Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-12

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preliminary consideration TO the buainess
of the city, or should Board be allowed to
step in and dictate to Council what should
be done. If this latter plan was to obtain,
,be nrecedent would be most dangerous
one and would probably return to plague
the CITY and Council. The Finance
Committee had la5ored long and
conscientiously ovet%t the report it had sub
united; il had done nothing wrong; it had
never had any intention of 'snubbing" the
Board of Public Works and it was as little
as Council could do to adopt the report. 1t
Council had no confidence in the commit
tee II had better refrain from referring bust
meas 10 it in the future. he referred to
the debt owing Col. Robert Campbell By
the Board, and commented upon it in
q very plain and energetic manner.
DR.. Mccoy took the floor in defense OF
the Board, and soon became embroiled in |
a lively personal spat with Me-. Hildreth,
which was listened TO with a great deal OF
interest and amusement by the lobby and
members.
This over, 1t was suggested that mem
ber of the Board be heard, and at the invi'
tat,on of the Chair Mr. A G Egerter came
inside the railing and addressed the mem.
bers.
On BEHALF OF THE BOARD.
He said the Board was very reluctant to
come before CouCcil with report. They
did not desire TO complain, but they had
certain responsibilities and duties to per-
form, and 10 the light of the report OF the
Finance Committee, they could not sit in
silence and ALLOW the Committees report
to 90 TO Council without a protest. If
Council thought that the FL
nsnce Committee was right, the
Board would be satisfied; if Council
thought the Board should be made the tar.
get for the ahots Of every department and
committee, the Board must be satisfied, but
the Board asked that it be given justice.
Any man of judgement must see that it
would be impractica BILE to do the work for
the current year as the committee intended
In regard TO the money due Me- Campbell,
h. could only say that If the Board conld
obtain that which belonged to it, and which
was given to them by Council bat which
was taken away after the Campbell con-
tract was made, by the Finance Committee,
il would be aouudautly able to pay all it
owed. Mr. Egerter's speech was able and
exhaustive, and listened 10 closely By mem
BERG.
SOME CHOICE ORAToRY.
Mr.. Caldwell here caught the ego Of the
Chair, and took the aocr TO commence q
speech which certainly entitled the gentle
man from the Third ward TO the Oratorical
oelt, long in the possession of Mr.. Hsrrell
HeEsaid, in So alllsion to the ordinance
submitted by the Board, that Council had
been trested to the spectacle OF a creature
getting up on it's hind legs and setting
itself up Us o god for itS creator Laugh.
ter He went over the whole ground
covered By the two ordinances in most
vigorous way and succeeded in stirring
up decided bellicose feeling in the
breasts of over.the.creek members by say
ing the opposition to tie committed re-
port came, mainly from South Wheeling.
The people in that end Of town we're not
hogs-they only wanted the earth roars
OF laughter, bat he cold hardly blame
them for getting all they could. he re-
membered when that end Of town came In
TO the municipality with its clothes wore
out and the bare hide showing through
everywhere. Since that time they had got
about FIVE dollars tor every one they had
paid into the city treasury and still they
hoRled for more. Laughter
RULED OUT.
Right here Mr. j. W. Schultze, who had
s.rayed over from the First Branch, in CON-
mon with the rest Of the members Of tdst
body gol up, boiling over with Indignation,
and said
Mr.. Chairman, I'm not member Of
this Branch.
The Chair-No, sit down! [Rosrs OF
laughter.
Mr.. Caldwell continued to speak for G
quarter Of an hour, making powerful ap
peal for the adoption OF the committeesre
port.
lie wss followed by Dr. Mccoy, who
combat.ed in detail the statements made
by the gentleman from the Third ward.
ANOTHER BLAST AT THE BOARD.
Mr.. Peterson followed He said the
Finance Committee had been try.
ing 10 do is duty and in re-
turn it had been blGckgusrded and
stigmatiz.d as towards by the members Of
the Board. he was astonished at the
Boards cheek in submitting en- ordinance
to Council What Board had ever done
that beiore2 The members of the Board
had, in interviews with the reporters Of the
public press, served notice upon Council
that, if the Commuters ordinance was
adopted they would G,ly it, and 90 to the
courts and he believed they would co DEFY
1t. That was pretty spectacle. The
Board has argogated to Itself power su.
pcrior even to that of Council, and had viz
tually said: When we open our mouths, LET
no dog bark. Laughter The Board
had said the members Of the committee
could not make q contract; did not know
a cobble stone from brick, you know. |
have handled many brick. Screams OF
laughter We can tell perch OF stone
from perch il the river" Renewed
laughter
LOST.
Debate was cut off by Mr.. Tracy moving
tie previous question. The main que,-
ton was then ordered, and vote taken on
the suoSti ute OF Mr.. Jaeger, and it was
lost ayes 7, nays Is, As follows; AYES
Meesrs. Delbrugge, Gliieiaud, GruSe, hesly,
Jaeger, Mccoy, and Pickett. Noes
Messrs. Butts, Caldwell CIator, Crawford,
Harrsli, Hildreth, Miller, Mckinley, Peter.
sou, Scott, Scbrabe, Stanley, Tracy, Vock-
Ter, Warehouse, Weir, Weisgerber and Mr..
PresideGt-l8
Mr.. Delorugge then moved TO amend
the ordinance In line TO, by striking out the
word Chsplne and inserting Eof, so as 10 |
isId, paving with cohbIe stones alley l8, |
from. Main to Eoti street. $1,000" The |
amendment was adopted.
THE ORDINANCE ADOPTED.
Two or three other small amendments
were made, and then, after O protracled
discussion as to the relative merits Of Wit.
rif;sd hIonka and hricks tho reading VAC