The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-03
A MAN WITH A GRIEVANCE
who Exprossss Himssir warmly q
Regard 10 the d. Off. W.

Regard 10 the b. off. W.
Aiew days since, before the present rise in
in the river, when there was about 10 feet in
the channel, an 1aTEILiGEScER reporter was
standing on the Minnie Bay, the handsome
side wheeler that the sWeeney's are building
at the leyee opposite Thirteenth street talk.
ing with Mr. John Sweeney about the pros.
pects for future steamboat building In this
city. Said he:
I'VE now have about $4,000 worthof
work contracted for and could have more,
but what's the use Of bringing 1t 70 this
town. w
"Wby, what do you meau2'
"Well, 1'lltell you. We are seriously con.
sldering removing our works out Of this for.
ssken town to Martins Ferry or some live,
progressive place, where We will be encour-
Wheeling property at q fair price, we wonld
20 next week. Wewant 10 get 10 some place
where we will not be at the mercy OF any
cranks. You look surprised Now, I'll eI-
plain. In the first place look ct that wharf
from opposite Green's Hotel 10 the p. W. &
Ky. freight depot, Do you see those holes
Nice pits, amt they? Well, that is the work
Of the Board Of Public Works Formerly
there was a nice sioping hard gravel surface
there and II was splendid place to keep
boats that were In progress Of construction,
as they were out OF the way OF other
boats and could be gotten at easily BY team
sterS, who were hauling machinery, but now
an empty wagon couldn't be driven along
there. Mind you all that ground is public
wharf, although It Is not pGyed-And yet the
independent and able TO do what II pleases,
proves 1t by digging pitfalls like that In a
public landing There was good, strong
check. post there indicating but It's OF no use
now, because they've dug all the earth that
held II, away. The sand they used on the
streets. Some time during high water q
steamer will tie up over one OF those holes
and sudden fall will Saw.back her, and then
the city will have dandy damage suit on Ia
hands. 81. .f.
~ tell you, the highhanded proceedings OF
that Beard are outrageous and ought not TO
be tolerated. BY the way, did you get onto
that clerical error in council last Tuesday
nightH The report Of the wharf committee
was not signed, you know, and there was q
resolution in that report giving the Board
control OF the wharf, that no one knew any
thing about and that was not acted on. Now,
I'll tell you what led to that Tnose holes
compel Us 10 haul our EoRts that we
are building up here. A short time ago,
the Board received barge OF cobble stones
The Bay had Just arrived and was lying with
her head down stream. When the heavy
shafts arrived ! asked Mr.. Campbell to drop
the barge down until we could swing the Bay
around, but he would not do 1t and e1-
pressed my opinion. Now they want TO
charge us wharfage on boats In process OF
construction. A thing unheard OF in any
city. NJ
"Will they succeed2 Well, don't know
whether they will work Uncle Joe Forsythe
up TO charging us or not, but do know that
we'll takeit to the Supreme Court before we
will ever pay 1t.
Speaking Of those cobble stones-just look
at them. Aauled up the bank 80 or 40 feet,
and then dumped over the bank TO roll down
into those pit falls. Why, tkere are better
stones under the rubbish lying here before
us than those stones up there. They have
been lost Just In that way-hauling them up
and dumping them back. II private con-.
Germ were run the way this city g. It would
be ruined inside OF six months.
ave have worked hard To establish steam.
boat building business here aud have sue.
ceeded. II will rapidly become better. but II
we are to be hampered BY set OF petty OH.
ciais we might as we'll throw up the business"