Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-04
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Providing for q Vote upon the Question o.
Subscribing $4,000 to the Capital
Stock Of the Wheeling and Har-
risburg Railway Company
of West Virginia.

VI "Cot 'hSihios
WHEREAS, The Wheeling and Harrisburg Rail-
yayJCompany Of West Virginia has requested q
voteto be ordered and money 10 be appropriated
In aid OF h construction Of its railroad In ONO
| county, including a bridge across the Ohio r1ver,
at or near the head OF Wheeling Island, ana
tracks thereon and the approaches thereto, ana
the terminal tracks and facilities thereof; IN the
| saId county, including q tunnel through Wheel
ing Hill, and within the limits of the City OF
Wheeling north of Tenth Street: and
WHEREAS, The Board Of Commissioners OF the
county Of Ohio deem 1t desirable tor the county
70 appropriate money 10 aid In the construction
OF such railroad bridge across the Ohio river IN
| said county, and Of q railroad crossing SAID
bridge, and tae terminal and connecting tracks
and facilities Of said railroad, in said county,
| such appropriation 10 be made by subscription 10
the capital stock of said company; therefore, it
is hereby
Ordered, By the said Board of Commissioner
of the county of Ohio, that a vote be taken
upon the question Of appropriation by such sub
s%criptiOn, by said county. of the sum OF SOOytQV.
TO the work a'OVe specified. Such vote shall be
taken at the several places VI voting In SAID
county, at q special election which shall be held
On Saturday, the Fourth Day Of Feb.
ruRry, isss.
If such vote shall be in favor OF such sppropris-
tion, any subscription thereof by this Board, or
It's agent, shall be upon the terms and conditions
following: The said sum OF Three HUNDRED
1lO1SalQ DOll6Is hldll US suusCIlDeu ne Capl-
tai stock Of the Wheeling and Harrisburg Rail.
way Company Of West Virginia, and such sub
scrlption ,hall be payable as follows: Flfty
thousand dollars when at least one hundred
Thousand dollars shall have been expended by
the railway company in the construction Of the
bridge aforesaid, and fifty thousand dollars shall
have been expended by the railway company in
the purchase and construction OF terminals as
aforesaid in the county OF Ohio. The secoud
| fifty thousand dollars shall be paid when two
hundred thousand dollars shall have been ex-
pended by the railway company i'll the cOnstIuc-
lion ofthe said bridge, and one hundred thous-
and dollars shall have been expended by the ran
way company in the purchase and construction
of the terminals aforesaid in the county of Ohio.
The third fifty thousand dollars shall be paid
when three hundred thousand dollaIs shall have
been expended by the railway company In the
construction Of the said bridge, and one hundred
and fifty Thousand dollars shall have been OK
pended by said railway company in the purchase
and construction of the terminals aforesaid. The
fourth fifty thousand dollars shall be paid when
four hundred thousand dollars shall have been
expended by the railway company IN the con-
structicn OF the said hTI'ge, and two hundred
thousand dollars shall have been expended by
said railway company III the purchase and con-
%struCtion OF the terminals aforesaid. The re
manning one hundred thousand dollars shall be
paid when said bridge AMI tunnel shall nave
been completed, and when a new railroad from
the bridge 10 BOWerstOn, in the state of Ohio,
shall have been constructed ready Tor the pass
age OF trains. Or shall, in the judgment OF the
Board of commissioners, be so far advanced in
construction as 10 practically assure its compile
ton, and when the sum of three hundred thous-
and dollars shall have been expended III the
purchase and construction OF such terminals.
PrOridCd, That If the construction Of the SAID
bridge and railroad from the said bridge TO Bow
erston, Ohio shall not be in good faith commenced
within eight months from the date Of the
making of such subscription, II II be author
lied, or being commenced, shall not be com
p eted, and have CATS running over the said rail-
road and bridge into the county OF Ohio and the
city Of Wheeling within four years from the date OF
making such subscription, and such further time
as may be rendered necessary by litigation which
could not reasonably be avoided, then the said
Board shall be at liberty 10 withdraw as to any
palt of the subscription of three hundred thOus-
and dollars which may not have become paya:
bic under the terms OF this Ordinance, and II
said subscription be authorized, the said railway
company shall accept or decline the said sub
scription within thirty days after the same may
be offered bV the Board or its agent. But the
Board Of Commissioners may. for good cause
shown, extend the time Tor the commencement
or completion VI the work. The agreement OF
subscription shall stipulate on behalf of the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway Compa-
ny Of West Virginia, and It's successors, that
any and every railroad heretofore or hereafter
constructed shall have the right 10 connect It's
tracks with the tracks Of said railway company
extending over said bridge aud the approaches
thereto, and 10 transport It's trains over said
bridge and approaches, upon paying compensa-
ton therefor, under such reasonable regulations
aud on such reasonable terms as sail railway
company shall prescribe; and that said rlilWay
company, or its successors, shall transport al
cars, or freight and passengers. over said bridge
apd over said termlnal' tracks Ia The city OF
Wheeling and Benwood, Of said terminal system
Is extended to the latter pOint) and the cnarge
for transporting any freight car upon or over said
ermiual system shall not exceed two dollars per
car, and said railway company shall permit the
aforesaid use of its tracks and perform the srore-
said services for any AMI every railroad now
hereafter built into the said city OF " heeltng, or
BenwCod, or Martins Ferry, without discrimina-
ton either ss ID charges for like privileges or ser.
vice or as to the manner Of performing such ser.
vice,
PrOrfded, Said railway company, or It's success
sers, shall not be required 70 transfer any freight
car upon OF over its terminal system for any rail
road company which shall not perform Il like
service upon or over It's track in the city OF
Wheeling, or BenTood, or Martins Ferry for said
railway company ,Orits SUCCESSORS at a like charge
for like service. The stock 10 be issued under
said subscription shall, II the said Board Of Com
misSioners elect, at the time OF making the sub
scription, be made a preferred stock, 10 the ef.
feet that ten per cent. OF the net earnings of said
railway company, after paying operating ex-
peuses, maintenance. taxes, interest and neces'
Sary Improvements, shall be applied to the re-
demptiOn and retirement Of said stock AT par.
The said election shall be held by the following
named Commissioners, who ave hereby appointed
for that purpose, that Is tn say:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
At The Hose HOuse-M. Edwards. Lewis Weit1el,
John &. Kline.
Al RuRon-Thomas Myer, F.. Hamm, T Hanna.
MADISON DISTRICT.
Al Market HouSe-Pstrick Kennedy, Cecil A.
Robinson, John II. Tappan.
Atthe Island Hose Rouse-G ". Baggs, J. A.
Earis. J, ElwOOd Hughes.
CLAY DISTRICT.
A. he Od Court HOuSe-w. F. Peterson, John II.
Hall, II. J. Felber.
UNION DISTRICT.
James K. Acker.
CENTRE DISTRICT,
Hose House L. Delbrugge, Fred. Lsue. James
Reed, Sr.
WEBSTER DISTRICT.
Hose ,Hons-John Clark, John Weisgerber
RTTCHIE DISTRICT.
HOSE hoGse-Jacob Hopststter, Henry Schulz
August Solte.
Adams School House,. 5. Gsryin, B.. Marpole,
r. McGully.
TRIADELtHIA DISTRICT.
LsdtterCoof School HOuse)--G. ". Woods, Pls-
Elm Grove (Town Hail.. .. Woods, o Hal.
stead, W. 7. Chambers.
T1dddphid Ldrson'sb-J. y. Thornburg, John
Helfenbine Robert Armstrong.
NeIey RobHson's-Jame Oldham, John Robin
son, Alex. McConn.
LIBERTY DISTRICT.
Wta ~L5ertg-ssmuel Bell, Vincent vsnMetre,
W. B. Curtis.
Po,omao-Issac snedeker, John C. Fans, Jas,
McCammon.
Tdkcy GTops-w. F. Whitman, James V. Cham
bers, T. T. Maxwell.
HIGHLAND DISTRICT.
Glena's Run School H0uSe-T. J. Garden, ChRs |
Busbey, EbeIeEer Msgee.
Brick School HOue-Eugene Ridgely, William
Mitchell, VIM. North, sr.
And the following persons are appointed 10
canvass the vote at the places OF voting herein.
after mentioned:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Hose Hous-w. Kenney, John Koch, David
Morgan.
MADISON DISTRICT.
Marks House, L. Stone, r. B. Burt, James
P. Maxwell.
Iaand Hos Hous--L o. Smith, James Waiter,
William NJ. Marsh.
CLAY DISTRICT.
Old Court H~ouR-ThomSs ". Reilly, n. J:I
Thomss Jones.
UNION DISTRICT.
Count EouS-Peter Farrell, J. N. Ewing, in
Botsford.