Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-17
baltimore and Ohio Ratltoaa-Tao wheel
Ing Bridge Question.

LItCiVI3 VI lI6 nhllllUUlG UlW NHlu N9lNlVaW heS
held OIL aIonlnN When the official ropOtt Of tho
business Of llla road for The Month Of February
was read.
From The San we iakc tho following account IF
the proceedings relative 10 lie JOINT proposition Of
the u. s. o. Railroad and tie Genital Ohio road 10
lilo Oityot Wheeling, twill bg seen that tLv
proposition, 30 fat as The D. & q. TllIlrOad Is can.
,eetned, ehaualed from lie l'tcsdent, MI Hand.
son, aud thai ,IIU load, in sentiment, populated
II, and bya vote roueutrel In lis withdrawal.
EoEy In lilo session VI tho l'oan, President
HARRISON rose and SlaieJ That he lh'l made pop.
sllOHiu The City VI Wheeling In regard ~ btIJg'
ing tile OHIO river al thai point, OH condition thnt
Wheeling dismiss ita suit III ehanCety Hgallst llhs
COMPANY nnll IN reference IL which aad some
subsequent action IN connection tlste%ilh, he hnI
Cerlanl facts 10 relate. This proposition l.s had
Tic Genital Ohio RaiIrOm Company, whilst liz
was al Wheeling lately, and Il had since been
published in thu psncfs. but liiG city councils VI
Wheeling having tcftttsd the proposition 10 their
COMMITTEES 0n EllltO1tlS, hg had, since his return
home, received letter lt1n them informing hin
Of the citys determination 10 serve Inc Injunction
OH .neciGed dateI which they had 0btOlned
asninsl Ill company, Restraining them IN The ls9
md lutthet construction VI The lIenwOO, lltanClI
Of1he road, nj lie ctVs>ius titles below Wheel.
lux. lls lad consequently ~tlllsn aud dSpach'
ri letter Ia Eegatl 10 the btiee,
MI Wesley Siat thought solIr expression Of
the lIO1Fl necessary III regard 10 this proposition,
originally made w. tho President, lie, lut INC,
did not consider himself bou0dr % n ncnibr: Of
Tie Board, In any casu ny SuctI Individual uGllpI
Ia tl,atn
The Ottesineut III the city OF Wheeling 10 wiki
iiaw ihs injunction, lls was opposed u the step
which faI been taken, not only upon that In! vi
eveIy 0ther gIOuEd.
81. Uukciatl CuAculipl with M. SlaEr, and hot
being tle CJSe ile lud pIcallblu and TeE0IulipIs
10 OIItt on the subject. ilu thought II Important
that tile load should give an e$WeSSiUIi VI us
opinion OF tue proposition, The company, II was
known, w0S not in d conditions al this time, ulld
would not Ie (pt Two Yeas, ~ Incur The eXpemd.
TUE Of 81 900, 600 TT my such purpose. as ole
oftle city directors IN this TOAD, liz wished 10 ue'
line hiI position, aud that was 10 strictly regard
The Interest VI the city aud tle khuliets Tue
following are Mr.. U.'s pteuHible nul resolutions.
WheIeaS, proposition SiSuel by lie president
OF this coNpony, III conjunction With ille president
or the Ceuitdl Ohio IIat,Ual O1npsny slipilaling
on certain conditions ~ build bridge OYet the
0hiO tyef, al VI nest Wheeling, lBs apleult1 in
The papsTt VI this city and elsewhere, The Sub.
stance NJ which Is in the words following, 10 witt
DAYS Sfo NJ ID 6tf HIP ieEeS!iaIffy 10 ss Ill
Aud whereas, This hoard hos not been III any
way nEvy 10 lie terms VI subject matter NJ said
p.0posi.iUn, but OH tho c0nttay believe the SaNlU
10 hs Un%tSe, and IN every respect unadylSaOIr,
Therefore,
Resolved, That this board lsupPtove Of the
ttinS vi tic proposition lefeinDefUrs tcCiied mud
most respectfully uecline NgYu tic same llgt Ul.
cial sllictoUUt ratification.
Resolved, That the president Ot this company be-
requested 10 apPtltu tie PARTIES COncened u The
llUn,cOncuitelcs oftIlS board in tho ltTlS u tie
proposed arrangement
sit tIltnSOn reminded Mt, Dnkehart that Ly
tia terms OF tllv nSteeGeni the tight vas reserved
~ The twI tallroId companies 10 eject lhu bElhEc
nj such point ~ would dif1td Tie Jest and least
expensive CROSSING u tho nvrr, and S1Wi tbs! as
'dFIw' In The bulge waJ contemplated, II would
not liz SO expensive rs lad been alleged,
Ms Cleveland, Slate director, was opposed 10
i, Mt. Dukehufs resolves, The 'rfOpOsltUH' ofllIp
Ptehlsht had done no harm, so fit-lu one had
been hurt, thoueliFOnie had been awfuly flight.
entl. Such a RltaSute hu himself deemed miro.
lilo nj this neiiUl, aud II would crflqinly bd
long time beOla no could 90 Induced ~ cast
vote inits iavOti yel liz could mol Sole fot MI.
DukehtattS resolutions, Ra 10 10 So would Involve
cenSnte Of the President, IN Whose COUISc liz
could discern what Ile thought were eSIenuAlinS
citcUEStanctSinY view OF his peculiar situation nul
absence from home OF tie tine, aHl wien Of
cOuta hG was unable iU avail himself Of the I'd.
vice AMI Slo%a Of othes Interested on The part
this company.
VIZ. Dikchatl discaimcd AnY intention Of person.
ally In Ills resolutions, but he wished the board 10
promptly and distinctly 10 take It's stand III this
point, tLat there might te no mistake, no false III.
preston Conveyed. ilV feared The president ptu'
position would iniulo the company In tie courts Of
Viitinla, aud liz wished Therefore distinctly md
explicitly TO wipe 1t out. Tie danger was that The
think might yet be construed rs coAttacij fOr
Wheeling, In subsequent leiCt 10 MI Harrison.
IN no WHO wilhdnwS On her Patt ffOn The astee.
IneNt And, IN addition, tho agreement having
been made subject To the action Of this OOafd, tIr
president hiiSrlf ceIlaiuly has no tight VI puTrl
now TO annull II at his OSn single will and plea.
sure, lie EeEertcl 10 tic choice Of location and
coAi Of eteclHg the bridge, and IN this CONNECTION
inSanceL lie fomltt action Of Wheeling ~ lOca.
irlg tho road from beyond CuMbCtN"l " that city,
WlltU, notwithstanding the tetnlS Of lie law, Vii.
Et0ia allowed ths company 10 choose the least eS.
pensye location, as docs lie terms TOT The Present
contact TOT the bridge, we were yet oiCtd " adopt
n line which We deemed lnotc CSpsliSlvC unl Uh.
iecilonabie every way.
Mr.. Barnes, city Director lCirIIrl TO The rliii.
cullies now experienced by tea, OIL Of the v ant nj
ID NhbtOken connection between thu Baltimore
anil Ohio and Genital 0hU raiirusds I'll Tic river,
which las naturally led ~ Nj. tiaiigUR's pt0pS.
stiont but Ia view Of Ito continued adveISe aCliUh
olWheeliIs, tho question how llstldine In this
hoard might well 10 settled by approving Of tlu
tteSllsnps letter, SincG written, to Tho WhvelUg
authorities, %ithJtuWi0e tic LliJss proposition.
* Chancellor Johnson, State director, explain.
Ell that the ptoposlUn was not considefed binding
by VT, lipiriSpn on tie company Wien hs made
H. The chataclet Uf the psprt indicated that Nj,
II. knew thAl lpe had ITO no%tt 10 Ulnd the eompa.
ny Iie thought TOO, tleltofe, thai the board lad
OIlYuo% TO HpptoveOt The subsequent Withdrawal
VI that proposition, and he consequently OiEete'l
the'llllo%illg rs q substitute for Nc. DukehaH's
preamble and resolutions;
| Tht3 boafd having hvaId read the LITER written
BY Authority Of The city Of WLet liBs relative 10
tttaln ptonosirus adjusting the legal controversy
between this company anu tho said city, and tho
answer Hereto Of The president vi said company,
Withdrawing such propositions, express their entire
conouttenes tlsfelu, Gnl declare said ntoposilion
10 be whollySQld and Of ito effect @haieyet,
Nh, Slstt, In view Of tile action prVpoSeI BY Ar,
Johnson, called tho attention Of tie buatd 10 lLe
expressions In The Wheeling lettCl asking whether
any proposition Of President llutison would lie
consldsted binding, and wethet he had right 10
aci,ahd speak IOt lie company. Mis-. was llIete.
lore In t4Yot of Alt, DIkeLafl'S tesplVeS, which
showed Tile lonsl hal not been pIvy tVthe ttans.
astlpp, az was Necessary.
Ge8.U' poaasll slated that, Ia connection With