The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-04
Tho Two Loading Themes OF Die.
cussiou Last Night
At THE CITY COUNCILS MEETING
a Dill from tho Health oniccr for
Attending Patients In tho Pest
House Causes Considerable Talk
aud Ia Finally Loft to thn Solicitor.
Tho Amend mont to tho Meat Ordi.
nance Goes hack to tho Committee.

. OF council, hot ~ tho night was, lne
scoring tho members who had been TO.
miss In attendance received on account
oitho failure 10 secure q quorum ut tho
last two meetings brought together four.
teen members oil tho first branch and
twenty.three Of tho second.
Tho frat thing taken up was tho 70.
port on liquor licenses. Peter Zmmer.
Charles Klein. Feinlor 4 Co., Daniel
O'Brion and John Minkcmeyor werO
granted licenses and thoy aud their
surcsics were called up to qSali'y as to
their bonds.
Bills for Sl20 10 woro ordered paid on
Recommendation OF tho committee on
health and 81 10 from tho police COM
mittce. Tho committee on finance re.
ported as 10 tho payment OF bonds and
coupons in the past year, and recon-
mended the payment OF commissions
and for clerical services, which was or
dered done. Tho amount in all was
SiS6 IS. The committee on cemeiorios
recommended for payment bills Tor SO,
which were ordered paid, with s. from
the scales committee.
Tho report OF the stroot commit
tee fixing tho grade OF Ohio street,
McCo!loch street and Alley 10 was read,
and the accompanying ordinance read
three timos and passed.
Tho ordinance making the appropfi.
atoms for June, one-twcltth OF the ap-
preparation made last year, was then
introduced, put through tho required
formalities and passed.
PAY FOR ATTENDING SMALLPOX CASES.
The bills OF the health committee for
June wcrc tlen taken up and ordered
paid. They aggregated $3.50 10 Mr..
Clator moved to strike out So65 charged
BY DR.. Walden for visits to the pest
house. Mr. Britt moved to require IN
itemized account. but this had already
been made, charging So per visit, eN-
cept when he went twice day, when
he charged but s. for the two visits.
Dr.. Taylor, DR.. Stathers, MIR. Frcw
and Mr.. Hamilton favored paying tho
bill. Mr.. llahne thought when tho
health officer got $1,000 ayear it was
pretty steep TO pay him 81 visit Mr..
Lindsay did hot take this view OF it.
and thought the bill should DO paid.
Mr.. John Hess wanted TO know WIN.
the health officers duties were il this
was not one OF them. Mr.. Britt thought
the ordinance required the health Off
Ger to attend to such cases without any
charge outside OF his salary. Dr.. Stath-
ers read another section lust to the con-
trsry effect.
Mr.. Hamilton demanded the ayes and
noes, and the motion to strike out was
rejected by vote OF Is to s. The bills
as reported BY the committee were
then ordered paid.
In the first branch. on motion OF Mr..
Butts the S265 was stricken out by q
vote OF 9to S. alter considerable talk.
Messrs. Robinson, Irwin. Menkemiller
and Butts favored striking out Mr..
Mckelvy opposed.
On this the second asked a committee
OF conference, Messrs. Hamilton, Water
house and Bodley being appointed.
The first named Messrs. Butts, Otto and
Richards. The committees had long
consultation and then recommended
that the propriety OF DR.. Walden's
charges be referred to the city soli-
citor.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Mr. Hamilton presented resolution
requiring guards a. oil houses where
there may be case OF smallpox, no per-
son to be allowed to enter or leave such
houses without written permit from
the health officer.
This caused some discussion. espec-
tally as TO the matter OF cost Mr.. Ham
il,on thought smallpox was not the only
nor the worst disease. and that the
same precautions should be taken with
measles, scarlet fever, diph,heria and
typhoid fever. His resolution was re-
iec,ed by vote OF Is to G.
Mr.. Hamilton-Now understand the
health cummlttee is not 10 do its duty;
all right,
DR.. Taylor-That is the caec. OF that
action, exactly.
The cemeteries committee asked an
appropriation OF 500 TO beau,iiy the
Sixteenth street cemetery, saying this
would be sufficient to realize q long
iel. hope" Tie request WAS referred
to the finance committee.
A bill from liRIlock Bros. for 500 for
work on the Hutchinson building ruins,
ordered by the mayor and fire chief,
was ordered paid out OF the board OF
public works contingent fund.
THE MEAT ORDINANCE SENT BACK.
The ordinance amending tho ordi.
nance in reference to the sale OF meat
so as to allow any person 10 sell meat OF
his own "faisins" in quantities to suit
purchasers, was then read. Mr.. Brit,
proposed m amendment 10 as to allow
the sale OF meat at any place in tho
markets. and not TO require the renting
OF stall.
Mr.. CIa.or moved to refer the ordi.
nance to the committee OH markets,
which was rejected.
Mr.. Waterhouse raised tho point that
TO amend an ordinance tho entire ordi-
nance must be re-enGc,ed with the
amendment incorporated, aud Prcs!-
dent Maxwell sustained this point.
Mr. Refer moved to refer back to the
ordinance committee, which was done.
4 resolution providing Tor arbitration
as TO tho disputo over tho Cots prop
erty, used for street in East Wheel.
ing, was adopted, the mayor to appoint
one arbitrator. Mr.. Cots another and
these two n third.
Mr.. Britt presented n resolution that
no committee meeting should be hold
on the same night as council meets, but
this was ruled out OF order and with
drawn.
A motion OF Mr.. IIahno that tho
board OF public worka DO instructed to
establish grade on Water street in tho