Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-08-16
THROUGH THE TOWN
or THE WAY THE 3. & 0. WANTS
TO co,
As Signifsd in the Proposition From the
Road-Ihs Paper the Railroad Com
mittee Considered Last Night
Turned Over TO Council for
This Evening.

There was a special meeting OF the
Railroad Committee at the city building
last evening, and the following members
OF the committee were present: Messrs'
Laughlin, Baker, Hall, McAdams, MI
Ter. Haberfield and Schockey: In addl-
ton the following Councilman
were present and looked on
sometimes offering suggestion,
but for the main part storing
away ammunition for this evenings
Inn: Messrs. Hildreth, Buttertieid. bfr
ing, Kimberly, Simpson and also Mayor
ESprter. Hon. g. ID. Hubbard and X.
G. Barr, Esq, were present for the r.
w. & Ky. -, A.
The meeting was opened with the
reading OF the following paper by CLERK
GalIigan:
WHEELING, August Is.
Hon. Samuel LaughIin, Chairman Railroad
Committee
DEAR SIR On behalf OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, We submit
the following modified proposition to
the city of Wheeling:
The city to grant and procure for the
Company the free right OF way fora
double track railroad from the north side
of Fourteenth street through McCul-
loch 10 Sixteenth; thence diagonaily
across TO a point near Eighteenth street;
thence by a curve OF 800 feet radius TO
Nineteenth street; thence westwardly
down Nineteenth street to a point be.
tween Jacob and Eof streets, marked
on a plat herewith submitted; thence by
a suitable curve crossing Wheeling creek
TO the entrance of the tunnel on the
north side OF Twentieth street, marked
T on the plat; thence under Wood street
along the line marked r on said plat to
the southern end OF the tunnel on the
south side OF Twenty.seventh street,
marked TT on said plat; thence along
Wood street southwardly to the inter
section with the company's main track
at Thirty-second street.
The company asks the privilege OF lay
ing one additional track on Thirty sec
ond and McCulloch streets, from
Wood street to the southern limits oil
the city, and another additional track on
McCulloch street, from Fortleth
street to the southerR limits OF the city.
Should the Council comply with this
request, the company asks permission
to occupy portion Of the ground now
covered by the slopes OF McCulloch
street, between Fourteenth and SIX.
teenth streets, substituting a stone wall
with railing conforming to the grade oil
the street in order to sustain the street;
also TO reduce the grade on McCulloch
street., near the intersection OF Sixteenth
street, three feet, running ont until 1t
intersects the present grade OF that
street, the grade of Sixteenth street 10
he made so as to be approved by the
Committee on Streets, Alleys and
Grades, the present line in McCnl-
loch. street not to be moved further 10
the eastward, and to cross Seventeenth
street bv an overgrade bridge high
enough to allow the free passage OF We
hicles under it; and to elevate E'gh-
teenth street two or three teet, at the
point of crossing, aud to make slight
change not more than three feet at the
summit in the present surface OF Nine
teenth stree, between Wood aud jacob
streets, for short distance, in order
that the descent may be uniform from
Wood street to Wheeling Greek, the
grade OF Alley 6 TO be made to conform
to the new grade of Nineteenth street,
and TO raise the grade OF Twentieth
street eight feet at the entrance OF the
tunnel in order that the road may pass
under it.
Should the Council comply with the
request in relation to the grade OF
Eighteenth street, the Company agrees
to make the grade of the street convent
ent for use in each direction from the
crossing under the direction OF the Com
mittee on Streets, Alleys and Grades.
1t may be necessary to reduce the
grade of Wood street between Twenty
ninth and Thirty second streets not eX-
ceeding three feet at any one point and
the Company asks permission to do so.
The company also asks permission to
make the necessary cut in Wood street
bet2 cen the southern portal OF the tun-
mel and Caidwell's Run, and to wall the
cut on each side thereof.
This embraces all the changes in the
grades OF the streets which will be re-
quired.
The company is willing to pay for any
lots or buildings it may be necessary to
take for the construction of the line
above designated.
II the city complies with the foregC-
ing requests the company will waive all
objections to the extension OF the Pitts
burgh, Wheeling and Kentucky rail- Dad
within the city, provided the road OF the
P. W. & Ky. r. R. Co. across the land OF
the b. & D. r. r. Co. north OF Wheel
ing Greek, be not located or constructed
east of the present location thereof, and
provided also that the road OF the ?. W.
& Ky. company south Of the creek and
north OF Twenty-fourth street be located
and constructed west Of the Nail City
Boat House and Riverside warehouse,
and at no place less than twenty-five
feet west of its present location, and that
the B. & o. X. X. Co. be permitted to
use for its tracks and business the space
between its west track on Water street
and the track of the p. W. & KY. 10 be
located as aforesaid.
The B. & o. R. r. Co. will also waive
all objections to the p. w. & Ky. Co.
crossing its tracks to reach the Belmont
Nail Company's works provided the said
crossing be constructed and operated so
as not TO obstruct the business OF the
B. & o. r. r. Co., the P. w. & Ky. &C. |
to pay the expense OF the crossing and
furnish at its cost, when required by the
B. & o. r. r. Co. Waterman and signal,
and provided further that the B. & {. |
r. r. Co. be permitted to make and use
a convenient crossing of the p. W. 4
Ky. K. +. to connect with the Cieve- |
land, Tuscarawss Valley and Wheeling
Railroad.
II this proposition beaccepted by the |
city the Company upon the completion |
of its road on the new location will |
abandon the present track along Six. |
teenth and Seventeenth streets, which |
will be about as great length of open |
street as they now ask to occupy with |
their new location, and will also be will.
ing to exchange on reasonable terms its |
square of ground between Chapline and !
Eof, aud Sixteenth and Seventeenth |
streets, for other lands suitable for its |
business fronting on Water street south |
OF Wheeling creek.
If all the foregoing is accepted and |
carried out the Company further agrees |
to establish at suitable points on the |