The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-05
SOME coUNCnIEN BELIEVE THAT
THEY PASSED FRANCHISE oAD1-
NANCE LAST N1GAT.
City Solicitor and Others say 1hl'
Ordinance Was Not PASSED.
Legally.

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the fundamental ruI"S -. parliamentary
law would il" 4 i':!E'n-: nr"i"'Sl'''a J."
Bellairr tur The h.u'S;l .: thr c"""&iI-
men.
Tho civ fathers h"'l = Sr"cial n:""'-
inc 4; The ci;y building last n!Shl -
take up me Wh""!rg Traction company
franchise which has h''n hanging are
for more than ELEVEN ,:i"Hias.
After 4 game =; blind nlan'S blur
council adjourned. Son!r members DO
iicvinc that tho rrd!nanc" has! hcct'
passcd anil others certain that II mad
not been legally passed.
City Solicitor james TalItHan said II
was his opinion thar n" ordinance was
not passed and was but past It's thru
reading.
Officials or thH Traction Company
said they would question n" ordinance
on the grounds ,ha; It had not been en-
crossed &nd passed.
The trvub. c..n!" ;.;;"r the ordinance
had been rad :hr ;h3r.! i'm" ard mo-
ton WAS offered rs Moor" |" "nEross
and pass ,hr ordinances. AZ TINS no
mtnt McE:;rny offered an aw'"nd"icn'
that 4 claus" y" inserted IN tn" ord'-
nance providing thnt cars stop at At!
dedicated stree: corners. y majority -
the counEilm"n favored III: a'n"n"mcEt.
4 vote was chrn taken I" "nEr"SS and
pasS the ordinance and 4 majority !av-
ored it. Tn" question then cam" W r"-
Sa-dinc he legality NJ amending III"
motion - "ugrrSS and pass and i wa~
decided illegal Tn" amendment b"i"s
illegal. ths motion rs amended VAS AIS"
illcga! and aaoth"r vote was necessary.
Il J. Tod Inf -
again :l.;! Z n!"ii"n "a adjourn carried.
Insert Rental ClapSe.
After considerable. -: :, G"6a;" the
city fathers decided - insert IN amend
meEt providing FOR i SOFA per mil" ar
Mai rental t"r tho cry FOR tho use ~
the streets SUPP. Billings had told
council that IL this Claus" VAS inserted
and the precedent established n" corr
pany would halt cars az the north end
of tho city limits.
Tho traction company was represent
cd at tn" meeting by Supt. Billings and
Attorney Gordon K!Hd"r. All mem 5rrs
OF city council were present.
A large delegation Of citizens was
present. I'll" council! chamber being
crowded "a we'll az tn" halls.
Before tn" franchise was read for the
s, cord time u paragraph was inserted
providing for tn. usc o: "A groved gran
lie b!CSk ua tn" Inside ~ rails.
In the opening remarks n'T"oi" said
he hoped council would vote The fran
chiSc down unless L rSatai w%S pro-
vided. sine" tho new nlauag"r had mac,
his atr;:ud" clear. Tho streets a.: Sci
air" are worth s",n"thing. II" do .:,:..!..
FL >a;d ihc company did not want to
pay III" r".:tal h"caus" th"y would 49,
-, Tr.,l ~
Martins F"-ry. He sad the Interstate
commerce commission would NOT permit
the company 20 stop its cars. II" said
the mayor should not hav" called the
srecia! meeting I" grant Il fr1nchis" 70
the traction Company. M disposition
has boon shown b. the company TO give
good service. h" declared.
Enil declared III. franchise tho best
in Ohio as written and since ha had
learned IN" Whe"liu= care would nct be
more than lpc H., favored It without \
rental. IEc said 4 S30h rental was
small as compared :" Il o. fare. which
the company mleht demand IL the rental
was inserted.
Mct:ruy said # courcjl passed tho
ordinance with tn" rental and cars w"rr
stopped. c"nucilm"n would look hkr twu
cent pieces and would be- blamed. Flo
said IL the people wanted the cars stop
ped then council should stop them AID
II they wanted ihc rental x should Do
provided.
Johnson said Il o. BrlIair" ca-e was j
little thing ~ IN" company rs % per
cent nc III" pcnaI" rid" out 81 town. fio
said Martins Ferry has 4 : con-; farc
euarant." in i;< franchise. from Martins
Ferry Ia Fourteenth street. Wheeling
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