The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-02-28
II. w. d X. RAILROAD.

Taxpayer Thinks the People
WouIn better go slow before Max
Ing any Further Appropriations
kditors Of the Re gister.
see by the papers the matter Of the
P W. j. K. R. r is now agitating the
minds o. tho people OF Brooke county,
which developed itself by public meet'
ing being held at the Court House o.
said county. for the purpose OF dev'sing
WAYS and means, during which several
short speeches were made. TIE majori-
ty OF these were in tenor, to smooth over
and cover up the mistakes and short
comiugs Of the Pre-. iden. and Directors
10 the past and looking only to the
'uture. But it appears TO me, MessTs
Editors, before would vote or he will
ing for any more iuuds of this county
to be placed under their charge and
control, for expenditure to,rards com.
pIeting the said unfinished rosd bed, !
Am Ike Mr.. Joseph Applesate, | would
like 10 see more detailed report OF the
pendlure OF monies already received,
than what | have ever seen publishes
vet. ! can only too vel remember how
thev secured at the idea that they would
call ior or need the s225 900 6rst sub
mii,ed by the Board OF Supervisors to
the p.oEle Ct thus county tor their ap-
provsl or rejection, o. subscription OF
id amount 10 the capital stock o! ssid
road. They only asked for, at first, from
this county, $l500I0 or Sl60 600, l for
get WHICH. but not more But some
member Of the Board OF Supervisors,
! doubling their estimates. moved that lhe
hlank 10 the ordinance be filled with
$3.50 900, auotber 100000, aud /, IN
acc .rdspce With their posit We assurance,
moved that It be filed with just wha,
they asked Tor and 20 more, supposipg
they were acting 10 good iaitb, and that
their estimates were based upon actual
surveys aud calculations made by one
OF the best and first epglpeers OF the P
c. d ST. l. r. K as represented. My
object beipg not to burden the indus
ules OF this county by any more deb,
than possible. Tor l always felt coaf.
dent, somehow or olher, that il would
be debt banging over the county Tor
the mex, twenty years, in which time
the principal would be paid more than
one AND . halt times over 10 interest
and ul,im ately the principal itseli in iull
would be 10 pay. take this view (it
may be erroneous) even il the road bed
bad been dashed and the cars running
upon it, in accordance with the contract
with the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. basiug my conclusion upon the
terms OF the contract itself aud my lack
o. cot 6dence in all great corporations.
But the majority Of tue Board OF So per
vl-ors, arer d.b,tine . short time. filled
the blank with $225 900, being S.. 900
or sI5, ,U00 more than they asked Tor
and CLAIMED would Hnish the road bed,
ready Tor the ties spd rails. Now,
Mess Eiilors, 10 view OF these facts,
saying uolhirg about the SIS 900 sub
; scriptIcn aiterwarde and the condition oi
the road-bed to day, after sbe e1pendi-
ture o, such 9 large amount more than
they fret asked Tor, say il shoJs mos,
conclusIvely that there must have been
. scIew loose somewhere They mus,
{ 10 the outset have misrepreseuted things
either wiliully or not, In order 10 gull
the people into voting for it, (if no,
wil;ully but eonscientiously, then there
was incompetency shown from the first
Tor not baviug . better knowledge o
what the actual cost would be,) or j,
I has been terribly mismsnaged since
They eauoot we'll evade one o. the two
concIusioos. II they did tie first, tbey
. are culpable and deserve the ceasur'
which they will most certainly re
cieve. but if instead the seesad shouic
!. sOve true, they certainly are no
8 eu,lrely blameless, tnt aholid be will
1 log to acknowledge their incompe,epc,
w6iea they sharaetetiIs ss sinpl,