The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-12

ers6prces and will rather exceed than fall
below the amounts stated, y W. ~
This settlement can DO really regarded
In no other light than an aban-
Comment by The company oftheir claim
to exemption from taxation, which they
have maintqined for SIX years, i II there
Is any man living who supposes That the
Is. % ~, IN IL 20. VIII pay 10 UOO 70
anybody Tor any purpose until they are
thoroughly satisfied that there IS no help
for II, he certainly must be the gfeenest
thing that has survived the Christmas y.
II Is not difficult 70 understand why the
railroad company were willing 70
compromise on these terms, In the
inst place, they saved Sll,OVO py "
In the next place they prevented de-
ctsion OF the Court which .they KNEW
must be against them and which could
be used by other counties as authority up.
on which the company could be eompel'
edto pay Now, they VIII say these
grave questions are sui Undecided, and
viii refuse 10 pay until they arc crowded
10 the wall. nn l,.llt H. ~. :" ,''.,,.',
iGBut what mdpcement the Board OF su'
perHisots had 70 accept y, passes my COM
prehehsion.9 a Ina week they would have
had Judgment for $4,000! Why they
should throw away 1900, Is matter
which perhaps they may be able TO ex'
pam 70 me taS'payers o! Maisnlll; rms
y peIeaps lle VIZ ~ tuIS1 o. ING pSn'
tf RSt XIII tSiSs N eonnromisipr taxes "a
whoIIy tininstida bie In princIple and not-
nieiois in practice. i II property Is not by
law subject 10 taxation, Let II DO entirely
exempt, Ititis It should pay the same
tax that other property pays, Boards have
no business TO exempt one mans proper.
tywholly or inpart, and make another
man nav tho whole amount that Is assess
ed against him. Let L be settled once for
'aIl, Whether the property 81 the Railroad
Company Is subject 10 taxof not OF il Is
'letit nav likeother people, land ifnot let
il Ibei exempt entirely. This miserable
patchwork Of compromising cannot fan
Ia do iniuslice 70 somebody. little prop.
Ierty q not legally subiectjgto taxation Il
touShtinot 10 be- assessed at all Tilt Is
II ought 10 ,pay,tho whole amount that Is
assessed against II, ' 80
Tho comproniis6 was made and the
money paid without Tie knowledge or
consent Of the counsel employed BY the
State 10 assist III the trial Of the cause.Iig
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WheeLHs an"i noR'uei' :. .Ao
.sa " HoREpALE, HARRISON 70, OHIO,
bLra.r Iad' 400 ~ January f,4en' ~
,zothe Editg Qrthe iteili0fResr. ,,dl.,ii ~
DEAR Sir; In answer TO I" Mac" per-
nit me To guy that our people are, as he
said tSMSetchdt pfSsltish, hdas all communi-
tics arc when their interests arc OF stake.
But we think that Bridgeport and Wheel
ing will not be hasty IN the matter, with
oGt Consulting well their local" interest.
as fofathe smotleya Of fear and hop,
danger and consolation ! have but little
TO say All our Z" fears are that tho
wealthy men Of these places think TOO
much Of the almighty dollar 70 give
much Of 1t to any route. o Our n hope is
that interest enough will be taken
In the matter to investigate before com.
hitting themselves, and as for danger
there d but ono and that Is one Of delay
and inactivity, and our "cohsolationn Is
that VIC believe We dire right, and the re.
suit OF the surveys show 1t, and as you
will find on page nine of the, printed re-
nor, of Mr., Blickensderfer, made In 1840,
of the old Short Creek survey, the fol.
lowing: t'While, on the Wheeling creek
route there are four miles at 80 feet. " the
mile; and grades Of 40 feet per mile,tage
OF frequent occurrence, &c.'1 Thus II ap-
pears he givcs q decided preference Of the
Short Creek valley over the Wheeling
CreekrouteI while the report of the IA
miles from. The, mouth Of Piney; Fork 70
the Cadiz Branch Is much more favorable
than the same distance from the mouth Of
Piney Fork on the, old Short Greek
survey, SEQ comparison Of the
two routes published some ifwceks
ago. And NJ as,A for the people
becoming ,".crpss .eyed,7 they know
whatever additional local trade they can
secure will add to their wealth, and
"cfoss eyed people like money as well rs
ANYBODY elsey We think our prospects
are,in tnowisei dimmed by, the assertion
that lone man says Flushing township
Is ready 10 raise 100000" We know
something about this beinguready. IL lids
a good deal like the DuteltmgrlS flea, put
your finger on him and he diH't t6re, and
asiSAIac acknowledges they have not the
Eastern capitaiIsts' lie Viii I'D ina tGSt When
$2S, 900 per mile Is to be raised by local