The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-27
CITY TAXES GASOLINE Stations,
AREA WAYS AND COAL TRUCKS
COUNCIL PASSES ORDINANCE ASSES
SING OVERHEAD EEIDGES AND
PIPE LINES.
Also Private S1diugs-Places Tax on
| Heavy Vehicles and Permits
| Opening Of Nicely Hotel.

City council at the regular W''hiH
meeting last night took n"ti"n t" rals"
more money for tho municipal c"ltGr
and to regulate speeds Of automobiles
AMI motor car trucks. also /" reissue /"
AlbCr, Nicely his hotel license for MS
hnStlrry in Water street. with III" pro
vision that hr shall entertain mai"
ghosts only. and that the hotel shall
be strictly Il 'sng house. ''"unril up
on recommendation Of City Manager O.
.. Magic revoked the Nicely hotci license
December 4th last. following Il raid made
upon the place when three couples were
arrested.
Assess Railroad Switches.
An ordinance WAS passed becoming
effective January !. taxing all private
abroad switches and sid!uEs In III"
corporate limits. rs follows: t1ftE dol
lars for the first ION feet or fractional
part thereof: Twenty-five dollars for the
next hundred feet and twenty-five dol
lars for all over "nu feet.
Tax on Overhead Bridges.
Tho ordinance also carries tax on
over head bridges. tranlways and pipes
reading. in part: y charge or rtty
cents per square foot for bridges span
ninE streets or alleys and charge of
fifty cents per lincal foot for each pile
or structure Of like nature crossing
STREETS or alleys.
Gasoline and OIL Stations
Gasoline and oil service stations came
IN for their share OF the annual assess
mrul The ordinance divides the city
Into two zones where tn" supply tanks
are located. with the following basis Of
charges for every square foot occupied
reading:
Zone l. To be that part ot the city
within the following boundaries: On
the north by Tenth street. Including
north side Of said street: I'm the south
by the Market and Main street creek
bridges and the Wheeling X Lake Eric
freight depot: on the east by (Alapllne
street including the east Sidc or Chap
line street and on tho west BY the west
side ~ Main street
Charge in zone for each gasoline or
oil-rcfillinE station tn b" IS pcr month
Zone 70 be all other parts Of city
NOT included il H"nn |.
Churgn in zone FOR each gasoline or
oii-retill.ng station To- be SIS per annum.
Area and Sidewalk Tax.
The ordinance covering taxation. on
sraaways and sidewalks occupied by
permanent show cases. etc. reads us fol-
lows. being divided int" Ihroe zones
Zun. l. FIFTY cents per square zoo.
per annun-
MorAe, street from south side O: Sin
r,enth 10 north side Of Eleventh Main
stree, from north side Of Tenth to south
aid. of Twelfth. Eleventh street FROM
,ast side OF Market 10 west sldo OF
Main. Twelfth street from cas-, side o!
t,hanIine to west side OF Main.
Zonc .. Twcuty-tivs coats per square
foot per annum.
Market street from creek bridge 7"
south side sixteenth street. Main street
from, creek bridge - south SIDE i""'i III
street. Chapliuc street from sixteenth
.x.rt f. sniilh Sidr Eleventh street.
Market street from Eleventh street |"
,.i,th STREE. Twelfth street from Wa
or stree, 20 Main. Fourteenth street
from Water street to Chaplhh". SIX
,,ruth street from ChApllnr street "
Main. Eleventh street from Market
street TO Chari!n". Tenth sIFee' l'0'"
Market street to Main.
v,r, . twelve and u half cents pe'
square foot. .o,,- ,u.o
-o,,oe uhau hs considered as In zone
charge. ri 81 CENTS per square i"'-
So, snarn OF sidewalks taken MP pE
.r.a,y;,r steps leading M. p'F'''"'''',
chow cases, signs. etc. on streetA a"n
aIIavs In zonc / and charge OIL 20 ceh|'
49,. s,rare foot for space so occupleu III
re,,a. and that no charge be made 'oF
s,cb mace SO occupied OUTSIDE oA 'Hc''
two zones. .oot for
all snare under sidewalks useu t"'
commercial purposes IN conScN.eu
.rIc, AS defined in trattlc "F"''"''
Rsonlnte Heavy Motor Speed
Rocnuse of tho heavy coal Ho."t
,-,,,ls and other similar vehicles Wh''!,
ho,.o been tearing up the stree's anu
inning buildings by their eNccSH'N"
sn.ad an ordinance was paSEc" ''','
,,i,,nI af,nr n long -drnwn-out debate e.
,ectiys January next regulating NV
,n,xi.,un7 Succd of all vehicles 70 to''
,o,Ias an hour that weigh net "'""'
,,,,uds nr over and 10 lay an annual tfO>
upnu Same or 800 per year. i'IH'"'s
.re subject TO heavy fines.
Clearing Walks After Pros.
4, ordinance requiring that ali prop
.rtr owners or renters clean away run
bisb and ice from the sidewalks lmne-
di,.oly following fire in the oo!lolnk'
camc UP for the first reading o'N
Manager Magic incidentally stated tha'
bc doomed /; rXp"di"nt 10 have such "'I
ordinance; that neglect in cleaning 81
sidewalks wAs brought nom" u! INV
House &; Hermann and Reilly ouiloihs
fires where the walks have been cover
81 with ice and snow for tho past TWO
venks until yesterday. when tho Walks
,,,ro cleared about the House Horn