The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-06
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Wheeling Railroad Legislation.
CHARTER of the Company to Build q
RAILROAD Bridge here over the
ohio and Authorizing SUP.
scripIiOns by the City
and County.


and County,
Tho Acts Authorizing subscription
hv The CITY TO the wheeling q
Lake Erie and the wheeling
n Tuscarawas Valley
Roads.
Certified CopyI
A,Act Ia Incorporate the Wheeling
and Union Railroad Company
Passed February 10, lo's -,
Re- ii enacted By Tie legislature Of Yves
That Henry X. List, Michael Reilly
George Baird, VIM. II. Woodward, JONI
II Hobbs, A. Wilson, Q. H. Booth, aug
p.i l Thomas j. Blair, +: ]. Stone
iomM Mcclure, A. Armstrong, John Hand
I ,am + Z G smith, NJ Pollock, @: W, Franz
h"i, , ,JoLn Osicrling, YIN. Hcrn, j. N
Vance, N. Ricster, 9. D, Hubbard, jane
Mckinney, Thomas Sweeney, JAS. A
MclcalG Robert II. Cochran, WIN. Ii
Sturgiss, Clark IIains, Thomas O'l3rlen
Vim. P. Wilson, Eugene List, and Benla
min Fisher, or any three or more Of them
and their associates, successors and as
sims and all who shall become stock
holders when one thousand shares oil the
cnDital stock OF the company shall have
been subscribed as hereinafter provided
arc made a body polite and corporate, BY
the name, style and title Of the Wheeling
and Ohio Union Railroad Company
nroyidcd said subscription shall BIO made
IN good faith, within three years from the
passage Of this act
D The said Company Is authorized to
locatc, construct, and maintain a railroad
from some point within the City Of Wheel
inc across the Ohio river to the State Of
Ohio and is also authorized to locate,
construct, and maintain, any branch
thereof, on or over any street or alley
within the City Of Wheeling; and it Is
also authorized to locate, construct, and
maintain its road, or any branch thereof,
IN or UyCr any street or alley within the
CITY Of Wheeling, and use on its railroad
branches all necessary locomotives, cars,
ETC., for the transportation of passengers,
freight, &c,
Provided, however, that said Company
shall not locate or construct any depot,
shops, road, or branch road, on any pub.
lie property, or street, or alley, without
first obtaining the assent OF said City,
by an ordinance passed by the council
Of said City; and the said com.
pauy shall not maintain or use any
depot, shop or branch road, not in ac-
cOfdance with the restrictions, Limitations,
and conditions provided in such ordi.
nance,
.. The said company shall have au-
thOrity to erect, construct, and maintain a
railroad bridge across the Ohio river at
any point within said city Of Wheeling it
may select; provided, however, that said
railroad bridge shall not BIO less than nine.
ly icet high from low water mark, and the
channel span shall not be less than four
hundred feet, unless lesser height or
lesser span be authorized by the Congress
oithc United States; except that this pro.
vision shall not applytO the branch Of the
Ohio river on the west side Of Wheeling
Island. .
A. The said company shall have author
ity in the mode prescribed by the forty
second chapter Of the Code OF West Vir-
ginia and amendments thereto, to enter
upon, survey, and condemn any land or
real estate, or interest therein, requisite or
proper E1r the purpose Of erecting, con.
sructing ind maintaining its dcpols,
shops road and bridge, and for maintain.
Ing, using, aud working all branch roads
within the county Of 0hioas may he suita.
bIeorpropcr for the purpose ofconncctinc
aud intcrscCting Its road on said bridge
with the line Of the railway OF any railroad
company in the said county of Ohio or
State of Ohio, near the city of Wheeling,
and shall further have authority to erect
anil maintain shops and depots within the
city Of Wheeling, Provided, always, that
no real estate or street or alley Of the said
city shall be taken and used, except by
ani with the consent Of It's council, as Is
provided in the second section Of this act.
3. shall he lawful for said company
to establish rates Of toll, which il may col.
let on all locomotives, tenders, express,
baggage, passenger, burden or other cars,
Of whatsoever kind, which may pass over
It's bridge, road, Or branch road, and for
snCh freight, passengers or other things,
as may pass or be transported over It's
road, branch roads or bridge; provided
that the rate OF toll shall be uniform and
without discrimination rs to all railroad
Companies, or persons and Companies.
working and running railroad or rail.
roads which have their terminus on either
side OF the Ohio river, ut or near the CITY
Of Wheeling.
0. Equal charges shall at all times be made
tOalI railroads or Companies on all freight
passengers, locomotives, tenders, &c, &C.
transported on, its road, branch or bridge
on similar classes OF trade, travel, cars and
engines; and the said Company shall at ali
times give equal facilities in regard to the
Itnel Of track, arrangement Of time at
which track shall be used by the trains Of
other railroad Companies or concerns, so
a. in no wise TO prejudice the trade or
business Of one Company to the advantage
o. another. The said Company shall have
all the rights, benefits and privileges and
BE- subject 10 all the duties and RESPONSE.
OiliIles provided for and declared in The
lIySecond, and liIty-third chapters ofthe
COdeoI West Virginia, so far as the same
are applicable, TO railroad Companies and
not inconsistent with the provisions Of
thisACt. "
Z The capital stock of this COMPANY
'AaIl not exceed three millions Of dollars,
90c divided into shares of one hundred
dollars each, and shall be considered as
persona! property, transferable on fne
BOOKS Of the Company; and each share
snail enlitle the holder thereof, either in
EtsGnor by proxy 10 cast one vote in all
meetings Of the stockholders OF said Com.
pany' And for the purpose of obtaining
subscriptions to the capital stock, books
may be opened, under the direction of the
persons named in this act, or any three or
more otthein at such time and place or
PAGES us the persons who may act in that
OeaSII shall deem eXpedient.
!" Whenever one thousand shares of
IaC capital stock OF tho Company shall