Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-01
THE UNION BRIDGE.
rHB VOTE ON THB SUBSCRIPTION TO BE
TAKEN ON SATURDAY.
The Engineers Proceeding With Their Work, 30 as
Have Everything in Rsadinss-THrn Out
and Vote for the Subscription.

Saturday is the day when the Vote Is 10
be taken on the subscription by the county
to the capital stock of the Wheeling ana
Harrisburg Railway and the Union bridge
that is to open up such a bright and pros
porous future for Wheeling and the county
of Ohio. That there will be little or no
ouposition, is already conceded, as all
citizens, both rich and poor, are fully
aware of the great advantages that the
hridOe and road will be to the county.
There really should not be one vote cast
against the subscription, and it is hoped
there will not be.
Yesterday Mr.. Hermann Laub a civil
engineer, of Pittsburg, and first assistant
of Mr.. Gustaye Lindenthal, arrived in the
eity, and the gentlemen, in company with
City Surveyor Hoge, Mr.. Bert Hazlett and
a number Of other gentlemen went over
the proposed route of the Wheeling termi-
nals and secured many valuable points
concerning the lay of the land, &c. Mr.:
| Lirdenthal left the city last evening d
will be go.e several days, during when
Mr.. Laub and a corps OF engineels VIII
make preliminary surveys of the proposed
| Wheeling terminals, 80 that tnlng
will be in first class shape to push the
work as rapidly as possible aitei
the vote has been taken. IL Is
understood that actual work VIII
he commenced on the bridge By March
first if everything turns out satisfactorily
"a n great many of the details OF the Work
are already in the possession of the engm'
eer.. which will facilitate their work to 8
wonderful degree.
The people are now requested 10 tutl
ont and cast their ballots for the subscrlp
ton on Saturday. A committee oil tht
delegates of the Trades Assembly called
unon Judge Cochran informally, at the
MeLure House, yesterday afternoon, anc
had q pleasant chat with him concerning
the building Of the bridge, and they assured
him that the ~workingmen OF OHIO county
would he found at the front on Saturday
in favor of the subscription.
Several questions concerning the Vot'
have been asked, and it may he we'll tc
answer them at this time. One Is, II PEG
pls from the country districts, who may
be in the city on Saturday, can cast thell
bsllots at the Court House. Under the
old law this was permissible, but au exam,
nation of the code yesterday discovered
that this law had been repealed, and al
yuters will be compelled TO vote IN then
own precincts. Another question Is, Wha'
what majority is needed TO carry the sub
s~criptiou. Three-ffths of the entire vote
cast is the majority necessary to ratlfy IT,
but it is to be hoped, and it is confidently
expected, that even one-tenth OF the vote
will not be 10 opposition to the subscrip
ton.
A meeting OF the Chamber Of Commerce
will be held this evening and a full at
tendance is earnestly requested, as matters
connected with the Union bridge will b'
before the body. II is presumed that tue
situation will be fully discussed and reso
~lutions adopted urging all voters II
the county to turn out and give the sub
scription their hearty support, and the
sentiment of the representative buslnes
men and manufacturers Of the city shoulC
be the sentiment of the entire community
The Indications are, too, that the countr.
districts will come up nObly in favor OF tn
subscription, as every man in the connt!
has come to see of what ultimate bench
the bridge will be to the county at largO
as we'll as to each individual resident.
Now for the vote, then the bridge AM
the world is Ours.