The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-15

Rssuli Or the C0aEsFsnes ~ the b, 4 o,
Omes SATURDAY,


0mee saturday.
A conference Of an Informal character
was held ct the Office Of Capt, R, T. Dew.
risS, general agent Of the B, & o. railroad,
Friday, between representatives Of that
railroad company, representatives. of the
city and officials Of the P, ". & KY. road.
Master Of Transportation Clements, Chief
Engineer Randolph and Capt. Devries, Of
the B. 4 o. road; Messrs, Sam LauRhlin
and John Hall, Of the Council COMMITTEES
on Railroads, and N. ], Becker, Chiel
Engineer otlhe Pan Handle lines, and R G,
Barr, attorney ofthe P, W. & Ky. railroad,
were the Representatives Of the several par.
ties interested. Mr.. Frank HsREn, mana.
Agsr Of the Riverside Iron Company, was
also present IN the interests OF the works,
A general talk was held, and the confer.
ence adjourned to meet the next moFning,
On Saturday a mSioTity OF the members
oil the committee were present, together
with several prominent members OF Ooun.
Gil not membera otthe committee, and the
Mayor. The Baltimore Company's rep.
reesntatives pret ented q proposition In
writing embodYiuR their views ON the mat.
ter under consideration, but it was mot alto
gether acceptable, and therefore q new and
modified proposition was promised, which
will possibly be ready to submit to the
committee to-day, though most probably
not I'LL tomorrow.
The proposition not having vet been
presented to Mr., LAuHhlin, Chairman Of
the committee, cannot vet be definitely
given 70 the public. But from different
parties interested 1t is learned that the fol.
lowing points are embodied in il:
The city 10 asked to grant ard procure
the right OF way for the track, which the
company Sgrees to lay farther east than
OF first proposed. II will run from Four
teenth street on Mccullough TO q point
near Eighteenth street, and curve there
gradually till Nineteenth is reached, at Q
point between Eoff and Jacob. Here the
track will cross the creek, entering the
tunnel at the north side OF Twentieth
street, and south under Wood 1.-THE former
proposition said Jacob and EotT) emery.
ing from the tunnel on TWeniy.seyenih
street, south OF the Riverside Rolling Mill
tnslead OF coming out at Twenty.isurth)
The track would continue on Wood street
70 Fhirty,sccond, where the present track
would be intersected.
Any Injuries 10 Mccullough street II i.
proposed to remedy by stone wall and
railing; to cross Seventeenth street by az
over grade bridge; and to wall and raj
the cut on Wood street south Of the south
entrance OF the tunnel And It Is OF
course understood that any private prop
erty necessary to be used ia to be paid for
BY the company.
In return for the privileges asked BY the
company they agres 70 WAive all opposition
IN the extension OF the "Pewikyh road 10
Benweod on certain conditions, chief oil
which 10 that the track 10 not to be laid
ess than twenty-five feet west OF the B.
4 y Co.'s west track south OF the creek,
or further east than now laid north Of the
creek. The B, & o also ssks the use Of
the ground included between the two
companies tracks where II is the propett,
OF the city, This Ia asked, and the stipu
lation concerning the laying OF the track
ct o distance Of twenty five feet from their
track, In order to lay two additional B. &
o. tracks west Of their present track. A
railway official recently said 10 an INTEL
LlaESCRR reporter that the company was
now crowded for space, and that when
the new line was built they
would be crowded 90 that they
could mot operate at oil unless they
had additional facilities. They for the
same reason ask the city 10 convey to them
certain lands south Of the creek, on Water
street, Tor the purpose OF loading and IN,
loading carload freight, offering Ia return
to release to the city the old Hempfeld
depot grounds, bounded by Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets and Chapline and
EofF.
The company offers to allow the p, W,
4 Ky. Company to cross their track at the
Belmont furnace and mill, II the latter
company will grant them the privilege Of
crossing their track to connect with the
u, T. v. & W. road
The B. 4 o. Company also offers, Il
their proposition Is accepted, to abandon
their present tracks on Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, and to establish two
passenger depots OH their line In the city
at accessible and acceptable points.
Il 10 understood that the proposition
meets the views OF the p, W. & KY
representatives, with the exception OF The
stipulation In regard to laying their track
twenty-five feet west Of the Baltimore 4
Ohio's. This they object to because Il
would neceSsltate their crossing the O., T.
" 4 WIS property, which that company
would not probably permit without vexa
tons litigation. In regard to this It d
said the B. 4 o. Company is even willing
TO waive the twenty-five foot proviso Of
ter the line passes 10 the south Of the
Riverside mill, and there let the new road
bear TO the east, 30 as to avoid the o., T,
V. 4 W. land.
The proposition Is drawn up and ready
10 submit, with the exception OF plat
which is to accompany II, and which will
be completed to-day. II 10 probable that
Council will be asked to act on the PROPOSE.
ton Tomorrow night.