The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-10
Council Meets After a -Four
Weeks Reposs.
FIRE DEPARTMENT REORGANIZED.
Mos, of tho Time occupied in Read
ing ordinances, Which r All
Pnsscd..The Extra Assessors Don't
Get tho Money They Ask For, as
Council Wants a Report of the
Work Done.

four weeks since tho city's governing
body met, and some important busl.
ness awaited transaction.
A license was granted to Fred Artz,
10 keep the Milwaukee saloon, on Mark
ct street.
The ordinance forbiddinE the throw.
ing of sticks, stones, banana peels, wa
termelon rinds and "other missiles"
came up again. Mr.. Brock and Mr..
O'Leary claimed that the ordinance
had been laid on the table at the Inst
meeting because an amendment to it
offered had been tabled. This, they
claimed, tabled the whole ordinance.
Tho chair decided that the amendment
had been tabled, and not the ordinance.
MIR. Kenny moved that the ordinance
be rejected, and the motion vas car
RED.
Tho ordinances ~reorganizing the fire
department came up for second road
Inc. and wa read by sections. When
section 4 was reached Mr.. OLeary
moved to insert a provision that the
present assistant m%arshals be retained
In Office till theexpirationo oil their terms
Of Office. The present assistant q
shals are extramen, and the new ordt-
nance did not provide that the assistant
marshals should be regular full paid
members Of the force. Mr.. o'Leary's
amendment was adopted.
Mr.. O'Loary moved that h eprov1ston
allowing the assistant city clerk $50 per
annum US his salary az clerk OF the fire
department be atricksn out. MI Bailey
explained thatthis provision was in the
old ordinance, and Mr. OLeary with.
drew his amendment,
Both ordinances we're passed by q
unanimous vote in the second branch.
APPOINTMENTS OF FIREsES.
The following appointments by Chief
Healy were adopted;
Island Hose Houae-vRlentine Her
bert, foreman; J.B. McClement, driver,
and Joseph 0'Hare, pipeman.
Vigilant No. 1-John 1etSkus, fore
man; William Colts, engineer; George
Beuter and William Fox, jr., drivers,
and John Hefner, pipeman.
Niagara No. 3-John Wilson, foreman;
Ell, 0'Malley, engineer William White
and Thomas spellman, drivers, and
Philip Roth, pipetnan.
Chemical No. 1-John Shaughnessy,
foremen; R. D. Cline, driver, and Elias
Rolls, jr., pipeman.
Wheeling No. Thomas B. Rose,
foreman; Rudolph Brant and A. E.
Nolte, drivers; William Bold, engineer,
and Edward Dixon, pipeman.
Hook and Ladder-Edward Knowles,
foreman; Mark Mulkearn, tiller; John,
Donley driver; William Finnegan and
William Bach, laddermen.
Chief Healy's salary is increased $500
by the new ordinance.
Atlantic, No. 2-James Cahill, fore
man. James Berry. engineer; Albert
Lauchiin and John Ritter, drivers. and
William Hoffman,, pipeman.
The ordinance giving Simon Baer's
Sons the right to lay q railroad switch
on Main and Sixteenth streets was read.
MIR. Bailey objected to the ordinance,
because there was no penalty clause in
the ordinance. President Jepson said
that the ordinanceu up for consideration
was only an amendment to'certain sec
tions Of the original ordinance and that
the original provided for alpenalty for
obstructing the street MI. 0'Leary
wanted to know il that pcnaity would
hold good il not incorporated in the
amendment. The chair replied that the
ordinance under confederation was an
amendment to one section only OF the
old ordinance, and that all the other
sections remained "a they were. The
ordinance was passed.
SOME KICKING ON A RAILROAD SWITCH.
The Caldwell and Irwin ordinance,
authorizing the construction Of = rail-
road switch from the B..& o. railroad
tracks to the building being erected for
the Anchor spice mills, at the north
west corner Of Main street and Wheel
ing creek was read, A plat Of the pro-
posed switch was shown. Some mem
bers objected to the switch, claiming
that it would obstruct Twentieth street
and Alley A. The ordinance was
passed; in the second branch by q vote
Of Il toS 1t had already passed tho
first,
A petition from the McLare house
propFietors and others was read,
asking hat the city rid the
Mcclure house corner Of tho hacks
that stand there. The petition
was referred to the committee on ordi-
nances. The petition wes signed by
Hugo L Loos, Z. L. Eicoll, P. B. Dob
bins, F. Gruber, c. ]. Beekman, F. ".
Seymour, Robert Bond, j. G. Leasure,
Frank Faris, James B. Mckee, Thomas
buglles & Co., Ewing Bros, George i
burst, l. 6. Dillon& Co., West Virginia
Printing Co., n. A, Noble, L X. Mar
shall, Stamm 4 Mcclure, /. N. Stattler,
+. l. Carenbauer and n. B. Scott.
a request from the LaBSlle iron
works to lay a switch on their property
and crossing ~Thirty-third street, was
referred to the committee on railroads.
The city receiver was authorized TO
make leases OF various pieces o. land be-
longing to the city.
The B, & o. and Citizens railway COM
pany were instructed to lay their tracks
forthwith, SO that the approaches to
paved.
The ten and City cent levy tar ordi.
nances were passed. The bill of costs
in tho claim Of Mrs. Sarah st. Myers
was ordered paid. This was a case in
which Mrs. St. Myers claimed damages
lor property tho city injured. II was
settled by arbitration,
A petition fromthe Moundsville Sand
company, asking for payment for sand
furnished in the building Of tho stone
bridge, was referred to tho stono bridge