Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-25
H TWO TOPICS
WHICH TOOK Up MOST OF THE oho
SION
Of the City Council, Las! EVenlDg-lhs n''''D
Ordinance, and the B. & U. Hall0aa
Company.

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the time of last evenings sesslon VI
Second Branch Of Council, were the oiu'
nance establishing a City Board OF heai'H'
and a minority report from the commits"
on Railroads relative to the session neiu
by the committee upon the occasion OIL 'n'
late Wait of General Manager Clements
and other high Baltimore otlcialS
city. Both matters brought on long II
interesting discussions, an outline OF WHAT
was said being presented below
H HEALTH ORDINANCE
rron motion of Mr.. Caldwell, inc
Branch. about half past eight o'clock 'O0A
up the pending ordinance nst'u'ls
Citv Board OF Health, and the docunI
| the contents of which is by this time wen
Inov,n 10 the public, was read a SECOND
time for amendment and deoS'e. tLas
the reading Mr.. Cruise raiseu TUG 100 -
IN. title of the ordinance on page IEooi
the nrinted ordinance book emolaGeu th9
words. City Board of Health and caleu
mon Mr.. Caldwell for M as 10
whether or not tue city had a bosru Vi
Health at the present tune.
NJ Caldwell said the title had evident
- bsan nlaced upon the ordinance by the
.ntIsmen who compiled the volume,
"a said il misIead the reader rs to what
WAS contained therein
Mr. Gruse, after some little discussion,
offered An amendment, striking out sections
fnur aad five Of the proposed ordinance.
Mr.. Caldwell said he thought he un-
d~srs,ood the object of Mr.. Cruise in con-
t~inualIy offering amendments in the hope
of killing the law.
MI, Cruise begged his pardon, bat desired
to say that the word continually" was
out of place; it was the first tune he had
sought TO amend the measure.
Mr.. Caldwell returned 20 the charge. lie
| said Mr.. Cruise was a member OF the Board
of County Commissioners, a body which
sought to create a Board which would have
mower to NEEDLE with the health affairs OF
the CITY, aud was therefore jealous OF any
| effort on the part OF Counctl to maintain
the management OF municipal affairs. lie
said the citizens of Wheeling did not de.
| sire the county authorities TO interfere with
their health affairs, and deprecated the
desire of certain gentlemen to make a tar
get of the ordinance then pending.
While Mr.. Caldwell was III the midst OF
| his remarks, the Chair called his attention
10 the fact that he was out OF order. Sec
lions l, , and 3 had been read AMI were
omen for debate, but Section 4 had not been
read, and was not, therefore, open Tor re.
mark. He asked that discussion cease.
Mr.. Caldwell was satisfied t" drop the
matter, and sat down, but Mr.. Cruise took
the floor and began a defense against the
~insipuations of Mr. Caldwell He 90
a. far as denying that the Board OF Com
missioners was at all friendly to the
local Board Of Health, when the Chair
called him down and insisted ON
the reading OF the ordinance be-
ING continued. The clerk then read
Section 4, and Mr.. Cruise Immediately
moved to strike it ont. Then the same old
argument was entered upon again, Mr.
Caldwell taking the floor and speaking ut
length in opposition 10 the motion lie
charged Ne. Gruse with entertaining a
hostile feeling toward the ordinance; with
~inaugurating Il policy OF delay w'ih drag
iry out old ordinance books and moving
10 strike out sections to the end That ID.
Myers might be allowed to get his hngerS
IN the official pie. There was much more
a,id to the samc effect, and then Mr. Cruise
had his inning. lie began by saying lite
w,- TOO ,hort 10 listen to lOns-w'nd3d
snerchpS. The Chair said, soto COc',
s'That's what's the matter, " and thea MIR.
Cruise proceeded 10 show that tae doru-
ment would be complete without sections
land i, and To retain :hem would only be
TO burden the record.
Mr.. Caldwell sang another variaLl0a up.
on his theme, in the course OF which, he
said the REGISTER had taken occasion TO
~inSinuate that the Health Board was n po-
~litical scheme-that there was a niger IN
the woOd-piie." The only scheme he could
imagine was based upon the fact that DIR.
MYERS wes I Democrat and that Mr.. Cruise
was a Demcur4,. LOT himself he disclaim-
ed any political motive.
Mr.. Cruise retOrted to this by saying Mr.
Caldwell was an exemplary atForIte OF
reform, and simplicity, and economy, and
then Clerk Bowers called the roll Oh Nc.
GruSs's motion TO strike out section 4
The motion was lost, ayes 7, noes 10, the
former Messrs. Cruise, HeAiy, Miller,
Sterer, Eockler, Warner aud Young.
The ordinance was then read to the fin
ish, and being read a third tiu.e by its TUE
was passed, ayes ID, noes :.
MINORITY COMMITTEE REPORT.
A document which caused most Of the
other trouble during the session WAS .
minority report from McSsrs. Caldwell and
Tracy, members Of the Committee Oh Rail
roads. which, after ~reCiting tie statements
made by General Manager Clements before
tie meeting OF the committee, including
the probability of the COmpany's erecting
an extensive round house. machine shop,
etc. as printed heretofore, wound up with
the following resolution:
Rssolrcd, That it is the sense of the City
Council of Wheeling, hereby expressed,
that due consideration tor the interests OF
the city, and the proper courtesy to rail
road officials appearing for conference upon
questions pertaining thereto, di0tateE that
they should be accorded the fullest Oppor'
tunity to express and urge their views, in
~tentions and any propositions they may
have to make TO the city, and that such
views and propositions should receive
UcllDSIStt, lai anu iCoPS'tiui NSu'NSA"
ton. That the representatives OF rail
road companies should be met by the repre-
sentatives of the city in a friendly and &C,
commoiating spirit and disposition, and
that we favor and the Committee on Rail
roads, be instructed by Council to exert,
the most earnest and strenuous efforts IN
all future accommodations ard arrange
mentS with the Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road Company TO induce the said Company
to remove their tracks from Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets and the square Of
ground south of the Public building, to the
end that such square may be made a public
park for the ornament of the city and the
use and enjoyment of the citizens.
The report was accompanied by the fol-
lowing petition: