The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-16
'rHE RALtIM0RE FIX TENSION
B~f0se tho Council F. 0uimittee ON Rail.
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Aue SUuuCll OouWlkleo on hallfoAc6
met last night, and considered the B. 80.
Compauy's proposition to the city for the
extension Of the Hempaeld line. We
print the paper below, and q psruBal will
show that the lNrRLLloRNcER alone has
given the substance Of the document cor.
rectly:
WHEELING, W. Va, August Is, 1881.
Hon. Samue! Laughlin. Chairman Railroad
Committee: y. gt..I
DEAR SlR:-On behalf OF the Baltimore
4 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 Tor double
track RAILROAD from the north aide Of
Fourteenth street through McColloch 10
Sixteenth; thence diagonally across to q
point near Eighteenth Btreet; thence by
curve OF 600 feet radius to Nineteenth
street; thence westwardly down Nine.
leenth street 10 point between Jacob and
Eotr strests marked F on plat herewith
submittsd; thence by suitable curve
crossing Wheeling creek to the entrance
OF the tunnel on the north side OF Twen
tieth street, marked T on the plat; thence
under Wood street along the line marked
E on said plat to the southern end oil the
tunnel on the south side OF Twenty.Bev.
enth street, marked TT on said plat, thence
along Wood street ssuthwardly 10 the In.
tsrseclion Of the company's main track Ut
Thirty.seCond street. E,a
The Company also asks the privilege oil
laying one additional track on Thirty.
second and McCuloch streets, from
Wood street to the southern limits OF the
city, and another additional track on Nc.
Culloch street, from Fortieth street 10 the
southern limits Of the city. r
Should the Council comply with this
request, the Company ssks permission to
occupy portion OF the ground now GOV
cred by the slopes Of McUulloch stree,
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth Streets
substituting a stone wall, with railing
conforming to grade OF street In order
sustain the street: also to reduce
the grade on McCulloch street, near
the intersection Of Sixteenth street, three
feet, running out until 1t intersects the
present grade Of that street, the grade Of
Sixteenth street to be made so as to be
approved by the committee on Streets,
Alloys and Grades, the present line
on McCulloch street not to be moved
further eastward, and to cross Seven.
tenth street by an overgrade bridge
high enough to allow the free passage OF
vehicles under it; and to elevate Eth.
tenth street two or three feet at the
point OF crossing, and to make slight
change, not more than three feet at the
summit. in the present surface OF
Ninteenth street, between Wood and
Jacob streets, Tor a short distance, in order
that the descent may be uniform from
Wood street to Wheeling creek, the grade
Of Alley g ~ be made 10 conform TO the
new grade OF Nin'esnth street and 10 rsite
the grade oil Twentieth street. eight feet at
the ent'a7ce OF the tunnel, in order that
the road may pass under it.
Should Council comply with the reauest
In relation to the grade OF Eighteenth
street, the company agrees 10 make the
grade OF the street convenient for use in
each direction from the crossing, under the
direction OF the Committee on Streets.
Alleys and Grades. -.Tl 49,.
1t may be necessary to reduce the grade
OF Wood street, between Twsnty.ninth
and Thirty-second streets, not exceeding
three feet at any one point, and the COM
pauy asks permission to do 80. '-'7
The company also asks permission to
make the necessary cut in Wood street,
between the southern portal OF the tunnel
and Oaldwell'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. r..,.5 .:..o
The company is willing to pay for apy
lots or buildings it may be necessary to
take for the construction OF the line above
designated. 5t79 ssst9t1
II the city complies with the foregoing
requests the company will waive all OBJ.
lectiens to the extension ofthe Pittsburgh,
Wheeling d Kentucky R. K. within The
city, provided the road OF the p, W, 4
Ky. X. K 20. across the land OF the B. &
.. K. K. Co.. north Of Wheeling creek, be
not located or constructed east of the
present location thereof, and provided
ais, that the road of the P, W, & XIV. Ia.
south OF the creek and north of Twenty.
fourth street be located and constructed
west Of the Nail City boat houae and
Riverside warehouse, and at no place less
than twenty. five feet west OF it's present
location, and that the B. & O r. R. Co, be-
permitted to use for it's trscks and business
the space ohlween it's west track in Water
street and tho track Of the F., W. l. XIV, to
be located as aforesaid. :
The Baltimore & Ohio Rail.oad Com.
pauy, will also waive all objections to the
r., W. y Nv. Co. crossing their tracks to
reach the Belmont Nail Company's works,
provided the said crossing DO constructed
and operated so as not to ohstruot the Inns.
iness OF the B. 4 O. R. R. Company. the
r; W. 4 Ky. Comp any to paw The AZ.
penses Of the crossing and furnish OF ils
cost, when required by the B. &O.R, R.
company, Waterman and signals; and
provided further that the B. & @. r. r
Company be permitted to make and use
convenient crossing OF the P, ". &Kv
n n. to connect with the CLEVELAND
Tuscarawas Valley & Wheeling Railroad
II this proposition be accepted by the
city the company, upon the com nletion n
its road on the new location. wiil ahan.
don the presenttrack along Sixteenth and
seventeenth streets, which will be about
as great a lenghth Of open street as thew
now ask to occupy with Its new location.
and will also be willing to exchange on
reasonable terms its square of ground be-.
tween Chapline and Eof, Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets, Tor other lands euita.
Die Tor lts business, fronting on Water
street south Of Wheeling creek, 80"
II all the foregoing is accepted and car.
ried out the company further apreen tn
establish at suitable points on the new line
two convenient passenger stations. one IN
East and the other in South Wheeling ! =
Respectfully submitted,
JAS. L. RANDOLPH,
:, Chief Engineer.
- W. NJ. CLEMENTS,
Masterof Transportation, b. &O.R.R.
The usual amount Of discussion fol.
lowed the reading OF the report. The
committee refused to adopt the Nine.
teenth street routa Some norhor, -.