The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-03
YHH NEW ORDINANCES
Considered by the Council Conn
mittse last Evening,
REGULATING TRAIN SPEED.
Including Electric csrs-.The Postal
Telegraph compapy's Petition.
The Mayors Sub. as Judse,
The Ice Company Switch,

Inc OpuuVlt GuHmlttee ouSFulufhSea
met last evening and considered consid,
cradle business, There were present
Pollock, chairman, o'Kape,
Bailey and Handlan.
The first matter taken up was an oldi'
nance prepared by Solicitor White,
granting to the new Wheeling Ice and
Storage Company the right TO lay a
switch or siding on Alley 10, across
Water street. in order that the company
may be able to get cars to the plant 1t Is
erecting, so as to load and unload direct.
ly from and into their buildings, The
ordinance contains the proper provi.
sions for guarding the interests Of the
city, and persons living and doing
business adjacent to where the switch 10
to be laid, and will be presented ! o Coun'
Gil with the recommendation that 1t
pass, The work Is to be done underthe
supervision OF the Board Of Public
Works, and no cars are 10 be allowed to
stand on the siding for q longer time
than Is necessary TO load and unload,
The next matter considered by the
committee was an ordinance prepared
by Solicitor White, regulating the run
ming OF engines, electric motors and cars
on railroads in the city. The framing
OF this ordinance was brought about by
communication from Chief OF Police
DelbFugge, addressed to Council and re-
ferred To this committee, calling atten-
ton to what he Is pleased to consider
the dangerous rate Of speed at which
the electric motors are run on the street
railway. There was considerable oppo-
sitlon shownin the committee TO putting
anythinglike restriction on rapid transit,
something Wheeling has long needed,
and which until lately she has never
had. The committee did not, as q mat
ter OF course, desire to see the motors
run at O speed that would endanger life,
but the delicate question was, what was
a safe rate Of speed TO allow?
The ordinance was finally put In a
shape, however, for presentation to
Council, to be accompanied by q recom'
mendptiop that 1t pass, restricting the
rate OF speed between the hours OF 3
aud7 O'Clock a, m. to eight miles an hour
and to six miles an hour at oil other
times. The rate otspeed between and
Z o'clock q. m. Is designed to provide for
the accommodation OF mechanics and
Others who have to be at their labor at
an early hour, These provisions are
to apply not only to the electric motors,
hutto All other engines and cars. There
Is also a provision in this ordinance rel
alive To the stoppage OF motors and en-:
pines for the passage Of funerals and
professions. The penalty fora violation
Of the ordinance has been placed at not
lesa than 81 nor more than $40 and the
costs Of prosecution;
At the lant meeting OF Council the
petitIon OF the Postal Telegraph Gable
Company asking for permission to enter
this city with its lines and to be allowed
TO erect poles on acertain route, together
with apetition signedby most otthe lead
ing business men OF the city, asking that
the Company's petition be granted, was
reierred7to this committee with instruc-
tons to draw up an ordinance granting
the right asked5tor. This was the next
matter taken up by the committee at It's
meeting last evening. After consider
able discussion a subcommittee con-
sisting Of Messrs. 0'Kane, Robinson
and Waterhouse was appointed by
Chairman Pollock to confer with the
Postal company's representative, for the
purpose Of a%scertaining what kind ola
contract the company would be. willing
10 make With the city, the special aim Of
the committee being to secure some ar
rangement whereby the Postal company
shall place their wires underground, gnd
allow the city free use Of lines for police
and fire purposes. 1t 10 not very prob
able that the Postal company will enter
into any such arrangement very cheer.
fully, while the Western Union COM
pany and the telephone people are al;
lowed to interlace their wires overhead
all oyer the city, and in places In such q
manner that in case Of fire they would
prove dangerous obstrpCtions in more
ways than one. =.
ffhe ordinance presented in Council
some time since, passed by the Second
Branch and referred by the First TO the
committee, providing for a substitute 10
act as Judge OF the Police Court OF times
when the Mayor Is absent from the city
or incapaCitated from sitting on the
bench, was next taken up. This ordi.
nance as passed by the Second named
ex.Judge Boyd, ofthe Circuit Court, as
the substitute and provided further that
for the time no should serve he should
be paid out OF the Mayors salary Of
$1,000. The committee last evening de-
cided 10 report the ordinance back
10 Council foF adoption with this
change: That when tie substitute shall
serve In the absence Of the Mayor from
the city or at times when he Is incapaCi-
tated, he shall receive S. per day, this
amount to be paid out Of the contingent
fund Of the city. This provides a snap
for the Mayor.
The committee concluded It's labors
for the evening by instruCtlng Solicitor
White to draft an ordinance amending
the present ordinance prohibiting per-
sons from jumping on trains while In
motion, 10 d. TO make II applyto freight
trains only. Persons who desire 70 fisk
their limbs and lives by sGrambllng Oh
passenger trains while In motion, cando
80 with impunity.