The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-12
B.&lO,stRlGHTs0F#W WAY
AGAIN. nEFoRs rAs COMMITTEE.
The ofdInaaes 5Coa,Idsrsd. In the Same Spirit Of
y Obstruction aad Dslayr BIZ iths iComr,ittse
s,5 which Agreed up,n lis sProrisions az 4, y
Il Now Stands TO b. R'jtcttd.lj ~.

There was another bowling time iof II at
the City Building yesterday. afternoon on the
railroad question. This limo 1t was the D, (
o. and Ito petition for route along the south
bark OF the creek that raised tho runpun and
tho occasion was amee.lngo OF the Committees
on Railroads and Ordinances. II the public
does not understand the exact status OF The
various railroad prcjsols new before Council,
the public can oon.oe Itself with the thought
that neither does Council or the committee.
The numt rouB references, amendments and
rows usually kicked up by thsee various &C,
tious are enough 10 confuse tho most level.
headed. When the Council In ell lie wis.
dom gsts down to whstlt considers business
and grapplss With rsllrosd question OF any
SIS Il becomes one OF, those things almost
past finding out. ~ y -; ~ -ip7iigIfIlSg
!. An Ell IT was made 10 get the ordinance
up Tuesday night last In the First Branch,
but It was fought down by Mr.. Caldwell who
raised the point 81 order, that no COMMITTEES
report accompanied the oruinance-tbat II
had apparently come from no source aud
that the Branch could not properly consider
1t. The Branch did consider Il, however, 10
the extent Of Referring 1t to this joint com.
mittes. 1t was we'll, perhnps,2 that 1t waa
dons, OWING 10 mistake made In printing
| ~. New copies were placed In the hands Of
the committee at lis meeting yesterday,
Ms,srs. smith, Peterson, Wilkinson, List,
Wilson. Bingsll, Hall and Happy were pres.
eat. Mr.. G! O.::smith was chosen chairman
aud Solicitor. Erskine commsnced reading
the ordinance. Mr. Peterson, Ut the start,
made motion that the Pittsburgh, Wheel.
tipg& Baltimore tHempAeld) road be made q
party IN the ordinance. There was q windy
war and The mot on WAS sat down on. There
was q long talk about the grades on Warren
street, which was finally dispo.ed OF by leav-
ing itall to the Board Of Public Works.
When the disposition was shown by the
Railroad Committee to have the iron bridge
elevated and the road run underneath, the
| o. L o. did not apparently gee the necessity
for changing It's petition; by raising no Of lee.
lion 1t Hcquiesced In the idea. Yesterday al
ternoon MIR. Peterson objected to the ordi.
nance because 1t was not what the B. Il o.
had asked Tor. He grew very warm nad
asked for books and papers. Mr.. Hall iudig.'
mainly frowned down what be called Mr..
Peterson's "HaberAeldian policy policy 1ot
obstruction These two 7gon,lsmsn, with
some assistance from othar members, had a
lively time OF It over Mr.. Psterson's CLAIM,
which was renewed when he offered az sub.
shtuts an elahorately drawn up paper, evil.
IDENTIFY gotten up by an enrineer, granting
the B & O.s route from Thirtysecond street
up Wood 10 Twenty.levsnth, inence by tun-
mel 10 the creek bauk. It was
very carefully written, stating in how
mBny feet and at what grade and elevation
the route wss 10 extend in each direction.
Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Hall objected to this as
being not In order. The CHAIR ruled that u
| ha Too fn, IN tat,
the QUAR-. Nj. Peterson yo.ed that he would
be heard from In minority report or else
kill the ordinance In Council.
Numerous amendments were ordered and
the Solicitor instructed to have the ordinance
as smended printed. The committee tLen
dsrldei 10 recommend to Council that the
ordinance be rejsstsd. This will strike the
pnb!ic es strange In view OF the fact that ths
Railroad Committee. had decided to recon.
mend Ito adoption. A terrible struggle in
Council over the nistter Is among the probG,
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