The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-07
THE RAILROAD ConmI1TEr
Agnin Discusses the u. d O,'s Pro
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a 81 posed Route. .U
= Tho meeting Of the Council Committe
, on Railroads held at the City Building ytt
! terday afternoon was q short one, and vel,
little business was transacted. Colone
wilkinson presided, and Messrs. G. O
Smith, Peterson, Happy, List and Bingel
were present. The first paper taken VI
was the petition Of tho b. & 0. road, prt
sented in Council several months ago, ask,
ing for strip Of ground lying between The
B. < 0. main tracks and tho p, W. & Ky
track on Water above Twenty.fourth
streets. II extends for several hundred
feet, and the B. 4 o. In its petition stated
that Il was wanted to laya switch track on;
that since making It's track, double one
from this city 10 Benwood, 1t had been
found necessary to continue the double
track system into the depots, aud
t1at by 80 doing it bad been
obliged TO use its eastern track along the
"trip mentioned as through track and
thereby had deprived numerous buBiness
firms Of the use Of the same for loading and
unloading purposes. The Baltimore &
Ohio further stated that the city by grant.
Ing the small strip asked for would mot
jeopardizs its own interest or that of anv
one else. Tho petition was accompanied
by one from several South Side firms ask.
ing that tho same be granted. This WAS
presented by Mr.. Hoffman, and in couse-
quence, IN referring to the matter It has
frequently been called the Hoffman switch.
Mir. Peterson spoke as Hoon as the read.
ing was finished. He WAS opposed to
granting the request. Onco the B,&O.l
was granted the strip 1t whuld shove its
main tracks over on 1t and use the SPACE
now occupied by its last main track for
loading switch as heretofore. Once the
switch was used for main track. the
y. 4 0. would always hold possession.
II 1t was granted the strip a blockade
WAS ut once made and no road ever
coming to the city in the future would be
able to reach the mills. By reservipp the
strip, with the reservations put on the p,
W. u Ky. ordinance relative to the Yest
spur track, ETC, the city would still te
aDie TO give other rosds chance for the
mills. II the strip was given up then be
wos in favor Of removing the reservations
put on the p, W. &Ky.
There Was a little informal discussion.
and then it was resolved to recon-.
mend to Council that the petition be
rejected. The next matter taken up wss
the ordinance giving the Baltimore & Ohio
right to the new route it wants Ior ilB
new Hempfield line, known as the creek
route, running along the south bank Of the
creek. Surveyor Hoge first stated that he
WAS preparing written report of the work
he had done in looking over this route. but
that it was not yet finished.
MI fete'soh said he was utterly opposed |
to the route, and as between putting upon
citizens the Inconvenience that he ioresaw |
such q route would cluse, and the "prac.i-
tica! division" OF the city, as he termed it, |
as between that and the city getting biz |
through route, he would vote against the |
route. MIR. Bingell appeared to favor this !
statement. ~
The ordinance was read and the loose
ness OF it's construction commented on.
Provided the city ehould grant the road
what it asks, it would only grant what it has
10 give, while the ordinance as written con-
templates the granting by the city Of the
entire route. It was finally decided to have
the Solicitor draw up an ordinance in
proper form, granting the 3. so. rights
along the route rs far as the city can grant
and then hold q meeting for the purpose OF
examining the same. -
TIE CANNON BALL LINE. 80,
A communication from Mr.. A. B. Paul
was read, stating that arrangements had
been made for meeting Of the Board Of
County Commissioners on Wednesday,
May %, at2r. NJ, ut which time the off,
cials and Board Of Directors OF the Mt.
Vernon, Coshccton & Wheeling road would
be present to present the claims OF the
road. The Railroad Committee was asked
TO be preeent and Maa dacidad IN arcant tho