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


Quite a large number Of the members Of
the Ohio County Veteran Association met
at their hall, in the New Mcclure House,
last night, for the transaction OF routine
business, and 10 hear the report OF the
committee appointed to meet the trustees
of the monument fund and consult with
them rs to the location OF and the inscrip-
ton to be placed on the monument which
will shortly be erected in this city.
Col. George B. Caldwell rs chairman OF
this committee reported that they had in
obedience to instructions gone TO the post
Office on the Saturday after their appoint
ment and there met Messrs. Wheat and
Laughlin OF the trustees OF the fund and
conferred with them in regard to the
matter OF location. They had examined.
the northwest corner OF the Capitol pave.
ment, and also the intersection OF Four
teenth and Chapline streets, which latter,
from its commanding position had met
with much favor from the members o fthe
committee, and was regarded by all as the
most eligible place in the city, and was
preferable to the Capitol site as 1t was much
higher and would show of the monument
to better advantage.
He did not apprehend that there would
be any trouble TO expect from the Elm
Grove Railway, nor the City Council, as 1t
had been shown by the City Engineer that
O good roadway could be made at one side
and the railway could defect around 1t
with little trouble.
As to the time Of dedication be was in.
formed that for all purposes the 29th OF
May had been selected, as the Washington
county soldiers and also the Allegheny
county military could be present on that
day.
already published in this paper, which ia
an extract from Lincoln's oration at
Gettysburg, as 1t seems TO have met with
the most favor at the hands OF all con.
cerned.
Mr.. Caldwell then in response to q
question as to the trouble about Four
tenth and Chapline street reviewed the
action OF the committee in their selection
OF that site, and said in the event that the
city would refuse to sanction the action Of
this committee, "Ifthe streets Of Wheel.
ing are too sacred to have amonunent up
on them commemorating the deeds, and
in memory Of those who kept them from
Rebel pillage and devastation, l want to
know t."
This sentiment met with much applause
and evidently was very popular, a all
who followed the Colonel but echoed his
ideas in the matter.
Theophilie Laramie said from his OBJ
servation OF the movements Of the trustees
it was capitol Square or nowhere"
Major McCulloch-"I am in favor oil
waiting two years ratherthan that corner
Capt. Dovener had not been here be-
fore, but was not in favor OF any surrender
to any one. Surrounding the old iounda-
ton on the hill were five or six acres
which were available. On the foundation
originally intended for this monument
erect 1t, and surround 1t with an iron
fence. Then fence in the five or six acres
and make a park out Of them that will be
another monument not only TO the dead
soldiers but also to those who have thus
remembered them. Another place, said
the Captain, Is the ground once occupied
by the Atheneum. In the centre OF this
erect the monument and make a small
park creditable at once to the soldiers and
an ornament to the city.
I'D. Stanton Esq. and others held out
for Fourteenth street, and werein favor OF
calling upon the trustees and ascertaining
whether they should thus locate the mon
ument, and inaugurate the proceedings In.
cident To Its erection and dedication, and
ifnot, to abandon all connection with the
subject, and throw upon the trustees the
onus Of subsequent comment, and closed
by offering the followingresolution: "That
the action OF the committee in locating the
site monument at Fourteenth and Chap.
line streets, be approved by this associa'
ton" This resolution unanimously
passed.
1t was announced that Messrs. A. Allen
Howell and Daniel Peck, Esqrs., had EN-.
bodied their circumstances against this
site in memorial TO Council, which would
be presented ct the next meeting, and
that an injunction would ultimately re-
suit in the affair.
Several other members spoke in con.
sonance with the Ideas given above, and
after some other unimportant business the
association adjourned.