The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-29
cry COUNCIL.
Regular scmi.sIonthIy McclInn I.s.,

CITY COUNCIL. 1
Regular Hcmi.sionihly Meeting Las
Evening. l341
The regular seial.monthly meeting o
Council was held last evening. lslsfss
In the First Branch the ordinance reappor
tioning members Of Council, as 1t was reporle,
from the Second Branch, was adopted.
The ordinance fixing the first meeting ii
December as the tiue at which the Chic
Marshal OF the Fire Department shall b,
elected was read first and second time Nj
alcAdanis moved 70 amend by axiug til,
time In February, the same as for theelectlo1
Of other city officers by Council. IT5FT''
Pending the discussion Of this matter Il wa
Informally laid over, and the memorial from
the manufacturers In relation 10 unjo1
railroad taken up. II will be found else
where. FhN ~. GirdsM Nas Rs,7
This disposed OF, tho former matter was re
sumed, and the amendment adopted.
The remainder Of the session was devoted
10 concurrlhg In measures adopted In tht
Second Branch. g,G& ['l G'
In the Second Branch some difficult,
was experienced III obtaining u quorum
Que was at length reported by th,
Clerk. The minutes were very lengthy ant
by the time their reading was completed nj
! the members were present except Messrs
l,urdatts, .llildreth, schockey, Steele ant
Walter. .fs-'- ID 5.l.- h. #
Tho first report was that OF the special com
mittee Oh Enumeration, an exclusive repor
Of which was published in the ISrELLloENcEl
at the time the committee adopted 1t. III,
total population OF the city was found blythe
enumcrutors to DO 80,zs2. Tho co,nuiitte,
fixed the number Of members Of tho secont
Branch ut %, apportioned among the several
wards on basis Of one to every l.l00 OF pop.
lllation, md MI additional member for every
one.haf OF 100 The result was US follows
First ward 4 members, Second ., Third 8
Eighth l., Tho action OF the committee wa.
approved, and an ordinance adopted fixing
the boundaries OF the wards and the number
each WIS entitled to In the Second Branch as
above. There Is no change In this ordinanc,
from the old one except III the number OF rep
rescnttives fran each ward. The sum Ol
$l2G WINS ordered paid the enumerators.
The report OF tho Committee on Lights
was next taken az, and adopted. |. provides
for gas lamps at the following places: North
eust corner South Penn and Fink Streets q
point midway between John Il. Mendel's
residence and southwest corner OF Penn and
Ohio streets; southeast corner South Broad
way and Ohio streets; corner OF Thirty-eigati
and Water streets; on Thirteenth street, IN
front Of the entrance to Bishop Kain's resi-
denCe; Oh Fourteenth street, at corner Of
Alley D; al northwest corner OF Alley .l5 and
Jacob street; corner Of Market and Thirty
fifth streets; northwest corner OF Alley lC
and Jacob street; OH Water street. ut III.
alley running parallel with aud between
Thirty.Eighth and Thirty.nintll streets; two
oil lamps on the Seventeenth street bridge;
also that the oil lamps be removed from tue
corner OF Seventeenth and McCullOch streets
to point midway between Alley G ind
Seventeenth street bridge, The report also
provided that $lA be paid Jones & Under.
hill for lighting lamps.
A petition Of Harriet Zook, asking that
the city accept $50 i'll place OF sos Us rent fol
city property way granted. A petition Of
Phoebe kurtz asking to be released from the
payment Of certain notes given by her late
husband, in payment for use Of city property
was referred 10 the Committee on Real
Estate These two papers, both from widows
called out long discussion.
The Baltimore L. OHIO Railroad Company
presented memorial stating that It Is the
owner OF tract Of Lind in the eastern nor.
ton OF the city that is not divided into lots
and OH which taxes have been yearly paid US
per assessments. Before 1881 the property
had been paying on valuation OF IS, 900. lii
1881, although no change had been made in
the use of the land or value, 1t was assessed
at the sum Of $l0,S00. During the presen,
year the same land was assessed ut only
So. 800, which the company takes MS strong
evidence that the assessment for 1881 was too
large. The petitioner claims that the prop.
erty is not worth over $1,000 or $1,000 (the
property Is that used MS u stock yard) and
asked that the taxes paid on the
excessive valuation be RENTED. The city is
allowed the use part OF this property for its
Pest House without any charge After some
discussion the paper was referred TO the
Board OF Equalization and Appe4ls.
Various petitions for reductions OF taxes on
real estate and water rents were properly re.
ferred.
City Sergeant Bennett reported the an.
pointment OF John Mule as u deputy vice
Joe Barum, resigned, and the appoi ntment
was confirmed.
The ordinance prepared by the City Solici.
tor as ordered, allowingthe Citizens Railway
Company to use steam motors on its road,
W 10 tuhGA up tcdu OlICC dAu luIu USGI until
the next meeting objection being raised by
Mr. lIaberiield to its second reading =,
The Branch at this point adjourned, al.
though word had been received from the First
Branch that important business was on its
way down. Before the members Ind left the
chamber Mr.. Hall, OF the First Branch, ar
rived with Il paper. A voice WIS heard ask.
ing that the branch reconycne, and Mr..
Kimberly said, 81 call for special meeting"
The gavel sounded, the roll was called, and
u quorum found present.
The railroad memorial was disposed OF US
reported elsewhere. E's& q
The next business taken up was the ordi.
nance from the First Branch, in relation TO
the ,imc for holding the election of Chief
Marshal OF the Fire Department. The or.
dinance as received fixed the time for the
first regular meeting in February, after the
regular biennial election. The ordinance
provoked some discussion. Mir. Kimberly
supported its provisions in lengthy speech.
Mr. Armstrong wanted to amend ss rs to
make the election on the first regular meet
ing in December. Mr.. Robinson favored
December. He thought there were too many
Offices to be filed by the new council already
and that this fact was conducive to jobbery
in the elections. Then followed u few Warm
passages between Messrs. Kimberly and
Armstrong. snA ~ -. Il-. .'ts
The ordinance was finally adopted rs
amended by Mr.. Armstrong; motion, by a
vote of Il to B.. Messrs. Grogan, Kimberly
and Smith voted for January. 1t Is now eS.
pected BY large number that deadlock
will ensue between the two Branches similar
to the one that bus existed over year on the
election Of Superintendent Of Workhouse.
At 1915 the Branch adjourned, after re-
fusius to take up the ordinance making the
Chief OF the Fire Department also a Fire
Warden. s $ls.l
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