Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-23
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Two attempts were made To get up the
application of Thomas Mcliwain to keep
a saloon at the old Muldoon stand. The
first time q motion TO take it from the
table WIS lost, and the second attempt to
take it up was objected to by Mr.. Cald-
we'll.
The recommendation OF the Committee
on Water Works, in regard to the lew
l8.inch pipe on Market street between
Eleventh and Seventeenth streets, were
approved, aud the pipe will 90 down.
Tho ordinance providing for the puT-
chase Of street sweeping machine, re-
ported from the COMMITTEES on Ordinances,
was taken mp, Int went over on objection
The Recommendation OF the Committee
on Finance, regarding the adjustment OF
certain discrepancies mom.the contingent
fund of the Board, asIeported in the REU-
ISTER OF yesterday, WAS taken up and
adopted as it stc0d.
The recommendation from the Police
and Fire Board, regarding the increase in
police salaries from $50 to SO per month,
WAS taken M "a new business Mr.. Cald-
well said no thought the police ought TO
have the increase. The police ran risk
every day in their lives-and serious risk,
too, as had been lately demonstrated in this
city. He hoped the increase would be
made. The recommendation passed ayc5
10. noes ;. the latter Mess Gundling Har-
tong. Nockler, Yong and Mr.. President.
Mr.. Maxwell offered the following
EfylIr,i, That the Committee on Ordi-
nances and the City Solicitor be aud are
hereby instructed aud authorized TO com
pile and reprint the Legislative Acts con-
shutting the Charter Of the City OF Wheel
ing and the existing ordlnauctsot the city,
with u suitable index, at n cost of III 600
Mr.. Maxwell spoke in favor of his resolu-
ton, while Mr. Young opposed it, making
an argument which Mr.. Harrell thought
was poor. Other members made speeches,
and then the resolution passed by
majority vote only, ayes II, noes :, "a
follows. Ayes essr5 Cruise, Gund!ing
Hlrrell, II -aly. Jones, Marsh, MaXs ell,
Mitchell, Pracht Prayer and Warner. Ill
Noes -hlessrs Auber, Bremen, Ebeirg,
Hartong. Mciiown, FOckler, Young AMI
Mr. Presidents.
The following claim was put in.
The undersigned, your petitioner, re.
apectfully represents that he claims the
reward offered by your honorable body for
the apprfhen ion and arrest OF the muir
derers of Officer Glenn, of your city. lie
further represents that he caused the np.
prchensiun and the arrest of Thomas Kelley
and Henry d Christie, now under Indlct-
ment in your county Tor said murder That
he put the eff ,ers IN the city of Newark
- ,t L.. a.tl u .llaU aUI
Christie. and informed them OF the faCt that
they were connected with the said muIder,
and tina, the information thus given TO the
said officers Of the city OF Newark, q led
10 the elritiug Of all the tICts now in the
pnssessiun Of the commonwealth ot West
Virginia, and upon which they are now
being tried
Your petitioner therefore prAys tina,
your honorable body will pay TO him the
reward offered by you As aforesaid, or II
there be any question ~ 10 his night there
TO, that he may be heard upou his claim
thereto. JOHN W. KELLER.
Ordered filed.
Mr.. Healy offered the following:
"WHEEEAs, Other employees OF the city
have had generous increases made 10y this
Council of their compensation, viz: the
members Of the Fire department, the police,
the Clerk OF the Board of Police and
Fire Commissioners, the Assistant Clerk of
the city, the Clerk of the Board Of Public
Works, and others; and
WHEREAS, The most needy, and at the
same time most laborious and meritOriOu.
nj all the employees, have heretofore been
| neglected in the distribution If its iavors
by Council although more deserving of its
/ attention; therefore, be 1t
! IL. .DJr,J. That the Board Of Public
Works he and they are hereby authorized
/ and directed % pay the men who are EN-
Moved by them Ia labor for the city in
addition to tine present rate of wage;
Maid them the further sum Of % per cent
thereon, 20 a. in measure at least 10 place
the men who earn their daily bread By thC
sweat of their brows more nearly equal al
10 compensation with their more highly
favored fellow employees whose wages arr
so much easier earned.
"Rc,o'r,l, That the Water Board and tht
Gas Tustees are also hereby authorized aut
directed TO pay the laboring men employed
by them a like increased compensation o
| - per cent above present fa,es."
The seat off. J. Steger, member from tn,
sixth ward, was declared vacant, b. rea
son OF his having moved from the city, anC
John Cummns was chosen 10 Gil the va
CanCy.
The resolution to pay $500 for the "Seg
of Fort Henry" received another majority
vote, as follows: Ayes Messrs Amber
Caldwell, Ebeling, Gundling, Hsrtong
Healy, Jones, Marsh, Maxwell, Mitchell
McKown, Prayer and Nr. President -l3
NoeG Messrs. Bremen, Cruise, Harrell
Pracht, VoCkler, Warner and Young.
A petition from merchants along Mali
street hill, asking for the pairing o. tn
slope, was read and referred to the Boar