Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-07
LOOKS SQUALLY.
THE RIVAL RAILROADS STILL THREATEN
ING EACH OTHER
On The Ohio Side Of the River-A Complete Rec
ord Of the Developments Of
Yesterday.

by either party, owing to the failure oi
Council to meet on Thursday night. AT
that place the fight is not so much between
the two railroads as it is between the T. q
P. and the city of Bridgeport, through
their solicitor. While, Of course, the
G. & p. do not need the ground they wish
to occupy in front of Miller's lot, they
claim to be the owners of it, and say that
as a matter of business they do not care
to let a competing line of railroad use their
right of way.
SUPERINTENDENT Thomas is reported to
have said that so long rs he and his ROAD
could hinder it, the &. l.. Il w. would not
reach Martins Ferry, soft seems that there
will be n fight for the right Of way. Inc
ground in question, 1t Is claimed, was
riyen to the c. & p. Il. Il. Co. in 1871 by
the Board OF District Trustees, who, under
the State law ut that time had full control
over the streets. roads and alleys. They
also claim that the ground was never a
mart of the Marietta pike, but is part OF 4
sixty foot street, seen III the old maps ol
Canton. the former name OF Bridgeport.
Mr.. Dinton, the c. K p. engineer, stated
that there is $500 worth OF masonry
build outside of the c. & 7. creek bridge
foundation, and placed there so that 1t
could be used when they cared TO lay u
double track over the ground they now
wish TO occupy. 1t is also asserted That
the C.. & p. company hts owned and up
fill 1867 occupicd that same piece of ground
with their main track, and also that the
C. & Z. officials have always assumed
authority over the ground and have
never allowed it 10 be used
except with their permission. The only
question is, does the c. Il p. K. X. Co.,
own the ground which they wish TO 0c-
cupy, and have they right to reoccupy
what they formerly used.
In Martins Ferry things looked a little
sUually last hight, and the endless ru-
mors set in motion by hundreds of waS-
ginT tongues did little TO quiet the excited
populacc. At five o'clock yesterday morn
inc the Lizzie Townsend, the G., l.. u w.
boat landed barge load of rails,
croSs-ties and tools, and half an
hour later hundred work
men under Roadmaster James Reynolds
and Chief EngnccrlW. p. lIanlon arrived
with tools and trans to commence work on
their new line. They went To work I'M
without asking any questions
or making any statements, and last night
had their track layed from near the Ben
wood blast furnace to 4 point near the
ferry landing. They commenced work near
the lower end of the Buckeye glass works
C.. x u. switches, and below that point
Rugged the east side of the street, and
above laid their track near the
Cleveland and PittSburg track, allowing
lust room enough for the Wheeling Natural
Gas Company's lines to be gotten at be
tween the two tracks. About p. IN.
James Dixon. Road Master of the c. Il r.,
came to town from Wellsvillc, and sta
toned the Martins Ferry shifting engine
on their switch rs guard against cross
Ing being made.
Mr.. Reynolds informed Your reporter
last night that they would undertake to
make no crossing until they had finished
their lines both above and below, for the
reason that they could not Use it if
they had it, and they did
not care to diScommOdc the c. * p. till il
was necessary. All the c., l.. X W. men
are quartcrcd in town, and will continue
the work to-day.
A. c. &P. gravel train with fifty men
were in town yesterday working about the
new c. & p. depot, and remained ut differ
cnt lodging houses last night. 1t was re-
ported that telegram was sent from the
c. 4 i. Office last evening for 800 men To
be sent last night, and the citizens fearing
trouble arranged for the new tracks on First
street to he watched by the police last night
with instructions TO sound fire alarm if
any unusual occurrence might take place.
Any effort on the part of the G.. x i. peo-
pie Ia remove the &. l.. Il w. tracks would
cause great muSS, and ii is probable that
a severe fight would take place, rs both
roads have large forces of men quartcrcd i'll
town.
The Bridgeport Council met last night TO
consider the situation, and during the SEES
sion Mr.. Crawford offered the following:
RcSOlrcd That the officers of the Penn
Sylvania Railroad Company, operating the
c. < p. road, now present, are hereby no.
titled to remove the rails, ties and track in
this village placed on August 9Th, 1sSG,
before II o'clock noon on August :, lss6.
This was adopted unanimously.
An ordinance was also passed granting
to the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
Company right Of way on and across the
streets and rOadways of the village, needed
by that company to reach the city of Mar
tins Ferry.
An amendment was offered 10 this by
Mr.. Stacgcr TO allow the c. Il i. company
to hereafter Use the C., l.. * W. track by
paying for it pro rata, but it was lost In
Martins Ferry, the Council also met and
appointed ten men To watch the track of
the c. l.. Il W. until morning. II was re-
ported at 10 o'clock that the G. * Z. had
train load fmen Just north of town, and
il was thought possible they would be down
before daylight. As 4 consequence there
was considerable excitement among the
Another G. < p. gravel train arrived in
Martins Ferry late last night, having 100
men OF board, but after a conference be-
tween Mr. Thomas and Ross J. A!exan-
der, it was decided that no move should De
made until noon to-day, and Mr.. Thomas
ordered one of the trains to run on down
to Bcllairc, while the other remained be-
hind to watch things in the vicinity of the
blast furnuce,
Up to the time of going to press, every
thing was quiet and thirteen policemen
were patrulling Water street, Martins
Ferry. The shifter engine is still standing
on the BenwoOd crossing, and a gravel
train containing 100 men still remains in
town.
SEE the $3.50 Mems Cali Shoes at the
Big Shoe House, A Twelfth street.
LIS. Good&CO. sell dry goods the cheapest
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