The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-05
ROUTINE MATTERS
OCCUPIES ENTIRE
TIME or COUNCIL
PREVENTS ACTION ON FILTRA-
TON Plant PROJECT.
TEND MEETING FOE RETURN
ING CAMP SHERMAN SOLDIERS.
HOTELS ASK FOR REMOVAL OF OLD
TRACTS AT INTERSECTION OF
MARKET AND TWELFTH STREET.

Nothing cut Of the rrgIIinr routine al
| hiS In"S$ WIZ tah'n up by III" city c"in-
. ril NJ liz" regular weekly meeting held
iI$I "v'nIn... cay Manager -. -. Magic
w" ha< hr'u confined Ia his hnm" ever
sine" his return last Saturday fruu'
E:,tiI,. Greek Mi''h.. ~h"r. hr spent Soy
'ral works TOR Tn" benefit Of his health
WIS nv: present.
""unc Imam Th"nrr who represents tn"
city administration M tn" r"uInittr" "Ii
! Ihr S.dI"rs' homecoming celebration,
y r"riil that the committee had re-
GursI'd That III" mayor. city mana ger.
"'h'r city officials and members al
! ruuu"!I h- invited IL accompany ia'
reception commute" that ~ I" meet tn"
returning soldiers ut l!"nwund and a.
! company them /" this city. II" urged
all who could attend TO hr at IN" Cham
her "f Commerce headquarters al thr""
n"cl""k this afternoon. Th" soldiers
sprrrnl - du" {" Hrriv" in Brnwn"tl
shortly after fly" o'clock.
Mayor ErSi"r announced thar Council
man Armhr"rht and himself. lring mem
hrs nr III" filtration committees. had ~,
IrrJ-,rtnn. conference for W"dnC EIin y
afternoon with Mr.. Chester. Of Chester
AMI Fleming. tn" Pitt $hurCh engineers.
on TN" water filtration plant matter and
; therefor" would not hr abb" To join III"
soldiers reception committee. rs much
as they would Xix" 1" do So.
Under N" head al uminiuhrd business
ih" matter Of leasing 81 pi"t "f vacant
ground owned by n" city on Seventh
81 rect between Main and Market streets,
:" r. u. Wilson. with IN" pririIrC" "r
erecting 4 garaE" IN same. Camn MP Tor
consideration.
i,nIf inn l.
wine was rcnd protesting against Ihr
leasing 81 the ground for n garage. Mr..
Trnuiwin" whn was present AT Inc
meeting. stated that the building would
cuI III his light and also Increase mis-
insurance rai"
Mr.. Wilson. in reply. stated lfat If the
ground was Ia ht, leased by Il privalH IN
dividrhI instead Of by the city, there
would br not Il word Of protest. "r"ln
Mr.. Trcutwinc. III insisted that Il h"
erected the garage nH tho line thor"
would still hn some six nr seven feet OF
vacant space between Inc garage huild-
ing and Mr.. Truutwrc'S r"sfdcn"". II"
further .trlrd ihat tho build nr va: in
tended "o.' mis- 10 rsnnal use and MT rs
n public garag" and that il would ~"
fircprnnf. with tho rHc"pti"n Of tho ROOF.
on motion Of councilman II tbig IN"
matter WAS r"fcrr"t! tn commute" ot
inrro. of which tho mayor. who lir"d IN
that war,f. was IN h" ono. 7 Il" ma! or
appointed MrsSr<. 'rhnn"r ard Blum NJ
the Other TWO members.
Tho weights and measures. EaS lights.
Eirw street pcliilun street car stops. re-
rcr; ion :" soldiers and milk inr"st'S a-
ton matters. in The hands u mint
toes were NIL rcCOmnittru.
Th, health ordinance rnmm'tir" anu
romnitirr IN smnk" nisanc" had Moth
ing Ia report.
\ J"tit!on from McLHrr Hras. HrhPr'-
, 'nr$ or the McT,ur" hotel. asking for
thr removal " tho aba ndon"d trnck OF
th' Vest Virginia Traction and Electric
company whcr" u CROSSES Ihr Wheeling
Traction rnrlpany's lin" at thr intcrSr"-
ton Of Market and Twelfth streets. was
referred 10 N" city manager. Inc n"'-
.ioucrs claimed that by r"aS"n Of thH
noise madr hy the Wheeling Trncthn
company. rars IN passing over III"
,rns. tracks MARY guests refused I" &C
rupv ihr c"rurr r"nmS.
A similar r"lItI"n fr"7r ;hr r.InaS'
men; Of thu Windsor hotel som" months
ago resulted IL tn" city manager induc-
ing ihr Traction company In rt'n"v" rs
abandoned tracks ii that point after Il
restitution protecting IN" company in it's
franchise rights had been approved ny
Council
Mavor NrStHr and tvrry member al
council was present at III" meeting last