The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-11-12
"A RAILROAD COMING,
eur WHAT RoAp7 Aow7ANDwAEN2
A sIruIti..p. Nov. on the Far, Of Railroad Men
from Abroad, the Meaning of Which Nobody
Seems to Ksou-ASsW Road Incorporated.
What Some Outsiders Have to say

Seems to KnoW-ASsW Road Incorporated.
What some Outsiders Have to Say.
The IsrELLolxcrR on Saturday announced
he presence in the city of number Of east
,ru gentlemen, accompanied by Mr.. B.
Walker Peterson, who were supposed to be
lere on buslness connected with the proposed
& Western railroad. All efforts
IN Friday to discover anything concerning
The character OF their business were In vain.
But on Saturday certificate OF incorporA-
ion was Issued 10 nsw railroad company,
several Of these gentlemen and the attorneys
II the Harrisburg & Western railroad being
The incorporatoTs.
THE NEW cHAETER.
Tie articles Of agreement Of the new COM
pany are a. follows: =,
We whose names are hereto attached, de-
string 10 become q corporation for the put.
pose OF constructingand operating q railroad
In the Stale Of West Virginia. do hereby
adopt these articles Of incorporation for that
purpose. The name OF this corporation shall
be the Elm Grove and State Line Railroad
Company. The railroad which this corpora
lion proposes 10 build will commence ut or
near The village OF Elm Grove, in Ohio coun-
", West Virginia, and run thence by the
most practicable route to point on the line
between the States Of Psnnsylyania and West
Virginia, at or near where the said line Is
crossed by the middle fork Of Wheeling creek.
The. principal business oftice OF this corpo'
ration shali be In Wheeling, West Virginia.
This corporation Gball continue parpetlally
The capital stock OF this company shall be
$500, 900, divided into shares OF 500 each.
The names and places OF residence Of the per
sons forming this corporation, and the num-
Der OF shares oil stock subscribed BY each are
as folloWt: Rson Barnes, New Yotk city, n.
Y, five ahares; W. U Carpenter, New York
civ, one share; B. Walker Peterson, Wheel
ins. W. Va, one share VIM. z. Hubbard,
Wheeling one share; and VIM. II. Hearnel
Wheeling one share.
THEY WILL NOT TALK,
Reporters saw several Of the gentlemen In
terested in the pr act, but they refused tc
talk. Mr.. Barnes and his four friends and
Mr., Peterson held conference at Mr.. w. +.
Peierson's Office, on Main street, Saturday
afternoon, with several other gentlemen IL
teresled In the rsilfOad development OF thi:
vicinity, among them bsiug Judge Il. n
O1chrau, Of Toledo, Chief Counsel Of the W.
& L, E, road, DR.. G. Baird, Joel Woods and
o. L. Woods, OF Martins Ferry, and others
Nothing could be learned OF what tla9spired
at This conference, but tho fact that Judge
Cochran and Or. Baird were pres ant, at least
A mart Of the time, and thEt on the same day
a charter u the Wheeling & Harrisburg rail-
read was issued by the Secretary OF State
under the certificate OF Incorporation issued
March Q, 1882, must be regarded as significant
This proposed line extends from the western
corporate limits OF the city OF Wheeling to
point on the State line in Marshall county
where IL Is crossed by Middle Wheeling
creek, covering part OF this line Of the new
road, and the two gentlemen named are
among the incorporatOrs.
TAE tTopPlSG PLACE.
The fact that the proposed new road come.
no q earer the city than Elm Grove is itsel!
worthy OF notice. OF course no company
would construct r0ad 10 tue village OF Elm
Grove and stop there with no means Of
eg,ess, or OF reaching the city. The peculiar
character OF the proposed line was cause oil
much speculation, and the conclusion was
jumped at that the company proposes to boy
the franchises and privileges OF the Elm
Grove Railway and continue their track into
the city. These franchises include the right
to operate the road by steam. The Elm
Grove Contrary have boon making changes
in their grades and curves lately which can
be cons dered necessary II nothing
but the street car motors q % 10 be used. This
tends 10 coIIieIn the suspicion CT a'ed by the
fact that tie new road terminates at Elm
Grove. Neither the Elm Grove people nor the
others interested could be induced 10 express
themselves on the subject, however.
A MAN WHO KNOWS.
reporter met one man who proiessed Il
have some information, and he Is one vic
might be supposed to be In position to gel
II. He declared that be waI aware sometime
ago that suca an arrangement as hat indica
ted above had bsen entered Into by the Elm
Grove road and other parties, but that 1t wa
made q state peoret at the time, q paItlcu!a,
Injunction not to let II reach tho newspapers
being given at the time.
The question naturally arises: What good
can II do any railroad TO secure access 10 the
heart Of tue city II 1t has no way OF reaching
the manufactures, or getting out Of the city
again? A reporter propounaed this eonun,
drum 10 good guesser, and heanSwered thai
perhaps the road merely wanted a way into
The city for passenger traffic, intending tc
tunnel from The east side Of the hill to Q
point above the Top Mill, and there across
The river on the projected bridge, and gain
access 10 the mills and furnaces over the z,
y, & Ky. track, q right which Is guaranteed
10 all new roads by the city.
ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
Another gentleman saw less difficulty in
liyiuipg TIC intentions OF the mysterious
new company. lie sud: What would be
easier than Tor tho new company to CONS
over the Elm tiroye's roed bed 70 the esst
end OF Sixteenth street, aud there. dtveIge
and 20 down the creek bank 10 the river,
"The B. Il o. would be apt 10 fight that
route" =,
The B. 4 o.s opposition. That would only
mean dslsy, and not defeat. think the
Is as plain as the nose on your face. )"
These were only few OF the many specn'
lations one heard on all sides. It Is safe to
Jay that no railroad move lately has created
as deep and general an interest here as this.
~ this OF course the attendant mystery
largely contributes.
Supreme C0urI of appeals.
This court mat Saturday, with all the