The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-25
Mayor Of the City Of Wheeling

o41fIA VI Wv wy VI NueelIIIk.
All the work done by the p, W. & Ky.
Railroad Company has been done within
the limits provided by said ordinance and
under the permission granted by the
Mayor, and in no sense has the company
gone beyond the limits or protection Of
the law. The time for doing 1t was chosen
to avoid the crowd incident to such cir.
cumstances, and the possible confusion
and disorder that might have resulted.
The reason for doing it was the acts OF the
B. & 0. company in building tracks and
placing other distractions on the ground
claimed and believed to belong to the city,
and as such granted to the p, W. & Ky.
company. This action OF the d. so. COM
pany was done in violation OF the under.
standing had at the meeting OF tho repre-.
sentatives OF the two companies to which
Mr.. Keyser refers, which was not that the
B. 4 O. company would do all in its
pc wer TO prevent the construction Of this
read a., W. 4 Ky.) through its
property" but hat the r, w.
4. Ky. should have such right
otway" as the courts would give It and
that whatever was done should be done
good naturedly." TheP W. &Ky. Com
pany had no other thoughtful han 10 wait
the action OF the court, but when. they saw
that the B. & o. officials were e~ndesyorinc
to forestall such action theythoughtitonly
proper to protect their rights, and Mr..
keyser should notpOmplain 1.-The has been
beaten at his own game. It is true the
people Wheeling are fair minded and they
love fair play and will not countenance
double dealing or discrimination.
The i%nsinuation that the managers OF
theP., w. 4 KY, by the building OF the
Benwood extension, are seeking to def.
nitely delay, II not entirely defeat the
completion OF the Hempfield extension,n
Is too thin to deceive any one; and liz nj.
most as bold a farce as the erection OF the
trestle work south Of the creek, which. m
long as it stands, will be q monument al
pretense and folly such as should bring
the blush Of shame to its originators.
The BenwQod extension Is being built
because the manufacturers south OF the
creek desire to have 1t built, and promise
a fair share OF freight and patronage, and
as part OF the line Of the p, W, & XIV,
road to the Kentucky State line, where
the charter OF the company authorizes Il
and with no view to the injury OF any one.
to go.
The manufacturers south Of the creek
need this extension, and must have It, or
submit to exactions that will always be q
burden and q hindrance in the close com.
petition that attends all manufacturing In.
dustries. They have waited for the HEMP.
field extension until patience has ceased
to be Q virtue'-leVen Mr.. Keyser in his
card fails to say whenit will be- Completed,
or that 1t will ever be completely and as
you say In your editorial Of the same
date, they ART ready to fall in
with q partial substitute for it's adj.
Vantages." Andyet the HempHeld extern.
sion willnot give those manufacturer ali
they want. They want competition that
will assure them the lowest rates Of
freight on their raw material and the
transfer Of their products to the markets
OF the country. This can only be had by
competing railroad lines, such as tie
.Rsnwood extension will give them.