Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-08-09
THE srREET RAILWAY.
The Points Of the Ordinance Passed by
the First Branch.

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The street car ordinance which has been
in the language Of Mr.. Hall Sin allegiance
for the last six months, came up for fna
action in the First Branch last night. Mr.
j, C, Miller opposed present action urging
that Capt Wilson, the President OF the
company, was absent from the city, and a:
he was familiar with the details Of the
company's business, it would be an act Of
manifest injustice to proceed in his alb
sence.
This brought Coroner Schultze to his
feet who desired to know whether or not
ANDY Wilson and the Street Car Company
was running this Council or not: If SO,
call them in and for the time being let
them run the First Branch of Council, or
better still, "let US go down to the street
car office and let them run US"
Mr. John H. Hall opposed any further
delay in the matter, as the ordinance had
already lain in allegiance for many months.
The Council had already been very indui'
gent and had waited on Capt. Wilson and
the company an unusual length OF time.
The interests of the city are suffering and
many citizens are asking questions regard
ing the delay, and some even did not hest
itate to accuse councilmen Of fear in the
matter. 1t has been laid over night after
night, and it would look like weakness TO
temporize further. If the street car COM
pany should be dissatisfied with the action
of this Branch, they could go to the Second
when the ordinance came up there Tor their
remedy.
Mr.. Miller again urged that Capt. Wilson
was out of the city in pursuit OF health,
and as the ordinance had already laid by
for one year, q matter of week or two
would not iDjure the city.
The motion to lay the ordinance on the
table was lost by decided majority.
The first amendment was to allow the
company TO operate its business for the
term of twenty wears. This was carried.
The second amendment was TO change the
tracks from Twenty-fourth toTwenty.second
street, thence down Twenty-second to Mark
ct. thence over the Market street bridge
The present width Of the tracks was adopt.
ed as standard gauge, and wagons and
vehicles will conform to 1t in future.
The company will be as hereafter re.
ouired to pave within the tracks and with
out for two feet, on either side. all to be
done to the satisfaction of the Board OF
Public Works The ordinance further
provides as follows:
1t is still further condition of this grant
of said privileges to sail Railway Company,
that they shall, within three years from
July l, 1882, take up their present rails on
said streets and replace same with nat
rails; the rails of at least one.third OF their
tracks and switches to be taken up and re-
placed before July /, 1888; the rails of at
least half of the residue of their tracks and
switches to be taken up and replaced be-
fore July /, 1884, and the rails of the other
half of such residue to be taken up and re-
placed before July /, 1885, and that the
rails of their track and switches, from 10th
street to 10th street. shall be the first to be
so taken up and replaced
The ordinance also provides that on or
before October 10Th, 1882, the company
shall file with the City Clerk q copy OF
resolution passed by their board of direc..
tors, in form satisfactory to the Council of
said city, certified to be such copy by their
president and secretary with the corporate
seal of the company affixed thereto, ac-
cepting this ordinance and agreeing that
said city NAV, whenever it desires TO do so
hereafter assess and collect the taxes
named in the Sth section of this
ordinance, that said railway company
will pay the same to said city, on
demand, after such assessment and will
furnish such statement as is named in said
Sth section, when required by said council;
that said Railway Company will comply
with all the conditions and provisions of
this ordinance pertaining to said Railway
Company, and will do and perform all
things that said Railway Company is re-
ouired TO do BY this ordinance, and refrain
from doing those things it is by this ordi-
nance prohibited from doing.
The ordinance was then passed
During the debates on the various sec
tons several little tits took place between
members. Mr. Schultze, in illustrating
the ideas of several members of the street
car company, gave the profanity literally,
and this provoked Mr.. McAdams TO protest
against the "blasphemy," as he termed it,
and this so agltated Schultze that he was
about to leave, but some of the more placid
rubbed him in the right direction, and the
Kaiser subsded