The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-06
A PLAN CONCEIVED,
FoR ACCOMMODATING THE pLw,kY
And Iiver Railroads Mithout Possible DttrimtGt
10 the lntsrats Of the CliI-Joint stttlas
Of Committees Last Siyht-Sus.utlous
for Tho d. 4 0.L New Route.

The Council committees ON Railroads and
Ordinances held another joint meeting at The
City Building lar: night for the purpose OF
taking action on tho Joint petition OF thu r.,
W. & Ky. and Ohio River roada, Gsking for
additional privileges In tho way OF depot aud
track GROUNDS Gud-another bridge over
Wheeling Creek. Col. WllkiRson presided,
and Messfs. Dlngell, Peterson, MoFsdIen,
Miller, shanlsy, Work, List, Happy, Hall
nnd G. y. Smith were present. These com.
mites having had tho numerous plans aud
paptrs In the matter, with all OF which the
public IL by this time familiar, referred to
Them by Council for report, held their first
meeting the early part OF !a1t week, but 90
none oil the member had carefully examined
the ground, nothing WIS d0ue exccnt
10 adjourn 10 last Friday afternoon, when
they met on the ground, with nonu present
except members OF tho committee, The
ground YVES carefully gone over with a ,spo
line, and tho map prepared by the T., W., 4
Ky. found 10 be correct. II wea also seen ut
that tune that the pretoat freight depot and
tracks were barely Suliicient for the T., W.
II Ky. 10 do Its own business, aud as II IL
rapidly increasing In volume, taken together
with the largo freight busIness that will
naturally be done over the Ohio River road,
1t was out OF tho question to think Of thc
present arrangement accommodating one.
nall Tho business. 1t was also seen that by
allowing tho road 10 erect another bridge
over tNs creek al tho switching would be
transferred from the wharf to the i~restling
on tho south side OF tho creek.
Considerable time Was taken up last even,
Ing before the committees were called to or.
flNr hy TIM fipN,harl u,Iln T,ota tba kn,,, 49,
Friday explaining to those who did not, the
advantages to be gained for the roada and The
city by granting the pstition with certain
notifications.
On motion Of Mr.. Smith It WAT resolved to
recommend tho granting OF the petition
and the adoption OF tue ordinance accom-:
panyiDg II with these notifications: The
north end OF tho bridge 10 be swung In Zen
feet towards the east, thereby allowing room
for another road 10 build Il bridge across The
creek; the moving OF the proposed new depot,
the driveway on the west side and tao spur
track running along the western side OF I'M.
driveway, ten feet 10 the east. The east wall O
the present depot Is 80 fset from tho west rail
OF the min truck running between II and
the B. Il 0. depot. The esst wall Of the new
depot L, the committees propose locating Il
would make 1t 32E feet distant from the
west rail OF the malt. track. The committee
also propose to have the ordinance reserve to
tho city the right Ut any future timu to pur.
cbasea at cost, tho west spur track and the I'D
ditional switch track that the roads propose
erecting partly on ~tres,les, west Of this Pitts
burgh, Wheeling l. kentucky's Benwood ex,
tension, from Twentieth street to the alley
between Twenty-second aud Tweuty.lhird
streets, for the use Of any other road or roals.
This motion OF Mr.. Smiths was uuani,
mously adopted and the Solicitor instructed
to incorporate tho points in The ordinance
and hsvs it ready by Friday night next,
whsr the committees will carefully read and
examine itaad they will also invite the at.
torneyu, engineers and other representatives
OF all roads to be present. 1t Is believed that
the plan outlined will colae al near g;ains
general satisfaction us any that can
DO determined on. Bbout The only
thing that the p, w. Il Ky. cal
lose will be u sprr track running from its
present bridge a!oDgsids its main track as far
as Fourteenth street. by moving the pro.
posed depot ten feet east there may not be
room for teauis to drive in ba,ween the spur
track and the depot.
There is a gens:al desire 10 get matters I'D.
justed epeedily, ct IL is only t. short time now
until the Ohio River rosd irsius will be run.
ming into tho city.