The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-16

AIr. zwicker wanted chance to pro.
pose amendments 10 the ordinances "a
bo passed upon.
Mr. Hori1heimer felt like Mr.. Davi-
son, that the committee had not acted
according 60 itS instructions. He also
made the claim that the fact that the
ordinance committee II not made up OF
Your members Of each branch Of council
would inVahdate itB action. An ordi-
nance from the committee, ne feared.
would have no legal standing ~ ever
teIlsd. The committee, said AFR. Hork-
lllIner, had been Instructed to draw up
erdiuances for the Wheeling and SUBJ
uFbRn companies. He wanted tha in-
StFuctions TO tho committee read by the
clerk. This was done and II WaS
shown the committee had been INSTRUCT
ed to bring In ordinances for the
Wheeling and Suburban companies.
The speaker said the committee Seemf
20 have set itself up as a little coun-
ciI." Though the granting OF this
franchise 10 such an important matter.
the ordinance committee says to coun-
ell, you shall have no opportunity 70
review our work" Mr.. Horkhelmer
concluded by moving that cOnsidera-
ton OF the ordinance be postponed Two
weeks.
10 Set Himself Right.
Captain Dawson wanted to propose
an amendment that would give every
member Of the branch a chance to set
himself right before the public. He
moved to refer the report back TO the
o6rnmlttee on ordinances, with instfJic-
tiofiS TO comply with Instructions al-
ready given May p. Mr. McKelvey
called for the ayes and noes. The vote
'';Ts ~. a. ps,rd o,yIron EhaItnp
HoFkheimer, McKelvey, McLure. Otto;
total. Z.
Against reference-Bachman, Haller.
HazIett. List, Schmidt, Strobel, Welde-
busch. Williams. ZWicker; total, 3.
Captain DAWSON declared the manner
I'm which the committee has acter to be
an outrage that will be resented oy the
people. II was not square deal ana
80 far as he could insist on II the COM
pnittee would carry out the instructions
Mr.. Hnzlett-"The gentleman seems
to think the committee has not done itS
WI M. DaylsOn-"certaialy." Gaugh-
Ir. Hazlett defended the action Of
the committee, claiming its action h9d
been consistent throughout. What could
| the committee do but take up ana act
/ the wheeling & Elm Grove ordinanceI
Then the other ordinances came up ana
as neither would submit to the Wheel.
| ing & Elm Grove guRge, the committee
recommended their rejection.
The report Of the committee was then
taken up and Mr.. Dawson moved that
the portion relating to the wheeling
/ Railway Company. rejecting Us orui-
nance. be, stricken out. The moton
.
/ doubt as to the standing OF the Wheel
ing Railway Company, and the mayor
ruled that the committee must report
on this company's application for
franchise.
Then there was a vote on the adop.
tlon of the committees report and II
went through on the following vote:
For the report-Bachman. Hallef,
Hazlett, List, Otto, Schmidt, Strobei'
weldebusch. Williams, zwieker; total
Against the report-BaIrd, Dawson.
Fbellng, Horkheimer, AIcKelvey, Nc
Lure; total. g..
Then Captain Dawson moved ads
journment. but It was defeated 10 % :.
Mr.. HazIett moved for the reconsider
/ alton OF the action OF the branch Dy-
| which the Wheeling Railway Company
| application had been referred back 70
the committee on ordinances
/ A number OF petitions from citizens
however. were FIRST read by the clerk.
/ Il was moved that the recommenda-
tion OF the board OF public works for
Ave feet Two inches guage instead OK
i four feet eight inches be adop-
ted but the motion was de-
feated. Many other petitions were
read, urEin the adoption Of the
five feet two inches grade: MI. Aazlett
objected to the reading OF one OF the
petitions, but Captain Dawson insisted
that every name, every woro .I,' ~ y 49, -.
petition he read, so that the VIII OF tne
people might be expressed to council
In Mood to RscOmSIdsr.
When the petitions had been read.
Mr.. Hazlett renewed his motion that
the vote by which the second section Of
the report OF the committee had been
referred back, be reconsIdered.
| Captain Dawson remarked that q
President OF the United States had got
hImseIf into dlstavor by his frequent
yetoes, and It appeared that the hrst
| branch OF the Wheeling city cOunelt'
l doesn't know It's own mind i've min-
/ utes. for here two votes had been re-
considered already. Every member is
supposed to know how he votes, but
| the supposition appears to be wrong.
He hoped members would not stuluty
| themselves by going back OF their ac-
| tIon of only a few minutes hetore.
| what a figure the branch would cut
before the people next morning when
the people read the papers! Il am
ashamed Of the frst branch" conclud-
ed Captain Dawson.
ON the vote to reconsider, the Elm
Grove forces scored another victory;
| r. racopgIdeF- RRchman Haller. .Edag-
lett. List, Schmidt Strobel, Weide-
| busch. Zwicker, Williams; total. 9.
Against econsideration-Balrd, DaV-.
Ison. EbeIIng, Horkhelmer, McKelvey.
Otto; total, S.
Captain Dawson asked 81 the recon-
alteration on one portion OK the COM
mittee report would not bring the en-
tire committee report before the
branch again. The mayor believed the
captain was right.
Captain Dawson then moved that the
part OF the committees report relative
TO the telephone company be taken up
first. Mr.. McKelvey seconded. The
motion was defeated on the following
vote:
HJfkheimer, McKelvey, Mcclure: total,
No-Haller. Hazlett. List. Schmidt.
Strobel, weidebusch, Williams, 2wicker;
Mr weidsbusch then moved that the
WbeelInu 4 Elm Grove ordinance 60
10 Its second reading. Captain Dawson
moved adjournment, but the motion
was lost
Eb.iIng'. Amendment
Mt. EbelInE moved that the hrst sec.
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