The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-20
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F.rry, The, objsc. being the election o.
6ys directors 10 serve for thres years ID
lieu Of .ha. many out Of the whole NUN
ber 49, whose times had expired. Inc
ou,goinV directors were Joel Wood,
President, Judge Cochran (tormsr seOee,
nry), Joseph Bel, F. W. Chapman and
simon Better. In place Of these gentle
men the following persons were elected,
d.!, A, K. R5blison lchifsf Engineer J,
ED. Oil. T..W. CGapmaA Wm. David.
sou and James Aiken They we're elected
to serve for three years. !'ipNi4 ''i.1I
The Board ss now constituted consists
ol the following members: a, ". HeHdii
", Of sandiRky, u F. G. Lockwood, OF
Eris county; Wa. Mack, aof Harrison
county Cyrus McNeeley, Of Harrison;
Henry Ainesworth, Of Medina; A. y. Bax.
Ter, Of Harrison; l.. W. Sutherland, oi
JetFersop;y yL.My yRoby, Of Carroll; .T.W.
Chapman, Of Stark; A. X. Robinson, Of
Portage; F. D. Oils of''Wayne; YIN.
Davidson, Of Harrison; lanes Aiken, of
H,,ri.oD,
n villlLo remembered, that al. Abe
,os.,tari Years ,rp tbs board VIII idifia,
al in,o 2 Glasses, Two perkohs were
elected for Que year, fous for l.sa years
snJfve ior three yeas.. Accordingly, Ia
,h.oonr,s NJ ,eSnist rotation. I've va.
n,,cio, had IN Ia Allied \, the election
v.,,s,Jsv - IA
II viii bs notieedthattheentirs repre.
..n,,,io,,5l.t ri. immediatesepa Of the
ro,I Wa, leit =Uut-yiz-Messrs. Wood,
Rell and cochran. Jus. what was intend.
.dhv MI, tao,enen, has not. a vet been
definitely explained. The nearest ap.
n,o,eb to a-loual reprc.cntatioa in The
hoard AZ now constituted i. In the four
neuber, from Harrison county. Bel.
mop, has no member. This. too. .potyi,L.
.,,oJ,pv ,be fact thatthe people Of Mar
dn, Ferry and vicinity had subscribed
AbOut $4,000 to the stock; that that
place Is the designated weStern terminus
oi the line, and that Mr.. Joel Wood has
been the President otlhe company from
its organization, liyc yearsago.
The present status Of the Wheeling &
Lake Erie road is somewhat as follows:
As is we'll known 1t was decided In Feb.
mary last to make ii narrOw.gauge
road. In August Last a contract was
made with Mckee 4 Darrah, railroad
builders, by which the whole line was
lie, ont at S6,Oop, per mile-s3, 900 Of it
payable incash and $1,000 In bonls-ior
which they agreed to complete the road
ready for the ties aud iron By the lat Of
July 1873, eighty miles OF it between
sanduaky and Daylon) to be done within
len months. These contractors are still
at work on the line and have got through
good deal OF, the heavy work between
the Lake and NorwalE. We presume
that they will finish their eighty miIca at
the time agreed upon.
The object Of thus completing the west
So miles in advance ofthis end is to reach
the Massilon coal fields at Dalton and
thus furnish paying busineas between
that point and the Lake. Some work.
however, has been kept mp on this end OF
the road, abou. 200 men being employed
Attho tunnels between,this city and the
Cadir branch Of the Panhandle road.
The dnances Of the Whee,ing& Lake
Erie Company have never been in a sat
i.iactOry condition: Aboutsd5o, 900 have
been subscribed to itA capital stock. This
sun, il all available, wonld be an abund-
auce to insure the completion Of the road
Bat ii Is not all available. The company
can hardly expect 10 collect more than
SiOO,OO0 Of The whole amount subscribed.
II they succeed In collecting that much
they will finally succeed in putting
their Soad through from the Ohio river
to Lake Erie. They have at This time
Aucncoaraging prospec. Of accomplishing
Ihi. desired result. oGce the eighty
miles between sandusky and Dalton are
completed, there will be revival Of con.
h.ncc al lalong the linc as toits speedy
completion, and along also with such an
accomplishment Of one half Of the whole
work will come an ability 10 place bonds
enough on the marke, to com plete and
equip the entire line. Sgilg.j Gg6l
The distance between Martips Ferry
and sandusky Is l59 miles. The pripci.
pal subscriptions thus far are along the
we,tend. These snb,criptious have been
paid into tho hands of local collectors
aud by them paid over 10 The contractors.
Thi. method Of procedure has been rem
d.rel nsrs,,,rv by ,be unwill;ppnes, Of
linn. sTrsn, g t.! fsy ~ On ,be;r owu n,,,.
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