The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-11-18
Baltimore & Ohio and the Con
ueIlSville Railroad.

The Pittsburgh Chronicle Of the 18th in
slant, states that in the United States Court
on Wednesday, the case of the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad VS.. The Pittsburgh Con-
nellsville Road camo up for argument be-
fore Judges Grier and McCandless. The
Chronicle thus explains what it understands
are the facts involved:
At the last Session of the Legislature an
act was passed prohibiting any stakeholder
in the line, no matter what the amount OF
stock he might hold, from voting more than
TWENTY-FIVE shares. The Baltimore d Ohio
Railroad own II, 800 shares of the Councils.
Vile stock, majority of the entire stock of
the road, and the act of last spring it is
held, was passed for the express purpose OF
destroying the influence of this line in the
the board. Believing the act illegsl, the
Baltimore & Ohio Company, through their
agent, Mr.. Garrett got preliminary in
junction commanding the Company not to
hold an election under the new law, or, in
other words, to hold no election unless eve
ry share of stock gave vote to the person
owning it. The election comes off to NOR
! row, and, with view of having matters
conducted under the provisions of the act
of last spring, rule was applied for and
granted in the United States Court yester-
day, calling on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail
road to show cause why the injunction spo-
ken of above should not be set aside.
This morning G.. P. Hamilton argued the
case for the Connellsville road, but he failed
to convince the court that the injunction
ought to be removed, and the rule was dis
charged. The matter is good deal mixed
as it now stands, and we see, in the prospec'
tive, any amount of work for the lawyers.
If the company goes to work Tomorrow and
holds an election under the new law, the
parties conducting said election will be in
contempt, and, in all probability, will 60 to
| Jail, while if the election be carried out as
heretofore, the Baltimore & Ohio railroad,
having a majority of the stock, will select
of course, its own men. We know but
| little ourselves of the merits of the con
troversy, but if report speaks truly the
whole thing is contest between the Balti-
more & tOhio road and the Pennsylvania
railroad.
The latter company, it is claimed, knows
that it is the earnest desire Of the Balti-
more & Ohio road to see the Connellsville
road completed, and the act Of last July, il
is charged, was passed for the express
purpose of destroying the influence Of the
! Baltimore & Ohio road in the forthcoming
election. 1t is alleged, in short, that the
Pennsylvania road wants TO get the Con
nellsville line under its control, and thai
the act referred to was passed so as to en-
able the company to accomplish this pur
pose. How far this may be trne we canno
say but we have no hesitation in stating
that any measure which looks to the early
completion of the Connellsville railroad
should meet with the hearty approval Of oul
citizens. The Central road, though man.
aged with signal ability is not equal by any
means to the growing wants oil our com
munity, and any measure that will give us
another outlet to the seaboard should meet
with the heartisst appreciation.