The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-27
A VERY BUSY SESSION
y N" NW."Lt 100.
OF Council. and Lots Of Work
Transacted.
THE LIQUOR LICENSE TROUBLE.
New Assessors Elected, aud the eau.
Gus Nominees put Throush..-Tic
Telephone Underground Subway
Ordinance passcd-..F Gas to &c.
novoicnt Institutions Causes u Dis.
cusslon.

CubstUU, : IM ~ 49,
Tho Council committee,o oil petitions
and circumstances ;sentin u report to
Council yesterday, recommending that
liquor licenses be not granted to George
Watson, Andrew Fisher. Trosch & Diory,
August Matthews. Nicholas Assclta and
Frank Albinger. aa..'h
Tho second branch spent about two
hours qualifying the applicants, Ind
when tho name OF August Matthews
was called the license went through like
creased lightning, although Matthews
was one OF those whose application tho
committee recommended to reject.
"Androw Fisher" called out Clerk
Thoner, and applicant Fisher stepped up
to be qualified.
"Tho motion is" said Chairman Jep.
son, shat the application Of Andrew
Fisher be granted. Thoso,in favor will
say aye"
Silence was tho only response.
"Thosc in favor will please say no."
Silence was again the only response.
Gentlemen" said the chair, l"you will
have to vote"
mi. Chairman" said Mr.. Bailey,
isn't that IL OF the applications tho
committee OH petitions and rcmon.
%.stranccs recommended t%olreject?"
ut is," said Chairman Jcpson.
well. them" replied Mr.. Bailey, IL
an surprised that members OF this
committee should sit in this body
dumb as oysters, and vote to allow a
man OF whom they disapprove, to get a
license, for l sec that they did not vote
il ,the application Of August Matthews,
which was Just granted. I move that
tho application OF Andrew Fisher be
referred back to the committee.
There was some discussion on this,
and several counter motions were made.
The upshot Of tho whole affair was, that
four OF the applications were referred
back to tho committee on petitions and
circumstances. These Jour we're George
Watson, Andrew Fisher, Trosch 4
Biery and Nicholas Asselta. Frank AL.
bingcr was granted n license, notwith.
standing his application
HAD BEEN REJECTED
by the committee, some members OF the
First ward stating that Mr.. Albinger's
landlord was trying to work him out Of
his saloon, in order to 90 into business
himself.
The committee on petitions and re-
monstrances had done its best and rec
commended the rejection OF certain APP
plicants, because they kept disorderly
houses, except Frank Abuiscr; whose
application was rejected by mistake.
Council, however, seemed to be afraid
to act on the committees recommended
ton, and sent the matter back. 1t will
be advisable ior all those who object to
granting licenses TO any OF the parties
mentioned, to attend the next meeting
OF the committee and offer their objec-
tons.
All the other applications for licenses
were granted by Council.
When the application OF II. G..
briggs ior n license as auctionecr was
read, q petition from various business
firms was presented, asking that the
license be refused. Mr.. Robertson
wanted to know the reasons Tor reius-
ing the application. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Howard, by permission, stated that
the license was asked for by a man who
might DO here to-day and somewhere
else tomorrow. The petitioners had
invested their money and were in bust
ness, and did not think it fair that a
skillful %auctioneer, who was able to in
duce people TO pay more for goods than
they were worth, be granted a license.
Mr.. Howard further said that Council
had the right to grant or refuse licenses
as a~uctioneers.
Captain Dorener represented the ap-
plicant. The latter, he said, represent
ed seipp& Ieigler, OF Cleveland, q firm
that paidtaxes on all thegoodsi it brought
into the city. The firm . .y
HAD FORMERLY SOLD GOODS
in this city through %auctioneers located
here, and they now desired to employ
a man who understood the business
better than the ,%auctioneers now in tho
city. Tho application was rejected,
&1essrs. Craig and Robertson voting to
grant it.
In the first branch the underground
subway ordinance, presented by the
Bell Telephone company, came no. DR..
Campbell moved that the, words allow
ing the company to use the under.
ground
suBwAYs FOR PNEUMATIC TUBES
be stricken out. DR.. Campbell said the
company was not going to use the.