The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-13

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oil Saturday last contained an interview
with city official in regard TO the policy
Of the D. & o. Railroad Company toward
this city, and gave as an instance It's arbi-
trary course inlthe matter Of the reduction
Of the grade on Seventeenth street, cut.
ting sewers that the city bad constructed,
and In the peculiar construction Of the
drains made by the company In certain
localities and also as to the injuries sus.
tanned by horses in crossing the track on
Seventeenth street.
Thinking the above was state Of affairs
that the city would not tamely submit to,
tourist" from this paper thought he
would ask some Of the B. 4 0. officials
what they meant by their arbitrary and
aggressive policy" toward the city, and
why the proper respect was not shown
the officials, especially the Chairman OF
the Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades, and tile City Surveyor. At the
depot he encountered Capt. George NJ.
Whitescaryer, Superintendent. Of the
Hemp6eld, and gentleman well acQuaint-
ed with that road, and also with the al
legged irregularities" on Seventeenth
street. ''
Captain, what Is the matter with the
city and the B. & O., We asked, and what
kind OF a policy are you pursuing?D
"Come along with me and will show
you, he said, and together we proceeded
to the. intersection Of Twelfth street and
the B. 30, ,Hereaboye therailroad was q
broken DOGGY piece OF ground. Slipping
in upon the road and from its appearance
always threatening to give way. "This,
you see, " said the Captain, is the result oil
sewer built within the last year, and
turned loose upon the ground at McCol.
loCh street, rendering the ground broken
and causing 1t TO slide down on us ut short
intervals. The water formerly was divert
ed around McColoch street to Sixteenth
and then discharged under our
road, easily and conveniently, but
the new man was struck with this
brilliant idea and you see tho result,
Coming square further west you will
find another sewer at Thirteenth street
turned loose upon US which also causes us
much trouble. At Fourteenth street box
sewer Is built right up to and nearly over
our track, and is constantly disCharging q
large quantity OF water upon and around
our track, softening the soil and disturb
ing the bed. Here is also another source
OF trouble, the dumping Of ashes and dirt
over the bank upon our track. We call.
ed the attention Of the Mayor to this nui.
sanCe, anditwas stopped at certain places,
but we are continually annoyed, and we
have frequently TO employ carts to remove
the rubbish dumped upon the track"
Other sewers also were shown us
1 !, tAh
the track Of the Henpfeld, and on lot oil
the company near Wood street ditch
yves being dug short time ago, but the
authorities interfered and stopped it. By
this time we had reached the head Of
Seventeenth street, the street upon which
the grade was SO much higher than II
should be, and where horses were daily
sacrificed by the arbitrary policy" Of the
company. "Here," said Captain White.
scarVer, lis another 'bugaboo,' and ]
want to call your attention to thelay of the
land here. You will observe that this
street Is just finished, and as a matter Of
course We could do nothing until the city
had fixed thegrade and reduced the street
to that grade, and if.you will notice, 1t is
irregular on each side, now In many
places, and even when we do comply with
the ordinance, the same trouble that pre-
walls now will be present then. I intend
to reduce our track next week, and would
have sooner had the city been ready.iIre
Councilman Kimberly also found us in
our tour and very attentiVely listened
to the conversation as it was OF the thigh
est importance, and very kindly volun,
teered suggestions, as to the arrangement
Of certain difficulties in the way Of a re-
duction Of grade.
The policy Of the company, to one who
goes ever the aground, does not appear SC
very arbitrary .aiterall.,3 n va iT'