Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-09-01
ADDITIONAL LOCAL
RAILROAD RACKET.

RAILROAD RACKET.
session Of the Joint Committee at the
City Building Last Night.
A joint session OF the Committee on
Ordinances and Railroads was held last
night in the City Building. OF the for.
mer committee Messrs. Cracraft, Hall,
Schultze, Kimberly, Walters, Haber.
field were present; and OF the latter
Messrs. Laughlin, Baker, McAdams.
Messrs. Hall and Haberfield being also
members of the Ordinance Committee.
A number OF the printed proposition
Of the B. & o. r. r Co., OF August 81,
were distributed among the men,
bers of the committee. Besides the
committee Messrs. w. NJ. Clements,
Master OF Transportation, James L. Ran.
dolph, Chief Engineer, R. T. Devries,
General Agent at Wheeling, Daniel
Lamb, Esq, II. NJ. Russell and General
White, of counsel for the Baltimore and
Ohio company were present, while the
"Pwiky" was represented by G. d. Hub.
bard, w. P. Hubbard, ]. NJ. Belleville.
There was also a fair sprinkllng Of
strangers present. The committee
started out vigorously and attacked the
first section. This section specified that
the city is Ito grant and procure for the
|. .company the free right Of way, etc. !"
Nj. walters objected % the usc o. the
word procure" and on motion it was
stricken out.
A vexations wrangle OF some length
then ensued on account OF the alleged
vague assertions OF the B. < O.'s repre-.
sentatives in relation 10 the location OF
the depot, during which Messrs. Cra-
craft and Kimberly INDUCED in some
acrimonious personalities.
The route OF the road was then dis.
cribed as follows: From the north side
OF Fourteenth street, through McCol-
loch TO Sixteenth; thence diagonally
across to point near Eighteenth street;
thence by a curve OF 600 fee. radius to
Nineteenth street; thence westwardly
down Nineteenth street to point be.
tween Jacob and Eoff streets, marked F
on the plat submitted.
Mr.. Schultze offered an amendment
as follows: And that the B. & o. Rail.
road Company indemnify the city OF
Wheeling, by good and sufficient bond,
against any and all damage to the gas
works belonging TO the said city, and
that this resolution be incorporated in
any ordinance that may be made on this
subject as section therein"
Mr.. Kimberly tried to insert an amend.
ment to the effect that the B. 4 o. be
required to guarantee that its depot
should be erected on the northeast cor.
ner OF Nineteenth street.
Mr.. Kimberly's amendment was lost,
but Mr.. Schutze's prevailed. Mr.. Kim.
berly gave notice OF his future opposi.
tim.
Mr.. Schultze tried to interject some
little points, among them the making
OF "spurs" in the Eighth ward, and
about cars standing on McCulloch street
in the same ward. He also spoke OF the
contingency OF another road going up
that street, but Mr. Laughlin suggested
that the settlement of the last named
point might be a matter for Mr.. klmber-
ly's children.
The injury to the gas property was
discussed at some length, and was final.
ly amicably disposed Of. A letter was
read from Mr.. Park, Chief Engineer OF
the Philadelphia Gas Works, to the
effect that cars in very large numbers
passed within eighteen feet OF his tanks
at all times without detriment to them.
The next obstacle that was interposed
was by the attorney Of the r. w. & Ky.
road. The proposition OF the b. 4 o. in
r. gard to the P. W. & KY, is as follows:
II the city complies with the forego-
ing requests, the Company will waive
all objections to the extension OF the
Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky
Railroad, within the city, provided the
road of the P. w. & Ky. R. r. Co. north
OF Wheeling creek, be not located or
constructed east OF the present location
thereof, and provided also that the road
OF the P. w. < Ky. Co. south OF Wheel
ing creek and north OF Nail City boat
house, shall be located not less
than eighteen feet west OF tkeir pres
ent location-from that point the 7. w.
& Ky. line to be DETECTED to the east, 80 as
to pass within three feet OF theeast side OF
Riverside warehouse, and the same dis
lance from B. & o. tracks to Twenty.
fourth street to be maintained as at Riv-
erslde warehouse, and that the B. & o.
R. R. Co. be permit ID to use for its
tracks and business the space between
it's west track on Water street and the
track OF the =. w. d Ky. to be located
as aforesaid.
Mr.. Hubbard said that strict con.
struction OF the proposition would throw
his company out into the river, and
urged the committee TO get an explicit
statement from the B. & o. attorneys in
regard to the matter.
Mr. Russell, OF the B. & o. counsel,
made a statement in regard TO the ideas
OF his Company and their intentlons to.
ward the P, W. & Ky. road. stating that
the B. & o. had not been exactly averse
to the extension OF the p, w. x KY.
road under certain restrictions. This
was his principal statement and ii was
promptly characterized by Mr.. Hubbard
as untrue. Some tedious caviling then
followed during the progress OF which
the B. & o. representatives withdrew in
a body.
The eighteen feet asked for by the B.
& o. were granted by theIcommittee, or
rather the ordinance will recommend
this grant. A large part ct the evening
was spent in what appeared TO many as
useless and irrelevant talk, and at ll:30
the committee adjourned until this