Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-04
THE TABLES CLEAR.
ALL PENDING BUSINESS BEFORE COUNCIL
CLEARED UP LAST NIGHT.
The Appropriation Ordinance and Street Paving
Estimates Appropriateness Ordinance
Passed-POd Selling Discussed.
Second Branch.

getting together for last nights speci
session. The roll was not called in IL
Second Branch until $40 O'Clock, when
bare chorum responded, a solitary spectacle
beaming down from the gallery upon ii
glittering array of empty desks.
The Clerk amused himself with the mil
utes until twenty-five minutes Of nine, an
then that ever-bloomipg flower, the stoc
yards ordinance, was taken up. Ther
have been half.a-dozen attempts 10 pas
this measure within the past two month:
but through a series of misfortunes (?)
has always remained upon the table wit
something lacking. At the last meetin
the measure passed by a majority vote, bu
not receiving a two-thirds vote, il had I
lay over again. Last night the peasur
had another narrow escape, it only goinI
through by a vote Of 10 ayes to 9 nsys
1t went through, however, and went owe
to the First Branch, where it died.
The annual license ordinance was thel
taken up. The document as presented
was unchanged from the licenses in fore
during the past year. When the secont
reading of the ordinance was concluded
Mr.. Kraft moved to amend by inserting
base ball exchanges" at $50 per year
Mr.. Allison was opposed to licensing thu
selling of pools. He hoped Council would
not only refuse to license the exchanges
but would enact such legislation as would
prohibit tho entire thing. He said the
selling of pools was one OF the most demon
alizing things ever set up in the city. Mr.
Kraft declared himself thoroughly in favor
Of stopping the pool selling if it were
possible. He recognized it as g
very demoralizing thing. Again tax,
ing the floor, Mr.. Allison said the
city might as well license poker rooms aud
faro lay outs as license pool selling. Ii
was a piece and parcel of the whole bust.
ness. Mr.. Maxwell wa in favor of clos
ing up the pool selling, and he thought a
good way TO do it was to amend Mr..
Kraft's motion by adding another cipher
TO the $50 license proposed, thus making
il $500. In the course oil his remarks he
said the business of pool-selling in Wheel
ing had paid one man q profit of S., 500
last year. The motion 10 make the Ii
cense $500 was lost, as was also the motion
to make it $50, the latter by n vote of 2
ayes 10 II noes. The ordinance as it or
iginally stood was then passed unanimous
ly.
Council then took up a resolution re-
quiring the City Assessors to write in the
personal property assessment books the
name and residence of each taxpayer. The
resolution was adopted.
The petition of Jacob Beltz to have his
house license at No. 1913 Market
annulled and rebate granted was
laid on the table iadei nitely. A similar
course was taken with a like petition by
Louis BOnenberger, and one or two others.
The report of the Health Committee, Gov
ering the ground outlined fully in yester-
REGISTER, was read, and a long de-
bate resulted, which showed general dis
among members at the way the
contractors did their work. Mr..
Garvin moved to reject the report of the
and have the Solicitor draft a
new ordinance. The question WAS divided
md the motion to reject the report of tn g
committee, awarding contracts in the First
ard Third districts, failed to pass. The
motion 10 have a new ordinance drawn was
not put, the Chair claiming there would be
40 Use in changing the law after all the
contracts were let, aud the committee re-
port then went through.
A communication was read from Auditor
Duffy, announcing that he had paid over to
City Receiver Dunsway railroad taxes as
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A resolution, offered by Mr.. Maxwell,
~asadopted, %instructing the City Solicitor
draft an ordinance prohibiting the sell.
ng Of pools within the city limits.
A communication was read from Hugh
White, member from the Sixth ware, re-
his seat. John Weisgerber and A
J. F. Ebarling were nominated, and Mr..
was chosen by 4 vote OF 6 10 l3.
Mr.. Caldwell offered a resolution pro-
riding for the payment of the award by
he commissioners of $500 for the Emblem
Ot on Forty,third street, and the costs in
he Court, aud it was adopted,
Mr.. Cruise offered a resolution requiring
he Fire and Police Board 10 report TO
Council the names of the special police
~'ficers. The resolution was lost, all the
republicans voting against it.
The Branch refused 10 agree 10 The
amendment made by the First Branch to
Caldwell's resolution imposing new
luties upon the Assessors, and O commit
ee OF conference was asked for and duly
appointed. This committee reported in
of making the xtra compensation CT
he Assessors $50, and it was adopted.
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