The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-17
B. s O,'S NEW ROUTE!
FOR THEIR HsMPFlrLo DIVISION

Mtgifu - t4 az al t4
Another Melting Of thu Counell Commiisseon Kali.
roads u which Il II Cousidsrsd-The Several y
Plans Proposed to ret Through the
5a, CITY, and uhAt Is Said o. THIN.
Late yesterday afternoon call was Issued
for meeting OF the Council Committee on
Railroads and for joint meeting Of the Rail.
road and Ordinance committees. Owing to
the latene,s OF the call It WAS not until after
s o'clock thata quorum OF the Railroad Com.
mittee was secured. Colonel Wilkinson pre-
sIded and Msssrs. Work, Peterson and List
aud G. o. Smith were present. Colonel
Boiling, the altimoSo-&-0hio's consulting
engineer, and Mr.. Hose, tho committees suI.
yeyor, were also present. At the committee
meeting prev ous to last nights the seAtlon
wss only OF about hf,een miru'e1 duration.
At that meeting Surveyor Hose stAt cd that he
wRB at that time engaged on o written re.
yort relating 10 the proposed route asked for
| by the Baltimore q Ohio along the south
bank OF thu creek. To make this report was
the main rts,on that Council authorized the
committee 10 hire = surveyor, yet tho com.
mittes without waiting to hear that repor!
decided 10 recommend that the route asked
for by the Baltimore 4 Ohio road be granted
but objscting 10 the wording OF the ordinance
tho baltimore l. Ohio had prepared 10 me-!
Solicitor t. have him prepare properly
The meeting last night was 10 conaidar tho
Solicitors ordinance, MI Peterson suggested
that 1t oughtt0 bc Just as we'll 10 have the
report 0! Surveyor Hoge read, aud Mr.. Hogs
was called on iof TIA! report. After giving
all technical points aIout TIP route asked
for, ha proceeded to remark On tho yi.iuat
lrouts proposed by aome Of the memhe Org Of
tina cn.r,mittee, and also tho tunnel route
under Eof s...aat, asked for by the 3. l. O,
some three years uiuce. lie gave IT IS bis
opinion that either Of thc.s routes "rare PFC.
iarable 10 the route asked for along the ctceA
bank. Fl. I.lII,0
Mr.. Wilkinson objected 10 this yeporl, the
surveyor had been engaged 10 give the
points relating to the route asked for and
hiB opinion about othe: routes had not been
. asked for. The Colonel was rather severe 10
: his ramafks' Mr.%Peter4on took Issue with
him. This oa..msttee, in bis opinion, had
.. shown indecent haste In sgreeing 10 the
route asked f)r by the Baltimore 4 Ohio be.
lore the hutvsyor employed to rdY!se and
| insltaet the committee had had an opportu.
nifty to know wins! vSs rerlly asked ior. He,
. Tor ono, wanted to know about Whit other
I routes could be had. Mr.. Petof,on's remarks
, tied litlla tilt took place between
him ard Col. Wilkinson. Mr.. Peter.
} son YVES forever oprosed 10 the ela,h bank
route, 60 long as Market street was orossed Al
grade. He wanted one through and uuot.
structed passsge Of communication from the
north to the south portion Of the cityi the
idea OF u double track that would be hlmos,
continuously occupied by numerous aud
heavy ,.sins ssc:"y East and West crcssipg
both Main and se;sst streets at grade was
to him prepos.e.ous apg outrageous; II
. would work an irjury to all classea.
Solicitor ls:skiGa read the ordinance he
had prepared. "a motion 4 Mr.. Smith
that portion relating TO the crossing CT Mai,
, ket street at grade was changed so sy to pro.
, vide for the raising by the Baltimore 4
Ohio subjsct to the satisfaction OF the Bca:d
Of Public Works, the south end OF the ar.
, ket street bridge not to sJcsed eight ieet and
:hc north end no: to exceed four feet, there.
by allowing the road TO pssa under
the south enc. This route wss explained in
The IsrgLlIGgycER tome tina since, The ordi.
nance is to provide for the lropsr grading at
eaoG suu u tEe utAuSe nj u ~ Uas Dee1
raised, for tho extension OF the sidewalks and
parallel walls to it's Main street bridge, and
for the necessary grading aut thinking
Along the entire route, sll to be done d. Inc
expense OF the Baltimore 4 Oa;o. The city
only grants what il may lawfully, and the
Baltimore & Ohio ~ to save tho, city harm,
lees from all suite, etc. Gates amt watchmen
are made absolutely necessary, and proyis-
ion ~ made for ordinances imposing fines for
violations Of the railroad ordinance.
Nj. Petefson Eoyed 10 reduce tho rate OF
speed from len 10 s:x mi!ca 81 hour. and siso
that the road might be crossed alter p,opar
arbitration by any other road. The Soicitor
was instrlatei! to draw up another ordinance
to embody the changes inside. The route
asked for by the hal.iaors q Ohio
has often been explained Il, the
presa. aud the public underetanda
It, OF curse the B. & 0. would prefer to
have that, hut falling to get 1t would next
to pass under tbs MaeEe. etres. bridge. The
viaduct route ives not locked on with 9ny
favor by Col. Boiling. l. would necessitaie
the zee o. he,psr OF every train however
small.
The ascent from the scutE you'd be CON-
morcad 257 feet bslow the center linz Of
rwen,y.htst a!Tset, and the grade would be
one Ola feet With q bed curve. Tile via
duct would c,oes tho creek, 70 through the
old Miller property corner OF Matket and
South strest. Then ont Seventeenth street
or what is now tho Eorsyihe property, AID
down an 81 foot grade, striking
grade once more near thu L Atlantic
engine honio vest OF Eoif street; ,heno,
double tracks would be continued out Ssyen.
seenth street. By this roE:e epyenteentu
street would lie given up entirely 10 RAILROAD
use. The ascending viaduct would close
the loot OF Twenty first street and Distract
portion OF Water street. It. would cro,s
Main at al elevation OF q little over II feet
and Market street over u feet. 1t would not
allow tho road the standing room that 1t
wonld obtain by TIT proposed route east 6i
the Whitaker mill. - ~
Thers was not quorum OF the joint COM
mittee, end nothing wap done. Tie Solicitor
had prepared the ordinance granting the
Pittsburgh, Wheeling L. KENTUCKY and tho
OHIO fiyir roads the grants asked Tor ID COLI
liberation Of certain concessions made by the
Pittsburgh, wheeling & Kentucky along its
line in the North End mud II was 10 approve
this that that committee ,Sas sled, 1t Is
understood that the roads viii not accept
the ordinance. There will probably be
called special Council meeting to consider
RAILROAD questions in the near future.
| l.. rl1.s 80 no.
a lcEp Eenr Wedding.
This Is leap year. and tits general theory
that in this one OF four years tina lsdies are
privileged to "poptE question." The Only
case In which the theory has been carried
into practice, however, IN this immediate
x.ts L. ~