The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-05
THE B. &0.R.R. CO. READY
To Begin Important Improve
ments in Wheeling.
BIG MONEY IS TO BE SPENT
If the City Meets the Railroad Conn
pany in u Spirit of Fairness.
Some Details orthe Proposed
Changes to he Made.

Capt. William NJ. Clements, General
Manager OF the Baltimore < Ohio rail-
road, J. A. Hunter, Road Master, A.
Hunter johnson, General Roadmaster,
]. +. Legge, Superintendent OF the
Western Divisions of the Main Line,
and Arthur Sinsel, Superintendent Of
Bridges, all prominent Baltimore &
Ohio officials, are in the city. Their
presence here at this time is significant,
and the city has an opportunity such as
it never before enjoyed to secure by
wise liberality improvements by the
company, which these gentlemen repre-
sent, which will greatly add to the
prosperity OF Wheeling, enhance the
value OF property, increase the popuIa-
ton, and give the community another
source OF material wealth. These gen.
tlemen have an immediate object in
view, and another more remote. The
immediate object is to improve their
property on the creek banks. They
will probably erect new and different
bridge at once in place OF their present
temporary wooden trestle over the creek
at the foot OF Sixteenth street. At any
rate, they propose to protect the banks
abutting on their property by driving
piles there, and for this purpose steam
pile-driver was brought here yesterday,
and will at once be put TO work.
This is, however, u comparatively I'M
important part OF the business the COM
pany has in view here. Capt. Clements
said to an lETELLIdINCER man yesterday
that his company Ia now ready to COM
menCe work on its contemplated i'm
proyenIents to its facilities here rs soon
as it can secure the right to alter its
route through the city SO us to run south
of the creek. This will remove its
tracks from Sixteenth street entirely.
1t will bridge the creek in the extreme
east end OF the city, and push its alter
atoms with all practicable speed. II
the fear is entertained that the crossing
ut the Market street bridge will iniure
the water or gas supply or have any
other bad effect, the company will ma Ike
that crossing last, leaving it till all the
other work is done.
The company desires also to lay two
additional tracks on McColloch street
from Forty.third street TO the Southern
limits Of the city. This will affect no
property but their own, as they recently
purchased almost all the AUDITING prop
erty, and before owned much oft. The
right TO Law these two additional tracks
is all the change the company asks in
the provisions OF the ordinance hereto
fore considered by the City Council.
The company also proposes to build
the northern approach to the BeIlaire
bridge, so that trains will not have to run
off the bridge to the south and back up
1t also promises to build here extensive
shops and round houses, and the main
part of its work on the lines OF this sec
ton OF the country will be done here
These shops will be among the most eX-
tensive in the country, and will give EN-
pIoyment to large force OF men. The
query naturally arises whether the city
can afford to adopt n course OF action
which will prevent the making OF these
improvements,