The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-04-02

ME. DeCkeIi 10 W thV PAVSAS1S SNSeS0
OF the extension when completed and the
cost Of the work necessary to complete 1t.
The former shows the amount OF shipping
done by the manufacturing establishments
on the line Of the extension, from which
II appears that the actual freight shipped
and received by the Riverside, Benwood
and LaBelle works during 1873 amounts
TO s, ,SI3 car loads, and the estimated ship
ments Of the Belmont furnace and mill
amounts to 500 car loads more. In ad-
ton to these and other concerns, such as
the LaBelle Works, the South Wheeling
Glass Works, &c., &C., Mr.. Bellville says:
.rThere are other large works not now in
operation, but which are expected to be
operated as soon as positive. assurances Of
this extension Of our line are given. Its
quite safe to say we would command q
large portion Of all this traffic" Mr..
Becker's statement is detailed estimate
Of the cost Of the proposed extension,
amounting to $4,000, exclusive of the
right Of way, which might cost from s, 900
to $4,000.
Following these reports, provision was
made for the money necessary to COM
plete the extension. Alta meeting Of the
directors, held July 9th, 1879, the presi-
dent reported that $4,000 of the proposed
extension bonds could be placed at Wheel
ing mainly among parties that control
shipments along the line ofthe extension.
The bonds to bear seven per cent interest,
and to be second mortgage on the finish
ed road and q first mortgage on the extern
sion.
The chief engineer reported that by
using old rails, and by renting some
ground near the Riverside Furnace for
temporary right of way, to be vacated
when the furnace company shall have
made a road bed by deposiing their re-
fuse along the bank, his estimate might
be reduced about $4,000.
Thereupon it was resolved that II the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company approves
OF the issue OF bonds bearing seven per
cent interest, and II $50, 900 Of said bonds
can be placed ut par with certainty and
dispatch, the president and chief en-
gineer will be authorized to take the pre-
| iiminary steps for the prompt construc-
tion OF the extension upon revised esti-
mates, embracing temporary track near
| Riverside Furnace and the use Of old rails
-the old rails TO be supplied by the Pitts
burph. Cincinnati and st. Louis Railway
| Company, and be in fair condition for
such use. The bonds to be received at
par by the lessee in payment OF freight
over the Pittsburgh, Wheeling 4 Kentucky
railroad. Subsequently the chief engineer
submitted bids which he had received tor
the grading, bridging and trestling needed
| in the construction OF the extension IN &C.
cordance with the plans and specifications
which had been prepared. These DDS
were within the amounts named for cor
responding work in the original estimate,
but no action was taken In regard TO
them.
He also files some figures gathered by
Secretary Belleville, as follows:
Shipments to and from lower mills in
t'''' My.nids BeavOOd. ABeIls.
ps 3 SD "a sSa:. sSa 500 Tons $500 tons
sTltching..... IS l3I tons. ...''...'..
kegs $4,000 kegs 10000 kss,
AN of the ore and coke can be handled
by rail. and fully two-thirds OF the nails
were shipped out by rail, making an actu-
nj tonnage Of 6o,90S tons Of coke and ore,
3, 500 tons bar iron, and 4S9,9l2 kegs oi
nails, or in all s, ,34S car loads.
Estimated business Of Belmont furnace
and mill: Coke, 22,384 tons; ore, le,90s
tons; nails, 100000 kegs; say o,iVo cal
loads.
The commencement OF the work, and
the litigation which followed and which Is
still in progress, has already been set
forth at considerable length in these col
umus. The money necessary to construct
the extension was provided for by the
issue OF 100 seven per cent registered
bonds Of the Pittsburgh. Wheeling and
Kentucky Company for the sum Of 81 ,oot
each, payable in, or twenty years from
date, and the right Of way refused by the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was sought
through the courts. AS to the latter
President Hubbard in his report says;
The effort to acquire the right Of way
from the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroae
Company has been prosecuted with tns
utmost yigor, but not as YET, 70 nnal sue
cess. In the County Court ot Uhlo county
we ave succeeded after all possible de'
LAYS in having the land desired condemn
ed, and the money paid into court Al
!: appeal from the action OF the UonntS
I Court has been taken by the B. & .. Il. 4
, Co., to the Circuit Court and the case Y
now under adyisement. A suit has alst
been brought in the Circuit Court Of tn'
: United States by the B. d o. Z: K. 20. =
I try the rights OF the parties TO the groupo
. granted by the city Of Wheeling to th!
5 Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Rail
: road Co., which Is still undecided. TIT
D delays OF the law are proverhial, but they
1 are only delays and must ultimately CONT
to an end, and no effort that the most IN
= tirinQ energy and vigilance can devise vii
J be spared % render that end speedy ant
decisive. The delay Is unfortunate, ~ !
will add to the cost Of constructing the ex
a tension through the increased price 0
: materials and labor, but the result, whei
accomplished, will fully compensate Tor q
n the effort that may be made and all IN
i. expense that may be incurred.
There are several other matters con
s sideredin the reports to which We hay
It not space to refer at this time, but as
! will probably be some weeks before tn
Il papers submitted at the recent meetin
i. appear in pamphlet form We sha
+ furnish such portions Of them in adyanc
Y = as are Of public interest.
9 9 Examinations for CoIor.mlndness.
!. NEw YoRK, April 1.-The Pennsylyani
% Railroad Company commenced an exam