The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-09
The Proposed Release OF the u. 4 o,
II. Il. from Taxation.

ToLhO Editors Of the Intelllgencer:
1t is well known that the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Company never kept faith
with the city OF Wheeling or any Of its Citi.
2cns who were unfortunate enough 10
seek m overture with II.
In the face Of this glaring fact we are
startled by the insulting proposition made
by that corporation W our Honorable
Board Of Supervisors 10 the effect that
In consideration Of telease OF all claims
against the Baltimore & Ohio Company
and Wheeling & Pittsburgh Company for
all taxes, put, present. and future, on the
part Of the county, township and city of
Wheeling, the said companies will agree
to spend not less than 100000 in the
erection Of shops, machinery, &c, on their
property in this city.
Have our already overburdened tax.
payers forgotten the "double track rail.
road that todS TO have been laid from
Baltimore to this city, and the magnin.
cent railway bridge" that udS TO span
our river at or near a point on the north
side Of Wheeling creek2 If they have
forgotten these promises (all made In good
faith by the Company perhaps some Of
them may remember the gorgeous
princely "Union line of steamers" gotten
up principally by themselves, at the in.
stance Of said mpany-hOw they were
swindled into the "Union line" TO The
tune of a great many hundred thousand
dollars. The foregoing, together with
our city subscription OF 100000 10 the
capital stock Of said company, Is YET fresh
In the minds Of many OF our citizens, and
- perhaps the chief one Of the manV
fruitful sources Of our present financial
embarrassment.
When these things are Eorpnt,nn o,d
the present. generation has passed away.
proposition of the nature Of the one inst
made might be entertained hy Inc Aim
orable Board of Supervisors If OS;n
county, and not Till then. '
In the release contemplated 10 the Com.
panies Of all taxes, past, present, and ID.
ture, equivalent TO about $4,000 Of a do.
nation), what will have been gained Ia
our city or county by this unprecedented
act Of generosity The bare and empty
promise by that company, through one
oil ia minor officers, that they will agree
To spend not less than 100000 In the
erection Of shops, machinery, &c, on
their property in the city OF Wheeling.
When the contemplated contract Is
signed, sealed, and delivered, II Is CHAR
acleristic Of that body 10 inform the
Honorable Board" that the sum men
TONED Is already spent aRd In successful
operation In the south end oil SwilChVille,
and should the Honorable Board" seek
TO enforce the compliance Of the company,
they will be gravely informed by one Of
the offices Of the company, clad IL proper
authority, that the Second Vice President
mad neither authority nor power 10 execute
such contract, and hence void.
Such in brief Is the way in which the
y, q o. r. r. Company Keeps faith with
those with whom Il has dealings, and such
Is the fate that a too gullable public NAV
expect at the hands Of heartless coinpa.
ny, celebrated wherever Known for their
want Of good faith, chicanery and knav.
cry, and II most dcvoutly wished Tint The
wy Council before ratiiying the "contem.
plated contract will silt Ills matter III