The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-08
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At the meeting OF the Board of Public
Works from which reporters were excluded
at the request Of the railroad men, DR.. Baird
continued, be called Mr.. Becker, Col. Csmn.
bell and Capt. schockey together 10 e1amipa
the plat showing tho location Of the propssed
new freight depot and spur tracks OF tho 2.
W. " Ky road. and s3ktd Er. Becker II 4
certain blue line on.the plat did not rep:t.
sent low water mark. After some evasion
Mr.. Becker admitted tia. it did. = u Il
"And" tie Doctor said "your proposal
spur track west OF the now freight depo! il
to be constructed on piles outside Of low.
water mark ..a &gIgs55s,l,ssl.., IL Ia ~"
Him, yes.n Il r. X. y. {. =, s.
you see what this leads tor tho Doctor
continued in bis talk 10 the reporter. III
that is done old Nick himself couldn't build
another track along the:e. BY tile way, that
driveway which figures in the ISTELLIcgH.
GERS plat ia thirty-tive feet wide. IL this
road Is allowed to bridge the creek q. liz
mouth, 1t sill forever shut out al other
roads, ea we'll as absorb the STRIP. OF ground
west OF the d. y 0. and Pewiky track south
Of tho creek, which is valuable fol what Il
may eerve In the future. That Is what the
Pewiky wants, and do not believslt issr,c-
ceessar7 for 1t or the River road. by Mr.,
beckef,s OVID admission, .!he Pswlky S capacf.
~ would be increased ai1-fold II our proposi.
ton were accepted, which, giving It but hpif
the additional facilities, would iucrease lie
capacity more than the plan II holds TO so tan,
aciously. Still, they will not listen to onr
proposition, II that doesn't look to A mar
up tree as II they wanted to shut somobodv
out don't know what's what" -:
" WILL THE ROAD DE BUILT? I!
Doctor" The reporter asked, "do Won be.
lieye the road will be built p, - -
II do believe the Wheeling and Harris.
burg road will be built to connect with he
portion OF the line already under contract.
east OF The Ioughioeheny, and that the Ohio
river VII; De bridged here on one condition:
that condition is that Wheeling will lat the
road come In aud the bridge be built.n ). =.
"Eah you tell me who Is bshind the road?t
mo; ! am not at liberty 10 tell that defir,.
ltely. l can say, however, that l believe the
men who are backing the snserprlas ;haye
tend to build It. They are not The ,kind NJ
men to 60 about the country constrnhiinr
paper railroads. Sons Of Us fslloVa aror,nf
here might do that for fun, but these .Sfarn
capitalists are net that kind of people " . :.
II firmly think that II this CITY does3 not
get through road and a railroad bridge over
the Ohio this time, it will be her own farlt
II she chooses 10 shut 1t out Tor switch NJ
twenty miles in one direction nd.apother NJ
four miles In another, CAM 'see that thora
IL any salvation for hcr." g
= The Doctor also alluded to tho high cbarref,
lor freight on coke ut present, saying hat Il
va! we'll known fact that tho pew|kv md
B. Il Q roads had entered into q comnsot To 10
keep tho charges up. The new road viii mt
30 open to suca an agreement and the .Ps
W. Ky. well knows this. + II is 10 their ~
terest TO shut the now road out and feen N
the charge for hauling coke. i 3i 81. 80
EFFECT OF THIS Foley on WHEELING.
This Is all we'll enough for The RAILROAD
hut see how 1t operates on the city's .intsr,
ests You know that coke costs natcriall y
more per ton here than at Pittsburgh. r. i
not to the interest Of Wheeling anuiactpr.
'rs aud business men to do what thew oan IN
Encourage new roads rather than to increase
Tue facilities OF old ones, and enable them ~
become monopalies. II Wheeling could Get
road through tho coke regions ! which
7ould haul her coke at Just prices independ.
ntof what other railroads charge, It would h.
i inestimable advantage to ourindusirial In
srests. The WayfeirinR man thouph' a fooii |