The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-24

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
COmpRny.-IndIEnAt Meeting nj
RRlFmOnt..-A General Convention
Called Mt Grafton, next Friday, the
3OGh inst.
The business people of Fairmont held
not long ago, what we may call an in
dignatiOn meeting in regard to the poll
icy OF discrimination against them and
all other West Virginia towns and To-
cal points, by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. Tho following
were the proceedings of the meeting:
WHEREAS, The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, extending through the whole
breadth of our State, is protected by
our State laws and yet Is relatively ex-
empt from taxation, and
WHEREAS, Everything practicable
has been done by our citizens and by
our Legislature to promote the interest
of said Railroad, and
WHEREAS, 1t Is due to our State and
to our citizens that said Railroad
should at least regard their interest in
preference TO those of citizens of other
States, and
WHEREAS, The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad has constantly disregarded
our interests rs citizens and as a State,
by refusing to pay taxes proportionate
with other properly holders In the State,
by making unjust and unreasonable
discrimination against way travel and
way freight, thus hindering our inter-
course aud embarrassing all our BUSH
ness operations, and by practically pre-
ferrinR TO encourage the industry and
enterprise Of other States, to the dispar-
agement OF ours; therefore
ReSOLped, That to relieve ourselves of
the incubus imposed by the Railroad
Company, we will henceforward devote
our best energies and employ all hon
orable means that may be effective.
ReSOlUed, That we call upon the citi-
zens and business men of the State,
who, like ourselves, feel the weight of
the unjust burden the Railroad Com
pAny imposes, to hold meetings, organ
tZe and cooperate with us in adopting
such plans TO obtain favorable legislG-
tive action as may be agreed upon ut n
meeting Of delegates from every town
and county In the State that will Join
in a vigorous and determined effort to
obtain relief
Resolved, That we recommend and
earnestly request the business men of
the towns interested, to hold meetings
and appoint some of their number to
meet delegate from this place in Graf
ton on Friday, the 3Oth day of Novem-
Der, 1866, to take into consideration and
determine upon some means by which
the facts set forth in the preamble to
these resolutions can be brought to the
attention of the next Legislature, to the
END that adequate remedies for our
grievances may be adopted.
ReSOtUed, That our committee on cor
reSpondence be requested to forward a
copy Of these resolutions to such busi-
ness men as they believe are interested
IN this important matter and will CO.
operate with US In an organized effort
to obtain the relief sought.
Resolved, That Mr.. George Reed,
merchant at Fatrmont, be appointed as
delegate from this place to the meet
ing OF consultation AT Grafton on the
3Oth. GEORGE REED, President.
w. A. HI0GINs, Secretary.
We are not advised as to the prospects
for a large attendance at the proposed
Grafton Convention. In fact, We have
heard little or nothing about it. The
proceedings, published originally in
the Fairmont paper, we presume, es-
capped our attention, and we saw them
for the first time in the Moundsville
National The Fairmont meeting was
held, it seems, on the Sd of this month,
and the Grafton Convention Is called
for the SOth, which Is hardly sufacient
time for general publicity. An adj
jOurned meeting, however, can easily
be called, II the Convention next Friday
should not prove satisfactory In num-
bers. We presume the idea is to OBJ
tain as general an expression as posi-
bio. from all the counties lying along
the road, as to the policy of the COM
pany, before the meeting of tho Legis-
lature, in order that every proper infiu.
ence may be brought to bear in favor
of redress of grievances. 1t is well.
understood that the company is under
a cloud OF this present time in the Leg
islatnre, as the vote just before the adj
tournament last March proved. 1t has
an AZ TO grind in a Legislative way, and
81 It succeeds In getting the grinding
done % its satisfaction, without first