Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-25
LIQUOR LICENSES
GRANTED BY COUNCIL AT LAST NIGHTS
MEETING.
TIE Annual Estimates. Referred Important Ordi-
nancss Passed and Miscellaneous Bust
ness Transacted.

Last evenings session of Council was
the one set apart for the annual grant
ing Of liquor licenses, and as conse-
qusnce there was a tremendous attend
ance Of saloon keepers and wholesale
LIQUOR merchants, ana their securities
and bondsmen, in the chamber OF the
Second Branch, where the licenses first
came up for action.
As soon as the N Getting came to order,
the reading of the minutes was de-
isrred. the rules suspended, and the re-
port of the Committee on Petitions and
Remonstrances, transmitting the Ii
censes, was at once taken up and action
upon the applications commenced. 1t
was eight o'clock when Clerk Thoner
took up the first application, and II
was about half-past nine when the
last of the one hundred and twenty
FIVE papers was folded up and sent
over TO the First Branch. The Com
mittee had referred the application OF
Louis Bichelli, at No. OPT Market street,
without recommendation. When II
came up, Mr.. Maxwell moved TO reject
Mr.. Milligan thought the fact that the
Committee had reported as IL had'
showed there was not sufficient evidence
TO reject The matter was debated for
while, during which Mr.. Cruise made
some remarks to the effect that 1.-The
city needed money!" and "if the house
should turn out otherwise than 1t ought
to be, the Chief Of Police could do his
duty" Mr.. Cruise moved TO grant the
application. The Chair ruled that the
Committee report was not in proper
form, which led to further discussion,
during which the bad reputation OF the
saloon in question was entirely lost
sight OF, uRtil Mr.. Maxwell brought
it forward. when Mr.. Milligan cham
pioned tho application. Mr.. Brock
criticised the report Of the committee
and moved to refer the application.
This was carried on a roll call - to II,
but Mr.. Frew changed his vote TO mo"
and revived it. Mr.. Frew then renewed
his motion TO grant aud il was lost, ayes
6, noes II. The former were Messrs
Britt, Burke, Cruise, Kenny, Knoke
and Milllgan.
Billiard licences were granted A, l.
Talbot, at the Windsor, ano f. NJ. Stat
Ter at No 80 Twelfth street and at the
Mcclure.
A resolution from the Real Estate
Committee asking that $500 be appro-
uriated for the completion OF list and
record of the real estate owned by the
city was referred to the Finance Com
mittee,
An appropriation ordinance, based, as
is usual, on an appropriation for the
preceding year, was passed for the
month of May.
The ordinance amending rule "a OF
the rules of the Water Board, read at
the last meeting, and objected to by Mr..
Maxwell, was read a second time, when
Mr.. Milligan moved to postpone indeh-
nitely, and IL was lost, ayes 9, noes 10.
he then moved to lay the paper on the
table, and it was carried, ayes II,
noes 2.
The Committee on Health reported
bills aggregating S2O1.s3, but there
was no resolution accompanied the re-
port recommending payment, and II was
sent to the Committee Clerk to have a
resolution drawn. This was done, and
the bills ordered paid.
The annual estimates for the various
departments OF the city government, as
made up by the Committees and Boards,
were referred TO the Finance Commit
tee. They are as follows: