Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-05-19


be selected probably to take the
place of the present city engineer.
whose salary is $4,000. as well as of
the three commissioners. whose sal
airy is $4,000 each.
An outside expert is being looked
for to take the Office of health COM
missioner.
The city's free law department
is being put in shape to give free
advice to the poor. The city attor-
| ney is already being called upon for
such advice but has not been able
to get the new bureau in working
order as yet.
Mayor Seidel has refused to 90
out for Chautauqua lectures, al
| though offered $3.50 night, the
price paid LaFollette and Bryan. He
says his great criticism of the prev
Iious mayor was that he lectured out
side Of the city, and he does not pro-
pose to lay himself open to the same
criticism.
The city hall employees have been
notified that their hours will be
eight day, from a. m. to noon
and from 1880 to $50 p. m.
Hitherto they have been about six
hours, to noon, and 2 to 5 p. m
In addition to these accomplish
ments the mayor is planning to carr,
out further. his platform pledges.
Not the least important is the plan
to establish free Saturday. might
dances in the schools, to take the
place of the saloon dances now com.
mon. ~.
"This dance hall question has
been thrust upon me-" said Mr.
Seidel, '.and I must take some &C.
ton at once. / have had several ap-
plications for permits for such
dances and have issued none Of then
although / did not deny them. ]
merely told the applicants to cal
again.
at best the Saturday might
dances are held in small dingy halls
places which are menace to health
There is no ventilation and all o,
the halls practically are near saloons
The police will not allow a dance tt
be held in hall directly connected
. with saloon. but being near saloons
there is certain to be more or less
drinking. How much better Il
would be if we could get all these
people together in a large, vel
lighted hall or halls. will try te
do this through the school board.
81 am certain we could secure
women capable Of handling girls t
act as chaperons, and men could BIZ
secured to look after the boys, FOL
boys will be boys. Sufficient music
at least as good as is provided in
the smaller dance halls. could b.
secured at little cost. l do not like
to stop the old-fashioned dance un.
| less findasa substitute. realize
that many a hard working boy OF
girl looks forward the entire weeA
to fun on Saturday night, and sleeI
as long as he wishes on Sunday.
/ Mayor Seidel says he is not pro.
posing this as temperance argu-
ment, for he himself drinks beer oc'
casionally. The problem before him
however, whether to allow the
dance hall-saloon combination OF
to substitute the school hall dry
dances.
There will be another wedding
out of disorderIy saloons when the
time comes to grant licenses for the
next year. Concert saloons will
have to go, says the administration
Any place where gambling is allowed
will have to go also, although there
are no public gambling resorts in
the city now. Some saloons, how
ever have allowed small parties OF
men to use back rooms for private
poker parties.
The war upon the soloons will be
waged through the new health com
missioner, when one is selected.