Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-09

Ordinance Read One Time, and
Goes Over Until the Is Inst.
The Miscellaneous Business
Transacted.
There was a large proportion of the
membership of each Branch of Council
present at last evenings regular ses-
sion. At roll call sixteen members an
swered to their names in the Second
Branch and fourteen in the First. 9th
ers came in later.
In the First Branch the first business
taken up was the report of the Commit
tee on Ordinances, transmitting with
favorable recommendation the Elm
Grove Railway Company franchise, the
ordinance granting a franchise to ANY
telephone and construction company Of
West Virginia" to the Spears axle
works, and rejecting the ordinances OF
the Suburban Railway Company and
the Wheeling Railway Company. The
Wheeling and EN- Grove ordinance was
at once taken up and read first time,
and Immediately following a petition
was read from citizens of Fifteenth
street. favorable to the ordinance of the
Elm Grove road, but unfavorable TO
two tracks on that street, or one track
with three rails Mr.. Davisson then
objected TO the further consideration of
the ordinance, and it went over under
the rules.
The report of the Committee recon-
mending the rejection of the Wheeling
and Suburban ordinances went over
without objection.
Just about the time the table was
clear in the First Branch, and the body
was ready to adjourn, motion was
made to reconsider the vote by which
the report of the Committee on Ordi-
nances was postponed until the next
session." and brief but hot debate en-
sued Mr.. Ebeling, in particular, pro-
tested vehemently against the move,
and he was ably seconded by Mr. Davis
son. whose great point was that the
ordinance ought to be printed and on
the desks of members. Mr.. Hazlett.
who made the motion TO reconsider,
said this was reasonable, and he would
accept the suggestion. Mr.. EbeIng
was not to be thus easily placated, how
ever. and held, in general terms, that
there was an effort being made to rail-
road" the ordinance through, which
could not very we'll be correct, in view
of the fact that his original motion to
postpone had been carried without OPP
position. After rather "scrappy' ten
minutes. the question to reconsider was
nut 10 a vote. and was carried, ayes 8,
noes 5. as follows: Ayes-Messrs. Dav-
isson Cwho voted aye on the under
standing that printed copies were to be
on hand. Halter, Hazlett, List,
Schmidt. Strobe, Wiedebusch, Will
,iams and Zwicker; noes, Messrs. Ebe-
ling. McKelvey and Mcclure. When
the vote was announced Mr.. Ebeling
said he desired to enter protest and
to have the protest recorded.
The vote having been reconsidered'
the question REQUIRED on fixing date
for the next meeting. Mr.. DAWSON
moved to make it July LIST, and Mr..
Ebeling August LIST. There was no sec
ond to either motion. Mr.. Zwicker
moved to make it June 15th-next Tues
dav. and this was adopted without di-
vision.
The telephone ordinance was then
taken ND and read. 1t was objected to
bv Halter and went over.
The next measure to come up was the
ordinance giving the Spears Axle Co.
nermission to lay a switch on Main
street south of Twenty-seventh. 1t
was objected TO by McKelvey and went
over.
The City Clerks report showed total
appropriations of $414,616.59, expendi-
tures Of s125.S45.95. and balances OF
s2SS 7SO.64. The City Collector has paid
TO Receiver Forgey $22,S47.4 on ac-
count of fifty cent levy, and $5,936.S6
IN account of ten cent levy.
Bills were ordered paid as follows: