Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-04-21
ORDINANCE NIGHT.
The Annual Levy Passes sotn
Branches,
And the Ten Cent Levy Slips through
After Some Little Talk---ar.
Crawford Resigns.
Second Branch.
Mr.. HILDRErH IN THE CHAIR.

Second Branch
Mr.. HILDRETH IN THE CHAIR.
In the Second Branch Mr.. Hildretn
allied the members 10 order at 7:oO ciock'
IN motion of Mr.. Healy. The roll beng
,alled, the following members answered 10
hair names: Messrs. Caldwell, Crawford
LB, Crawford, Robt, Gilleland, Cruise
Hsrrel, Healy, Hildreth. Miller, Mccoy
Mckinley, Peterson, Picket, Scott, Shan
lev, Smith, Tracy, Vockler, Wsterhouse'
Weir and Weisgerber-22.
President Sweeney appeared during tne
reading Of the minutes, and took the ehsir. |
Messrs. Jaeger and Delbrugge also came
in during the reading.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
THE unfinished business was the second
reading of the ordinance prescribing rules
and regulations Tor the government OF tne
Police and Fire Departments, under the
Roard of Police and Fire Commissioners,
but on motion of Mr.. Cruise, the business
was laid aside and the annual license TAX
ordinance taken up, il having been passed
by the First Branch at the last regular
meeting, and read first time.
LICENSE ORDINANCE.
The following are the changes from last
Years ordinance: Auctioneers, $50, q re-
dnctiou OF S25; circus, $3.50 per day, an
advance of $50. On the second reading Dir.
60 movad 10 amend by making the
auc+ioneer's license S50-ss last year. Inc
Amendment prevailed. Mr.. Peterson moved
10 reduce the license for bowling alleys
from S25 for each alley 10 $40 for the hrst
slIsy and $l&tor each additional alley;
Adopted. Mr.. Delbrugge moved to amend
the ctrcus tax By striking cut $3.50 and IN,
sertipg 800, making it the same as last
year. Agreed to.
The ordinance was read third time by
its title and passed.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE on ORDINANCES
The Branch then took up the report oil
thu Joint Committee on Ordinances, trans
hitting an ordinance assessing tax on
certain licenses; al ordinance to proVide
for the mode OF payment OF the tax Levied
and assessed bY the city on licenses TO
kseners of ordinaries and coffee houses
an ordinance to amend and reordain Sec.
/ Of an ordinance entitled an ordinance IN
relation 10 markets; an ordinance 10
amend and Ieordain Sec. Is, OF an ordin
snce entitled an ordinance in relation
70 oriinsries and coffee houses, and an
ordinance providing for the destruction
of bonds and coupons after redemption.
TAX LEVY on REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
| The ordinance fixing the tax en- real
and personal property was then taken up,
resd q first, second and third time and
passed. Il provides to- Q levyot htty cents
on every Sl0O-the same as last year.
WOMEN IN SALOONS.
The ordinance amending Sec Is of sr
ordinance in relation to ordinances and col
fes houses, forbiad;ng the lettering Of
known women of the town n or aooul
saloons, was taken up, read hrst, seconc
and third time. and passed.
CLERK OF THE MARKET.
The ordinance in relation to the Clerk Of
( the Market was then taken up. The ordi-
nance relieves the market clerk OF cleaning
certain portions 9th streets contiguous to
the Second ward market, aud after 1t had
been read there ensued lively discussion
in which Messrs. Hsrrell and j. b. Crs"
ford sang a duet, which excited much
LAUGHTER and created no little excitement
Mr.. Miller put in his oar from time to time
10 keep things lively, and the talk rsr
along for halt an hour. DR.. Hesly cut Oh
the fun By calling for the previous ques
ZION, and the ordinance was adopted.
! DESTRUCTION OF BONDS AND COUPONS
The ordinance providing for the destruc
ZION of redeemed bonds and coupons wst
then taken up, read a first, second and
third time, and passed.
TEN CENT LEVY.
The ordinance lOyyins the ten cent tax
for street paving purposes vas then taken
up. Mr. HilGreth took the hoor, and SAID
be could see no necessity tor the levy tbs
year. He went on to state that the Board
of Public Works would this year have
enough money at its command to pave
enough streets 10 let thu levy 90 over thi;
wear. The Board would have total o.
SI7OlO SO, with which it contemplated the
paving OF Main street from Jonathan Gut
10 Fifth street, at q cost Of $l6,660;
Chspline street, from Sixteenth to Ergh,
teeth. Eighteenth from Chapliue to Eot
EoE from Eighteenth to Nineteenth, and
Nineteenth from Eoff to Jacob, at cost
of Sl3,Ol5 so; EoA street, from Thirty
second TO Thirty-ninth, at q cost OF $40,
900, and Stamm's alley, from Main to
Water streets, at o cost of $500.
| Mr.. Caldwell took the floor in favor Of
the lew. He said the taxes Of Wheeling
were lower than any city Of her size in the
country, and the streets were deeper
in mud. The ten cent levy
was not a burden to the poor man, and be
did not oppose it. The opposition came
from the rich and welLtodo-they were
the people whom the shoe punched. He
deplored the general disposition OF the
citizens Of Wheeling to hang back and be
conservative. Conservatism had made
Wheeling a 'pOky" place, while other com
munitieS, once much smaller, were rapidly
getting even with us in wealth and popula-
ton. he hoped the levy would pass that
q little life might be stirred into the dry
bones of the city-"let us," he said, BE a
little Chicsgo-if only 10 a very small de-
gree"
Mr.. Hildreth again took the floor and
said there was q great deal of poppy cock"
shout what had been said. Prosperity
could never hs attained by high rate Of
taxation.
Finally vote was reached and the or,
dinsnce was passed; ayes p, noes 2,
the latter being Messrs. Hildreth aud Weis'
! gerber.
sK-ooS APPLICATIONS.
The license ordinance snd liquor sppi
cations were made the special order for
Tuesday next
The action of the First Branch in insist
ing on placing the license tax for auction
GERS st S25 Wss coucurred in snd q com
mittea of conference ordered.