The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-01-07
OHIO RAILROADS.
Our Northwestern Connec-
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A Large and Enthusiastic Meeting AT
bridgeport Last Night I'm the Inter.
est of the Cleveland, TuscaraWas
valley and wheeling Railroad
FuDl Report OF Proceedings.
Another large meeting composed oil
the best citizens OF Bridgeport was held
last night, at the Town Hall, in the inter
est of the IT. V. u w. Railroad.
The meeting was organized by electing
Alexander Uranium president, and Ross
j. Alexander secretary.
The committee appointed at previous
meeting to report plan by when SUP
seriptions might be raised, made the fol-
towing report: ,o-,
BRIDGEPORT, o., Jan. 6, 1876
Your committee appointed to deslg-
nate working committees to canvass LOT
subscriptions to secure the extension OF
the G. +. V. & w. r. r. respectfully re-
mort that in their opinion it Is all i'm
portant that the subscriptions in and
around the town Of Bridgeport be Sc
cured before commencing thorough can:
vass of the line; and your committee are OF
the opinion that this can be accomplished
in a few days by earnest work, ana
would recommend that DR.. Cook, Z. Z.
Rhodes, Alex: Uranium, A. j. Baggs,
w. w. Holloway, Vincent Mitchell,
]. C. Smith, John e. Tallman
and James Alexander, be appointed
committee with instructions to commence
this work forthwith, and to complete the
work at the earliest possible moment.
Your committee are also ofthe opinion
tbst TO be successful it is absolutely
necessary that the earnest cooperation
and assistance Of the citizens Of Wheel
ing should be secured, and to this end
would recommend that w. w Holloway,
VIM. Alexander, Ross j. Alexander, K.
]. Bacgs, Alex. Uranium and Al. Bags
be appointed committee to confer with
the citizens of Wheeling and to devise
such ways and means as Will, In their
judgement. secure the desired result
Your committee are ofthe opinion that a
pamphlet should beprepared giving such
statistical information rs would be useful
and necessary to show the advantages to
be derived from the construction OF TINS
line of road and that the official state
ment made by President CHAMBERLAIN be
published in said pamphlet. Your com
mite would therefore recommend that
w. w Ho loway, VIM. Alexander
Prof. Prutt, Ross }, Alexander and A.
J. Bags be appointed committee TO
prepare and have published 1000 copies
OF said pamphlet.
Your committee further recon-
mend that these committees dis
charge the respective duties promptly,
and That the committee on Publication
be requested to have pamphlets prepared
by Monday evening of next week, and
that the parties selected to canvass the
line of road be requested 20 start on
Monday morning.
Your committee are of the opinion that
the citizens Of Bridgeport and the line OF
road from Bridgeport to Pattons Will do
their duty in the way of furnishing time
to canvass, and also in making subscrlp-
tions TO secure the extension OF this road.
That committee TO canvass along the
line shall consist OF Messrs +. p. Rhodes,
Alex. Brannun, VIM. Alexander, A. }.
Baggs. James NJ. Woodcock and such
other persons as they may select.
Respectfully submitted.
4. p. RHODES,
A. BRANNUN,
A. j. BAGGs,
Committee.
On motion, the report of the commit
tee was adopted.
Mr.. j. NJ. McCaue, of New Athens,
being present, was called upon and spoke
at length of the facilities the road pos
sesses Tor doing business at Black river.
He stated that the people Al Athens
and along what is known as the Athens
line, are fully alive to the great import
ance of the road, and are working earn
estly to secure it,
Mr.. Joseph Thompson, of the FIeShlnS
line, spoke of the great interest felt on
that part Of the road.
On motion of w. W. Holloway, the
report OF President Chamberlain, on the
mechanical aud financial condition OF the
road, was read, and requested to be pub
lshed in this mornings REGISTER and
Mteiligencsr.
The following is the report referred to;
OFFICE OF THE CLEVELAND,
TUsCARAwAs VALLEY AND WHEEL
ING RAILWAY COMPANY,
CLEVELAND, Dec. ID, 1875.
L. p. Rhodss Chairman, Bridgeport, d.:
DEAR SIR-In answer to your commu-
nication of the 18th inst, as presented by
YOUR committee when in this city, | take
pleasure in submitting the following in-
formation, which | have endeavored to
make rs full and complete rs you request
ed, my desire being to fully convince, by
personal inspection and official state
lnents, all Interested of the sound condi-
ton, both mechanically and financially
of this company.
The total length of the main track
from Black riverto Uhrichsville is l0l.l4
miles and of side track and coal branches
2S.64 miles, making total of 1878
miles OF track.
we shall move this year of eleven
months from February l, 1875, to De
cember 81, 1879 about 100000 tons OF
coal alone, our coal trains averaging 50
cars per train, of about | tons per load
per car while our local freight, such rs
stone, lumber, wheat and ore, has for
several months past amounted to about
40 loaded cars per day.
The total number of passengers car
ried for ten months ending December Isl,
is lS6,26S. Our present equipment Of
rolling stock is as follows, VIZ:
Box and caboose ~
Passenger and baggage.
Goal carS...... . toD
Wehave also in our service belonging
TO other parties:
GOAL cars. 40
Dump coal caTs.
20
Weare even building one hundred new
coal cars, our present equipment having
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