The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-07
COUNCIL CoMMIFTREs,

Through East'Hnd Centre wheeling IN
survey Ihe Proposed New LIus Of the
Inging HemPneId-The Committee ON
Fire Department. Annual Inspection,
The City Council COMMITTEES on Rail.
roads, consisting Of Messrs, Samuel Laugh.
lin, John II. Hall, ]. O. Miller, James
Captain Schockey, John Hab.
bsrReld and ]. 0. Baker, with City Sur.
vsyor Frank HOgs, met at the "Ark" yes.
terdAy afternoon, preparatory to surveying
the proposed route Of the new double
track for which the Baltimore 4 Ohio rail.
road Company want the right Of way. The
procession started at 8 p, NJ, and marched
down Market to Fourteenth, thence to
Nineteenth street. A halt was called at
the corner OF Sixteenth street, and the
square owned now by the Company was
freely commented on as o good place
for q big passenger depot. One OF
tho gentlemen said that although the
railroad authorities had said nothing otii'
CiAlly about the location OF the depot, he
understood that 1t was their private plans
to ppt 1t there.
As before iutImsted by the lNTELLIGEN.
GER, the B. l.. o. officials regard the follow.
ing aa the beat route through the city and
which can be effected at the least expense
II the city grants them the privileges ask
ed:
To follow the present line on McOul,
Tough street and rounding through Bod
ley's brick yard, enter Nineteenth street
near its head and pass down that street
TO Ohapline; cross q bridge over the creek !
tunnel Chspline hill, entering between
tho Novelty Planning mill and Arbenz,
BertsChy 4 Co.'s fuTuiture mandatory,
The tunnel will be In straight course
down the middle OF Eof street to near
Twenty-sixth, where II DIVORCES to the
southeast and opens ct Twenty.eiRhth
street, from which 1t would Join the main
line at the curve on Thirty'seCond street.
At the corner OF Nineteenth street the
Committee was joined by Gas Commits.
sioners ElliDghSm and Wheat, who paid
close attention to the various opinions ex'
pressed pro and con about the adVisabil.
lily OF csdiug the right Of way OF Nine
teen TIL street to the b. 4 o. r. R, 90.
Mr., Wheat claimed that II would be q
serious detrimsnt to the economical work
inga OF the gas works, inasmuch as one
half the establishment was located on one
side Of Nineteenth street, and the balance
on the other; that there was almost con-
slant communication between the two de-
partmsnts, and that II the road ran five
hundred or thousand cars per day over
the line that II would be nuisance. he
also thought that the constant Earring oil
the heavy trains would injure the holders
and retorta which had not been built In
such Q manner as to provide against such
q contingency,
Combating this seeming objection cases
were cited where railroads passed gas
works in other cities, and no injury re.
suited, In regard to the hauling Of mate
rial from one side Of the street 10 the 9th
ySted bridge with holsting apparatus and
dump cars would got away with the other
difficulty. But Mr.. Wheat thought the
road should be made to follow the dizzy
verge Of the creek, and around through a
lot OF private PROPERTY, including the
hinge factory and the "I.ava Beds" The
committee inspected the route as indicated
by Mr.. Wheat, but tho reporter saw clear.
" that II met with little or no favor. Al
ter going to the length OF Nineteenth street
the committee went over 10 East Wheeling,
AS noted above, the proposed tuanel fol
lows down Eoff street aud passes under q
corner OF the Sixth Ward School House
before emerging on Jacob street. And
here Is where o lengthy discussion took
place with reference 10 this public proper.
lily, and whether the Board Of Education
would not have 10 be consulted before this
pronerty could be tuuneled under.
Mr.. Frank Hearne, while the committee
was discussing the matter, here appeared
with profile drawing Of Q route which lie
thought could be made with leas expense
than the one referred to. The drawing
showed that II was almost a direct line
from the track OF the corner OF Thirty.
second street 10 the track on Mccullough
street, The tunnel would enter from
above Jacob street, pass east Of the upper
Riverside mill with lie exit east OF the
Crescent mill. The advantage would be
that no private interests In the way Of
property would be jeopardizsd. The lun.
mel would BIO thirty Zee! above the coal
vein as according TO the drawing. But a
strong disadvantage would arise In the
road barely passing on the outskirts OF the
city, when It certainly but to be desirable
to have 1t as near the business centre as
possible.
At six o'clock The committee got through
It's work, which was certainly faithfully
performed. All phases Of the matter were
carefully discussed and considered, and
Council can depend when this committee
makes report that 1t will be worthy Of
respect as containing the best judgment Of
each member. ...
The committee will probably meet either
to-day or Monday. What will be recon.
mended oil course the reporter cannot cay,
but from talks with various members Of
the excursion party no thinks II likely
that the B. 4 0. R. r. can get the right Of
way on Nineteenth street aud under EoG
for the asking. ..
When the "Pewiky" railroad was built
q precedent was established which will
probably favor lhe ends OF The former
named company. The latter road traverses
one OF the busiest portions Of tie city
the wharf. Their cars often cut of traffic
with the various boats and In this respect
sometimes intelferes very materially with
tho rights oil vehicles and citizens. Nine.
teenth street, on the contrary, Is very
little Travelled. It looked yesterday as
though not more than half q dozen carts
bad been on IL In the past twenty.four
hours. Being unpaved, II Is less orna.
mental than useful, and some cross.ties on
1t would be an improvement on present
appearances.
ANNUAL INSPECTION BY FlRE DEPARTMENT
.. COMMITTEE.
Yesterday morning the city Council
Committee on Fire Department took an
omnibus and Travelled 10 the different en-
CINE houses on lie annual tour Of inspeC.
ton. A number oil repairs, OF no reat mo
ment, will be recommended by the coin.
mittee. The gentlemen belonging to the
committee are MeBrs Criswell, Shuttle,
Dunning, Haller, Hoffman, and Rol lot GU.
II the functions Of the liver are In any way
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