The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-05
RAILROAD ORDINANCES
To the Number of Four None
Of Special Importance,
ARE PRESENTED IN COUNCIL
At It's Meeting Last Evening--The
City Election Law to he Amended.
Financial Iteports--yery Little
RoutIneor other Business.

Council having failed to meet for want
Of n quorum on Tuesday night of last
week, the time for a regular semi.month.
ly meeting, an adjourned meeting was
held last evening. The absentees were
Messrs. Buchanan, Haller, Metzner, Nc
Gregor, Schrebe and schultze OF the First
Branch and Messrs. Allison, Bremen,
Caldwell, Ebeling, Jones, Kraft, Miller,
Mitchell, Pracht and vockler of the
Second.
It was not until $3.50 o'clock that a
quorum was obtained in t Second and
business proceeded with as follows, after
the minutes had been read and ap-
proved:
Clerk Bowers regular semi.monthly
report showing that out OF the total ap.
propriations made TO the several depart
incnts ut the beginning OF the year,
aggregating $3.50, 5lG 80, there had been
expended total Of S322, 362 ~, was pre-.
scented and read. The total balance OF
Sol. 1853 81 is divided among the several
10 lAllbNot
Board OF Public Works, 10 cent levy
fund, S2,GSl IS; same, contingent fund,
S30S 40; same, special contingent fund,
Sl.lS0 %; same, appropriation fund, So
704 10; Fire Department, $3.50 81;
Health Department, 1922 90; Markets
Sl62 %; Police Department, S,027 oil;
City Prison, S586 10; Scales and Weigh
ing, SsOsJ7 Real Estate, SOL S2i Gem
eteries, S223 55; Salaries, Sl,S78 so; con-
tiugencies, 81, l0j n; City Water Board,
SlG,O46 60; City Gus Works, SlS,634 95.
The appropriations OF $500 made to
the Compromise Loan, Sl2,660 made to
the Loan Of 1877; 1902 80 made to the
Loan Of 1851 and $lS,500 made TO the
Loan of 1885 have been exhausted.
Accompanying this report was a
further one showing that Collector
Brice since his incumbency In Office up
to the present time has paid TO Receiver
Dunuway assessments collected as fol-
lows: 1887, 50.cent levy, SS3,GS5 90; To-
cent levy, Sl5,S74 AZ; 1883, 50.Cent levy,
SIS, 4Os As; l0.cent levy, ST., 465 10; total,
5Qcent levy, Sl4hls4 49, l0.cent levy,
S2S,339 90. Both reports were ordered
filed.
A communication was received from
the Board OF Public Works asking Tor
appropriations out OF the l0.cent levy
fund to pay for the following new work:
Cobble paving On EoG street, SS3S 81;
labor on Eighth ward sewers, $40 II;
Hibberd & Son, sewer pipe for the
Eighth ward SlSS O5; Gilligan & Stoet-
ger, gravel ior paving in Eighth ward,
$50; +. l.. Hoge, surveying for for Island
sewers, $50; total, SOB ~. The Clerk
was ordered to draw bis warrant on the
Receiver to meet these amounts.
The Committee on Scales presented
bills aggreggting so 80 and the Commit
tee on Health handed In bills TO the
amount OF Sl4 70, all OF which were or.
dered paid. A bill for s. rs, presented
by the Finance Committee, was also or
dered paid.
The First Branch concurred in the ac-
ton he'd by the Second on all OF these
matters.
Mr.. Faris offered in the First Branch
n resolution instructing the City Solici-
tor tn draft an ordinance making the
regulations governing city elections con-
form with the provisions OF the new
State election law, which was adopted
in both branches.
There was presented in the First
Branch, an ordinance. authorizing the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad TO construct,
maintain aud operate one railroad track
ACROSS Water street, ut or near Twenty
first street, and 10 construct maintain
and operate one or more TRACKS across
Allcr II aud Twentieth street, it being
provided that the company shall not OBJ
struct these crossings by standing cars
upon the same. The company desires
to lay these tracks in order to reach
some properly it has lying east OF its
tracks in Water street, and just south Of
Us passenger sheds. a number OF old
shanties stand on this property now.
The purpose is to tear these down and
lay tracks so that bulk freight eau be
more advantageousy handled by mer-
phants, The ordinance was read once
and then being obieGted TO by AIr. Hand:
Ian, went over until the next meeting.
An ordinance was adopted by both
branches granting TO the SchmulbaCh
Brewing Company the right to lay a
switch on the east side OF McColloch
street from point about ninety feet
south OF Thirty:third street to the north
side Of the first alley north Of Thirty:
third street, connecting with the Balti-
more 4 Ohio ut the southern point. The
switch " 10 be used for loading pur-
poses.
Another ordinance adopted by both
branches was one granting the Pitts
burgh, Wheeling & Kentucky road the
right to lay switch from its main track
across Main street, a short distance north
OF Jonathan's ravine, to the rear Of the
Top mill. The purpose of this switch is
to get cars to o point where the dirt
from the Union bridge tunnel can be
easily loaded and removed.
Another ordinance adopted by both
branches was one rendering available
certain monies not yet used for the
Board OF Public Works in the ConstruC'
ton of sewers, etc.
The communication OF the Gas Trus-
tees stating that they were ready at any
time tofurnish data regarding an electric
light plant, for the Cityi.was referred to |
the Committee on Lights.
There was presented in the SECOND an
ordinanCegranting to the Wheeling Rail
way Company the right to construct
track on Jacob street from Forty-second
to FOrty-third streets, which was read
once and then went over under the
rules on an objection by Mr.. Kettler.
DIR. WILBURS