Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-23
CITY COUNCIL.
Regular Monthly Meeting-The Street
Car Ordinance Passed by the Second
Branch-Other Legislation.

The Second Branch Of Council met last
night with Mr. President in the chair and
the following members present: Baker,
COmmeriord Cunning GrOgan, Haberheld,
Halter, Hildreth, JepsOn, Kimberley
Prince, Robinson. Smith, Walter, Winger-
ter and Warehouse. The minutes OF the
last meeting were read and approved.
The special committee appointed to look
out for new quarters for the city officers re-
ported progress through Mr.. Kimberley,
and was continued.
Mr.. Bishop was granted license to keep
a coffee house at the Northwest corner oil
Furty-seCond and jacob streets.
Joseph Niehaus was granted license to
keep coffee house as No. 1925 Market
street
4 petition from Mr.. Shick, asking for a
rebate on his coffee house license and as
signing the same to Sheriff Browa, was
granted.
The report Of Committee on Streets and
Alleys was adopted, with the following
resolutions:
First That the sum mentioned in Street
Commissioners report Tor July be paid,
amounting TO 1928.
Second. Tha: the bills enumerated above,
aggregating S3793l, be paid TO the parties
named in said report.
The report of the Committee on Markets
summing lDI pay llltIl Wis dERItedllUS
Sl54ll, with the following resolution:
That the Davis Guards be permitted u use
the hall over the Second ward market not
TO exceed two nights in the week, was
adopted.
A communication from the Board of
Public Works asking that the sum of
$iS250 be placed at their disposal, in the
hands of the City Receiver, and stating the
revenues that the Board receive is not suf-
tcient. etc. and ask that their prayer be
granted The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Peterman submitted his bill aggre-
eating $3.50, for duties done in completing
assessment books, which war adopted.
Quite number OF petitions from citizens
asking for q rebate on their water rents
were read and referred to their appropriate
committees.
A communication from the City Sexton
was read asking for an adTance in his sal
sry, which was referred to the Committee
on Cemetery, with orders to report back to
Council
A petition from Logan Tribe No l, of the
Improved Order OF Red Men. asking Coun-
Gil TO repeal the water tax against said
Tribe, &c, was granted.
A resolution from Robinson. asking that
the Committee on Fire Department be in
structed to purchase the Clator ladder at a
sum not exceeding $3.50 and that the sum
of $3.50 OF the purchase money be paid 10
Edward Clator for the purpose OF com plet-
ing said ladders. After long argument,
it was adopted by a vote OF Is TO g.
On motion of Mr.. Baker, the street car or
dinance was then taken up. After the clerk
had completed the reading, motion was made
that the rule be suspended and that the Or
dinanCe pass 10 a second reading for amend
ment, which was adopted.
The following amendments were made
in the ordinance as the clerk arrived at
them: The term Of the charter was changed
TO thirty instead Of twenty years, and the
route of the line, which read in the ordi-
nance 10 come up Chapline street, was
stricken out and the clause made to read,
IS the present route now is. The
distance of paving the out
side of their track was changed from two
TO one foot on each side of the rail and the
width of the proposed fat rail was changed
from five inches 50 as to read six.inch
tram rail. After very long argument the
time OF laying this new track was changed
frUm three 10 five years and that the dis
tances to be laii every year TO be one-6fth
OF the entire track instead of one third, so
as TO conform with the above amendment
On motion Council then adjourned.
The first branch concurred in the action
of the second on the reports, etc and then
adjourned in about one hour.