The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-15
CALVES AGAIN
Occupy the Attention OF Wheel.
ing's City Legislators.
ORDINANCE AGAINST MUzzLlNC.
The Animals white Steamboat. are ut
the Pnhiic Land,ns --Siessr.. White,
( Dorener and Howard Address. Council.
East End Park Appropriatlonthn that Fails
20 Apprenticeship E,ten.,ve Grl.t, or
!. Routine Business was Transacted.

j e.
n President Maxwell, DR., W. Il. s,nthcrs
presided In the second branch, while
/, across tho hall, In the iil+t branch, Mr.
4 H, c. Richards presided In the absence
{ OF Mayor Caldwell, a quorum was
z present In each branch when tho roll
!, was called. s lI4al ~
Il Tho clerks monthly report showed
balances. 500, 7l2 81. The report was
X received and adopted. a7 raN
40 Tho committee OF petitions and re-
i, monstranceS recommended The granting
s Of retail liquor licenses 70 s. A. Covert,
! l1e0 Market street: Heron Il Carey,
\ lot7 Market, street and John a. Arnold,
y lSS Seventeenth street. License waa
\ granted to all. 4
The committee on tlre department re-
4 ported bills, '$ie5 So; ordered paid.
The communities on ceneterira re-
I ported bills. $26: ordered paid. The
! committee on scales reported bills, S97;
ordered paid, BILLS from the police COM
mittee footed up S3iS ~ (pOllcc Si97 80:
city prison, $3.50 IS; ordered paid. Mar
n ketS committce bills amounted TO
S6?6 70: ordered paid.
The board Of public works asked for
( authority TO draw on the ten-ccnt levy
!; fund for $3,S74 9S. Mr.. Waterhouse did
= not care to pay out 80 large sum with
s out the items being read. This was
!. done by tho clerk and the authority ask
4 cd was granted. 81
Y The amount of money ordered paid out
4 by council was S5,lG7 ~
The committee on ordinances report
J, ed an ordinance repeating the present
ordinance which provides for the mug
= cling of calves on steamboats, at the
Wheeling public landing. The ordi-
Z nance also provides for the removal of
fcnlves from steamboats, and public land
Ing Immediately upon arrival OF the
4 steamboat. The ordinance went 10 Its
I, first andrsecond readings
Colonel White then addressed council,
4 against the passage OF the ordinance,
& for his client Mr.. Goodhue, OF the Wheel
ing stock yards. He objected to the pro-
2 vision which compelS owners TO remove
\ calves upon arrival OF the steamboats,.
/. He considered the section burdensnme
on consignees of calves. because they
would be compelled to stay up o.
nights" waiting for the uncertain ar
rival OF steamboats,. He suggested that
the boats be compelled To H.. up at the
foot OF the Island or below the city until
daylight. On behalf OF his clients he
asked that the ordinance be referred
+ back to the committee on ordinances,
AZ Congressman Dnvcncr spoke In behalf
I OF the ordinance as II stands He said
y the Objectionable feature OF the ordi-
4 nance. from Colonel Whites standpoint,
n was Incorporated In the ordinance for
: the comfort OF people living on the river
+ front, who object TO being kept awake
4 by bawllnG calves. Proceeding. the
captain ably defended the ordinance In
: whole and by sections. The ordinance
Inconvenience nobody: 1t simply re-
Z quires consiSnceS 10 do what they ought
\ TO do.
Colonel White again addressed cour-
ell After pleasant passage OF arms
(words) between the gentleman named
y and Captain Davcner, the colonel Eug-
! gested that the calves could be landed
1 above the city, where their bawlIng will
s hurt nobody. He would not object TO
! the passage Of that part OF the ordinance
Z repeating the .'muZzling" ordinance. but
I he hoped council would refer the other
f,sections back to the committee,
"a Mr.. Campbell spoke In support of the
4 ordinance and did no, see that any
hardships would b. created by Its pas
Q sage.
Mr.. Howard said It was remarkable
n chat an inoffensivc animal like the calf
i would create 81 much contention and
4 for once Captain Dovener and himself
4 were on the same side OF the question,
y Proceeding. he spoke from the humanI-
e tartan point OF View In support OF the
ordinance, This ordinance he said. is in
( line with advancing civilization. In
other cities such ordinances are in force.
You cannot advance. he said. further,
i without stepping on some peoples toes'
but this ordinance Is for the general
good. He also said that Colonel White
4 was wrong when h. said CAPTAIN Dov-
/, ener knows nothing about Strengthening.
y He slaughtered a very dear friend OF his