Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-11
CAVE OF THE WINDS.
A NAME Thai MIGHT HAVE BEN
GIVEN TO TIE CITY BUILDING
Last Night, During the Meeting Of Council
The Second Branch Adopts Reports,
but So Slowly That the First Has
TO Adlourn-A Long, Weari-
some and Windy Session.

some and Windy Session
While the proceedings OF last night
were not disgraceful. the city employees
will doubtless think so. 1t was warm
sultry evening, yet the members OF the
Second Branch apparently took no
heed of that, but pulled of their coats,
spat ON their hands and proceeded to
tackle the regular monthly reports com
mencing with the smaller ones which
did not include the payment oil men,
! such .as are enumerated III
the reports OF the committees on.W ater
Works and Streets, Alleys and Grades
which were left until the last. =,
Before a hing them ho9ever,asmai.
Finance report was struck ana
tte-e the lower Branch stuck
for so long and howled over so much,
that the First Branch became highly IN
dignant and adjourned, after having
waited and discussed nearly everything.
The result will be that the First
Branch should meet this evening, as
the Clerks office will be besieged tt :
morrow by men after their pay, and u
they doa't get it, look out Tor cards land
denunclations.
In the Second Branch the row and
rumpus was so great at one time that
President Scott was compelled to take
| off his coat, and with a decided express
sion of disgust, delivered lecture to the
crowd, whom, he said, were acting like
school boys. During the old regime
there was witnessed some lively meet
ings, but last evening for wind ecllpsed
any OF them.
Second Branch
The BODY came to order at 7:3O
o'clock sharp, last evening, the following
members being present: President
Scott in the chair, and Messrs- Baker,
Burdatts, Clark. Commeriord, Davis,
Cunning, Grogan, Habertield, Haller,
Hildreth, Hoffman,, Kimberly, Laugh
lin, McGranahan, Prince, Robinson,
Smith, Steele, Warehouse, Walter and
Wingerter. The minutes OF the prevl-
Gus meeting were read aud approved,
and the Council Immediately plunged
into the dizzy vortex OF ;eports. Ii is
doubtful if monthly reports ever before
raised rs much wind as last nights Gid.
| Ii was, TO say the least, simply horrible.
The Joint Standing Committee on Ac
counts reported the books OF the Clerk
and Receiver as being correct, the
amount OF money on hand May ] being
50 $40 ~. The Sergeants report, before
published, was a.so presented. The
committee presented and asked payment
vi bills amounting to s232.SS. This re-
port was adopted. This committee also
presented to Council the bill OF j. W.
| Grub for attending to the Capitol
clock, but it was not reached.
The Committee on Scales reported a
diversity OF opinion existing between
the committee and Mr.. Edwards. The
latter claimed that the twenty per cent.
collection fees guaranteed to him by
resolution should be paid to him on all
moneys due to the city for outstanding
rents OF scales on or before the passage OF
the resolution, and the committee
claimed that he should have the per
centage only on such moneys as were
actually collected by him, and not on
those paid to the City Clerk by the de-
linauent easors. In order to facilitate
the trouble resolution was offered and
adopted to the effect that he be allowed
only twenty per cent. on moneys col
lected by him from delinquent leasOrs.
Resolutions authorizing the payment
of S47 for the erection OF sheds and the
repairing Of certain scales were offered.
A resolution was also offered ordering
the purchase of Ia new pair of scales for
the Eighth ward, which was rejected,
the rest OF the report being adopted.
The Joint Standing Committee on
Health offered resolution appointing
Henry Schultze and Stephen Tracy as
assistant health officers, TO be employed
three months in year, or for shorter
time, ii possible, at cost OF 81 each per
day. The chairman had also been in
structed 10 advertise for bids for the re
pairing of Piedmont Hospital. This re.
port Was not touched.
The Joint Standing committee on City
Prison reported the affairs OF that insti.
tuition as being all right. The Street
Commissioner had l02 loads OF broken
stone hauled from the prison during
the month. Payment was asked OF the
bills in the Superintendent amount
ing to Sl2l.09, and other bills amount
ing to Sos o.. Report was adopted.
The Committee on Lights asked pay
ment OF bills amounting to $l67.l5, and
also, that the Gas Trustees be directed
TO pay the bill of VIM. III. Robinson,
amounting to $l725, for glass for lamps,
and that hereafter all bills OF similar
nature be sent to the Trustees. The
committee found that the report of the
receipts and expenditures as also the
bill against the city for a quarters gas,
amounting TO SLID 22, to be correct,
and asked that the Clerk be instructed
to credit the Trustees with that amount.
This report was adopted.
The Finance Committee presented its
report, found in another place, and near
ly an hour was spent on il, some veiv
heated remarks being made.
Chairman Simpson, Of the Gas Com
missioners, reported as follows;
DR.
To amount cash on hand at date of last
To amount OF cash received during the
month from the 64g9 g.
-
..... ll 81
CIR
on trustees orders, s. SIS -
BY cash on hand lO3 IS
TOta'................. ~
This was referred to the Committee
on Lights.
The Joint Standing Committee on
Water Works presented its report, with
that OF the Superintendent, and asked
the payment OF bills embraced in both
reports amounting to 81 1896. They
were ordered paid.
Among the resolutions was one re,
ducing the Pottery water rent from 500
to $3.50; that the Wheeling Iron and
Nail Company be charged $50 for three
days use Of water in 1880 and that the
Belmont be charged 500 for water used
in 1880; that a water pipe be laid on
Market street between Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-Seventh and several other
unimportant resolutions. The Pottery
company was not allowed the reduction.
Some OF the members had very erron-
eous ideas concerning this institution
and others knew nothing about il.
Comparing the amount OF coal con.
-, tl,a he Of 1904