Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-22
MARTINS FERRY.


Council met Saturday evening and
transacted the following business. The
bill of Health Officer Coleman of S46,
which was referred back at the last
monthly meeting, was ordered paid.
j. G0odmans bill of $40 for stone
work done for the city, was ordered
paid
The report of the Solicitor on the bilA
of the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal
Railroad Company for water rent, to
compromise for payment of SO on the
bin, was approved.
A motion was made and carried that
the City Clerk notify the K. of P.'s to
reset curbstone and relay pavement on
the north side of Fayette, between Sec
ond and Third streets.
The Clerk was also instructed TO no
tify the Wheeling Street Railway Com
panv 10 repair the pavement az the end
of their track ON North Fourth street.
j. Wehrling and ID. Parker presented
petition asking Council 10 have the
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad Com
pany to remove the board fence along
their track i'm front of the property be-
tween Hanover street and the c. q p.
depot. and replace it with one similar
to- the one about the depot. The matter
was referred 10 a committee Of two.
consisting of James Hilton and Car
uenter. for investigation.
An ordinance for the purpose Of isSu-
ing $4,000 of water works bonds for tho
purpose of laying a larger water main
20 Bridgeport, was read and passed un-
der a suspension of the rules requiring
three readings on three different days.
A motion was made that Thos. Neard
be allowed $3.50 for right Of way for
sewer outlet i'm District No. 1, and be
assessed on all sewer districts using
the same for an outlet The motion
was lost 10y a vote of 10 1.
Another motion was made and car
ried that O committee be appointed to
investigate matter of an outlet for
sewer District No l. with view 70 as
certain as TO whether any other outlet
than that through Mears' property
could be secured.
An ordinance providing for prisoners
unable 20 pay their fines, 70 work 1t out
ON the streets under the supervision Of
the street commissioner, was passed
under q suspension of the rules. The
ordinance also provides that if they re-
fuse no work out their fines that they
shall DE fed on bread and water until
they DO
This evening. at his home near Bur
1ingt0n. Louis SOmmers, the We'll
known dairyman. will give party III
honor of his twenty-third birthday. A
large number of young people Of this
-,r,oe have received invitations for the
9nair which promises 10 be very en-
i0yable one.
The Colerain oil well still continues
Tn npt forth good quantities oil OF a
-ood Gualitv The oil was turned into
tbo second 250-barrel tank Friday. and
,rithin seven hours had made ia the
ueigh borhO0d OF forty barrels. III llils Is
the ease the well would flow from one
hundred and twenty to one hundreG
and fifty a day. However, experienced
men rate the flow in the neighOorhoou
of one hundred a day.
Fred Daume has returned home Irou'
"a three weeks trip through the East
mo Linden fishing club leave some
-iDe This week for Brusby Forks for d
-ylo weeks stay. The boys are little
5rbious about going OUT, as they say
rbe Am Alike club caught all the nsh
and killed an the squirrels in that
neighborhood. ,,...... So,
Nm. Ebeling hes returned home from
weeks visit with friends at Mount
Pleasant ..,.-.,.., .r,,-
i'm the W. * L. Z. excursion 10 O"ii'o'
yesterday. 49,. ..,,,i,,
Several invitations have been recelV-
ed here for q swell affair TO De gwen at
the New Martinsyille Opera House Oh
the oath.