The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-15
LOCAL LEGIsLATIoS.
"A Special Meeting OF CouneII..Rspo,
OF business TRANSACTED.

A Special Meeting Of Council. Report
OF business Transacted.
AT the last regular meeting OF Council
Tuesday the report Of the Committee on
Water Works was not ready, hence special
meeting last evening was necessary. II wa,
the desire Of q number Ofthe Second Branch
members to make the street railroad ordin.
ance special order, and several were present
last night under the impression thatit would
come up, but 1t so happens that that paper Is
lying on the First Branch table and the
Second cannot therefore handle II. Mr..
Armstrong, last evening, after learning this.
wanted W know, now that the privileges OF
the company had run out, II they had any
rights private citizen or teamster was
bound 10 respect, and, II such was the case,
he wanted some teamster to test the matter.
The First Branch, as Is usual when special
meeting IS called, failed to collect quorum,
Inc second Branch was called TO order
about clock by Dr.. Wingerter, who nom.
mated Nj. Hiidreth as President mo fsai.
The motion carried, and the Clerk o.ncreded
to call the roll, the following .no lnbc,, re-.
spending: MessrS. Armstrong, EuTll,;s.
Clark, Commertord, Davis, EsChslruth, GrO.
gan, Habertleld, Hildreth, Hoffman, Kim.
belly, RoblGsoR, Smith, Walter and win.
gerter The minutes 81 the previous Meeting
were read and approved.
AS unfinished business, the bill OF DR.. Ed.
wards for $40 for attendance in the smallpox.
poX case OF - Funk, which was passed by
Il minority nj u late meeting, came Up for the
purpose OF receiving another majority vote
in order to legaliEe Its payment. 1t will be
remembered that when this bill was up at
the last meeting there was o 0ght OF large
proportions, but over a small matter. Last
night the bill, which by the way, was In the
form oil resolution from the Committee on
Health, recommending It's payment, was
were: MessB. Clark, Comertord, Grogan,
Robinson, Smith, Walter and Wingerter,
A petition from the Wheeling Parkersburp
and Cincinnati Transportation Company and
over 100 firms and citizens protesting against
the manner in which the r., W. & Ky. Co,
runs its trHins across the levee and allows
them to stand on the wharf to the detriment
Of river business in what the petitioners
claim, is 1'violation OF Section OF the ordi.
napco allowing the road TO transact its bust.
ness In this city, was referred to the Commit.
tee OR Wharves with power to act.
The rules were suspended and the follow
ing offered by liildreth, adopted, Kimberly
In the Chair,
RcsOlrsd, That the Gas Trustees extend a
main on South Huron street from It's South
ern terminus to Zane street. This will dis
pense with three oil lamps and afford gus to
about twenty consumers.
by Walter:
Resolved, That the weighmaster be and Is
hereby authorized 10 change the present 10.
cation of Hempfeld city scale to the more
suitable location, corner EOfT and Sixteenth
street. Adopted.
A bill OF Dr. }. p. BirHey's for 500 seryi-
ces rendered as quarantine officer was
bounced through and ordered paid before
one had time to wink.
The bonds Of the recently elected members
OF the Board OF Public Works and Water
Works Commission were read and approved.
The bonds are joint ones, the first OF $lO,-
900, the second Of $4,000.
DR.. Wingerter moved to reconsider Biz
ney's bill ], which was done, and 1t, together
with lengthy communication from DR..
Reeves, Secretary State Board of Health,
asking for $lll.50 in addition to the $lOO ap-
propriated for quarantine, wasreferred to the
Committee on Health for report.
The Committee on Water Works recon-
mended that bills enumerated in the Super
intendents report amounting to $l,tGS 0S,
that bills enumerated in the committee re.
port, 81 sol ~; that SIS balance due Capt.
Dillon for use of boiler, and that 1854 SO bal
Ance due Beck Il Adams on contract for lay.
ing 80 inch water main, be paid. This makes
u total OF N,0H so for the month of March,
but 1t will be noticed that It includes ali
balances on the 80 inch pipe. The commit
tee further recommended that A. J. Sweeney
Il Son be awarded the contract for furnishing
castings TO the city ut their bid of 32lO
cents per pound, and that said cast
inss be weighed when ordered, on
city scales and weight he certified tothe City
Clerk. That MeSSrs. Howell & Jones be
awarded contract for erecting their patent
boiler cleaner on ten boilers at the water
works at their bid OF $780, and that the
necessary papers be drafted for execution.
The bills were ordered paid and the report
adopted with the exception of the clause re-
lating to the Howell Il Jones blower. A
half hour was spent over this. Mr.. Smith
and Mr.. Commerford wanted the Myers &
Glass patent put on and they together with
Mr.. Hoffman, had long discussion over the
matter with Mr.. Kimberly, who backed up his
motion to adopt with papers and statements
from those who were using the Howell blower,
IN which he was ably assisted by Mr.. Davis.
The matter was at last referred TO the Com
miSsioncts, they to take the relative merits of
all patents into consideration and act,
Mr.. Davis at this point introduced reso-
luton in relation 10 the EcClts' Investigation,
found elsewhere.
One or two small and unimportant matters
we're referred, and at 10 o'clock, on motion,
the Council adjourned.