The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-11-30
THURSDAY. NOV. 80, 1871.


Surveyor, made report OF MS eAAullna
ton OF the route for the projected T., w
II KY. railroad from this city to thu
Brooke county line, and the right'ol.way
committee made verbal report, which
showed only that the committee had oh
tanned no exact information. Mr.. SMITH
estimates that the work that would bC
required fthis county under the PROPOSE
ton Of the p. G. IL St. Louis Company
would cost $4,000, which he thinks a
careful survey would reduce to $ISO,OOO
land which We believe it would reduce
much more.) He thinks the right of way
would cost about $4,000, oil which $l0,'
900 would be required outside the city
limits. The whole distance is eight and
four.fflhs miles, one mile and sixty-threC
one.hundredths being within the city
He estimates that tie road within the city
limits would cost, without right Of way
$4,000 along the river and $4,000 by
tunnel through cemetery ridge.
The Supervisors thereupon ordered an
election to be held on the Sd Of January
next on the question whether this county
will subscribe a sum not exceeding $925,'
900 for the purpose contemplated.
Two or three things about this business
appear to be noteworthy. The commit,
tee which interviewed Mr.. SCOTT, (the
committee whose zeal and candor we
have heretofore praised,) in their report
September 25th, protested to state the
terms OF Mr.. ScoTTs proposition. They
said Mr.. SCoTT would reduce it to writing
and forward ito them directly, and prom
ised to report again when the paper had
been received. AEr. SCoTT's letter was
written according to promise, the very
day the committee made this report, (the
2jth). 1t must have been received day
or two later. But no meeting Of the
Supervisors was called to receive the
papers with further report
At the meeting to which the Commit.
tee reported, apparently to amusc tho
public, (as if any further amusement than
that afforded by the report could be need.
edD the Board appointed committee to
ascertain the cost Of the right Of way,
and directed that the City Surveyor be
employed TO make reconnaissance Of
the route. 1t was stated that the Sur.
vcyOr was much engaged with his own
business, and could not proceed with the
reconnaissance CSpeditiously. But this
appeared to suit the purpose of the Board
oil the better, and he was employed, al
though Col. SCOTT had offered the com.
mittee to send Mr.. BECKER, the engineer
OF tho =. Z. IL ST. Louis Company, TO
make the survey without cost to us. (Mr.
Smiths survey cost the county over
5000 A meeting was held thirty.ilve
days later, but the committee did not re.
port Col. SCoTT's letter to the Board, nor
did they report anything else. The right.
oi.way committee wanted more time.
Recently tho fact that the committee
held a written proposition from Col.
SCOTT, and that II differed somewhat from
the statement of it made to the supervl.
sors in September, leaked out in some
way and was made public through the
columns of the lETELLIGENCER; and the
production of the paper was demanded.
At Tuesdays meeting the committee, in.
stead Of making the full and final" re.
port promised two months before, con.
tented itself with surrendering to the
Board the papers in It's possession, and 10 !
among them was Col. SCoTr's letter, some
sixty.two or three daysold. And here It's:
col. TON SCOTT TO THE JEALOUS CHAIR.
MAN OF THE DIsfSTEREsTED COMMITTEE.
PtTTsBURGH, CINCINNATI ST.. LOUIS Il Il. Co,
OPTIcE OF THg PRESIDENT,
PHILADELPHIA, September IS, 1871.
Hon. Andrea WlLSon, Wheeling, W. Va:
My DEAR Sin Our Secretary ut Pitts.
burgh informs me that on Saturday last he
enclosed you a copy Of the within resOlu.
ton, at Wheeling.
The only alterations | sec that the resO.
luton would require TO meet tho views OK.
pressed to you at Pittsburgh on Friday
last, would be for the Pittsburgh, Cincin.
natl & 81 Louis Company 10 agree to
take preferred stock, Z per cent. clear Of
taxes, in lieu of mortgage bonds. This
we are willing to take ut par instead of
taking tho bonds nj the market value rs
stated in the resolution the object being
TO do oil we can to aid your people In
purchasing connection between Wheel.
ing and Pittsburgh by the short and, to
them, valuable line.
OF course VIC shall expect that your
people will act definitely on this question
within ninety days from the date of our
interview at Pittsburgh on Friday last
We always like to have n limit to pros.
pective obligations, such as nre contained
In this resolution.
Whenever you are ready TO have our
engineer Mr.. Becker, examine the pro.
posed line and location for dCpoIs, I shall
take great pleasure in sending him to
Wheeling TO see you.
AS am absent frequently it might be
well for you to send copy of any letter
addressed TO nc on the subject TO William
Shaw, Vice President, Pittsburgh, from
whom II will receive attention.
Very respectfully yours,
THOMAS A. SC0Tr,
President.
The following is the resolution en-.
closed 1t was the proposition of last
April, rejected by our people in May; and
Mr.. SCOTT's present proposition consisted