Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-12
HARERFIELDIAN POLICY
CharacteriziBg the Course Of thu
Committee On Railroads.
In Other Words, Obstruction is Its Watch
word, in Relation to the B. 4 o.
First Ii Would, and Then
Ii Wouldn't.

Councilmen, in their rapid appreciation
of what they consider a good thing, have
adopted the term of "Haberfeldian Policy
as meaning a policy of obstruction. With
out stopping to discuss the justice of the
term, as applied to the Councilman from
the First ward, it might be said, as was well
said Yesterday afternoon, it seems to be the
policy uppermost in the minds Of the men,
beers of the Railroad Committee. In the
first place, it seems morally impossible for
the committee to have a session that does
not degenerate into a veritable picnic,
highly interesting to spectators, but IN
tenselv discreditable to the committee itself.
Personalities are freely passed, and the mo-
tivcs Of members in their propositions
openly suspected. Al Yesterdays session.
which. bv the way, was Joint meeting o.
he Railroad and Ordinance Committees,
the d. 4 O. was under discussion, and the
result is
\
Tie committee has already granted the
RIGHT of way. first over and then under
Market street. and this last meeting ended
in the resolution to recommend Council to
reject the route entirely and take up the
old tunnel route The series Of steps by
which this conclusion was reached will be
given in their proper order.
I,,.;p,, loDn rod llV
the solicitor and printed by the private en-
terprise ofsome of the members, the meet
inc was called to consider it. The first
shell was thrown bv Mr. Peterson, who
wanted the W, p 4 b. road made party
TO the gran, for the purpose OF compelling
il to take up the track on Seventeenth street
rs a part OF the condition of the grant. This
was promptly rcposed upon by the
committee and the reading of the
parcr continued. Mr.. Peterson
had always opposed the ront"
over Market street, at grade, and favored a
yiaduct route saving he would vote against
the Grade route, even though $3.50, 600 were
offered bv the b. Il o. But when the tun-
mel under the street was agreed to II was
supposed he was content: but such Suppo-
sitiGn was incorrect for when that inch was
gained he wanted mile. He made a
point that as the b. 4 O had petitiOned for
aroutc at grace, it had mover ask d for the
route under the brio &C and he 'eiore the
committee had no RIGHT TO offer the ordl-
nance. He was convinced it had this
ri hi. whereupon he said he had another
,oItc 10 offer. This led to little personal
IL between him and Mr. Hall in which
commitments were sent back and forth and
"HABERrI%LpIAN POLICY
was charged once or twice Mr.. Peterson
began to read, when Mr.. Hall said he sup,
posed he was about to suggest the viaduct
route. Peterson sncercd at Hall pretend
ed knowledge and fight seemed imminent,
but when the dove of peace had spread her
wings, the plan Of Peterson turned out to be
the old tunnel route under the College.
from the Crescent mill to Twcnty-scyenth
street, as proposed some years ago.
Smith, in the chair, ruled the amendment
in order and Wilson appealed, the commit,
tee sustaining him and ruling out Peterson :
amendment. The latter then vowed he
would present ii to Council as a minority
report. accompanying this declaration with
violent speech. But the tunnel route hay
i'm been relogatcd to thr table by the com,
mittcc. the discussion of the ordinance was
continued The only other matter Of i'm,
pOrtamcc was in relation to the llCmpii"'d
diagonal bridge over Wheeling creek. Som
of the committee wanted this removed All
others wanted the b. X o. to take up the
track and convert it into foot bridE"
After some little useless talk the effort wa.
abandoned and the ordinance completed
The company is to accept the ordinance by
August |, commence work within SIX
months and complete it within two year:
after commencing it.
After completing the ordnShce,
THE FUNNY PART OF THE MEETING
came in. Mr.. Wilson, who had opposed
Mr.. PeterSon's introduction of the old tun'
mel route, now came forward and said he
opposed the route rs granted by the ordin
ance and wanted to see the tunnel route 60
through He moved that the committee
present the completed ordinance and then
recommend to council to take up the tunnel
plan. This was adopted by II vote of } to
3. This is singular prcdicament for a
committee lbs hands were left free and
it had skilled engineer to assist it and vet
/ it presents an ordinance granting one route
the route desired--and then recommends
the adoption of plan the b. a. o. refused
20 take two years ago. Mr. Haberlleld :
revcnged, for his policy is discounted