The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-04
THE NTiPETITION
OF THEP.,W.& & Ky. AND Q. r.. ROADS

/. BIHE@ @JUlNIfIEIlIlUN
). OF THEP.,W g. Ky. AND o. p. ROAD
!, For fIserta.'d tFtimlna, Fse'lIstts Ia This Ci
+ Asala Considered BY tbs board Of Pablo
r wo,ls-S.nator ,Camdta Tslks-Yu.
r Si tsrdAy ,AiisiAOoa'a nee,lss. ai.
Yesterday afternoon very interestin
railroad meeting was held Al lhe office Q
: the Board OF Public, Works. TWAS an ad
!, journed meeting, tho, same matters bein
brought up for consideration which wer,
before tho meeting held u numb.r Of week
since, to which reporters were not admit
ted, and which acquired considerable DO
toriety, in consequence, owing to the de-
termined and successful efforts made by
the press to ascertain what was said and
done at that meeting. Y iy5ti 5..at-s2 :.
II will be; remembered that there was
presented the Joint petition Of the T. W. &
KY, and Ohls River roads, addressed Ia
Council, asking Tor increased terminal
facilities at the present 7. W. &Ky, freiph,
house In the way Of larger ifeigh. house,
from the south, in place Of the two present
tracks now continued on trestling 10 the
wharf; also an additional bridge few feet
10 the west Of the present 7. W. & Ky.
bridge over the creek, for the
purpose { Of accommodating track
from q point on the extension few yards
sonth OF the present bridge, TO connec.
with the two spur tracks in tho proposed
new houso and also spur trxck running
along the wts. side OF the proposed new
house; also spur track between it's maiu
limo acroas the wharf and the freight house.
thus necessitatiug all switching to be trans.
ferred from the wharf to >the extension,
In this peti.ion was embodied the terms Of
the contract between the two roads, one
point being th,t the Oaio River road yas
to give up ;ita privileges on receiving 90
days. no!ice, when the business OF the p.
w. &, Ky, should assume such proportions
that y could no longer; ;accomm 3dale the
Ohio River road: 2iy, VI -, p i. +
l-'El THE wa IT.. I.oIIGcrs.. :. = IL Z.
1AtthAt meeting objection vas raieed by
the Wheeling & Harrisburg representatives
that the p; W: :&'Ky. or p, @. 4 st. J. the
leasse Of the p, Wa KY. was endeavor.
ing to secure such possessions az should,
forever shut out Any other roads that might
enter the city and seek 10 reach tho mill,
on the. South Side The clsim was, that
once the 2, ". 4 Ky. and Ohio River
roads were granted the privileges askad for
in their Joint petition, ithe p. W. & Ky.
could by giving ninety days notice to the
Ohio River road, secure the key 10 the en-
tire. situation, notwithstanding the,,e
OF the ordinance granting the P,,'W. &
Ky: an entrance into the city, and making
their tracks and :depots, union tracks, etc,
At that meeting the Ohio River road was
not represented and 1t was decided to post.
pone action until such time as its repra.
ssntativee could be present and he heard.
That, time arivedl yesterday: afternoon,
Word Was received last week that Senator
j. N. Camden would be in the city tyester-
day and the meeting WIS accordingly ar
ranged for 5 o'clock. The full Board, Presi-
dent g. Baird and Messrs. Robert Camp
bell and William Schockey were present.
also the; following gentlemen Senator
Camden and COL. Robert White, attorney
Tor the o. .R.;;ReR;a President @, D. : Hub.
bard. Secretary ]. M. Ballevillo and Attor.
ney:R. 6: Barr, Of the +, W., 4 Ky; At
tofney W! r. Hubbard and Engineer W.
By Petenson,o the Wheeling & Harrisburg;
Attorney George d. Caldwell and Council
mnn ". Z. Peterson. President Baird pre-.
sided and B. A. Galligan acted as clerk. ! :
!: & Z. SENATOR CAMDEN SPEAKS. /.
The; petition above referred to and the
ordinance accompanying it were first read.
Senator Camden then addressed Tho meet.
ing.5 He Ssaid ho VAST there for the
purpose OF expressing tho assent Of the
Ohio River road to the ordinance as read;
thatshe thought that the plan embraced il,
the ordinance was tho most advantageous
to her. BY the contract between the P.W.
Ky. and the Ohio River road the latter
has the Joint use Of the extension explicitly
expressed. ut amounts" continued tue
Senator, s"almost to an ownership. The
trouble was as the start, that the P.W. &
Ny: had not freight facilities to accommo.
das both roads, and tho reason for the
ninety days provso was plain. The P.W.
4 Ky. bad not tue facilities to give. The
Ohio Kyer,road has hoped, and still hopes,
that Wheeling would do sIl that it reason-
ably could for the road, and therefore it
had deferred asking ior anything until sat-
itiied as 10 what was bts.." u IA! y
Senator Camden then produced and
asked to have read supplemental con-
tract This paper is dated February 4,
1885,, aud ia signed bv the Ohio River, T.,
Wa KY. and P. e. x St, l.. officials. 1t is
to the effect that in consideration Of the
grants made BY the city, as asked Tor in the
petition, the Ohio River road is given the
use..ot the p, W. 4 Ky. tracks and depo.a
for tie term OF ysars, Tor which the P. q. 4
L. has leased the 2, W. & Ky, and during
that term Of year-ninety-nin the contract
is not to be modified: AS a rental the Ohio
River road is 10 pay yearly 8 per cent on
half the cast OF the proposed improvement
and also to bear iis share Of improving and
maintaining hereafter. The supplemental
contract covers ail the conditions embraced
in the ordinance, 81.
n; i' TUE NKw CONTRACT. y
Senator Camden reviewed the terms Of
the contract alter 1t had been read and also
called attention to the benefits that the
Ohio River road would acquire, in bis esti-
nation, II the petition was granted. He
spoke Of the damage done by the foods
and Of the rapid work Of repairing that was
now being carried on. He stated that in
sida Of two weeks the track would be com
plete once more from Parkersburg to Sis.
lersyille, 8 distance Of As miles, Already
engines have run up as far, as st. Mary g
since the flood. There were no. washouts
below Moundsville Of any consequence.
There was only ons serious washout and
that..was just below. the Narrows. All the
will be made into Wheeling inside ot sky
days. Senator Camden concluded by
stating that in his estimation the entire
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