Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-03-08
RAILROAD MATTERS.
yewett scores . Victory Over Wander
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yewett scores . victory Over Wander
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COLUMBUS, O., March I'm the case
of the State Of Ohio in relation OF
the Attorney General vs. William II.
Vanderbilt et al, the Supreme Court to-
day decided in favor Of the plaintiff by al.
lowing judgment of custer, thus declar-
ing the consolidation OF the c., G., @. d /.
and c., H. & ID. roads and leased lines ille-
gal. The roads were bought up by Wander.
bilt last summer and consolidated last Sep
tember under the name Of the Ohio Railway
Company. As the system included most
OF the roads in the State, Jewett and Van.
derbilt have been iA}iig bon oses thaSee
ed, and this is the final adjustment OF the
case 1t is held by the court that the lines
running from Toledo to Cincinnati and
from Cleveland to Cincinnati are compel.
ing, and under the Ohio statutes cannot be
consolidated.
The Hannibal and sc. Zoe Case.
Sr. LOUIS, March THE attorney for the
Hannibal and st. Joe Railroad, fled, yes
terday, at jefferson City, motion for leave
to file an amended supplemental bill in the
proceedings instituted against Governor
crittenden TO restrain and enjoin him from
advertising the road for sale under the lien
motion are to the effect that certain neSo.
tiations are now pending between the par.
ties to said action, by which they are en-.
| deayoring to adjust their equities as be-
| tween themselves, as suggested by court in
passing upon the former plea for tenn
| porary Injunction in this case, and 1t Is
| only in the event of their failure to so ad-
| lust said equities. and that ii is desired to
file said bin. 1t is important that the COM
plainants have leave TO file said bill and 10
| file the same in case efforts now being made
to effect an adjustment shall prove
| fruitless, because there Is large
sum of money. to-wit: The sum Of
g, 1000 900 in controversy, and that one
party or the other is sustaining loss IN
| the interest upon the same OF the sum OF
| $500 per diem. and that said negotiations
| will either be concluded or broken oil with
| in the next twenty days, ana IN the event
| that this leave is not granted TO complain
| ants, they would he compelled TO wait un.
til next rule day in April before they could
| ask this leave, whereas, II 1t were granted
| now, and it becomes necessary to file said
amended bill, they can do So II this leave
he granted, before next rule day Attorney
General Mcintyre, for Governor Crittenden,
objected to the granting OF the motion, but
the court overruled the objection and
granted the motion.
Directors Elected.
ST. Louis. March THE annual meeting
Of the stockholders Of the Missouri PaeidS
/ railroad, to-day, elected the following
Board OF Directors for the ensuing year
Jay Gould, Russell Sage, +. l.: Ames, VIM
+. Buckley, X. 8. Hayes, J: II. II. CLARK
Sidney Dillon, Thos. T. Eckert, George J
Forrest Samuel Hoar, A. L. Hopkins. Il
G. Marquent and George Gould.
The meeting of the Iron Mountain Com
pany, which was to be held to-day, is post,
poxed until the 18th inst, when Jay Gould
will be here, and the annual reports oi boil
roads will be presented.
Work Will Go On.
Fremont, Ono March THE work or
the Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad through
this city and few miles east ofhere, which
was abandoned only partially completed
by Smith & Kinney, month since, on &C
count ofunpaid estimates to the amount OF
$4,000, will be recommended on Monday
next. This afternoon sixty native ltal
ians, weighed down with great sacks OF
provisions and camping utensils, arrived
here and are quartered in the nonneyson1
Block, lately purchased by the railroad
| company.