Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-13

The reporf 81 fhe Committee "a
Petitions and RESPONSIVENESS, " pub
Iished Tuesday morning, recommends
ing half-a-dozen transfers and two or
three new licenses. was read and
| adopted.
The Committee on Ordinances trans
mitted a long report, as outlined IN
yesterday mornings paper. This report
lowered Mr.. Fitzsimmon,s resolution for
a safety gate at Main and Sixteenth
streets, referred to the Solicitor to have
the existing ordinance enforced; an
additional appropriation ordinance,
| granting to the Health Committee $500,
to the City Prison 5000. to Scales $3.50,
to Salaries $655, to Markets $195 and to
the Gas Board $500Lthis money to be
| obtained from the sale of a part OF
the old water works property to the
"Pewiky" Railroad Company; an or
| dinance giving the Gas Board permis-
! sion to expend any excess of receipts
for the current year over and above the
sum of sos, 594.90, appropriated to 1t.
These matters were all acted upon IA
vorably.
A recommendation from the B. P. W.
that the Wheeling Steel & Iron Com
pany's tramway on Twenty-sixth and
Wood streets be removed at the ex-
pense of the company, with the provlso
that the company may replace the track
at any future time, under certain con-
d~itions, was adopted.
Mr.. Korn offered a resolution that the
B. P. w. clean the streets in the First
ward. Mr.. Fitzsimmons moved an
amendment that all the streets in the
city be included. This was taken as a
joke and adopted. The First Branch
c%oncurred.
W. H. Gill, 465 National road, and A.
Strahl, 915 McCulloch street, were given
permission to use natural gas as an
illuminant.
An invitation of the G. A. R. Drum,
Fife and Bugle Corps to attend a ball
at Beabout hall, was accepted. %
A resolution by Mr.. Knoke that Hal
Ter park be put under the charge OF the
b. p. w, was adopted by the First
Branch, and the Second concurred.
Mr.. Weisgerber offered a resolution
calling attention to the fact that two
resolutions had been passed by Coun-
Gil and referred to the B. P. W., in
creasing the wages of teamsters, and as
no action had been taken, the Council
again reiterated its action, to take Ell
feet January 1st. 1t was adopted.
A resolution by Mr.. Long for an cleo
trio light at Jacob street and alley ~
was referred to the Gas Board.
In the First Branch, a communica-
ton was received from the Wheeling
Railway Company, by w. A. Shirley, its
secretary, withdrawing the pending Or
dinance for the loop on Firty-thlrd
to Forty-eighth streets, and on Crom-
well street. Favorable action was
taken.
Mr.. W%aterhouse offered the follow
ing:
whereas, The city is very much in
need of a new city prison, and n n a
location that prisoners can be kept at
work, and as a tunnel from Baker street
to connect with either Ninth or Tenth
streets would be of great benefit to the
city and furnish employment to city
prisoners and make the prisoners in a
manner self-supporting, l therefore Of
fer for your consideration the follow
ing:
Resolved, That the City Engineer be
and is hereby requested to report to
this Council the most practical route
and probable cost of such a tunnel,
considering in his estimate that the
actual work in the tunnel would be
done by the prisoners, or without.
Resolved, That the Committee on
Police ascertain if a location near
Baker street can be obtained on which
to build a new city prison and report
probable cost of same"
The matter was referred to Police.
Adjourned at 500 p. m.