Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-04-14

that tie lolal cost OF sAiehutlg your toau W AIM
wool cannot exceed $4,000. but 1t would he
useless to ascertain the exaet sum needed unless
youf bard should evinee The same spirit Of equity
towards Wheeling. That we found In your CON-
ml.ee. .. :,
We haso deemed II proper 10 stale explicitly The
euatastsssments produced by The resolutions Of
yout bostl Of dIfectots. At Tho SAME time when
W. regutd The tenor Of your latter, W. persuade
outse'ves that you may have understood those tes'
olutioNs In a.sense which, was moi apparent 10 ots.
Va ,uslte you, then. either In poison OF by ettet,
to respond 10 out suggestions with tho same Itent'
" eaudor As they ate oifercd, aud liz. US ascertain
whether our views cannot be reconct'e1,
II IL scarcely necessary for us 10 repeat the ex.
preston OF the Interest which this city feels III The
success Of your road, and her anxiety 10 promote
The convenience nj tie public BY Tho best method
Of connection l,etweeu the railways east and west
oil lilo river Our city and citizens have Leen Mt
vast EXPENSE and LABOR for many years. pIoYldine
facilities fot this connection, and still the, demand
upou Them for fnt.heT contributions have not ex-
hatsted theft pat'en, liberahty. Az 10 legislation.
We Itave not only ptoeuted the chatter Of lhe PIE
sent bridges anu defended that charter al our soft'
cost anil laz ,IJ, but nearly two yeats ego we OBJ
taaed special acts oil our eeIsnlate to laclIlta1e
llese railway connections Of which acts wss
tof thu exclusive benefit Of yont TOAD. Oaf coli
fereuce with you mud your whole bearing IN fefef-
ence to The "lntunetton" have, we thiuk, mani
fes1ed sincere desife 10 deal with tins subject IN
liberal spirit. In The SAME spirit we will ctIeeI.
fully cons,iet amy futthrt communication tom
yot., OF would renew our conferences on t't basis
fottteity Proposed by you.
Vsty respectfully.
ioHf obi servant,
y. SWEENEY, Chm'n*
We learn that no written fspIy was rectlsed to
this letter. but on The 9Th Of january, 1855, lt.e
Ohlu committee visited Wheeling, aud lad Gun.
fstsucs with the Wheeling committee. In that
conference il was agreed tina. the Cental Ohio Il.
K. Go. should abandon the Dcnwool connection
excep, for thu transfer VI live stock and fot river
business; that their toad Should be extended to
point opposite Wheeling. and lIIat for its extension
The el,izens Of Wheeling slvnad subscribe $4,000
by request of the Two committees the precise tf1n's
u( agteement we1o afterwards dawn NJ III Writing
and transmitted to thu Ohio committee fof THEFT
consideration. The only further action on thu
subject was resolution Of lie Hoard Of the Cen.
ttal Ohio llailtoad Company, (catte't, VIZ uadeF.
stand. by the casting vote Of the President IN
ttuH Hoard, disehaFsing their eoumttee.
Itsttoud be aided that Tue Wheeling committee
were induced to enter up,n the last Confidence by
hose Of tIe resolutions Of December 10th, (aUose
quoted, aud That msjarily Of tte Boad might
be expected 10 ratify such ant Arrangement as was
asteed upon In that conference. Al The sanle time
thu two committees. NJ the instance OF one ut thc
gentlemen from Oho, to affirmed the basis oil .eeo'
1aton adopted OH tl1e I0:h Of Nosenber, Us STATED
III the above etet. In lEoss tass il was mutual.
Up understood Thai brldse should heteafteT te
tul within The city limits acIuss lilo Ohio, adapt
I'd to accommodate all the taIsasl> concentrating
here, II legislation could be ptocufed for that pnf
pose, and propvs SIT welc tt te takt LOT na1af-
ing thu necessary naHs.
Mol hug a(ter tLeSe negotiations had been
abTup.y broken oil, ~ hetUIu stalled, tho ftess'
I.lenss of The BALTIMORE mud Ohio Itallroa Co., aud
the Cen,ral OHIO RaIroad to.. arreafed N Wheel"
Ing together. THEY submitted IL Ibis co'Hnlt.eea
paper signed by themselves {atad without aufho'''
ty, VT becvs) psoi'os',is f11a'itht own TWO
cu.npauies nlone would build Dftdst over The
Ohio, The place TO liz selected by themselves, either
nj the city or M lit south Hi Denwuod; That tie
Genital Ohio ralIEoa should 10 extended tnto t1e
city and 10 West Wheeling, antl that thu CITY
SHOULD dismiss fet legal proceedings asAis'ss Tho
nsnwool connection.
UNier tbs pru1taStsIon II was obvious thai illoye
companies woutI have been enabled 10 peIfecs
their IIenwooA connection by ans OF UIidge.
ut tle supetlous expense of constructing aaoIhet
atm OF useless faroad into s|e city, to .nunopoIze
the falWay CONNECTIONS nj OF tleaf " hct|tIs nln1
10 It'd themselves of HE legal proceedings which
pbstuct illeit designs. They might even have es'
tabIisted The pFaeIIea tet mini Vi both Ioaus (aud
Ut all others seeking connection with either OF
them OF the .iyef) a. Dell Ait In the State Of Ohio.
50 auxl0us, however, weEe your committees 10
att.e Mt some aHieabIe solution uf these difficult
lies that they toos The preroslsaan into serious
consideration, hoping 10 give 1t such Shape ps
might eventually feeoncllc aIt InctsSls. Int IL
was evident thai uo such biaase rs was eon1tm'
plated conId hit completed III less tta.t fIttt Ut
five yeats. Even tfge negoliattun thus Vpef1,d BY
Tue presidents might have been ptotaciei inttefI.
nisIy II tiey continued 10 have motive faf 1f,.
ssaetng il, After The ll,efaI efIJs,s previously
nate ty the city IN avoid the Necessity tvt i:ssiIIs
the injunction, Ia proceeding mereiy 10 pte:ec!
her rights MS jnIleaiy ascerIaintd,) and aslsf The
Presidents had neglected IN make any sukgt si.on
even 10 temper The evils Of the neawoud counee.
ton, ii seemed to yout cuhtnni1ee very clear that
the city ought 10 Du rnt INTO The practical en)ay'
men. of her tights, as aScttalned, during the lel'
dehey of iultier negotiation.
1uuI committee dsleced tho injunction to be
served on the l7'h Of Mach, which has ern done
accordingly. Some ten days oeIofe 1t was issued
our intention 10 issuu it stt q specified day was
male known 10 ibr presidents of the Two eu1npa.
nes, with an lntina.ton II at 1t It was oI tIe$Ig,.
I'll 10 interrupt ngoeiatlon hut on the Contrary,
TINT VIZ lmped 10 attain on amieable adjustmenI.-
Tile president Of each company replied In Ietlct
withdrawing hts recent proposition. ond that Of
The 3aItlluofe President expressing an intention to
Ill ths law lake lis coutse. II might nppeat tom
This that his principal object IN making The prop.
ostlon had been 10 delay the service Of The inunc.
lion by pto,EactiHg negotiation.
HHt soon afterwards it became known Tho. n.
meeting Of tie board Of Directors Of the II. Il o.
Il. IT, Co. The proposition Of The two presidents WINS
.aken into constellation, tIat 1t was generally
condemned by the dlsectots and thu. then ptest-
lent with difficulty ayefteJ ditect vote OF censute
by pIodacing his eies withdrawing thu proposition.
! Tie was mildly Feptosed ty so1e approving The
leltt VI withdrawal.
The injunc,son having been served II was hoped
that Tie law would have been permitted "fo lake
Us cuu.se" Dut II Is ascellaned that The iniuue.
lion Is nov habuaIy dsrtgaMed Your commit.
tee III tase proper steps Ut The proper time 70,
its enforcement.
Under such circumstances have your committee
been called upon 10 conslle, the request vi thu. D.
U. fsaIltoud Co. 70. Additional privileges. bur
Ing The last summer. IN spite u lie hostile deuor.
stations Of The company mt that time. thu Cum.
ell, upon their teques, giaIed similar privileges
anu afterwards enlarged them. Indeed, VIZ do mol
ftnneinef that They hive asked any facilities that
have been refused by Council. Three cardinal
points have always marked the policy OF the city
IN TeIaion to rsIIfoaJs, Fist, she has etldsayyte,t
by t1oitotabe exeEtions TO bring gteal lines through
her limits; Secondly, she has been willing 10 col..
tribute 10 thu utmost Of her ability 10 eons,rac.