Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-07-28
CITYlCOUNC|L.
The Stock Yards Ordinance Objected
To and Goes Over.

A Little Furry in Both Branches
Over the Saloon License at Mar
ket Street and Market Alley.
The Miscellaneous Business
Transacted.
Council met in joint session. last
evening, with seventeen members of
the Second Branch present at roll cali
and ten in the First. Mayor Butts and
President Chew were present The
ordinance relegating all stock yards
to the district around the hill being
scheduled to come up, there was a
moderate audience OF interested peo-
pie present, with several attorneys, rep
resenting the conflicting interests.
The report of the City Clerk show
ed appropriations OF s41i,626.59. and
expenditures of s19s.1sS.95. and ball
ances of s21s.4S764 Collector Hall
has paid to Received Forgey ffty
I cent levy taxes aggregating S27,531.72.
and ten cent levy taxes OF $4,73S.6l.
Some OF the committee funds are get
ting low. There is but $9S.93 TO the
credit of Scales, S162.19 In the city con-
tingent fund, and 1888 in the City
Prison fund. A readjustment will
soon be in order.
Bills were ordered paid as follows:
Real Estate -. -. 49,. .....$ll2 %
| Scales ..... ...... % %
| lOldi ssss. -. .ssssfAt4 "
The Committee on Petitions and Re
monstrances recommended that tho
license OF Rust & Stephens be transfer
red to Charles c. Stevens, and that the
license of Healy & Ritter be not trans
ferred to McFadden & Smith, and that
the license be annulled and the place
closed. The latter recommendation oc-
casioned debate, during which it was
asserted that although the Committee
said the place heretofore had been
worse than a house OF i'll fame. there
were other places ten times as bad, as
one member put il. This was a sad
commentary on the authorities. Mr..
Kaiser thought the annulling OF the
! license was not fair deal to McFad-
den & Smith, against whom there was
no complaint. The trouble was with
| the past reputation OF the house. The
Rust & Stevens license was transferred.
The resolution referring the transfer
of the Healy & Rust license was re-
| jected, ayes z. noes IL. The third reso-
luton OF the Committee, To refund the
| license money, $24b. was also rejected,
ayes 4, noes IA. /fhis, 1t will be seen,
| 6id not grant @he transfer of the IL
cehse, When he matter came up in
the FffstaRs7kh there was general
| inissptreha ~ ulmD
there, the members
Second Branch had
| The matter was re
Honor Mayor Butts
remark upon the ned
in certain quarters N
| larize the case OF the appN
| transfer. Proceeding, Il
upon a previous occasion
gested certain reformations
visions to the Chief OF
that now he proposed TO md
of the saloons himself, and
state room and stall evil could
| eradicated. While the Mayor
proceeding he was interrupted by b.
Ebellng, who suggested that there wa5'
no complaint whatever against the
present applicants for a transfer. but
that the objection was as TO the past
! reputation Of the house. He further
suggested that the Mayor was going
outside the limits OF his duty In criti-
cising applicants for license against
whom nothing had been alleged. In
reply to this, the Mayor stated that he
was running the Branch, and proposed
| TO do IL In pretty much his own way.
After some further talk Capt Otto
took the floor and said that be had
come 70 Council with the intention or
voting against the transfer, but after
reconsideration Of the situation, he
had come TO the conclusion that II
! would be we'll to grant the application,
on the ground that " was the business
OF Council 20 grant liquor licenses. and
the business Of the Chief of Police TO
see that the laws regulating saloons
were enforced. The Captain also in
i tlmated pretty strongly that the lat
ter ought to be done. The Mayor con.
Cured in this expression. and then the
/
Cured In. II was then learned for the
first time that although the Second
Branch bad upset the Committee re-
port, IL bad not granted the transfer.
and the First Branch proceeded 70
straiEhten this important matter out
| The Second Branch concurred In the
transfer, and the incident was closed.
| Some of the members Of the Commit
tee on Petitions and Remonstrances
are pretty sore at being turned down.
The stock yards ordinance, amend
ing and re-enactins tho ordinancel OF
October 2G, 1896, confning stock yards
| to certain territory around the hill,
was then taken up and read the hrst
time. The second reading was object
ed to by Dir. Connolly, and the matter
I went over.
A communication was read from the
Board Of Public Works, relating 10
| the proposed Improvement OF alley A,
and reciting that alley A Was practicT
| ally given I'D 10 a railroad switchl
and that the remainder OF the alley
was in fair condit. IN. The Board said
| there had been mix between alley a
and alley G, and asked for Instructions
The matter went TO Finance.
The firm Of Baer Sons Grocery Com
pany complained Of damage from the
sewer at Sixteenth and Main streets,
and enclosing bill for s125. The frm
1 said Il had repeatedly called attention
to the matter in 1885 and 1896. Il
went to Claims
J Charles Seibert asked 20 be refunded
! s2s3.3f excess liquor license paid. IL