Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-01
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the County a. Ohio, held on hIn3ng action was
| had and the following Ordinance sooP'N
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proviaius for a Vote upen the Question OIL
Subscribing $500, 900 to the Capitai
Stock Of the Wheeling and har-
risburg Railway Company
of West Virginia.
WHEREAS, The Wheeling and hsrrsout a
Wsy Company Of West Virgins a ronristed
vote 70 ~ H. Snnst,nction OF It's railroad In ONO
county including \ bridge ACTS A LAND and
| ST or near the head OF WReeiins tEaa,,n ana
tracks tnereon and the approaches tnely', 4, The
he ts,minsi trcEs and facilities thereon; IN tne
said county. Including a tunnel through c,n,sen =,
ing Hill. aud within the limits oa Wy
wheeling north OF tenth street; ano M the
WHEREAs, The Board Of Comm sioneIso n,y
csnnty of Ohio deem IL desirable lot tne coatnyy
10 appropriate money 10 aid In the liz, In
OF such railroad biidge across me onanSns said
said county, and OF q FAirosu aS,ins t,scts
bridvp. and tae terminal and connec,ius aas
| and facilities Of said railroad, IN sala .san -
| such appropriation 70 BE- made by suoscilPs 4,
the capital stock Of said company lheieA'''
Is hereby Commissioners
of the county Of Ohio, that = vote oe AnShu
upon the question u: appropriation oy Sso IN
s~cip;iou, by said county, OF the sum ssSsil 10
IN the work atoye specified. such vote snALip
taken at the several places OF voun9 saiS
county, at q special election which snaA u ne11
On Saturday, Fourth Day OF Fen
ruary, 1855.
II such vote shall be IN f.vor Of such aPproPria.
ton, any subscription thereof by tnis nSt,ions
lbs agent, shall be upon the terms and c1huiuons
allowing: The said sum OF three nuhoieH
Thousand Dollars shall be subscribed tothe mp.
tai stock of the wheeling ana hsAinaHts smcb snh-
| %scription shall be payable as iolIo"s. lns5
| thousand dollars when al least one hunur.u
| thousand dollars shall have been expcnneaS
the railway company in the oonsau Sais, shall
have been expended by the railway companS ~
the purchase and construction OF IerniinasaS
aforf said in the county OF ohiH inc seSonu
tiny thousand dollars shall be paid when wv
huntrcd thousand dollars shall have been ex'
pended by the railway company In the constuc-
ton ofthe said bridge, and one hnlIfei tnoun-
and dollsrsshsll have been EXPENDED oy lne!air,
way company in Tie purchase auu consuuStioh
of The terminals Aforesaid IN the county OF ono:
The third nfy thousand dollars shall De pato
when three hundred thousand dollaisshail nave
been expended by the railway eOmPanS ,nsnSS
| construction Of the said bridge, anu one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars shall have been eA-
pended by said railway company N the puIchase
and construction or the terminals aioresaiu, ihe
4 DlIln UNl lDOlIFhlld bALti' EhaAA ~ 49,
four hundred thousand dollars shall have been
expended by he railway company In the con.
strnctiOn of the said bridge, and Two huhdreu
thousand dollars shall have been EXPENDED py
said railway company In the purchase and con-
s~truction OF the terminals Aforesaid. me re-
naming one hundred thousand dollars shall De
paid when said bridge and tunnel shall nave
been competed, and when a new railroad from
the bridge 10 Bowerston. in the state Of Ohio,
shall have been constructed ready Tor the pass
aye OF trains. or snnll, in the judgment OF The
Board Of Commissioners, be 30 lar advanced IN
construction M 10 practically assure lh compile
ton, and when the sum OF three hundred th0ns-
and dollars shall have been expended III the
purchase aud construction OF such terminals.
Iroridei, That IL the construction OF tee sald
bridge and railroad from the said bridge 10 Bow.
erston, Ohio shall not 10 In good faith commenced
| within eight months from the date Cf the
making OF such subscription, II II be author
lied, or being commenced, shall not be com
p eted, and have cars running over the said rail-
road and bridge into the county Of Ohio and the
g, y Of Wheeling within four years from the date OF
making such subscription, and such further ume
as may be rendered necessary by litigation which
could not reasonably be avoided, then the said
Board shall DE nj liberty 10 Withdraw ~ 10 any
Part Of the subscription OF three hundred thous-
aud dollars which may not have become paya..
bic under the terms Of this Ordinance, aud "
said subscription be authorized, the said railway
company shall accept or decline the said silb-
scdItion within thirty days after the same may
bc offered b. the Board or it, agent. Hut the
Board Of Commissioners may, FOR good cause
shown, extend the time fr the oUmrncnccmert
or completion OF the work. The agreement Of
subscription shall stipula1e on behalf Of the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railsay CoInpa-
ny Of West Virginia, and its sucCessors, that
any and every raiirUad heretofore or hereafter
constructed shsll have the right TO connect It's
tracks with the tracks Of said railway company
extending over said bridge and the approaches
thereto, aud 20 transport It's traIIH over said
bridge snd approaches, upon paying oompensa'
ton therefor, UNDER such reasonable regulations
.Vl ~, .t,ph V.sgnnnIfn tarfpg A.. NalN VailuaN
company shall prescribe. and thEt said railway
company, o. IL SUCCESSORS. shall transport ali
cars, or freight and passengers, over said bridge
and over Sold terminal tracks IN the city Of
Wheeling and Benwood, az said terminAl system
IL extended 10 the latter point and the charge
for transporting any freight car upon or over said
terminal system shall Lot exceed two dollars per
car, and said railway company shall permit tho
aforesaid use OF IL tracks and perform the afore-
said services for any and every railroad now
hereafter built into the said city OF heeling, or
BenwOod or Martins Ferry, without discrimins.
ton either ~ TO charges for like privileges or ser.
vice or As 10 the manner Of performing such ger.
vice.
Frorldod, Said railway company, or its success
sor, shall not b9 required O. transfer any freight
car uTOu rr over IL tcn8inal system for any nail.
road company which shall BOT perform n like
service upon or over IT. track in the city ol
Wheeling, or BenwOOd, or Martins Ferry for said
railway company ,OTig Successors, at a like Lnarge
for like service. The stock % lie issued under
said subscription shall, IL the said board Of Com
missiOnefs elect, ut the lime OF hakinK the sub
s%crption, De made n preferred stock, W the ef-
feet that ten per cent Of tho net earnings Of said
railway company, after paying operating ex-
penscs, mgintenADCCs, taxes, interest and ncces-
sary improvements. shall be applied 10 the re.
dcmptIGn and retirement or taid stock NJ par.
The laid election shall be held by the following
named Commissioners who are hereby appointed
for that purpose, that Is 20 nay:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Al he Hos Hous-M. Edwards. Lewis WeitZcl,
John -. Kline.
At F~ab0n-Thomas Nyer, Y. HAmm, 7. Hanna.
MADISON DISTRICT.
Al Markd H1tDI-Patrick Kennedy, Cecil A.
Robinson, John n. TapDRu.
Athf Isi1Hd Hoe HOIpS-G.' ". Baggs, J. A.
Fairs, J. ElwOod Hughes.
CLAY DISTRICT.
Attn Old fDtuf H0uS,-W. y. Peterson, John II
Hall, n. J. Pelber.
UNION DISTRICT.
H.uy TIu.g IN arloa Irrpar rnhp M nn..,a