissioner show cause why IL Is that