Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-10
THE FIREMEN
CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL AT LAST NIGHTS
SESSION,
And The Extramsn Step Down and Out-Ihe New
Assessors and a Tangled Situadon-@iscel-
laneous Business Transacted.

that there would not be quorum OF
Council, last night, owing to the intense
heat. and the absence of several men,
bers from the city, but a sufficient num-
Der appeared on the scene at eight
o'clock to allow business TO proceed.
In the Second Branch the reading OF
the minutes was dispensed with, the
rules suspended, and the license OF l.. b.
Wheat at No. 1147 Market street, an
nulled, rebate granted and new license
issued to Fred Arts.
The next business was the ordinance
amending an ordinance relating to bill
posting, etc, which was debated at
sueh great length on the the evening OF
June 18th, when so many amendments
were made. The Clerk having read the
pending amendment, Mr.. Brock OBJECT
ed TO the further consideration OF the
measure for the reason that the motion
TO lay the last amendment on the table,
which motion was carried, carried the
ordinance with it. The Chair said that
was not the fact, and ruled accordingly,
when Mr.. Brock promptly appealed from
the decision of the Chair. The two gen
tlemen crossed swords over the point,
and after they had gone over the matter
up one side and down the other, Mr..
O'Leary stepped into the fight, siding
with Mr.. Brock, and seconding his ap-
peal from the Chair. The matter went
on thus for a time, when, without the
appeal having been pushed, Mr.. kenney
cut the thing short by moving to table
the measure. This motion was
unanimously adopted, and the Council
took up the ordinance for the renrgani-
cation of the fire department, the
measure being on its second reading.
In section 10 Mr.. 0'Leary moved TO cut
the salary Of S75 per year off Clerk Fee,
who is clerk Of the Fire Committee. de
ssid the object was TO save $50 year
He didn't get second, and on being
told Mr.. Fee had been getting SIS right
along, he withdrew the amendment
The ordinance was then passed, as was
the companion ordinance, providing
rules and regulations for the govern
ment of the department. The new or
dinance reorganiZing the department
increases the salary of the Chief $500
per year, or from 81, 900 to $1,000.
The appointments OF Chief Healy
were then read, as follows:
Hose, No. valentine Herbert, fore
man; J. B. McClyment, driver; Joseph
O'Hare, pipeman.
Vigilant-John Litzkus, foreman;
William Colts, engineer; George Beuter
and William Fox, Jr., drivers; John
Hefner, pipeman.
Niagara-John Wilson, foreman; &.
J. O'Malley, engineer; William White
and Thomas Spellman, drivers; Philip
Roth, pipeman.
Chemical-JohnS haughnesy, foreman;
R. D. Cline, driver; Elias Rolls, Jr.,
pipeman.
Wheeling, No. 4.-Thomas B. Rose,
foreman; Rudolph Brant and a. D.
Nolte, drivers; William Bold, engineer;
Edward Dixon, pipeman.
Hook and Ladder-Edwark Knowles,
foreman; Mark Mulkearn, tl!lerman;
John Donnelly, driver; William Finne'
gan and William Bach, laddermen.
Atlautic-James CahiIl, foreman;
James Berry, engineer; Albert LAUGH
lin and John Ritter, drivers; william
Hoffman, pipeman. .,
The appointments were confirmed
without question. The department
now numbers thirty-two full-paid men.
and the salary list is S23,52O per year.
In the First Branch a petition OF
Market street business men, signed by
Hugo Loos, E. L. NichOl, P. b. Dob
bins, L. w. Seymour, James b. Mckee,
Ewing Bros, Thomas Hughes & Co.,
I. G.. Dillon, George burst, City Bank
and others, was presented, praying that
the nuisance of hacks and cabs stand
ing along the east side of Market street
be abated, and the hackmen be COM
PEELED to leave and to be prohibited by
law from assembling there. Several
members spoke about the matter, char
acterising the nuisance as great one,
especially as to the conduct OF the
hackmen, who are noisy, profane and
generally Objectionable. The matter
was referred to the Committee on Ordi-
nances, with directions to draw up an
ordinance covering the matter.
The ordinance amending the ordi-
nance authorizing s. Baer's Sons TO lay
and maintain railroad switch on Six
teenth and South streets, was passed by
both Branches.
The ordinance giving the heirs OF the
Goshorn estate the right to lay down
railway switches to the property immed-
lately south Of the stone bridge and
west of Main street, was passed, the
vote in the Second Branch being ayes
II, noes S. AS there was not two-thlrdS
in the affirmative, the ordinance must
receive another majority vote.
The regular financial report OF Clerk
Thoner showed total balances OF S222,-
S45.45. Collector White has collected
s1O7. 365.7s, OF which SS9,754.n is fifty
cent levy and sl7611.37 ten cent levy.
Committee bills were ordered paid as
follows
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