Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-05-20

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Sur AGAINST THE BALTIMORE AND Ono RAIL-
ro,p COMrAxr.-The Circuit Court at Washing
Cu has BEEN occupied since Monday with the hear
ia Of case, heing an action brought by Thomas
Gee sgainst the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad
Company, for services rendered on their behalf, us
,seni in Obtaining the passage OF bill through
III Virginia Legislature for The right of ay through
asectOn Of that State, 10 carry the railroad in the
election Of Wheeling.
THE DEMAND for our paper containing an ac-
count Ofthr falling Of the Suspen.io Bulge ex-
h4used The daily edition early in the morning; and
wien our weekly appel red the rush was SD great
that The edition WIS totally inadequate 10 supply
The drmand. ard despite The circumstances I, f
clerks and carriers, many of our subscribers were
deprived Of their papers, while hundreds who call
ed al or office for col les could not be snnplietl
There seems Ia be n deep and universal feeling
awakened by Il destruction of this noble edifce,
and many Ofthe papers containing an account OF
The disaster are now on their way to Europ-. Had
We known a few hours before we VIZ lie the arti-
Gle that the Bridge was going 10 fall, we might
have ordered much larger eritionj but in order
10 renove all dissatisfaction, aud in compliance
with numerous requests. we shalIon Monday, re-
publish the account ul the destruction oil this great
sructuIe-the largest and most beautiful slruct-
ure Of the kind III The woodland shall add there
Oa description Of its dime: slons and plan and a
k,tOry Of mlny Interesting circumstances connect
ed with It's election. @ go (tt
Persons wishing copies should leave their or
aers to-day, The edition will moi exceed the
uders. 'a 1sr s'e -
DEsrEucrrox OF THE WllEELIxa 6RrDuE-TeI-
tgraphic disp, tcht S announce thai tIie Wheeling
Suspension bridge was blown down in the gale 81
Wednesday ailernOtn, and now lies wreck in
tie uvrr, where we suppose il will b. mo:e for
idabie obstruction than even TO navigation, until
is rmov d. The loss Of SO eauiIiul u work OF
AT, and the Ges'ructi OF property, are matters OI
terp resrrt. To Wheeling II is sue calamity,
and We cOrnH'iSetate IUr case just as sIncetey as
We had never broken lance over the Bridge
subject.
some important questions will arise from this
disaster. II suspension bridges ale liable 10 such
accidents Wilt be wise to re-erect 1t? Can such
accidents he avoided by any olier mode lhun in
errasing the number of rietSl Ii il is deciied 10
Reconstruct il, at what height shall it be put?
lheSe ale some of The questions that will natural
/ ly sIise. We sincerely hope. th9. If the Stock
hU!deIS and the pc ope of WheelI conclude 10
re.eIect II, that they will, nf their own accur.,
place ii ut the altitude fixed upon by the Supreme
court. twill not cost them, now L al II is down,
sum so much lhrger us 10 Justify renewal Ct
those embiltcIed feelings growing out of the old
eontroverSyi and il viii forever alIay those tiSa-
seeable feud: winch will arise as OFTEN as The
NerremderS the bridge an distinctions 10 naNiga-
tIon.-PistsLurgh Gczeite.
The G.zette nianiieStS rather commendabIe
spirit, but we take pleasure in informing it
That the wreck has caused TO more obstruction
than Gil Il bridge standing in all its magnificent
proportions. In few hours aft,r the wreck fell
niO the river, The inds fatigaL'e Bridge Company
habit cut away, aud The rirer.is now totally unob
slucted. This GtoD. we admit, was rather big
len strike. u.O!ol, butwesll "setiem up again.
See il We don't. =ii5 -
Aeriox THE SUPERVISING INSPECTOR, Is THE
CASE OF SmAFFrR AND FISH, ENGrNEER AND HOT
Suspended THE Local lxsrEcroRs.-The ac-
lion Of Benz. Crawford, Esq.,. in committing the
'entence Of The Engineer and Pilot of the "Pitts
lufgil'" who were suspended by MesS!s. Halde-
nan and Guthrie, for the violation of the steam
boat law, has excited good deal of discussion
among river men and thepubic generally. IeSsrs.
NS'Hdh d-u uulutle are eApSrienceu StealIlDOal
nen-the iorner having been on the western NV
els lar more than thirty years-and great conf
uence Is very generally rrposel in The justice OF
their decisions .9's - 49,
William Fish, Pilot of the Pittsburgh, had been
proven guilty of previous violation Of the
law on the 18th of December, for which Re was
suspended for 50 days by the Inspectors nj PITTS
outsh' -Cn4eE all the circumstances, Messts Hal
uelnah and Guthrie considered that the safety Of
Tue uavtlins public demanded an exemplary SEN
'e"ee' and this opinion received unanimous en-
uO'Se'nent. Below, however, we give the points
made by Mr.. Crawford. the Supervising Inspector:
-tCia. Com.
bul IL the case of the trial on The appeal, the
enalses were required TO be specified, and 10 be
support by proof. Evidence having been taken
S ool sides, and the true state of the case being
,Gy Shown' the Supervising Inspector is clearly
~ 'Le opinion thatlIle was not put in peril by any
Is MI. Shaifer during the time alluded TO. That
us steam IN The boue:s was not at any time within
Penty pounds TO the inch high as his limits
Psillled him to do, nor was there any time when
US Aau not plenty, or flush of water in the boil
'sNnOt less perhaps than double the height of wa
a Set above the lowest limit allowed by the law
,heteioEe. the Supervising Inspecto. has decided
.hal Mt. ShaifeT Is not guilty Jf he offence OF
winch lie stands charged, AMI has restored to him
hS license
Its but just TO say, that if the Local Inspectors
mad Ind the facts placed before them in the same
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