The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-08
A QUIET MEETING
OF coUNcII, FULL OF INTEREST.


4aA8ENkNNA eAeANh ~
ing to consider the report Of the Finance
and the annual appropriation
ordinance, was not very we'll attended by
members and the lobby was small. The
ordinance was introduced in the Second
Branch, read once and objection being
raised to its further consideration, by Mr.,
Pickett, it was laid over under the rules,
Before this fact had fairly been announc.
ed, Col. Caldwell moved to take up the
ordinance providing rules and regulations
for the government Of the police and fire
departments Of the city, This motion
prevailed. About one month ago this or.
dinance was read once and objected to,
Last night the opponents Of the Measure
were in q decided minority, and this was
taken advantage oil by the friends Of the
bill.
The members present when the Branch
came to order were, Butts, Caldwell, Ola-
tor, Gilleland, Cruise, Harrell, Healy, Hill
dreth, Jaeger, Mccoy, Peterson, Pickett,
Stanley, Tracy, Waterhouse, Weir, Weiss
gerber and Yam, On motion Of Mr. Tracy,
Mr.. Hildreth presided. As soon as Clerk
Bowers started to read the long ordinance,
both sides commenced telephoning and
sending out messengers for absentees.
The clerk read at q 2;40 gait, but it was
not fast enough to suit the friends OF the
measure, and was too last for the oppo-
nentA,
1T HAS A MAJORITY,
Mr.. Delbrugge put in an appearance be.
fore the reading was over, and voted
against it. Mr., j, B, Crawford, who is Q
friend OF the measure, arrived too late 10
vote, but it had been passed by a majority
vote anyhow. The vote on its final pass
age was II to 0. 1t will require another
majority vote to pass 1t in this Branch,
When MI. Stanley voted In favor OIL
the ordinance, MIR. Harrell objected and
raised a point OF order. He read section
% Of chapter o OF the charter Of the city,
which provides that no member OF any
council Of any city, town or village shall
vote upon any order, measure, resolution
or proposition in which he may be inter
ested, other than US any other citizen.
He claimed that Mr.. Stanley, as clerk
OF the Police Board, was interested,
Mr.. Harrell was ruled out OF order.
A half hours time was taken up after
tho Branch was called to order by the
reading OF lengthy minutes, Then the
Finance Committees report with Its sug.
gestions about reform In the management
Of the City Prison, as printed in yester'
days paper, was read and adopted, Then
the appropriation ordinance was read.
SOME CHANGES.
The ordinance differs somewhat from
the one originally drawn up to be present.
cd, the provisions Of which were publish
ed In yesterdays INTELLIGENCER. The
Finance Committee after preparing Its re-
port and the ordinance, ordered them
printed. This was done and II was not
until this was done that 1t was discovered
that several things were missing In the
ordinance. Accordingly the committee
neld another n OF It's secret sessions
Thursday night, made the additions and
ordered o fresh supply Of phamplet copies.
The additions and changes, at least the
important ones, were made to that part oil
the ordinance providing how the Board
Of Public Works shall expend the pro.
ceeds Of the 10 cent levy fund estimated
at $4,000 and itS appropriation Of $53,0Sl
made by the Board, which includes among
other items the Boards contingent fund
the proceeds Of rents from city scales, fine
and costs imposed by the police court, and
the revenues from the markets and
wharves-whiCh the existing ordinance
presCribes shall be used for contingent
expenses only.
The portion referred to, after the
changes were made and as reported to
Council, presCrlbes that In addition to the
work before ordered by the committee
the Board shall, out ofthe 5 3,0Sl, pave the
Stamm House alley west Of Main street al
u cost Of 5000, and shall cover with gravel
North Front street, from its northern
terminus southwark to Zane street; and
also ill up with gravel to grade, South
York street betweeK Zane street and Yir.
ginia street; and also gravel South Front
street from Virginia street to the Fair
Grounds.
THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE.
One or two resolutions Of minor import
ance were considered and disposed Of, and
then the ordinance passed by the
First Branch at Its last meeting grant.
ing certain ten year privileges to the
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