The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-09
GhegntslIigencer:
na,lroad Ing uIrlcs Answered.

A"FailfOau lHu Mhu'o W ~"
ling about railroads, and asks some o.
,hS tnoyiug ones to answer some queries.
Although not q knowing one, | will at
,smnt 10 answer some OF them, Tor one
M not be very knowing to do that,
In the first place, as 10 guarantees to
wheeling: She has representatives IN
Council who may DO depended on lor
anne degree of care In making the sub
scriptions which may be authorized on
lhe first day Of June. Some may preler.
that all guarantees and conditions should
be expressed in the ordinance direcung
the election, but n moments telectlon
will show that such course would be as
iniudIcious as It Is unusual. IL sub
scrintion should be authorized under such
an ordinance the Council would be un'
Nhle 10 make any, even the smallest,
change in tle conditions without again
submitting the matter TO . pOpu'
lar election. Yet changes might, by
iorce of circumstances become desirable.
The legislative act authorizing this cleo.
lion and subscription, places the discre'
linn As 10 guarantees In the Council. 1t
authorizes the Council 70 subscribe on
such terms as they may deem advisable"
and submits to the people the bare Ques.
lion whether they will authorize the sub
ton.
In the next place by the terms Of the
subscription books, none OF the local sub
scriptions 10 the W. Il l., i, r. X. Co., are
collectable until stock TO the amount OF
$4,000 per mile is provided for. Until
then not cent OF 1t can be touched, even
for the daily expenses OF those who are
working for the road The Wheeling
subscription stands like all others in this
respect. When that $4,000 Is provided
for tue construction Of the road is assured.
Tho contract itself guards the stoCkhOld-
es, 1t provides that not dollar Of the 10.
cal subscriptions shall be called for from
the trustees until twenty miles Of the road
are graded and tied and the bridges and
masonry thereof completed, and therCaf
ter only 50 per cont Of the engineers esIi-
mates OF cost shall be called until the
line is completed. No part OF the cash,
stock or bonds goes directly 10 the con-
tractors. 1t all goes 10 trustees who pay
it ont upon engineers estimates rs the
work progresses.
Wheeling, therefore, has Us guarantees
that the balance Of cost Of road will be
raised before her money is paid first, the
good sense Of her council second the con.
slruction contract third, the terms Of sub.
sCription books.
The estimated and agreed cost Of the
road and equipment Is $Gj, 1000 per mile
to be paid $4,000 local subscriptions in
cash, 10000 in stock in no wise preferred
and $4,000 in bonds.
The officers Of the railroad are prepared
10 satisfy council that u subscription OF
100000 from Wheeling will enable them
10 complete the $1,000 a mile by the
time Wheclings subscription is available
aud before its payments asked. Which.
ever end Of the road her council may
choose, and it is likely they will choose
this end
Tho next queries oil RAILROAD Man"
are evidently inspired by desire to injure
the road, rather than to learn how to
vote intelligently." And they seem 10
betray the intention OF all the other
queries. Here they are:
R"Where will the road enter Wheeling, where
viii the depot he, Ivy what route, from The east.
e'n end Of the bridge will the depot b. reached,
Ard why Is the road not obligated by the bill d
EJECT the shops in Wheeling"
0fcOurse nObodycan answer these Ques.
tons with any certainty now. The pres.
entQuestion is whether Wheeling will get
Tue road At all. After that is settled 10
tue affirmative come the queries above
quoted, 10 be sure these things have
been somewhat considered, and any one
really anxious to vote intelligcnlly would
have long since found out in public meet.
IngsAnd the newspapers. When rail.
road Man or any other man ostentatiOus.
y airs his ignorance Of things that are
known to every one and things that cannot
OeknOwn 10 any one, he means to make
transformations against something which
he fears to attack directly.
The Legislature says that the road
shall come TO the east side Of the east
channel Of the Ohio river. The Council
Iook care in granting depot grounds to
The /. Wa X. Il, L. to provide that they
might be used by other railroads. The
VIZ L. E. COntemplates availing itself OF
that provision. Now II some RAILROAD
man" will say where the eastern end Of
The bridge will be, route will be found
rom il 10 the depot. Until he does say
She best guess we can make is that &c.
cotding to Mr.. LintOn's survey, the bridge
will bring the railroad to West street
whence by a descending grade itwould
NtlEe the p. W. & X. track about tue
suspension bridge,
The act incorporating the bridge com.
piny requires the bridge 10 be constructed
from some point in the city Of Wheeling,
anu authorizes the company TO locate and
OtSnch over any street or alley OF the
Guy, as may be seen in the INTELLIGEN.
GER Of March 0.
AS intimated before, all these things
se matters of negotiation which cannot,
10 Tue nature Of things, be carried on by
means oil q series Of popular elections,
pnI must be entrusted 10 somebody cana.
we OIL varying its demands according 10
circumstances and promptly closing with
favorable arrangement. To this effect
was the action of the meeting at the
Court House which mcmoralized the
legislature to give US legislation without
Enerous conditions, md declared that the
Guy Council were presumed to know our
iure. Wv =" + $50
The captiouS spirit which prompts such
queries as those mentioned, is endanCer.
ing every prospect We now have Of Eel.
northwest. '' :" WV
40 railroad has ever made n more lin.
T T!II proposition than that suggested by Mr..
wilson, the contractor of the Wheeling
Lake Erie railroad, in aid Of the bridge
an enterprise 80 vitality connected Win
OUT future growth and prosperity; and the
alormatiOn Is that the officers Of Inc road
HtShaping their course toward CARVING
lie suggestion into effect.
The bridge and railroad ought 10 be and
Ne inseparably connected. In your cdi,
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