The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-25
CITY LEGISLATORS.
Regular Session oftho City Council
Last Evening.
LICENSES WERE PASSED.
Louis pnchclli Was tho Only hppli.
cant Who Was Turned Down-Tho
"Nickei In Tho Slot" Machines Ordi.
nanco pnssGd-Tho Citizens Rail.
way switch-othcr Important Pub.
lie business Transacted.

city council was held. President Water
house presided in the second branch,
and Mayor Caldwell occupied the chair
in tho upper branch chamber. After
tho minutes had been read and up.
proved, tho clerk read tho list OF Np-
plicanta for liquor licenses in tho city,
numbering l25, as given in the lNTELLI.
dENcER Mt tho timo they wero acted
upon by h committee on petitions
aud Inconsistencies. While the appl!ca.
tons woro being acted upon separately
tnero was an unusually largo lobby in
attendance, most OF them saloonkeepcrs,
who only waited long enough to learn
their fate, and then departed.
According to n resolution Of council
passed some timo ago, when tho prin.
clpals in tho application for license were
absent, action on it was deferred. This
happened numerously last evening. As
tho new ~licenseH 20 into effect May Z.
and there being no regular session Of
council before tina. time, several liquor
dealers will DO unable 10 keep 'opcn
house" on May Z and s. A regular
meeting oil council will take place Tues.
day. May s, when tho absentccs will
probably interest themselves in their
affairs enough 10 be present.
While the second branch was wrcat.
ing with licenses the first branch dis-
posed OF routine business. The report
oil the committee on streets, alleys and
grades recommending the laying Of q
switch by the Citizens Railway Com.
pany on North Main street was re.
ceived, and the ordinance for the switch
was read. Mr.. Richards introduced n
new section, providing that tho com.
pany shall DO governed by tho pro.
visions oil the original ordinance grant.
Ing 1t the right OF way on Main street.
Inc amendment was incorporated i'll
the ordinance, after which it was passed
as q whole, Captain Otto being the only
member who voted mo"
The committee on real estate regard.
ing the Elmlra Ripley lease on the city
property adjoining the Pan Handle pas.
aenger station, recommended tho lease
DO revoked. The ordinance covering
TINS matter came up and was read. AZ
ter tho first reading Mr.. Richards want.
ed to know something definite about
tho purposes OF tho Pittsburgh, Wheel
ing d Kentucky Railway Company, re-
garding the time when they will CON-
incnce work on their now station. Mr..
DobbIns said work would have boon
commenced before now had tho COM
pany been able to secure tho property
in question. Mr.. j.. i. SommerYille
who was present said that work was to
be commenced as soon as council re-
vokes the lease on the property. No
depot can be built, he said, until the
lease is revoked. The reason the ap-
pllcatlon for revoking the lease was not
made before was because the lease was
!ost; it had by accident been found
about q week or two ago.
Mr.. Richards insisted on q resolution
liking tho time of commencing work
and finishing the building-tocommencc
within Blk months and finish within
eighteen months. Mr.. Sommerville
said such an amendment would mean q
delay OF several months. Mr.. Robinson
did not mathematician pertinent,
but the author contended i. was entire
ly reasonable.
MIR. Somerville remarked that the or
dinance revolsing the lease, with tho
amendments, would not 90 into effect
until after tho depot is comblcted-a
peculiar condition Of affairs. The
amendment was finally defeated by a
unanimous vote, after which tho origi-
nal ordinance was passed.
Tho committee on ordinances report
ed several ordinances. The report was
received and the ordinances taken up.
Tho first was tho ordinance regarding
nickel in the slot" and similar ma
chimes. 1t provides 4 tax Of 81 to $50
per annum, and cntirely prohibits all
chance machines. The ordinance was
passed without opposition. The second
ordnance was regarding ltinerant VEN
ders, and wa accompanied by n pcti-
non IN favor OF it from q large number
OF business men. The ordinance pro-
vldes that vendors must apply for per
mission to sell, from tho city clerk, and
must deposit with tho clcrkS500 for ono
month, and $500 for each additional
month. The ordinance provides further
Tor tho lining OF violators OF its pro.
visions, and prohibits alleged fro sales,
unless they are bona Jide- The fines
range from $50 to 500. On the vote the
ordinance passed.
1t was S:45 o'clock when tho first
branch had wound up routine business,
and then a batch OF liquor licenses al.
ready acted upon in the second were
taken up.
In the second branch tho application
OF Louis Bachclli was referred to coun-
Gil without recommendation. Mr.. Max.
well moved the application DO rejected;
Mr.. Hupp seconded. Mr.. Milligan said
thocommittec couldtind no sufficient rea-
son to reject, and he would like to hear
the reasons. Mr.. Maxwell said the ap.
pllcation is not recommended favornbly.
and for that reason he moved
not 10 pass it. Mr.. Gruso took it
the committee had acted upon tue
matter in an indecisive manner. The
city needs all tho money she n get,
and unless it is shown the house is
disrcputable he would vote in favor OF
the application.
The chair-I decide the matter out OF
order-tho committee has not reported
on tho matter.
Mr.. Grusc coatcnded such 4 ruling
might at any time obstruct important
public business. Mr.. Maxwcllsaid there
was virtually no report, but the report,
he said, cannot be amended.
Mr.. Maxwell said he objected to the
application on account OF the general
reputation OF the Bachelli place. Mr.
Brock moved to refer back to the com
mittec Tor recommendation, but it was
lost by tho follow vote:
Ayes-Britt, Brock, Hamilton, Iuupp.
lsreal, krietor, Maxwell. MorninGstar,
O'Malley. ZOocklcr. Waterhonse-Il.
Noes-Brill, Burke. Filan, Knokc,
Mi!ligan, Robertson, Warneke, Iwicker.