The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-07-19
OUTSIDE VAULTS ARE DUBBED
PUBLIC NUISANCE BY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE AMENDING PRESsN
HEALTH ORDINANCE PASSES
OVERWHElM lNGlY.
Efforts Of Health Department Finally
Crowned with Success-SpecIal
Session Was Busy One.

Efforts of Health Department Finally
! Crowned with Success-Speclal
! Session Was Busy One.
| Twcntv.;hrcc hundred outside vaults
lin the city uf Wheeling proper will be
made public nuiSanceS after April ];
1917. by an ordinance that passed
council in special session last night
with only one dissenting vote. Inc
ordinance was fathered by the health
department. was endorsed IN the re-
port of the ordinance committee, ana
was endorsed BY the following bodies
and persons: physicians and surgeons
of Wheeling, Wheeling Commercial as
ISOLATION. Rotary club. editorial Wheel.
| ing Majority. Il newspaper clipping
!! showing what action was taken ny
the Trades assembly. state pubic
ihealth service state sanitary commits
sion, Ohio Valley Trades &; Labor as
semblv. II. L. Kirk. COMMUNICATION
and Charles NJ. Ketchum.
The ordinance in itself amends sec.
ton 90 of the health ordinance now
published in the ordinance book. It
provides for the doing away with all
vaults. excepting those where the
houses are not come ted with
sewers, and these exceptions snail De
built under the direct supervision or
the health department. Councilman
i Hedges, in the second branch. moved
the endorsement Of the ordinance
which motion was seconded ny Coun,
Gilman link. The motion prevailed
Is to l. Riester voting mo. In the
first branch not a negative vote was
cast.
Fire Department Ordinance.
This was only one of many mat
ters that council considered. For the
first time in weeks a quorum was pres
ent when the roll was first called, the
ordinance committee submitted IFS
report which was received and tled.
The ordinance proposed by Chlet Rose,
IamendinE section "a of an ordinance
referring to fences. and which pro-
vides that all rubbish burned in yards
or alleys shall be burned in A recep-
Itacle approved by the chief OF the hre
department or his agent, was adopted;
liz to s, after A motion to table had
lost 10 IL. II passed the first branch
: without debate.
Auto DINNER Law.
An ordinance requiring the placlng
Of DINNERS on automobiles and other
motor mower vehicles to control the.
RAYS of lights 10 a radius Of ten feet
seventv-five feet in advance Of the
car or vehicle was adopted An effort
Ito have the ordinance read. Light
shall not be- more than four feet above
1.-THE ground" failed ;The chief OF the
fire department. chief of police and
mayor constitute a committee of three
10 approve or disapprore the DINNER
devices. Visitors are TO be warned
before arrests arc made. and the
ordinance becomes effective August l.
Real Estate Rented.
The request of the Wheeling Box
Exchange that it be allowed TO rent
a portion of the city property on
Nineteenth street for storage pur-
noses, brought favorably before coun.
Gil in a report from the real estate
| committee, was granted unanimous
IT,. In return for the lease the cor
poration promises 10 pay 10 the CIT!
$500 per annum rental, payable quar-.
terly, and also to make repairs TO
the grounds. The election commit
tees report, recommending that S.
900 be appropriated for the holding
Of the city election next year, and
$500 for holding the filtration bond
issue election. was referred to the
finance committee.
Pay for Day laborers.
4 resolution recommending, that
paid 1925, and endorsed by Council
men P. J. Quilligan. Jacob Beiswing-
er and Edward H. Naas. introduced
in the Second branch, was. referred
10 the finance committee. A resolu-
ton by Councilman James Richards,
making il an offense to burn rubbish
on the Goosetown dump, other than
| between the hours OF 5 a. m. and u
M, was adopted by both branches,
and the action referred to the health
! department.
4 petition from Merritt street citi-
zens, signed by Michael Mulroy and
others, asking that Merritt street,
east, be filled with crushed stone,
waS referred TO the streets. alleys and
grades committee. The Ohio Valley
Trades & Labor Assembly's endorse.
ment G. the city hremen's request for
an increase in wages was referred TO
the finance committee. The reSolu-
ton of Councilman Armbruster. that
the garbage collectors be paid a uni
) form wage Of $3.50 per day, was re-.
!; ferred. upon motion. 10 the finance
committee.
To Finance Committee.
The request of Health Commission
er W. c. Etzler. that five furnaces be-
bought. these 10 he installed in five
different parts Of the city, 10 be used
in burning infiammable waste matter.
and thus do away with the burning or
rubbish on dumping grounds, was re-
ferreh to the finance committee.
The resolution of Captain ". T.
Otto that a meeting of representa-
tives of the P ". &. Ky. Railway
Company and members of The Board
of Control be had. with the idea Of
doing away with the smoke nuisance
in the North End. was adopted
No action was taken on Fireman
, Clarence Reeds case. Attorney S. O.
Boyce agreeing TO lay the matter over
until the regular meeting Of council
in August.
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