The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-09-23
COUNCIL FAR /
FROM GOAL
FIRST AND SECOND BRANCHES
REFUSE TO GET TOGETHER
ON APPROPRIATIONS.
Conferences Committees Report ~
Jeeted BY Second Branch Which Re-
ceased Leaving First a Work.

Council. at ~ecessed session last
night. after two hours' discussion a
the annual Appropriation ordinances;
took another recess for week. With
out the two branches coming any
nearer together on the proposed pass
age Of the troublesome measure. Coz
sideration OF the ordinance win Be
resumed next Tuesday evening. bun
from the determined stand Of eacn OF
'he branches las, night the indica-
ions are that they will be unable 10
come Together next week.
Immediately after council convened
last night. Joint conference commit
tee was appointed TO consider the
points over which there Is a differ
ence. The committee was composed
OF Otto. seidler and Miller. OF the
nrst branch. and McCahon. Wagner
and Richards. of the second branch.
The committee recommended that
the item OF s2.595 for police patroL
ambulance and gasoline be eliminated.
that that $3.50 for an ambuIance ana
$40 for drivers salary for one month
be substituted. Il further recon-
mended that the item of $500 for lay-
ing water pipes up Stackyard Hollow
beyond Fulton. be retained
Report Rejected.
The report OF the committee was
promptly rejected by the second
branch. but was accepted by the frst
branch. The item for water lines 10
Staokyard hollow was the principal
objection in the second, branch. Butte
OF the second branch Moved that the
item OF $500 for improvements to
Baltimore street. the item OF $1,000
Tor improvements to Charless treet..
and the item of $500 for pipe 70
Stackyard hollow be cut from the or
dinance, and the total amount, $500.
De appropriated for a sewer from Mar
ket street to the Y. w. c. A. build
ing on Chapline street He pointed
out that II was impossible to drain
the swimming pool at the Y. w. c. A.
building because the Chapline street
sewer is too shallow. His motion
was carried by a vote of ten TO nine.
Those voting aye were Fair. Butts.
Coppinger, Driscoll. Hahne. Kennen,
Reister, Stillyard. Seabright and
Wagner, while those voting no were
Brinkman. Drake, Hedges. link.
McCehon, Richards. fancy, wieths
and ziegler.
Butts then moved that the item for
combined auto ambulance and patrol
be stricken out and an item for auto
ambulance be substituted. This mo-
ton prevailed. A motion 10 adopf
the ordinance as amended by the Sc
cond branch carried by vote Of II
TO :, those voting mo" being Taney
and Richards.
When this message was conveyed 10
the first branch. that body, upon mo-
ton OF Councilman Miller. non-con.
CURED with the second branch, ana
accepted the recommendations Of the
conference committee. adopting the
ordinance as 30 amended By a unan-. j.
imous vote. When again referred TO
the second branch IL non-concurred
with the first branch. and repeated its
former action. Then for the second
time the first branch turned down the
proposition of the second branch and
ratified its former action.
Second Branch Recessed.
In the meantime. the second
branch had recessed until next Tues
day evening. In the first branch there
was some objection to recessing, but
as no action could be taken since
the other body had already recessed,
IL concurred.
The report Of Bond Commissioners
l.. f. Sands, c. A. Bowers and Baird
Mitchell. showing that sixteen bonds.
Nos. 951 20 $50. inclusive OF the A
series Of 1908 at $1,000 each. had been
redeemed by the city. was approved.
By paying these bonds at this time,
more than $500 was saved the city in
interest. The sum OF SiO.12s was TAX.
en- from the gas Improvement fund.
while $4,000 OF the sinking fund of
1908 was used IN paying the bonds.
The Board OF Control reported re-
garding the lighting Of the Market
Auditorium. The city ordinance pro
vides that the city II 10 light the
arcade and toilet rooms but the sire
OF the electric light bills caused coun.
ell 20 believe that some OF the ten
ants Of the building were using cur
rent from the city's lines The board
was instructed 70 continue its inves-