Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-10-25
Total experde.

A large portion of the sums. expended
was for Improvements begun by Council
and unfinished when the Eoard assumed
control. AS for example, the building
of Forty-third street sever, the improve
ments o; Market eet, above Seventh. the
macadamiz'ng of Warren street, etc. The
item of 81, 1858 for building bridge, re
proping and excavat ng was an alb, dilute
necessity, the bridge being in avery dilapi
dated condition aud the bank of the run
was washing away to such an extent as n
| time to stop travel along the streets.
BY order OF the Bo.rd,
B. A. GALLO AN, Clerk
The following rego' ution Nv Davis was
again read:
Resolred, That the Committee on Ordi
dinances report an ordinance to faye the
votes counted at municipal election the
same as they are counted at St-te eject on
and the vote be no. anr ounCcd until the
polls be closed. This was referred at tie
last meeting to CIV Solicitor for informa
ton, and was returned to this braHcn with
a communication from the CITY Solicitor
stating that TIE ely las the power 70 pc
vide, and therefore he recommends that
the resolution be re.e".cd to TIE Commit
tee on Ordinances ID draw up an o-din ice
in re'a,'on thereto, which recommenaa-
ton and re"olution were referred to the
Committee on Ordinance.
Whyte aud Filau were & a1ted licen.e
to keep bil.iard table on 22v0 Market
street.
George ". Skier was gran ed license
TO sell liquors al No II lhirtv..b;rG s.ceet.
The ordinance in relation = a I3la-y for
the Mayor, and placing the same at Sc
per annum, with th'S amendment: That
the ordinance do not go into effect until the
next election, WIS passed by a vote o. II u 4.
A resolution was then offered asking
that the city purchase coo feet of ho.e for
the Hope hose houce, which was referred
TO the Committee on File Department.
A petition was read from VIM. H. Viii.
liams, administrator OF the estate o. NJ.
Wilson, deceased by his attorney, b. B.
DOvener, asking that the city meet with
him and settle the suit. The following is a
short history of the case: Mrs. Margaret
Wilson, while passing along Charles street
on the I'd of November, 1874, fell into an
opening in said street, which was made Tor
the purpose of laying sewer, in which she
was seriously injured and eventually died
and that a verdict was rendered in her ia
vor in the Circuit Court on 221 cay OF May,
higher court renandcd il back to the
Circuit Court for rev trial. which will b.
heard during the Novem6er term.
On motion it WIS referred to the City
Solicitor and Committee on Claims with
power to act.
The following petition from the Elm
Grove Railway Company was read:
To the Honorable C0;,rcilc Of the city Of Wheel,
ing:
Your petitioner, the Wheeling and Elm
Grove Railway Company, respectfully rep
rcScnts that it has been for several years
struggling to furnish TO the residents OF
that part of the city through which it runs
and the residents of the neighborlng
country a cheap and convenient mode Of
transportation to and from their homes, as
we'll as TO furnish to all your citizens cheap
and easy access to and from the country.
Your petitioners road is largely used by
all classes of your citizens and his become
almost a necessity 10 many of them. Dur
ing the whole time that this road
has been operated it has been
confronted by repeated difficulties
aud for the last two or three years, during
which time your petitioner has made I'M
usual eXertions to accommodate the public,
the expenses OF operating the road have
exceeded the receipts from it. Your petit
toner has reason to believe that il could
not only furnish more satisfactory aeon
modationS for the public tIayel, but also
operate its road without loss and perhaps
at a profit, il it can be allowed to use
no'seless steam railway motor, instead Of
the animal power to which it is now con-
fined, and which BIS been its greatest
source Of loss and difficulty. In Orde- to
do this IL will be necessary, in addition to
having the consent of your honorable body
to the use of the motor, that certain
changes be made in the route OF the road
so as to avoid the present grades on the
peninsula and to relieve the c'ty's bridge
from danger of possible injury. As
the best mode in your petitioners
opinion, OF presenting It's requests
in precise form. 1t caused draft of an or
dinance to be prepared, which it herewith
presents with the prayer, that it or such
other ordinance as you may think best,
granting the permission. desired may be
passed by your honorable body.
Your attention is called to the fact that
noiseless motors, such as those referred to
are in use in several of the important cities
OF the country, and that they have been
found unobjectionable, as your petitioner
believes they would be found here.
1t may also be proper 10 state. not in or
der to give the fact any undue influence.
but simply IN order that the plain truth
may be laid before you; that some cheaper
and better motor than the present must be
lad. or it will be doubtful whether the
further operation of the road can continue.
Your petitioner hopes that you will find
it consistent with your sense of duty to
pass the enclosed ordinance, and it will
ever pray, etc. ID DUBors.
Pres't Wheeling and Elm Grove r. r.
And appended thereto was the follow
ing proposed ordinance: An erdi-
nance TO amend and reordain the 3rd sec.
ton of an ordinance OF the city of Wheel
ing entitled, "An ordinance in relation TO
the Wheeling and Elm Grove Railway"
passed October 10. 1876, so as to authorize
the use of a noiseless steam street railway
motor on its tracks in said city, and GER
tain change OF track, and prohibiting the
use of such motors on the city peninsular
bridge.
Be e Ordained By the Council Of the City of
Hheelmg::
SEC. /. That section 8 of the ordinance of
tbe tity of Wheeling ant;,Iad "a. -: