The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-18
rh.P.K.hK.R Railroad .

The County Commissioners yesterday
ordered an election On the question Of sub
scHbfng the $4,000 required 0! this
county oconplete the Pittsburgh, Wheel
ing { Kentucky railroad to this city. The
election il to be held on the 18Th Of An
gust There Is no doubt, Of course, thai
the authority 70 make the suosG1puon
will be voted. There hsTe aPparenuy
been errors or incspacity in the manage
na,, Of this company. The business oil
cling the contracts eevtstnly WAS not
done in = business way; and besides the
money Jos, By having 10 make new con-
tracts s, h,ghe. figures. the delsy arising
from the failure Of the original contract
o,s resulted in destroying much that had
ben done. Yet whatever Losses have &C.
Cured hsye, We presume resulted from
errors Of Judgment only. There Is no
reason TO suspect 50 far IS We are aware
tbs, sDy money has been corupuy mis-
plsoed OF squsndered,
Its nevertheless proper thsi our people
should know all about the application
msie Of the large sum-Dea1ly quarter
o. mlllion-treely placed by them st the
disposal OF this Company. 1t would have
been better il more vigilAOt and frequent
inquiries into the progress Of the work had
been made from time 70 time BY the super
Tisors IS ii progressed. The money should
have been pad in instruments only as &C.
tuAlly needed, and the board should have
hs1 satisfactory exhibits from time 70
time Of the Compsny's operations. But
whs,evey errors there have been on the
one hand, or negligence on the other, We
cannot afford TO let the work stop where
ii IS, nearly completed as it is represented
70 be. Yetii is duty the Commissioners
owe TO the people Of the county 70 pro-
coed st once 10 obtain and lay before them
full and explicit information, both as 70
all the operations Of the Company
thus Tar, the state Of its finances, and the
present condition OF the work. We want
70 know Just how that S225 900 has been
spent, Just how Enearly the road Il
completed, and All about the ncn'psy-
ment OF private subscriptions. And thi!
information is due the people Of the coun
ty before they vote on this subscription
AZ we remarked, we do not see but The
work must be finished anyhow, whatever
this exhibit may chow, and whatever il
may cost The road will be almost in
valuable TO the city and neither the
money already expended nor the advan'
tsgeous contract with the Pennsylvania
Company would be lost But letthe ex'
hibt be made. II satisfactory, all we'll
if not, it will afford the point for q new
departure.
The Commissioners approaching these
considerations yesterday directed an in
vesigstion into the accounts Of the Com
pauy, (the Company requesting that it be
doue,J and into the matter Of private sub
scripions yet unpaid. The committee
should also inquire we think into the pro
gress made on the work and for this pur.
pose should go over the whole line il
company with an engineer and give it
personal inspection. When the Commit
tee has done this and submitted report
We believe the Company's affairs and the
status Of the work will be found in much
more satisfactory condition than the nu-
merous and exaggerated rumors that are
being circulated have led many 70 sup
mae