The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-15
PROVISION REINsER%ED IN FHAk-
RIO ORDrNANCE-Two cow
CuMEN CHANGE VOTES
NEW rRAFTIc Law ADOPTED FIN
ALLY AND MADE EfF6CfAN1
rrRsr OF COMING MONTH
ORIGINAL, SECTION DESIGNATING
STOPPING PLACES foR bUSShS
RESTORED BY COUNCIL

Ry vote O. SIX 10 fNc. city counc!
last night passed the original tF'tn'
ordinance containing provision 10 p'V-
hihit parking or Market and MAIN
a,reets The Maiu-Market street AMI
barking section WAS defeated last Tues
Lay niEht when tho ordnance was .TcA"
Tor amendment and debate. the section
covering the parking on these t""
streets being stricken OUT and section
substituted whereby parking FOR one
hair hour would he permitted On Mar
ket and Main. Councilme0 Charles /.
GNIgan and J. =. Williams changed
their vote last evening. which allowed
the original ordinance 70 be substituted
pnd passed.
The ncv ordinance vii SO into effect
At midn'eht on April :. -,
Council at previous meeting 'kilIe"
section $ OF the traffic ordinance "h''"
prohibited parking on Market ana MAJ"
strcets as recommended 10y the tr@iuS
COMMITTEES. This section was STRICKEN
out ~ the ordinance only after c"nS'u-
cradle speech making by members OF
council. Counc:lmen Cunningham. Metz
ner XrcsS and Mayor Thoncr voted 10
KEEP the section IL the ordinance. Co"n-
eli men McConkCy. 'HliGan "i"Hms,
MeI;.rEor. Schcnk. Otto and trIcn voted
TO "li;r' the section prohibiting parking
IN TIC two main thoroughfareS.
Las. night the ordinanre was read
from the point council left of last
TUESDAY night. 4 petition was present
cd, sSncd by business firms on Tenth
stree asking council 10 amend the or
I,ralrs 70 allow parking on the nnrtn
side a Tenth street between Market ana
Main streets Councilman kr"sS JnoHed
that The request be granted. stating
therew would be congestion on all other
stress with the ordinance. as amended
bein, passed. Tho motion faxed 10
carr on roll cal.
councilman Cunningham. chairman o:
The traffic committee. stated that ne
VOID take the same position as he did
at he former meeting: that ne wouh
nsntaIn this position until shown that
fc some good reason 1t would pe mis-
tse 10 prohibit parking on Market ana
Min streets. There were only - bus
lass houses on Market street out OF an
oproNlmatc 800 that signed petition
skiing that marking be allowed on this
treet. stated Councilman cunningham.
nave talked TO 4 number ~ the sign
RS OF the petition and 10 =, man who
circulated one % tho petitions and they
left me under the impression THAI they
did not want 10 SOC parking allowed for
so minutes on Market street ami did not
sign the petition with this understand
Ing They believed that parking would
be allowed FOR five or ten minutes"
ION the other hand" continued Coun-
Gilman Cunningham. "a number OF bust
ness men on Market street told me they
would sign three times IL they could.
petition 10 prohibit the parking on Mar
kst stree, for any length Of time.
wants ao-adinute Plan Tried
Councilman McGregor suggested that
the ordinance. a~ amended. allowing one
half hour parking on Market and Main
streets Do paasnd and tried out tor
thirty days and = no, successful amend
the ordnance He suggested tina. tour
police Be stationed on Market street and
enforce the ordnance.
Couacilman Williams stated thar
while he was IN Cincinnati. o. several
DAYS tho che: 80 police there Informed
him :Aat (: would uu,y y" mate" ~
time unit. cincinnati! wound h2r" a.
ordinance prohibiting park'CE on tHe
main thoroughfaros. Tho Ninth ward
representative. who voted IN favor q
parking on Market stree: last weeh. then
moved thai the entire section wh.ch a,
lowed parking or Market street 10 re-
considered as welN other sections
regulating parking councilman Metz
ner seconded the motion.
Councilman Srhenk took the aoor and
said that N NJ, opinion the ci;y would
look dead without automobiles on Mar
ket and Main stree. He said the city
locked Ike lvewtre town at prcsefs
and II no PARKING or stopping IS allowed
on these two street people coming into
the city would say Wheeling IS the dead
est looking town they ever struck.
The motion was finally put 70 a vote.
Those voting 20 reconsider the action
taken last week in allowing one-halr
hour parking on Market and Main
streets were Cunningham. Giliigan,
Kress. Metzner. Williams and Mayor
Thoner. Those voting against the
motion were: Mc'onkey, McGresor.
otto. Schcnk and Uirtch.
Provision Restored.
Mayor Thoner announced the motion
20 reconsider prevailed. Councilman
Cunningham then moved that the orig
lnal section prohibiting parking on Mar
ke; and Main streets be inserted in the
ordinance. The vote was the same as
on the former motion TO reconsider.
being six 10 i've.
Councilman Cunningham then moved
that section 81 which compelled buses
70 cross the intersection Of streets and
stop not less than ca fec, from the
corner. and which was amended to
allow them 70 stop at the near corner
cs the intersection. be reconstdercd and
the original section be inserted This
motion carried.
Effective April l.
Councilman Cunningham then moved
that the ordinance become effective at
midnight on April !.
Councilman kress moved tnat . 200
copies OF the ordinance be printed for
distribution. When 4 vote was taken
or This Councilman Otto stated lie
would ,o's "un'' inRsmuch as - voted
against u" ,NamS". IN tho ordinance.
The question: was then raised by
Councilman krcss whether tho motion
made by Councilman Williams 20 70
consider the former action Included
Main street as we'll rs Market street
where no parking shall hc permitted.
ThoSe voting again; sNH motion were
McCorkcy. Otto. Sc-cnk and U.-ich.
Councilman McGr"Eor on :h,s motion
changed and voted with Cunningham.
KresS. Gilligan. Mctzner. Williams and
Thoner.
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