Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-27
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An Ordinance specifyfRg h speed or
Trains and PrevhdasG o GATES and

An Ordinanee sPecifyfRg b Speed or
Trains and PrevhdiaG for Gates and
Watchmcn-
The following ordinance, to regulate the
speed Of locomotives and trains on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, inside the
corporation lines of the city Of Wheeling,
and to provide for safety gates and watch
men, was before Council last night, but did
not come up fer action:
SEC. 1. Be it ordained by the Council Of
the city of Wheeling that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company be and it is
hereby required to erect gates on each
side OF its tracks at each of the following
street crossings, viz: Where its main line
crosses Twenty-fourth street, Chapline
street and Eoff street. which gates shall be
OF a style ana shall be put up in q manner
satisfactory to the Board OF Public Works
of the city of Wheeling. The said Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company is further re-
quired to keep a Waterman stationed at
each Of the said street crossings, and at all
times when any locomotive, Car or train is
about to pass any of the said crossings, to
have the said gates at such crossings
securely closed against persons using the
said sire ct, and kept closed during the
passage of such locomotive, car or train.
SEC. 2. Be it further ordained that it
shall lie unlawful for theSaid Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, its agents or ser
wants, to run any locomotive, car or train,
on apy part of its main line from its depots
at Wheeling Creek to the southern limits
of the city at q greater rate o. speed than
four miles per hour, provided, however,
that when the said gates shall have been
erected, and shall be properly guarded and
closed at the time of the passage OF trains,
as required by the preceding section, it
shall then be lawful to increase the speed
so as TO allow locomotives and cars to be
run at the rate of five miles per hour, be-
tween the said depo:s and the said com.
pany's machine shops, as at present To-
Gated, and at the rate OF ten miles per hour
from the machine shops to the southern
limits of the city, but it shall be unlawful
to run any locomotive or car at a greater rate
of speed than is by this section permitted
on any part of the said company's
tracks above mentioned. 1t shall also be
unlawful for the said company, its agents,
or servants to run any locomotive or car
over or across any of the streets occupied
by its Hempfield extension in any manner
otherwise than is permitted by the ordi-
nance entitled "An Ordinance authorizing
and empowering the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to extend its track over
certain streets Of the city of Wheeling to
the depot of the Hempfeld Railroad Com
pany,'' adopted July q, 1871. ,
SEC. 8. II any conductor, engineer or
other person in charge of INV. locomotive,
car or cars shall white any of the pro-
vision of Section 2 of this ordinance by
runHig at a greater rate of speed than is
therein permitted, he shall, for each ottense
forfeit and pay to the city OF Wheeling a
fine of not less than ten, or more than
twenty dollars.
SEC. The ordinance entitled can ordi.
nance to regulate the running OF locomo-
tiyes and railroad cars across Twenty
fourth, Eof and Thirty-ffth streets, in the
city of Wheeling, and to require the plac-
ing of watchmen at said streets by the Bal
timors and Ohio Railroad Company" is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 5. This ordinance shall be in force
from and after its passage.