Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-12-13
rHEB. d o. MEMPPIELD EXTENSION.
VIII Council: 80 Amend the Rejected Or
dinEnee so rs TO Permit the Company
I'd Euild the Road?-

viii Council 50 Amend the Rejected Or
dinsnee 40 rs to Permit the Company
I'd EuiId the Road;-
To the Editor Of the Wheeling Register.
WHEELING, December u.
The City Council. as yet, has manifested
no disposition to remove the Objectionable
features in the ordinance submitted to the
: B. & o. company some time since and which
was rejected by the company because OF It's
absurd and unreasonable conditions. The
extension will be made, but not through
Wheeling, unless more liberal terms and
right of way immunities are conceded than
| have been offered in the rejected ordinance
|, Certainly no sensible business man. would
consent TO be hampered. by such legal ditfi-
cufties and drawbacks as the City Council
desires by its ordinance to. throw in the
path of the company in its effort to con.
struct its road through the city. II Council
still persists in its unjust demands; as eS-
pre- ssed in its already refused ordinance,
lie road will never pass through Wheeling.
Where will the connection bef | can
state almost semi-Officially, at least, that
the road will pass through tunnel near
Fogg's Run, and leave our city out in the
cold, and as switched off city exclusively.
1t is bad enough now, we all know, but 1t
will be for worse then, when the road ignores
our city entirely. Why Council is, and
SnOulU DC 50 COnlullldCiOuS, anu 81 hSho
cious, in its conception, rs to what the
company should do, and must do before 1t
can build its road through the city limits,
is one of the things not yet discovered by
the wisest of the wise.
So long rs the question of right OF way
is undetermined, and it is allowed to exist
as q fire brand in our midst, so long VIII
the city and people be deprived of the ben
efits that will undoubtedly accrue TO both
L L., - r,,oHa nur mills
are in want of a proper supply OF coke.
Will the shops be built? No shops will
be built here until the right of way is
secured to the company. When this is ac-
cCmpliShcd new shops will most aSsuredly
he erected of first-ClaSS capacity. l speak
this with almost positive certainty. This
great Improvement, so full of benefit to us
all. is denied us, simply. because some men
don't like the Il. & o. railroad company.
What has personal feeling got to do with
such a great gain as this would, and Will
prove to be, for the city when ever 1t is
made? He is very small and narrow
minded statesman who would leglslate for
no interest but his own.
The same may be said OF those whose
personal feelings. are 50 acrimonious
against the b. Il o. railroad company that
they can't see anything good or commend
able in anything that it does or offers to do
/ for our city. Hence tnelr OppoSlllOH'
repeat that the road will be built as
have Indicated, and there will be no shops
built here to replace the old ones, only on
the condition that our city Council will he
wise enough and just enough to meet the
company in such spirit of friendlinesSS
and reciprocated good feeling rs will lead
TO mutual and satisfactory agreement be-
tween all parties concerned.
The result should he brought about as
soon as possible, because the company has
its interests and rights to defend just as
well as our city, and it is ungenerous and
unjust to require of others what we are
unwilling to do ourselves. Let us apply
this principle in the settlement of this
question. and it will not be long before
work will commence on the Hempheld ex-
tension in our city limits
Council should rise above personal feel
ing in legislating on this question and
strike out the Objectionable features in its
ordinance. RIGHT OF WAY.