The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-11
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LOCAL LEGIsLATI0N. iSgS
Tho Proceedings or Last Nights Council
Ia .Msetiug-Importnut Reports, Etc. Ilt
Tbs first Council meeting held since De.
cember II was held last evening and consld.
cradle business rushed through. The First
Branch tabls 10 cleared off and The only
papers on the table Of tho Second are two or.
dinance.; one consolidating tho present ordi.
nances relating to tho Fire Department and
the other being the ono In relation 10 the
Trustees Of the Gas Works. This last was
read once, and objection being raised TO Il,
second reading, 1t went over until the next
meeting. lts consideration will be an ali
nights work. II Is very long, and several
that will doubtless cause long and ,tirssome
discussions. II has besn printed. and syerv
membtr has q COPY to study, II be desires, i !,
lu the Second Branch q quorum was OBJ
tained about = o'clock. President Hildreih
III the chair, the following members respond.
cd to roll call Measrs. Butts, Clator, Dici.
man, Gavin, Harrell, Healy, Jepson, Kenny.
Mckinley, Peterson, Rosenburg, bchultSe'
Stanley. Whitaker, Porter Smith and
Work. The minutes were read and approved
a. usual, and the business on the table taken
up In the following order: The rules were
suspended Tor the purpose Of transferring
the coffee house license Of Al. Pollock, doing
busines, at No. ll47 Market street, TO Wns'
Entler. Messrs. \. H. Hanke and Oscar Bur.
datts appeared as securities for Entler, who
IN a III anti thn 4 notI l.
the proper rebate. 5,B' :. 5sIisl1- - :.
Tbs Fire Department COMMITTEES reported
tia. It had had before ita bill OF D. Kull 4 Co.,
for $25. for one pair Of lamps for the United
reel. The report stated that these LAMPS
were matter Of dispute previous 10 the or.
ganizstion OF the present committee, having
been purohased by the late Chief Marshal
Eccies without authority IN 1882, and placed
upon the United reel, and subsequently,
ordered of. The committee ha ling diligen;.
! ly enquired into all the circumstances con.
nected with the purchase Of the lamps
recommended that its compromise with
kull Y Co. they agreeing to accept $40, be
ratidsd, as IN Its opinion that was tho only
way In which to. settle the difficulty. The
Branch coneurred In this action. and thus
ends long disputed question. MI. Healsy
was the only one voting, but there were no
"nays'-hence the adoption OF the report. 3
Bills 10 the following amounts were IRE.
sented by the yarious committees and order.
ed paid; Fire Department. $i8i %: Ordl.
nances, $l4 As; Cemeteries, SO; City Prison,
5l 70; Superintendent City Prison, 1921 so;
b. +. W., James Gilchrist surveying, $83.
The Committee on Claims reported that
after examining the request made BY the
Board of Commissioners Of Ohio county.
asking that the city pay to It the sum Of sid
per month from November |, 1883, TO Nav /,
1884. for coal and labor furnished BY The
county In keeping the police court room
heated, II did not favor granting the sumo,
A bill Of F. l.. Hoge Of 50 for surveying va 8
presented and ordered paid. y ,l$lE4
l. The Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades reported having had under consider.
alton the petition referred 10 II, asking that
twenty Fourth street be opened up and ex-
tended from Its present terminus at Wood
street to McColloch etreet, and recommended
that The City Solicitor be instructed 10 pego.
tiate with the logan Tribe OF Rad Men, John
Hess, Jacob Rig aud Brown Florence for
conveyance BY them to the city OF certain par.
cells Of ground owned by them, situate at the
east end OF Twenty-fourth street, thew being
willing to donate land for the purpose Of
opening up the sape, and when the esme are
completed to report to Council for rati6ca.
ton. The report Of the committee was
adopted. ~ e d 81 f7i7'555s "
The Board Of Public Works reported that
1t desired to call the attention OF Council 10
the fact that Capt O. q. Booth had closed
public alley adj dining his rpremises in the
Seventh ward i; mad had the iame Gle SD for
some years, and claimed the same as bis
property BY reason OF aueh closure. .'This
alley furnishes the most convenient access to
l a HSHyor IN "a ~ 81, t-ts
and Is Of great value on that account to tbs
city. Capt. Booth has been notified to re.
move the fences enclosing said alley, and has
refused to do 3d." The Board, recommended
that the matter be referred to the Joiut
Standing Committee on Claims Tor the pur.
pose OF commencing legal proceedings to gaia
possession Of aad the opening up OF: the
alley. The matter was s, referred. sra5
| The Board of Public Works reported that
the following amounts would be- necessary
to pay for the improvement OF Chapliue
street from Twentieth to Twenty.fiurth
streets! Butts i Eritt, pewer mouths and
necks, $22l IS; Wheeling l. Belmont Bridge
Company, sand and toll, 81 90; @. Hanes &
Co., lumber, $3.50 81; D. Gore, pavingsand
grading 81 .4l2 o.; West Virginia Fire Brick
Company, brick, $5.574 o.; John 0esterling's
estate, sand and gravel, 1915; Exchange
| u,
labor, 81, 143 72; total, ST., l79 4s. '5l5s 5;.I
| From the above amount expended there
will be collected from the Slrest Car Com:
pany. sl.4A 81, and from subscriptions by
residents on Chapline street, $500. making
81, 9A 81, "a net at to the city OF $l2. 1871 81
for said improvement. d: - -7z- : 80 <
! The. Clerk was instructed to draw his order
on tho Receiver for the sum OF $l4 ITO As out
OF the 100 levy fund, and have the came
placed to the credit Of the Board, for the pur-
pose Of paying for the Improvement.
FREDERICK Theirs was nominated by Chief
Cunning cs hotter ct the Atlantic engine
house, vice David Henry, resigned. This was
confirmed. ria ma "a : :571f- -. I
Toe Solicitor made report in the matter
OF the suggestions served upon the city as
garn'saee IN ths'sais Of B. Brown vs.. George
scranaSe FORMER proprietor OF the St, James)
and 8. Horkheimor & Son vs.. Scranage, and
on his recommendation resolution: was
adopted directing the City Clerk to draw an
order upon tho Receiver for $155.I6 the
amount owing from the city to George scrau,
sge, by reason Ct the annuliinp, rtcsutiy, by
the Council, OF his license to keep an ordi.
nary, and also directing that the money be
BY the City Solicitor disbursed to the attach.
ing ereditors and the City Collector according
to their rights. ~ - ~, 2, .JIi I9.,g71'
Dominick Oberfeld petitioned for rebate
OF bis coffee house licouse, be being unable
to longer continue his business. 4 ,s;T
Mr.. Commerlord had RESOLUTION adopted
appropriating $100 as the Clty's Sbar6 In
repairing the Frazier's RIM bridge. ~ Ia
Mr.. reteraon, as Chairman Of the Commit
tee on Accounts, reported that he had tried
On several occas ons to get bis COMMITTEES to.
gsther for the, purpose Of examining the
Clerk's annual statement as REQUIRED by
Council. he had failed to secure 1 quorum,
but had examined 1t himself and found the
statement to be one handsomely gotten up
was correct. The statement was not, 4 how.
ever, taken up and ordered printed, the ma
jority Of the members choosing to wait until
tshonld come properly from the commiites.
y In the FiBt Branch Mayor Miller presided,
and all the memhsrs were present except
Mesars Halatead, Hull, Myles and Wilaon
The minutes were read and approved: Hoo
:, Mt. LIST offered resolution instructiug
hal n. ~