Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-12
THE MONUMENT.
The Veterans Discuss tho Pro-
posed dedication.

posed Dedication
Tho u,smbets OF the Veteran ASSOC
,lofs met AZ their ball Ia tho New Me,
Lure House, lAst Night, ~ receive and
discuss the report OF The committee ~.
polnisd 10 confer With the Trustees OF
The soldIeta' Monument Fund,
A very fair attendance PROMISED Y
full disuussion, aud Vice President
Chambers pres.dcd,
Col, n, sterling reported the nueuge'
,hsnta made by the committee, Ilxlns
upon May spth ~ tho day ipt dedtauhg
and tho Intersection OF Chnplino ahu
Fourteenth streets ~ Tho location,
together With other particulars, alreaiy
mIly reported IN the RrdInfsG The
ooumi,ioo had examined tho surround
Insu u, tho Capital, previous 10 making
the selection 0i u location, hut Their
view comprehended 40 spot which
could ba doomed suitable,
city Surveyor Peterson had prepared
n plan "a DO presented 10 Council, IN
asking Tor the privilege ot locating
showing how The coInofa 81 the eluo
walks could DO rounded oH ani
ha thought Council would oHsf
no opposition II was expected
however, that the Elm Grove
company would object, IN tho plan
would ncccAAltale n removal oi In track
-Four inRcrlptiona had been propouod
but Capt RaNling hal ,hom In hla pos,
aeAniOn, aud waA not prceonI No'nhc'
Sterling remembered but one;
Tin Nraop ot Those who bacIlnsci their
Live, IN the ltonor " Ihclr Vuhn'rIh Nued
Tho ono most favorable a. tho CON-
miIlce waa an extract ho0 Linoolo'Had'
drcss NJ UcllyHhhfg'
"a uoyV,nmenl II tho rooplc 10y Tho People,
aud tT The People, shall not r"r'" 'rn'" '"'
kar,h,"
Ito Wan not nuro IN ~ The correctness
Of tbs, L,u Il wm Eomcthlus HE That
In tho discussion which onru"d,
Comrsda McAdana Hnld there hal been
corner atone already Mll near NJ
Wood and c0hn,lernhlc money spout uO
Il. tie wanted Ia know II the yuluHhlca
Lrpualrd IN II, and tho other property
connected with II, could not be- utilized
AT the nov ,ocntiou, Col, Sterling said
tho matter hal been argued before the
loluI committee, and the ncccHAafy nt"rn
would lee takon to secure everything 81
value
The rrupo0ci dcdicNtory ceremony
waH then taken W., aud n number oI
y,cNa Expressed III, cnmmltlcc'u IN
trnuon, M reported u, Mt STERLING,
Was 10 have u grand military nud civic
display, a. invite all IT the local
military organizations. aucjrticr, etc,
ole, L. pa,liypalu, Va welt M the Wlli,
tnry aud the q \. u ruHlA at fittn
hurgh, Washington pni other points In
| thin VICINITY, Tho quobl,onH WIN arkrd
whether The trustees would bear all oi
the expenses incurred IA ihcCofrmuulor
und Col, Sterling replied that they had
sail they would nptuul7h ihcm " the
| project NaH carried out according tu Ills
ytcNp. which would entail nn expense
| nl not less than ~, @Um
THIS lcd tnB long discuHH,un some
QUO wanted ~ appoint u committee Il"
anli,it DONATIONS iIum luaiuraH men,
but thla Wan dropped When u wnH mug.
urplcd that II Mould hr very cheeky"
| a. npk lot assistance IN view ~ the
| amount rraliEod hN the trustee.
Col MuCulluyh thought tho iluHlrcr
! had behaved yoly handsomely nud zen
croualy aud were culillcd I" tho lhunku
NJ tho aoldictu. lli1 views reflected
thu,c ul u lurgn mnior,D
ca motion, the general committee NnH
authorised to appoint uuch snh cnmml
hon ~ Il dcomcd necessary ~ nnnlpt IN
carry INK out the plane
Snma ono apkcd when the matter ul
obtaining pcrm,sa,on would De- brought
before Council IN Icply Il wnr stated
that DE- Logan had rromiSrd 10 10 ro,
but had not Council was probably
over rushed with business
Alter uumr further dvpultory dhcua
sion. the nH'orIallun adjourned a. nucl
nj tho call ~ the chnifmhn,