The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-04
THAT s1AUaHTRR HOUSE.
eighth Ward" objects to Lack Of
Action by Council.

Eighth Ward" objects 20 LACK u
Action by Council.
TO tho Editor OF the IntelligenceF.
sIR:-Please allow me space In your
paper to call attention to the unjust ac-
ton Of council at the last mesting. A
petition signed by about fifteen citizens
and Taxpayers, representing about
$4,000 in real estate in the neighbour
hood Of Forty-afth and Eof streets.
asked by petition to have a slaughter
house removed from the vicinity when
member from the First ward jumped
up and without waiting to hear both
sides Of the question, moved to lay II
on the table, which was done. Nov,
fellow citizens and members Of council.
! will ask you II this is intelligent leg
islatlon. or a proper manner Of looking
after the health Of the community. In
1881 a law was passed, prohibiting
slaughter houses in the city without q
permit from council. Some years after
Mr.. Nlebergnll was running a slaughter
house In Marshall county; then ne
moved It into the city Of Wheeling. ana
without permit from council has been
running 1t ever since and from the
| first day he came to our city and every
| day Of the years since he has violated
city ordinance, and when we seek re-
dress before the proper authorities we
are given to understand that we DO not
know what we want and are not worth
listening to and council refuses to en-.
| force its own ordinances.
The object Of the slaughter house or
/ dInnnce was to finally abolish gfaught-
ering in the city limits. and 1t has ac-
complIshed It's purpose in the other sew
en- wards, but has been folled in the
Eighth. The time Will come when
I slaughter houses must move out OF the
| city and we may MS well meet It now.
Here we have one slaughter house
across the street from the public school
| (Ritchie annex and another about one
hundred and fifty feet away. This would
not be allowed in country village.
1 The board OF education compelled US
{; to have our children vacclnated and
| then compel them to sit In school sur
/ rounded by slaughter houses that are
prohibited by our city ordinance.
The one which we ask to have abol-
ished Is no ordinary slaughter house.
| but ia a pork packing establishment and
a place where butchers from other
parts OF the city and the surrounding
towns come to do their slaughtering or
have It done.
1t is wrong that those little children
| should be compelled to sit In school and
hear the squealing hogs and know
what is being done to them, and we are
not doing our duty when we allow It. II
there is any gentlemen In council that
would be willing to have this business
carried on next to his residence. say
vote for It, but II you dom. want 1t do
not vote 10 place II next tn other clti
gems and tlx-payerr.
Several members voted to table this
petition through personal friendship for
the proprietor Of the slaughter house,
but personal friendship should not
stand stand in the way when the health
of the community is at stake. Gentle
men, take the petition from the table
and refer 1t to the health committee
for investigation and report and We
will abide by the decision.
EIGHTH WARD.
Wheeling, Nov. 3.