The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-08

waNu utt uiillb hIe buutflnRt ID plerely 10
give thls new road permission 10 come herr.
me p electors do not propose to ask Wheel.
Ing 10 contribute cent. They do ask fair
ii. and square deal. Is there anything
unreasonable In tbas?' a7' I5 N
TiiE0. r.. II. ". CO.'S SIDE u
0fihsTreseniR Railroad Controversy liz.
~ piaincd by Col. white. lf''
A reporter Of the INrELL,aENcER called on
COL Robert White, as iosat counssl, OF tbs
Ohio River Railroad Company yesterday Ia
learn Of him anything lis might have to BOY
with rtg,rd 10 tho proposed entrance OF hi,
company into this city. ,"You have
already covered the case az ur.
dels,and It" said Col. White. + "As
counsel for the Ohio River Railroad
Company, helped 10 prepare the ordinance
asking additional facilities Tor tho Pittsburgh
wheeling q ksntarky, roaa. ! dldso for The
reaNou that we cannot carry out our intou.
lion unless that company Ia granted leave ia
Increase ITS facilities and make room Tor III. II
Ia your opinion, Col. White, that all
lbat hEs been asked Tor, Is necessary p Z
Undoubtedly, ethst Is my.judgment after
looking INTO the matter ftcm every point Of
view. | don't know whether you under.
stand the maGp.tuds Of this Ohio River Rail.
rosd enterp.s,. tell you tbst tho road "a
going to DO an imllonss buslne.s. think OF
the traffic between here and Pt. Pleasant; OF
The transportation OF the ofes and coke OF
that itch New river conntry.n -
1ou think, Colonel, that the road will be
puShed on to Pi. Peassnt3'
rRE, RoAn's ADVANTAGE To .wHlELIya.A A
b Certainly Il will aud sou eau ses tho ad.
vantage Il will bs 10 Wheeling to be able 10
get ore 30 near at home. There Is another
point; from hsrs to IT. Pleasant thora Is no.
q grace that is over'tweEiy feet to thu milo.
Whoever know anything about railroads.
Knows what that means. Il means q greater
tonnage moved by n given power mud COS.
Tor working Of trims than on roads OF the
usual grades. Or II You put 1t another WAY,
itmeAns ton OF freight carried at much
les3 coat per mile. In coming down the ka.
nawha valley the ore could lie hauled down
grade 80 that that could be done with com.
parative cheapuess, making the 0. Il. II. r.,
with It's connections into the West Virginia
and Virginia ore fisldp, competitor lha,
could we'll afford to of.r advantagcous terms
Tor large share Of the orc Iratlic. Then YOU
kings, there Ia the Cincinnati connection
y:h .bls Tor all freigat3 going In both direc.
lions" -
"Colonol, think tho public does not IN.
def.estima.o the yaluo Of the Ohio RiyeI
road. Hsntcd to talk with you mostly
about the pandirg proposition for terminal
facilities" Y - w. n =
NO MORE Asked FOR THAN REQUIRED.
."Yes I understand, ami am conf az to.tlat
have said, that in my Judgment, no more
has beon ssksd for tnan, Is required
but tho tjsct!on has been raised that to
grant what the two companies esk, wosld
forever shut out Of Wheeling any other new,
railroad. Suppose We had not thought Ii
we'll to make any arrangement Tith tho P,
W.&ky? Suppose We had referred TO como
up from Hsnwood en- our own tracks? Dc
you think the people Of Wheeling would
have wanted to keep us out? Very we'll.
The B. 4 0. has lis tracks to Benwood; Out.
side Is the r, W. & ny. extension, and We
would have besn Obliged to 70 outside OF
that l think nobady maintains tina. more
than one additional track can he laid on The
river front west Of the p, ". Il Ky. rosd.
Probably TINT grant would hsve been made
TO US on tbs zane terDsaa were embodied in
! tee ordinance OF 1872, admitting tho Pe1iky,
After all, tue city would have had to rely on
arsllrcad company keeping. faith or submit.
asked any such grant We ask ouIy in con.
neclion with the p, ". & ny. for anoths,
bridge over the creek west Of that conpspy,t
bridge, for leave to extend the freight house,
according to a plan which does away with
switching on tie wharf, and 10 lay syu,
Track on the west, or river side OF The neW
freight house."
igi,. THAT sHuR TRACK. S.
Colonel, here the objection 10 raised, thst
the little spur you speak Of, Ia intended ID
prevent any other railroad company from
ever making use OK that river front" i
II lave been trying to mset tina. obi sction.
Tint short spur track certainly will not BE-
more Objectionable than R Track the whole
leog,h vi The river front, and whenever sucs
track shall! he LAID don't you sec that tha
city will have 10 rely upon the good faith oil
take 1t for granted that In any case, common
privileges sill! be iusisted upon. Well, nov,
that is the petition in which the spur track
viii be, il the city permits it to, be lid.
The city tas air, aJy bound the Pewiky
company, aud In this proposed ordi.
nauee 1t would be bound again 10 accommc.
date other roads. While l cannot spesk for
the other CONF say, am anre that The
Pewiky would DO willing to lay that spur
track on the west CT the freight house sub.
ject to any reasonable condition which the
city might impose. Fer instance, If that
spur should a.suG in the WY OF the CON
struclien OF another line OF road along the
river front think ths Paw;ky would bind
itself TO give up the spur. II 1t didu't keep
faith the city could tear 1t up" =
"Da you expect any CT the officers OF the
Ohio River road here Eoon ?"
SI do. Nica President Thompson would
have been here as the time the matter was
brought before the Board Of Public Works,
had not the constitution Of tho road detain.
ed him. Senator Camden would have been
here then hId not sickness detained him In
Cleveland. an expecting one or both Of
these gentlemen hero shortly to give personal
assurances that the River road Is party to
the petition" ~. - -.