The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-10-13
A QUIET GATHERING,
LAsr NlaAps covNcII AInETINe
The Time Mainly Devoted to Ordering Ril,
Paid-Ths Claims of the Il. p. W.
miscellaneous AIattsrs-Pstitlons
and RESOLUTIONS Disposed of.


The regular semi-monthly meeting Of
Council held at the Public Building Last
night was not marked by any uRReemly
row between members, such as is ire.
quently the case. It was a nice, quiet
meeting devoted almost entirely to the
consideration Of bills which were numsI-
Gus sndlarge,
The Second Branch was called to order
shortly after o'clock, by President
Sweeney. The members who were not
present to answer 10 their names were
Messrs, Caldwell, Gilleland, Peterson,
Jaeger, Mckinley, Pickett, Scott, Smith,
Tracy and Vockler. The minutes Of
the past three meetings were fret
read and approved, Before the regular
routine business was taken up, the rules
were suspended on motion OF Mr., Del
brugge, in order that he might present q
resolution instructing the Board Of Gas
Trustees to furnish in the future, free gas
to the Children's Home and North Wheel
ing Hospital, which was adopted.
FINANCIAL MATTERS,
The regular semi.monthly report Of
City CLERK Bowers showing the expsndi.
lures made out CT the various appropris-
tions made to the several departments
IN TO October was read and order.
| ed fled, The balances remain
ing to pay for expenditures for the balance
If the year are as iollows; d. p, W.,
$50, SS69l Fro Department, $S,052 SS
Health, S02l,72; Markets, $2O23 IA; Pc
lice, &c, go 80; City Prison, Sl,5S6 II
Scales and Weighing, 1871 81 Real Estate
1886 07; cemeteries S58S il; salaries
81, 025,l5i CONTINGENCIES, Sl,779.17; com
premise loan, SSO7 %; loan Of 1881, 81,
O02 o.; WaterBoaTd, $50, $50 % ;ias Works
S34, 2O4 90 The total expenditures an
SIG 0lS OF out Of o total appropriation o
1918 5S3.7l; total balance, $l4l ,66474.
Bills for the following amounts wer,
presented by the committees and depar
nenls named and ordered paid: Hupel
intendent City Prison, 500 SO; Real Estate
Sl0S 63; Markets, $l,450 So; Finance
$2s rs; Board Of Fire and Police Commit
sioners on account OF Fire Department
$2OS So; on account Police Department
| $50 81; Scales, $ll7l2; Cemeteries, $50 70
: George Olator in payment Of services Il
experimenting the erection OF IT,
J sections house attheCemetry, On recon-
mendation OF the Fire and Police Board
Chief Smith was ordered paid s.
Tor summonlng Council and committee
during the months Of August and septenl
Der. j. W. Boring was ordered paid 81
for services as superintendent OF exterio
improvements on Public Building.
D,P W. CLAIMS,
The Board Of Public Works asked 70
. appropriations to pay the tollowin
amounts: William stobbB, curbing O
Main street north OF Ninth, $40 90; same
Curbng OH Nineteenth street, $5l.4l
same, Curhing on Alley Eighteen, $58 81
came, CurhinR on EoF street below ThlI
ty.second, $l56; R, Campbell, pawn
Main street north Of Ninth, S0,5l0 so; Ia
tai, $O,7O2 SO,
The Board Of Public Works In a iurthe
report asked for appropriations to pay thu
following amounts: Robert Campbell
paving Twentieth street between Marke
and Chspline streets, $l,076.80; F. l
Hoge, surveying Tor paving, Alley IS, SAL
same, on Main street north Of Ninth, SIS
HaneB 4 Wilson, stakes for Main stree
improvement, $3.50; NJ. W. Bell, briCl
for sewers on Main street improvement
S74 40; James Mckinley, brick for Eas
Wheeling improvement, .(aewers) $50
pay roll for grading North Front ant
North York streets, sos 90; total
S3,0000S, Clerk Bowers was instructed
10 draw his orders on the Receiver to pa,
The amounts named In both OF the B. 7
w. reports.
The Board Of Equalization and Appeal
presented supplementary report recon-
mendlng certain refunds Of taxes paid OF
erroneous assessments, These refund
we're allowed and the City Clerk authoriS
ed to Issue bis orders for the same on pre-
sentation OF tax receipts. Those entitled
to refunds by the adoption Of this repor
are, D. Wagner, LuCien Malone ant
John Young,
| MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
Messrs. A. O. Egcrter, Peter Welty snc
others petitioned that the cattle yards ant
stables In the rear Of tho Old Home House
In the Second ward be condemned, thu
same being characterized as nuisance and
unwholesome. This was read in conneo
ton with the report OF the Joint specia
committee appointed TO visit the various
places within the city where live stock II
kept for sale and report as to the sanitary
condition; the petition WaB referred "a