The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-07
A HOT WAR OF WORDS
Enlivened the Proceedings of the
City Council Last Night.
ELECTION ORDINANCE ADOPTED
And Provides for Thirty.three Voting
Precincts for the City Election--.The
City Election Commissioners
Named.--AIessrs. Jepson and Bailey
Exchange Compliments.

Tho City Council met in regular ses-
sion last night, the principal business
to be considered being the establish
ment of voting precincts throughout
the city fog the forthcoming city cleo
ton in January.
President F. P. Jepson called the sec
ond branch to order shortly after eight
o'clock, seventeen mcmberg being pres
ent.
Mr.. Kenny moved that the rules be
suspended and applications for license
be taken up. The license OF Webb &
Conard to conduct coffee house at
1925 Market streetwas annulled, and re-
granted to Joseph Webb at the same
location. The application OF V. W.
Statler for license for billiard parlor
| in the rear OF 50 Twelfth street was
favorably acted upon.
The application OF NJ. ]. Morris for an
auctioneer's license to run until May l
was granted.
The ordinance granting the La Belle
iron works privilege to construct, a
tramway next came up. The chair ruled
that it come up for reading, but on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Bailey it was referred to rail-
road committee.
The committee on fire department re-
ported that it had inspected the new
Ahren's fire engine, and favored its be-
ing received by the city. The report
was adopted.
Bills from the committee on streets,
alleys and grades for street improve
ments aggregating Sl,52S.S6 were re-
ported, and ordered paid out OF the
street fund.
A petition from Anthony busch, of
lower Market street, praying that prop
erty assessed by the board OF equaIiza-
ton and appeals at Sl5, 900 be reduced
to 81, 500. A resolution introduced by
Mr.. Kenna to that effect was adopted
by the council, after a spirited discus
sion pro and con, some members think
ing the matter should come before the
board OF equalization and appeals.
Darby McDonough, OF Chapline and
Twenty-ninth streets complained that
the city had rendered valueless some
three hundred feet of lead pipe enter
ing his premises, and prayed for re-
dress. The petition was referred to the
board OF public works.
The police committee reported bills
aggregating S262 % which were ordered
paid.
Tho Wheeling Ice and Storage Com
pany presented a petition praying for q
reduction from the amount they had
been assessed, which was $1,000, and
$4,000 for personally. The latter was
CLEARLY AN ERROR
in the filling up OF the blank. They
also asked that the assessment be re-
duced to $4,000. Mr.. Bailey said the
matter had been before the board of
equalization and appeals and they had
refused to act. Mr.. Copp brought in a
resolution making the reduction asked.
Mr.. Bailey moved to lay the resolution;
on the table. The motion was defeated
BY vote OF fifteen noes and three ayes.
It was then moved that the resolution
be adopted. Mr.. Bailey thought the
resolution ought to be adopted, and
that many poor people throughout the
city were assessed entirely too much,
but could not get their assessments
changed. He said it was ridiculous for
a rich corporation to ask reduction Of
5000 in face OF the report already made
on the property by the board OF equali-
cation and appeals. He also said that
this same corporation had promised to
sell leo for something near 90 cents a
ton, whereas they are getting about 50
a ton. Mr.. Copp thought because the
firm was making money, it was no rea-
son why Council should not consider
their petition. Mr.. Craig was OF tho
opinion that it was too big job for this
Council to attempt to fix up assess
ments that property owners considered
above valuation. On q vote tho resolu-
ton was defeated.
At this point President Jepson called
Mr.. Brock to the chair and introduced
resolution which he said would test
Mr.. Bailey's sincerity. Tho resolution
was to fix the assessment at 81 900, the
same amount as before. Mr.. Bailey
promptly moved the adoption OF tho
resolution, and stated that when he
made any remarks he fully intended to
back them up, and was glad to know
his sincerity was to be tested. Mr.. Jep-
son seconded the motion, and rendered
his sincere apology to the gentleman
ON his left. He further said that this
Council should do whatever possible to
remedy faults OF the late assessment, il
it took four years in which to do it.
The resolution was then unanimously
adopted.
reduction OF assessment OF personal
property from $500 to 500 was favor
ably acted on, resolution to so reduce
being carried.
The ordinance from the first branch,
granting r. II. u. Willis privilege to
construct two switches in Alley II, to
connect with the United States Baking
Company's switch, went to its second
and third reading and was adopted.
A recess Of ten minutes was here
taken.
The city clerk presented his report,
showing balance OF S74, 2l2 SO. Col
lections were rs follows: 1891, fifty
cent levy, sol, 972 &C; 1882, fifty cent
levy, So, 3T9 9s; 1891, ten cent levy, SlS,'
O07 %; 1892, ten cent levy, Sc, LAB 20.
THE ELECTION ORDINANCE
was brought in from the first branch
and was read by Clerk Thoner. 1t pro