Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-05-19

pdny under fh, Fruudul,nf Grant 10 m,
ftuSturgh ard ConnelisUiile L. II. Com.
pdny.
We this day present TO our readers the leg
slsuve history OF the amendment 10 the char
er OF the Pittsburgh snd Conuelsyillc Rail .
road Company, exhibiting the most disgrace.
hui and bsreiaced fraud ,lIa, has ever been OF. |
tempted upon the people of Pennsylvania.
1.-The facts are these. In the pamphlet of
Laws, page lSo, will be found all act 10 incor-
poraies company to make Railroad from
3, 1887.
An act was passed April 8. 1912, pamph-
lei Ldws. page 333-eniitled IAN Act for the
relief OF the Overseers OF the poor in the bor-
ough OF Erie. and for other purposes"
I'm tins act, the 9th Ssction revives the
Charter oi the Pittsburgh and Connellsvile
Kailroad, aud the 9Th Section is as follows
page 33i.
Sec. 9Th, That said company shall have
iuii power aud discretion TO select any rout
from the city OF Pittsburgh, 10 Turtle Creek,
winch may be deemed most eligible. and ud-
ran,ageous, and may extend said Railroad be-
You'd Connellsville 10 Smi,hfeld. OF any 9th.
er point on the waters OF the Youghiogheny
and within the limits OF this Commonwealth.
rms 'ih section was repealed the same
session, as will bc seen by Phamphlet Laws of
lsil, page 39i, in IA Resolution legalizing
the election OF justice ol the peace in Dor.
ough oil Dillsburgh, in the county of York, aud
ior other purposes dated April 18th lSl3.
ms Is the way matters stood until some
Jay OF March last, when "A bill 10 authorize
the Court OF Quarter Sessions, OF Allegheny
County 10 ,acate Delaware Avenue" was, as
local matter, referred, upon request, to the
members OF Allegheny Comfy. As il con.
cerncd only Allegheny county no one object
IFn he
Dill To the House, with amendments and on
tuesday the 3lst day Of March OH private
OIL day, when II WAS out OF order to Introduce
any public bill. or bill having my other than
local Objects, this bill a reported by the Pitts
burgh delegation was taken up aud passed
and one OF the amendments reads as follows:
Sec. D. That the Resolution legalizing the
election OF Justise OF the Peace In the Dor
ough OF DlIlsbuTg, in the county of York, and
lor other purposes, approved the 10Th day of
April, lSiS, be and the same is hereby repeal-
ed:-and the 9Th section of the Original act
Tor the relief of the Overseers of the Poor of
The borough of Erie, and for other purposes,
passed the 18Th day of April, 1918, be aud the
same - hereby continued in full force.
:, This passed without any man i'm either
mouse, OF any one else ever suspectinp, that
IL nad sny reference 10 the granting Of the
right Of way"
honorable 1,IS and upright citizens in every dis
docs not present fraud, baretsced, outrage |
Gus and disgra, elul in the extreme. IL appears |
that on the Sth Of April, lSi3, this 9Th section
containing the iniouilpvs ptnpt ,y,as sR,mggled |
the instance OF the representatives from IT,
county OF Allegheny, and would then have
become a law butfor the statesman Mike ,acac-
Ivy OF uovernor Porter, who detected tho
J,dnd ana promptly refused his signature IN
The bill. The authors of the fraud fnJ;no
themselves detected. and rather than submit, 20
,ne exposure which a veto Of the measure
would nave carried whit, promptly skulked
~ aho erected It's Immediate repeal. Ii is
10 oc deeply regretted that Gov. Skunk ala
not show equal statesmsnship in maii., ~
such grave import, so vital to the h., ;n,ey'
ests OF the Commonwealth.
But all Is not lost that is i'm danpe, Tbs
conspiracy, bold aud wicked as IN ce,,.;niv
was, we think has signally Jailed 20 accomnl;.b
It's purposes. An ignorance of the peoorl nh;'
cal location OF the Uaiers VI the Youghiopbenv
oy those VINO engaged in the Conspiracy -
what dtone has saved the commonwealth ;,s
improvements and IFS revenues. The add.
burgh and Conceivable RAILROAD con,s;nss
IN the 9Th section above, il will he ne,rc;rsJ
auihofizes the extension of said road bevoni
ConnrLsviile TO Smithfeid or any point ON
.he Ua'srs OF the Youghiogheny and within
the limits OF this COMMONWEALTH a.
glance at the map, il will be seen ths, III
foughiogheny river takes its rise in the so,,,h.
western part OF Allegheny county. MARYLAND
u'al al extensive range oil lofty mountains in.
teIVehe between said river aud the presen,
IeI ihii!alon oil the Baltimore and Ohio Rail. |
road; through lohieh, no route hes h.,
cen be discovered for the con.tTnction 30
railway. We contend that the toof-ys ~
iVei cannon be construed TO mean anytime
n'''e IMAM It's main body or current Rirers
~ numerous instances form tho boundaries Of
Sis.tS, countries and empires Those hon,,
iaiiee III lave and Treaties are usually Gesiana.
Ied as such by their common titles. For in
,'anCe' we ONO river has been agreed unon
lesignaied as the boundary between Virgj,is
III Ohio--it has also been declared by Law ,bc
= ",..' oc'Mcen OHIO, Indiana, Illinois aud
hentucky. The Delaware bss hse,, ds,ia1'i
'he boundary between New Jer.ey and Pr
sylv9nia, ond the Potomac between MsTvIand
and virginia. What means tbs ,s,I,r. 80 - !
ohlo but the main stream or turreut ~ a.
riVef. IL would be a iittle too cxirvs,s'',
'hu ABSURD ior The present enlightened az ,o
1dy mat The iodfCrs of The Ohio meant ;9 al /,
liuol 20 that noble steam. the muddy nonis
y 70. mononsahols OF the chrystal waves of ,
Ihe Allegheny. VI
ihrre must be somc fair equitable and .
''hct rule OF construction by which de6ns,e
h,.,s,ning can be given to al such terms. :
ibcfe Is another cardinal yrmipsl IN ,.
construction OF all doUbifd or ombigyo,,, A.,
i"s That viii speedily settle this question. !,
mo Wat = what Pr'riieecs did the I.cgisls y
uie ~ 'his ah section iHteHd to grant Ia the },
oinF0Blt The Hf,HfioH Is the cardinal n,;, =
pie in ilic construction al = statute D;II 4
ie Legislature hcn by authorizing in ~. =
pert manner the extension at the Con,elis Y
We and Pittsburgh Rsilaosd along the ,oafsrs
lhr l0ughiogiieuy. man to antbofis. tbe nj
Fther eNteiDion Of tie said road along tj,c
dtets ol Costisinan's river 10 Wits rTecE "a
~ !" lwns conjunction with the y. and =.
X. x Co. thus rirfpaHV giving tn ,bat 4,
'ffl LlI tfffWurtff.tf ffts Trs. f-sF.