The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-08-21
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Mater sweeney Again In~,srtsres with
the MorkfnKs Of ihA Enmnanr

aAuSr HNSeutr again ImteFfofe4 VIII
Workings Of the n q o. Company
On Monday last, 1t will be remembered,
workmsn In the employ Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company we're laying
down q switch on Water street, near
T~Wenty.third, when Mayor Sweeney ap.
peared on the scene, accompanied by the
Chief Of Police and a number OF Dep
uties, and in the name Of the city ordered
tho "boss'' to stop work under penalty Of
arrest, which he did. Ever since that time
that locality has been under the s~trictest
police surveillance in anticipation Of q re-
newal Of operations on the part OF the
railroad company. Nothing, however,
traspired in the vicinity Of Twsnty.third
and Water streets, but yesterday morning
some thirty.ave or forty men under the
supervision Of Arthur Sinsel and George
Whitescarver, prominent u. & o. officials,
began the erection Of a trestle 1874 feet
long, extending in a norhwesterly dtrec.
ton from Webster, now Twentieth street,
TO the mouth Of Wheeling creek, and
in such q manner as to obstruct
the extension Of the r, W. 4 Ky. r. r.
in q southerly direction. Matters went on
without accident or incident, until in the
afternoon. Mayor Sweeney had been on
the grounds, but had not interfered from
the circumstances that the B. & o. Co. had
q deed for the ground that they were at
work upon, and Mr., Russell, counsel Of
the company, had been down inthe morn.
ing and watched the initiation OF the
work, and said to ''Eo ahead" About /
o'clock, however, Major j. W. Sweeney
heard Of the building Of the trestle, and
summOning what deputies were al hand,
FASTENED TO the B. 20. depot.
by what authority are you doing this
work?' asked the Major. "By the au.
thoTity OF the B. 4 0. 4. X. Co. By having
bought and paid for this ground more
than twenty years ago." answered Mr..
Sinsel. "Well, ! order you to suspend
work until the arrival OF the Mayor" said
the chief, or | shall have to arrest every
AAAalA i HAA ~ NnIhs AVEN,
said Capt. George W~hitescarver, "you had
better not wait for the formality Of awar-
rant you had better arrest US now" "All
right come with me- said the Major, and
the Captain followed him to the Office OF
Capt. Deyries, 10 whom Whitescaryer ex-
planned the status Of affairs, and who told
the Captain to accompany the Major as
nothing could be done in the affair By the
city, seeing that they were at work upon
their own grounds. A reporter Of this
paper had been with the chief from the
time he started to the scene Corporations
and now followed him to see what the re-
suit OF things would be. From the
depot We proceeded to the City
Building when the Major dispatched
his deputies for the Street Commissioner
and Mayor, the former soon appeared, but
the latter did not until later In the even
ing, as he was cognizant Of the situation
and did not deem it necessary to come
down. From the City Building we went
10 the Office OF Mr.. H. 81. Russell, where
we also found Daniel Lamb, Esq, who are
the counsel Of the B. & o. in this city.
Capt. WhitescaFver explained to Mr.. Rus
sell his situation, and Mr. Russell said:
Captain keep account OF the time lost by
your men, by reason OF this interference
Major Sweeney explained that, his part
in the affair was merely mechanical; that
he was only carrying out instructions, and
at once, when Messrs. Lamb and Russell
assured him Of the B. & 0.'sownership Of
the property, told Capt. Whitescarver that
he was at liberty to 90 back, but told him
not TO allow any work to be done until he
Sweeney should Withdraw his police and
permit It's resumption. We then asked
Mr.. Russell what the company meant BY
the erection OF the trestle in the place in
question.
ave want it to run cars upon," was his
laconic answer, land" with a supiCious
smile, with reference to "a bridge to the
Island" We then asked him rs to the
Twenty.third street matter. ave do not
propose to surrender any Of our rights in
any particular" was his Dswer. 1.-THE
city has magnifed amole hill into q noun.
tain. The men were merely laying down
a switch as matter Of convenience to us
when the interference occurred" Is not
the right to lay down such u switch in
that locslity implied in the original grant
Of the right Of way, We asked. at is"
was the reply. Mr.. Lamb here said that
they had discouraged encroaching upon
any grounds not their own, and had ad.
vised against il.
A the depot quite crowd had collected
TO watch the progress Of affairs, but nothing
further was done that evening, as the
Mayor did not come and the chief would
not permit the resumption OF work until
he should. Capt. Deyries appeared upon
the track near by, and In the course Of q
general conversation said that the action OF
the Majorin the matter was the cause Of
considerable loss to the company and
would no doubt DO the basis OF q law suit
for damages against the city. 1t was now
nearly six o'clock and the men were dis.
missed until Q o'clock this morning, at
which time the work will be pushed to
completion.
In the course OF a conversation with
Mayor A. ]. Sweeney, he stated to US that
he was fully cognizant OF the fact that the
d. o. were operating upon their own
grounds, and that his instructions to the
Chief Of Police were explicit: III you
find any, one digging in the streets or al.
leys Of the city arrest him." as in the case
Of Monday. "This affair was altogether
different
Later on in the evening Constable Chas.
Exley served the following papers upon
the Mayor, which will explain themselves:
In Tho Circuit Court for Ohio County, 49,:
Take notice that on the first day Of next
term OF the said Circuit Court, or as soon
thereafter as a hearing can be had upon
the application, the baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company will apply to said
Court for the appointment OF COMMITS.
sioners or the imPaneling OF a jury to as.
certain a Just compensation TO you for
the following described real estate, to
which you claim title, and which the said
company proposes to take for public
use, that Is to say, a certain piece OF
land sixty,six feet in width, situate west
of Water street in the city Of Wheeling,
and bounded as follows: Beginning ut the
pointof intersection between the western
line Of Water street and tho northern line
OF Twentieth street, extended to the
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