The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-28
THE TABLES CLEARED.
Short and Husineas.l.ias Session of IN,
lCity Council Held Last Night.

lHb lAB'ihS NLEAktU.
A Short and Husiness.I.i.s Session ,r 4,
lCity Council Held Last Night.
Last nights special meeting o. Coune
> was a model in every respect. A ou,
rum Of both branches was III tho hou.
ut s o'clock, and at 10 minutes past III
body was called to order.
In the Second Branch, tho Comnitte
on Cemeteries reported bills for S;l O,
which were ordered paid, and reportc
that any expenditure Of money on III
East Wheeling and Fifth ward cetut
terles would be inexpcdient; adopted,
The Committee on Health reporte,
bills for 1888 35, which were ordere,
paid. :"
The Committee on Claims recon-
mended the payment ofs700 to Euveni,
Bowers Tor damages sustained by he
property on account Of tho raising q
the east end OF Seventeenth street. Tlt
Recommendation was adopted.
The Committee on Real Estate 70.
ported bills for SEQ 90, which we,e
ordered paid. 1t also recommended
that Paige, Carey & Co.'s offer OF sGiO
for the house, barn aud half lot, Tie
remaining part Of the James KENNEDY
property at Caldwell's run, be accepted;
adopted.
Ed Dennis was granted license TO keen
saloon at 1910 Market street,
A license was granted to Church &
kurner to keep saloon at 1920 Main
street. '2' ~
Col. Robert White presented a written
opinion concerning the duty Of the
Health Oilicer in regard to the issuing
Of burial permits on Sunday and at rea-
sonable hours outside OF his office hours.
Colonel White made 1t clear that It is
the moral duty OF the Health Officer to
do such work, but he made no reference
whatever to the legal phsse OF the case.
MI. Baily moved that the Committee on
Health be- instructed to so change The
health ordinance that It will require The
Health Officer to issue burial permits nj
all reasonable hours, seven days week;
carried.
4 petition was presented by Mr.,
Ukane, FROM the people of Bakers ad.
ditlon, asking that the streets and alleys
90 drained, and the ponds in the streets
be filled up. Accompanying the petition
was resolution by Mr.. O'Kane propos.
ing to appropriate $3.50 out OF the city's
contingent fund to drain that part OF
town. Mr. O'kane spoke in advocacy
Of the resolution, and was followed by
Mr. Cruise in the same vein. Mr.. Cruise
also presented petition from the people
at the head Of Twenty-ninth street, ask.
Ing for protection from the high water
caused by heavy rains, and proposing to
appoint special committee to examine
the condition Of affairs at both places. |
Mr.. Gruse's motion prevailed, and the
members OF the committee were made
seven, four from the Second and three |
from the First branch. On the part OF
the Second branch Chairman Cruise 40.
pointed Nessrs. O'kane, Robrecht, En-.
inert and kreiter. In the First branch
MessB. Emsheimer, Caldwell and Raw!.
ing were appointed. After the meeting
the committee met and decided to make
the inspection trip with the City En-.
gineer next Monday afternoon.
The Committee on Ciaims reported
that it found upon examination that
damage had been done by filling up
rwenty.ninth street. near Woods, but
but that it is unable to estimate the
damage because the grade has not been
established, and the filling is not COM
pleted. a.
Mr.. Bailey presented resolution ask
ing that the Board of Public Works be
instructed to drain Water street from
Alley 10 to Twenty.second street.
Adopted.
Mr.. Kenney offered resolution ask.
ing that $3.50 be taken from the city con-
tingent fund to. repair the crematory
road. MIR. Bailey proposed to amend 80
as to take the money from the Board OF
Public Works contingent fund. Nj,
Brandfass finally amended 40 as to take
the money from the Health funds, to be
replaced when the money comes into
the funds. Adopted.
During the talk on the resolution to
repair the cemetery road, it was brought
out that the workhouse gang has not
been furnishing broken stone in quanti.
ties sufficient to please the members of
Council. Considerable talk as to what
the. .workhouse is there for, ETC., was in.
dulgtd in, and the result was n resolu.
ton by Mr. Robrecht asking for a CON-
mlttee to investigate the institution. 1t
was, however, defeated by substitute
by air. Braidfass, the tendency of which
was TO stir up the city prison committee.
IN the First branch the only new bus.
mess presented was resolution BY Mr..
Wilson scoring the Secoud branch, and
replying to the charges made by the
"cltizens'" meeting last Tuesday night
by three members Of the Second branch,
Mr.. Cruise made m explanation Of the
meeting Of last Tuesday night, where
upon Mr. Wilson, being assured that the
Second branch was in no way RESPONSE
bic, Withdrew the resolution. All actions
OF the Second trauch were concurred in.