The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-11
A BUSINESS SESSION
Held by the City Council Last
Evening at which
A LARGE GRlsT OF REPORTS
Was Quickly Disposed or-The Mat,
ter of Re,estpblIshIps Grades is
Approved aud Ordered.
Financial Matters,

FipaneIal. Matters,
Last night was the time for the regu,
lar meeting Of Council, but so many Of
the members were tired out by the State
Fair that 1t was after s o'clock before q
quorum was obtained in either branch,
Then the requisite thirteen having
up in the Second Branch, City
Clerk Thoner read the mi ptes Of the
last meeting, When this was done,
Messrs, Brapdf9Ss, oapps Elliugham,
Kepney, Maxwell, Miller Robrecht,
WAkis and Young still remained abb
sent,
The semi,monthly report Of Clerk
Thoner showed . balance in the Treas
ury OtSl2s,6ss 40, divided as follows;
Board Of Public Works, ten cent levy
fund, $l5,659 %; same, contingent fund,
1924 90; same, appropriation, $S2,-
69B n; Fire Department, $685. IS;
Health Department, $l,96S SO; Markets,
Sis 02i Police, S6,072 45i City Prison,
Sl,G05 l2i Scales and Weighing, 1891 90;
Real Estate, $S74 so; Cemeteries, s. 60i
Salaries, $2,0S6 76i OontingeptexpensGs,
$3,ll2 rs; Compromise Loan, $3.50;
Loan Of 1881, $1,000 80; City Water
Board, SlS,5OO 42i Gas Works, $9O,.
.OS6 90.
Clerk Thoner also reported that Col
lector Brice' has paid over to Receiver
Woeber tho sum OF $s7, 1852 0S on the go
cent levy and $4,000 Is on the lO.cent
levy.
Petitions from the Board OF Public
Works and Water Board, both asking to
DO allowed to use tue room recently oc.
Cupied by the Municipal Court, were
read, and after some discussion, on mo.
ton Of Mr., Maxwell II was directed that
an ordinance be drawn up giving the
use OF that room 10 the Water Board,
A communication was read from the
Board Of Public Works, accompanied by
4 letter from the Columbia Bridge Com.
pany, saying the bridge to span Cald,
wells run at Chapline street was being
made, and would be In place by next
month.
The Board OF Public Works recon.
mended tue payment OF bills aggregat'
ing $2,490 90, and the various committees
TO the amount Of $3l7 q, all OF which
was ordered paid, The recommenda.
lions Of the Committee on Markets and
that on Real Estate as to the letting Of
contracts for painting, whitewashing,
etc, was adopted as printed In yester.
days INTELLiuENcER.
The recommendation OF the Commit.
tee on Claims that Mr.. aud Mr.. Adam
Bricker be paid 5000 as a compromise OF
their claim against the city for Injuries
sustained by Mrs. BriCker through falling
through a board walk on Charles street,
was adopted.
The Recommendation Of the Commit.
tee on Real Estate that the Water Board
proceed at once to put the Paxton toun.
tain in thorough repair, was adopted
after some talk.
The Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades reported a resolution providing
for a new grade on Jacob street south Of
Forty.dfth street, and grade marks all
over the city, which were ordered.
August Hanke was granted licenset TO
keep a saloon at AL Market street, and
gave bond with Charles Schmidt and II,
Is. Grimm as sureties. Louis Carl was
granted q license at 1926 Market street,
and his bond, with the same sureties,
was approved. )
The Board OF Public Works was direO.
ted To renair, the brick paving at the
corner OF koiI mud Eighteenth streets,
The Gas Trustees we're directed to
erect q gas lamp on South Penn street
and one at the corner Of Jacob and For.
"ty.seventh streets, and to have helights
Ia the Second ward market house lighted
every night.
The ordinance fixing the grade Of Ja.
cob street south OF Forty.ait6 was taken
up. 1t was explained that this lowered
the present grade eight inches. mr..
Dawson moved to amend 40 "a 10 lower
1t thirteen inches. . This provoked some
discussion, and tie amendment was
finally adopted and the ordinance nd
amended, passed.
A petition from property owners on
Eotr street above Twelfth, for a curb on
the east side Of that street, was Eranted,
An ordinance reported from the ri.
nance Committee amending the annual
appropriation ordinance, was read. Il
provides S9,33O for the payment Of $1,000
OF principal and s., of~interest onthe
10.S b bonds, and Tor al appropriation
out OF $2,221 Of to lay an t8.inch crock
sewer on Indiana street, Island. and a
Pinch intersecting sewer In an alIey
adjoining. It was unanimously passed.
Another ordinance apuropriatinp
sl,17B as q contingent fund was then
read, but informally passed by.
Tie vote by which the ordinance
Of Borty.6ith was PASSED. VA then h.