The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-27

Last night in the office of City Clerk
Watkins, meeting OF the city council
committee on ordinances was held for
the purpose of framing and considering
ordinances enacting regulations, which
had been referred TO the committee.
Chairman Baird presided and Messrs,
List, Williams, Fair, Bachman, Watson
and Welsgerber We're present, together
with City Solicitor Nesbitt, Colonel
George j. Caldwell, who represented
citizens Interested in having the Tenth
street stock-yaris removed, and Messrs,
ZoeclSler, Altmeyer, kalbitzer and Bay
ha, OF the Wheeling Stock-yards Asso-
citation,
The first matter taken up was the or
dinance framed by the city solicitor,
providing that 1t shall be unlawful TO
maintain stOck-yaris within certain
limits, Without going into the mass OF
legal phraseology that makes the aver
age ordinance about as difficult 10 inter-
pref as a Chinese puzzle, the ordinance
makes the same provisions as TO anti
stock-yards territory as the ordinance
OF 1856, which was not enforced after the
fight made by Neuhart before Judge ia
cob in the circuit court several years
ago. The point in the ordinance that
seemed to have caused Judge jacob 10
decide in favor OF Neuhart was that IL
provided for imprisonment IN case OF
violations of Its provisions. In the new
ordinance prepared by the city solicitor
the imprisonment feature is eliminated,
and Il is believed that the instrument
cannot be thrown out in court. The eff
feet OF the passage OF the ordinance VIII
be to put the yards on Tenth street out
OF business or cause a removal to the
territory in the eastern part Of the city,
on Wheeling creek, where the yards of
the Wheeling Stock-yards Association
are located,
Petitions and petitions were
read at the meeting of the committee.
some fdvortng the retention OF the
Goodhue yards on Tenth street, neigh
boring merchants stating that Its loca-
ton there is good for their business. 1t
was generally acknowledged that the
Goodhue yards are kept In excellent
condition and that the natural objec-
lions to stock-yards are minimized
there.
Finally n motion was made TO rec
ommend the ordinance TO council for
adoption. This was amended by Mr..
Fair who moved that stock-yards be
kept out OF the city limits. The only
member supporting him in this PROPOSE
tlon was Mr.. BaChman, so the amend
ment was lost. Then the original mo-
ton was put and the ordinance is re-
ferTed fayornbly.
Mr.. Goodhue, OF Goodhue & Company.
proprletors of the Tenth street yards,
was seen by an Intelllgencer reporter
after the meeting OF the committee, and
he declared that in the event OF council
passing the ordinance, he would resist
Its enforcement in the courts-taking
the case TO the supreme court Of APP
peals II necessary. Mr., Goodhue claims
TO have good case. and says that the
passage OF the ordinance means dis
elimination on the part OF council
against him and for the Wheeling
Stock-yards Association.
The stock-ynrds matter having been
disposed OF, the committee took UP the
resolution introduced at the last meet
ing OF council providing for special
tax of 81 on each bicycle in the city.
Some opposition to the proposition de-
veloped in the committee and the city
solicitor and Mr. Caldwell expressed
their doubts OF the power OF the city TO
levy the proposed special tax. The So
tfcftor said there is no doubt Of tho
authority OF council to tax vehicles that
are kept for hire, but when bicycles are
for the private use OF the owner he
doubted the ability OF council to i'm
pose tax in addition to the personally
tax already collected. 1t has been said
in support OF the special tax that there
is not a bicycle In the city on the per-
sonaity lists of the assessorD md that
there would not be n double taxation,
but this. of course. is the fault OF the
assessors and would not be moving
cause to leglslate special tax. The
matter was referred to the city solicitor
for investigation. That 1t win come
back with an adverse recommendation
there is little doubt.
The Hnhne resolution for special tax
for the maintenance OF the city electric
light plant was referred to the city So
IlcItor. Mr.. Hahne objects TO the city
gas consumers being loaded down with
the support OF the electric light plant
without the people Mt large being taxed.
The resolution requesting the commit
tee to draw an ordinance providing for
the keeping OF good order at Halter
park, was referred to the solicitor