Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-04
COUNCIL LAST NIGHT,


The Business Transacted at the
Special Session.
The ''Clementine" Saloon License
Finally Refused-The Garbage
Contract Awarded - Two New
Ferries miscellaneous Business
Considered.
Both Branches of Council met in
special session for the transaction OF
regular business last evening Mayor
Butts and President Chew presiding
over the respective bodies. In the Sec
and Branch, Louis Horkheimer, elected
to succeed Morris Horkheimer, resign
ed, appeared and took the cath of Of
fee
The first business in the Second
Branch was the appointment OF
Messrs. Connolly, Travis and Gartley
to meet like committee, consisting OF
Messrs Baird, Mcclure and Schmidt,
appointed by the First Branch at a
former meeting, to adjust disputed
item of $40 in the report of the Com
mittee on Accounts. A report was
made to compromise on So, and it was
adopted The First refused to concur.
No 10 p O n
came up as unfinished business, the
Second Branch having refused, at its
last session, to abide by the report of
the Committee, which was against the
license and in favor of the action OF
the Second Somebody suggested that
the Branch instruct the Committee
what sort Of report 10 return, since
the report previously made was turned
down, and another member sarcas-
tically wanted to know the use OF con-
ferring about anything. The Branch,
by viva voce vote, refused to appoint
another Committee, but on roll call,
voted to do so, by vote of IL to Z,
and Messrs. Bradbury, Marchner and
Hoe were named The First Branch
renamed the old members, and the
Committee retired and reported, by a
vote Of 4 to 9 in favor of the stand by
the First 2 Branch in rejecting the
license This time the report of the
Committee was concurred in, and the
license was rejected.
c. E. Ballou was granted an auc-
toneers license.
The Committee on Fire Department
reported the following bids for the
North Wheeling engine house: w. J..
Nesbitt & Son, $134: Perkins, sl44;
Butts, $167; Hamilton Bros, $40. On
the recommendation of the Committee
the contract was awarded to Nesbitt &
Son.
The Committee on Petitions and Re
monstrances reported four new liquor
licenses. and they went through all
right.
The Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades and Railroads reported a reso-
luton changing the B. & 0. railroad
tracks on Twenty-second street from
the sidewalk to the centre of the
street. The resolution went to Ordin-
ances.
The Committee on Wharves reported
bills amounting to &c. and they were
ordered paid.
A petition to operate a steam ferry
at the upper end CT the wharf from D..
resulting debate, Mr.. Higgins said "the
newspapers don't tell half of what is
going ON. Even our milk men cant
come over to us any more. owing to
the increase of toll. We have fleet
of small ferryboats, but We want a
battleship. The boat is ready, and all
We want is permission to run her"
On the question raised by Mr.. Berry
as to the possible chance of trouble for
the city Mr. Higgins said when the
old ferry was running, the bridge COM
panies asked the assignee what he
would take to quit, and as result the
assignee was paid $1,000. No papers
were signed and no record of the sale"
appeared on the county records. The
petition was granted. The First
Branch referred to Ordinances.
Then Adam j. Everett asked for
permission to operate ferry in
Back river, and it was likewise
granted. The First Branch concurred.
The next matter was the report OF
the Committee on Health on the gar
bage contract business, and as the
"Clementine" saloon conference COM
mittee was still out, the Branch took
a recess until the committeeman could
be present to vote When the Commit
tee returned the report OF the Health
Committee, announcing the refusal of
r. D. Cline to accept the contract. and