Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-10
4 REPORT TURNED DOM!
The FRS! Branch Of Council Refused
to Adopt

to Adopt
THE REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COM
MITTEB ON THE HARBoR LINE
QUESTIoN-THE SECOND BRANCH
UNANIMOUS IN IT'S FAVOR, AND
WILL ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT
ENGINEERS OF THE FACTS-THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF
EQUALIZATION AND APPEALS.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS = AN
OTHER MEETING CALLED FOR
TONIGHT.
Council met in regular session last
evening, His Honor, the Mayor, and
President Chew presiding in their re-
spective branches. There was an I'M
usually large attendance in the First
Branch, among whom representatives
Of the Panhandle Railway Company
had been doing missionary work
against the report of the special COM
mittee on harbor lines, and lobbyists
were working in the interests OF the
Company before the council was called
to order The report CT the Com
mittee came up in the Second Branch,
ard after it was read Mr.. Fair offered
a resolution that consideration CT the
report be deferred until Mr.. W. P.
Hubbard, president Of the p, w. & KY.
Railroad Company, who was absent
from the city, could be heard. This
resolution was adopted, under a mis-
apprehension, and the First Branch
concurred, without being under mis-
apprehension.
Later in the night, along about
nine O'Clock, the members Of the Sec
cnd Branch, after a comparison or
notes, saw they had gone wrong, and
Mr.. Kindelberger moved to reconsider
the motion postponing action, ana
this motion was adopted unanimously.
The report of the Committee was thec
taken up, and was adopted without
dissenting vCte and beth propositions
were sent tc the First Branch. When
the resolution to reconsider was read
over there, Mr.. Ebeling opposed it.
ton of the Second Branch to recon
slider, and Mr. List seconded his mo-
ton, which was adopted.
When this was reported to the See
ond Branch Mr. Ali moved that the
Solicitor and Engineer notify the gov
eminent engineers CT the action Of
Council, so as to show that large
majority of Council was in favor Of
maintaining the harbor lines, and this
was also adopted.
Matters rested in this shape for an
other half hour, when Mr. Bachman
offered a resolution in the First
Branch to reconsider the motion to
postpone In the interval between
the former action and Mr.. Bachmanns
resolution, members had been drift
ing away, until there was bare quo
rum left, most of those going being
friends Of the railway company, as in
Dictated by their previous votes. Mr..
Ebe,ing opposed the motion to recon-
slider, and took occasion to say there
was something wrong in the attempt
to force the matter through Council
at once. He was satisfied some I'M
demanded work was going on, the ma
ture of which he could not divine
Mr.. DAWSON said he had been led to
take a new position on the matter by
a statement that if action was post
poned the interests of the city would
suffer seriously, and moved that the
City Engineer be heard upon that
point. Meanwhile another member
slipped cut, and but eight, one less
than a quorum was left. The point
,Df.1 ot cnd fnJ
lowed by a motion to adjourn from
the railroad men. This was voted
down, and an officer was sent out to
bring back Mr.. Horkheimer who was
in the act of catching the ten O'Clock
motor For some reason Mr. Hork-
heimre was net brought back. how
ever, ard the First Branch ad-
Journed.
When this action was reported to
the Second Branch there was a holy
kick, and a molten was adopted call
ing Council together for tonight, at
eight o'clock, and instructing the City
Sergeant to enforce Rule so, which
ccmpels the attendance Of members
under a penalty OF two dollars. After
Council adjourned, and to make mat
ters mere certain, five members sign
ed call for special meeting this
evening.
The inside of the situation is, that
after a special Council Committee of
eight, with the Mayor, City Solicitor
City Engineer and the President of
the Second Branch. had reported
unanimously in favor of maintaining
the harbCr lines. presumably in the
interests of the city, influence was
brought to bear en- First Branch men,
bers to block the progress Of the re-
port and so far it has been successful
All the work done was in the First
Branch. bar thrown down there be-
ing sufficient for the purpose, and a
great deal Of the work was done
openly last evening, before Council
met.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The report of the City Clerk shows
a total appropriation of s42S 1904:
expenditures Of S230,312S9. and a bal
ance Of s197,SSS.05. The City Collec-
tor has paid to City Receiver Forgey
s24.650.33 on account of fifty-cent levy
and s4.211.31 on account Of ten cent
levy.
The Committee on Fire Department
was granted permission to expendG5o0