The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-02-12
SRINKS And STENCHES
To be Investigated and Elimi-
mated by Council.
AN INTERESTING SESSION
OFT Body, Held last Night---Much
Business OF an Important Nature
Transacted - Double Street
CurTrack on Main Street.

Council met in regular session last
alght. President Cruise being absent, MIR.
Harrell was called upon to preside over
the second branch and on motion OF MIR.
the reading of the minutes was
dispensed with.
The semi-monthly financial report OF
City Clerk Thoner was presented. 1t
shows that out of S92 ,329.s5, the aggre-
gate OF the provisional appropriation
made to the departments for the first
three months of the current year there
has been expended, s41,4lS.14 leaving
balances amounting to S50,91L71.
Clerk Thoner reported further that
Collector William NTyles has paid into
tue Office OF Receiver Woeber S75,36o:36
taxes collected on account of the fifty
cent levy and $l4 1855 taxes collected
on account of the ten cent levy;
Both reports were ordered received anu
filed by both branches.
Saloon licenses were granted TO Joseph
Weidner 4 Bro, at No. 67 Twenty-elghth
street, with G. Horstman and A. uaber-
strumpf as sureties, and to +. NJ. Lynn,
at No. l13S Water street, with FL. B.
Grimm and Charles Schmidt as sureties.
Louis Huseman, who has been keeping
a saloon at No. l13S Water street, had
his license annulled and rebate
granted.
The Committee on Health reported
adversely on the Butchers Associations
petition and recommended the appoint
ment of an inspector OF meat, milk and
fish, and the adoption OF an ordinance
regulating COW stables, and naming GER
tain hours for driving cattle in the streets.
A minority report signed by G. w. Rum
BILE, A. G.. Hadlich and Joseph A. Ankle,
was presented, recommending that the
Butchers Associations petition be
granted.
Mr.. Seeley took the floor and spoke on
the subject. His idea is that the Butch
ers' Associations hide house, and tallow
rendering factory, is no more nuisance
than Elders soap factory and other sim
ilarly unsavory places, which operate in
the city, and that it would be hardship
to the Butchers Association to close their
place and at the same time to allow the
other bad smelling places to exist. He
therefore thought it proper, and accord
inglv moved, to refer both reports back
to the Health Committee, with authority
and instructions to make complete eN-
on them.
Mr. Brandfass objected to referring
the matter back to the committee. He
thinks that ii it is a nuisance it should
be removed at once, and if not nuisance
the minority report should be adopted.
Mr.. Brandfass made the strong point
that the Butchers Association has been
and is now knowingly violating the law.
Mr.. Dawson moved to amend MIR.
Seeley's motion by providing for the
adoption Of the minority report; he is in
favor OF abating all such nuisances. Mr..
Yahn moved to lay the matter On the
table; lost Mr.. Maxwell offered an
other amendment, adopting the minority
report with the provision that the
butchers be allowed to continue till
April /, and that by that time the
Health Committee with the Health Off
Ger shall have investigated all such
places and report whether or not they
are uuisances. MIR. Brandfass spoke
against the amendment OH the ground
that the butchers are doing an unlaw-
full thing. Mr.. Maxwell thought the
butchers should be allowed the priv
ileges which some other citizens arc en-
joying until such time as all are him
dered.
Mr. Ankle said he had lived in the
city nearly fifty years, and could not re-
member the time when he could not
smell tallow rendering. He said, further,
that the Butchers Association is the
first firm which has ever attempted to
surround the business with even q show
OF decency. He then eulogiZed the
butchers as Woodworking, frugal men
who have invested their money i'll tax
paying property instead of sending it
away Cor investment. He offered a sub
stiLute to the effect that the Butchers
Association be allowed to render tailow
until all such places are declared nui-
sances and are ordered removed, with no
stipulated date included.
The Health Officer was called upon for
a report. be said he had made his re-
port verbally to the Health Committee
tell what he saw when he visited the
hide house on Wednesday morning last.
He gave technical description OF the
plant, and stated positively that the
place is a nuisance and should be re-
moved but that the soap factory OF Mr..
Elder, the soap factory OF Mr.. Warren,
the hide house near Fourteenth street,
on Main, and Isham & Digby's place on
Main street are all nuisances, and worse
nuisances than the hide house, because
they are older, and are in more danger
ons locations. His opinion is that all
these places should be removed.
Mr.. Emmerth, as a member OF the
committee, was called on for his
views. He agreed with Mr.. Ankle and
Mr.. Maxwell, and thinks after examin-
ing the place, that it is not SO bad as the
other places named by the Health
Officer.
Mr.. Ankles substitute was brought to
a vote and carried almost unanimously.
The part OF the thCommittee'sr report
referring to the crematory road, asking
that the inmates OF the city prison re-
pair the road at once, was adopted. Mr..
Seeley offered resolution referring the
matter of nuisances to the Health Com
mittee for immediate investigation, and
report, at the first meeting Of Council in
April, which vas adopted.
The proposition OF the Health Com
mittec to advertise for bids to remove
the garbage for one year, the contract to
be given to the lowest and best bidder
who will give good and sufficient bond,
was unanimously adopted.
The Ordinance Committee was re-
qucsted to draft an ordinance providing
an inspector OF meats, milk. fish. etc,
also an ordinance concerning the driving
OF cattle, hogs and other animals through
the city, and the regulation of COW
stables. In connection with the Inspec-
tor matter Mr.. Hadlich narrated very
disgusting story of rotten meat, which is
sold in the markets.
In the First Branch the crelnatory
road resolution was amended to allow
the Superintendent OF City Prison to
cxpend 500 from the Health funds for
material to repair the road, The Second