Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-13
TIE PETITION REJECTED.
No Market Saturday Evenings in the
Second Ward.
The Council Committee let Yes
terday Afternoon and Heard the
Discussions For and Against the
Petition-Other Business Trans
acted at the Meeting-Ci5y Mat
ters Of General Public Interest

The Council Committee on Markets
met nj two o'clock yesterday afternoon
to consider the petition of merchants
CT the Second ward for a Saturday even
ing market in that section. lhe mat
fer was referred to in the Register yes
terdav. Ii has caused great deal Oh
talk among the business men and oth-
ers who are directly interested. At the
meeting Yesterday afternoon a de!esa-
ton was present from the Fifth ward
market square and another from the
Second ward. the one fighting against
and the other for the proposed change'
The gentlemen before the committee
from the Fifth ward were Charles Men
kemiller. Christ Kaibitzer, Charles
Hoffman,. President of the Butchers
Association. Il. +. Behrens, c. D.
Thompson, and others The interests
of the Second ward were looked after
hv Louis Zoeckler. John S. Welty, John
Dunkle. A. busch, Albert Stole and
Henry Kalbitzer. Nearly every person
made a speech. and the session OF the
committee was prolonged until nearly
five o'clock.
The petitioners argued the subject
from a business standpoint, stating tnat
many employees Of the industrial plants
in Bridgeport and Martins Ferry do
not get paid until Saturday afternoon
and if Saturday evening market were
conducted, they would spend money
there which now goes elsewhere. Inc
Fifth ward delegation. on the other
hand. argued that the tendency Of busi-
ness was toward that section OF the
city north Of the creek, and that the
operation Of a Saturday night market
in the Second ward would seriously
cripple their business and inevitably
result in a depreciation in the value OF
property in that section. Two butch
ers who were before the committee
stated that they paid $50 a year eacn
for stall rent in the Centre market and
would give up their stalls if the change
was made.
Reporters were excluded while the
committee voted upon the petition. 1t
was rejected.
The committee made an estimate OF
s. eco for the Finance Committee to
cover the art Of whitewashiDg and gen.
eral repairs to both market houses.
The petition of VIM. Connolly for the
right to use the Second ward market
hall for storing grain and feed was re-
jected
The Fifth and Sixth ward merchants
are rejoicing over the defeat Of the
Saturday night market scheme at the
Second ward. The merchants over the
creek were much aroused and felt that
if the plan was carried out that the
effect to their business would be dis
astrous. A counter petition signed by
nearly every merchant and business
man south of the creek was presented
by Charles Hoffman, president OF the
Butchers Association. and Messrs.
HOFFMAN. MenkemelIer, Behrens and
Kalbitzer presented the case Of the
South Side people. Louis Zoeckler. a
butcher Of the North End, presented
the original petition Of Second ward
merchants which aroused the conten-
ton. Five of the Market Committee
were present, the absentee being T. c.
Williams. Of the Eighth ward. The
vote stood two in favor Of the Satur-
day night petition, and three against.
After the vote was announced the
South Side people spent the time agree
ably in exchanging congratulations.