The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-09
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
A short Session and An OF the Buslnes,
Goes over.

A Short Session and All oil the business
Goes over.
Last night was the time for the regular
meeting Of Council, and so-called meet
ing was in session for few minutes.
The proceedings both before and during
this session were more in the nature of
a farce than of municipal legislative
body. Mayor seabright, who had been
putting in the day ut the Democratic
convention, declared the First Branch
adjourned, and then moved into the
Seconds chamber and declared that
body adjourned. Done paidany atten-
ton.
About quarter past s o'clock Mr..
Marsh moved that the Second Branch
come to order and that Colonel Caldwell
take the chair. Seabright shouted, "You
are out Of order" but Mr.. Marsh very
properly paying no attention, put his
motion, which prevailed. Col. Caldwell
ordered the roll called and eleven mem
bers were found 70 be present. They
were Messrs. Allison, Caldwell, Ebeling,
Gundling, Harrell, Marsh, Mitchell,
Wheat, McKown and Prager-four
less than a quorum. Mr.. Harrell
moved to adjourn, and Seabright chimed
in with a second. This was after the
Branch was in session. There was no
formal second, and the motion was not
put.
Mr.. Allison said he did not think it
right to go away without an efEort.to Sc
cure quorum, and the Others being OF
this mind, Sergeant Killeen was dis
patched for absentees. Messrs. Bremen,
Maxwell, Healy and Young were sent
in, making a quorum, and the minutes
were ordered read. There were thirty
six pages, embracing the report of two
meetings. A motion was made TO dis
pense with the reading, followed by n
discussion in which the folly OF piling
up minutes to be read was set forth, and
the motion to dispense with the reading
lost by a vote of s to s. The minutes
were then read. While they were be-
ing read motions were made for an adj
iournment and for suspension OF the
rule in relation to smoking, which sew
eral members were openly violating.
Col. Caldwell finally ruled sharply, and
the reading was permitted to go on with
out interruption.
The minutes being approved, thesemi-
monthly financial report OF Clerk Bow
crs was presented. 1t showed that out
OF the total appropriations for the year,
aggregating S34l ,102 II, there has been
expended up to date by the several de.
partments total OF $S4,5sl 90, leaving n
balance of S257, l2O 70, divided among
the departments rs follows:
Board Of Public Works, $40, 1872 81;
Fire Department, Sl6,3O7 40; Health
Department, $i,777 IG; Markets, So
SS4 GO; Police Department, $lS,0GO Il;
City Prison, $, S62 SO; Scales and Weigh
ing, $500 "A; Real Estate, Sl,2ll So;
Cemeteries, $3.50 II; Salaries, SG,4lS 40;
Contingencies, S7,SS4 05; Compromise
Loan, 81 200; Loan Of 1877, $3.50; Loan
OF 1881, 5000 so; Loan OF 1885, 1880;
City Water Board, S73,74O 50; City Gas
Works, S55,2 l5 05.
Accompanying this report was one
that up to and including May 8, City
Collector Brice had paid in to Receiver
Dunaway $77,444 90 on account OF the
fifty-cent levy and Sli,737 - on account
OF the tcn-ccnt levy.
Mr.. Mitchell demanded an aye and
no vote on the motion to receive and
file these reports. The roll was called
and only ten members answered to their
names. A motion was made to adjourn,
and prevailed. Mcssrs. Harrcll, Max
well, Ebeling and Young then came in
from an ante-roon, their faces wreathed
in smiles and cigar smoke, got their hats
and went home with the Others.
In the First Branch there was good
attendance OF members, but as there
was no business for it to dispose Of, an
early adjournment was had.
A special meeting OF Council will
have to be called us result oil last
nights funny business. The Board OF
Public Works wants several thousand
dollars to pay for paving that has been
done, and other departments had i'm
pOrtant bills to be acted upon last night.
The special meeting will enrich Chief
Smith to the extent OF s..
The proposition to increase the pay OF
policemen $40 permOnth as recommend
cd by the Police and Fire Board, and the
resolution ordering the payment to Mr..
Faris OF $500, for his painting, "Siege Of
Fort Henry" were both knocked in
the head temporarily by last nights per-
Torrance. They had both received n
majority vote at the last meeting, and re-
Quired another majority vote Mt the
next meeting to put them in force. Hav-
ing failed to receive second vote at
the next meeting, they must be brought
up as new matters to be again acted
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