The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-12
THE B. & 0. CO.'SPLANS
EXPLAINED BY CAPT. cLEMENTs
at Meeting Ofths Committee ON Railroads
Yesterday-sOvOntssnth Street is OBJ
jsCtsd to Except with Double
rraok-What 1t Wants.


Jsctsd to Except with Double
} Traok-WhAt 1T Wants.
The B. & o. road has in q semi.torms
way announced through one Of It's mos
important officials, Capt. William Glenn
enta, General MansEer Of all the divisionl
east Of the river, to the people Of Wheel
ling, that 1t is ready to improve its facili
ties here in such manner as shall be {
fitting recognition Of the value O.
Wheeling to the road, as heavy shipping
point, these improvements being also 9
proper acknowledgment OF the fair and
liberal spirit the people of Wheeling have
always shown towards the road, both in
patronage and favors granted.
There was O move made about ioul
years ago that at that time looked 90 Il
the long.needed and promised repairs
were to be made. But shout that time
the Philadelphia and contemplated New
York extensions became matters Of the
greater importance, and all attention was
turned in that direction.
THY CoMPAHY'S PLANS.
Now, the company, having disposed Of
matters that were Of more importance, Is
ready to look after Wheeling, and II
allowed, to do the handsome thing for
her.
The desire is to do thiu as soon as posi-
BILE, not because tho town has waited so
patiently for promtasd Improvements, but
for the reason that the business being
dor at and through this point, both
freight and passenger, demands better
facilities.
The state Of affairs as outlined above
was found 10 EXIT yeesorday at q meeting
Of the Council Committee on Reilroads,
ct which Captain Clements and other
Baltimore Il Ohio officials were present.
The committee meeting was called for
the ostensibls purpose Of having con-
ference with Captain Clements. The only
matter in the committee's hands relating
to the Baltimore & Ohio was the follow.
ing offered by Mr.. Gruse End adopted by
both branches OF Council December 81
last:
ResoIped, Tha. the COMMITTEES on Rail.
roads be instructed to confer with the OF.
fciRls OF the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company as to whether arrangements can.
not be agreed upon, which would result in
tho removal OF said company's track from
Sixteenth street and place the same on
Seventeenth street, and crossing Wheeling
creek under Buch regulations M may be
agreed upon.
The committee was cslled to meet at II
o'clock. Messrs. Farrell, Caldwell, Cruise,
Tracy and DslbSugge were present at that
time. Whenit was learned that the fast ex-
press from the East, on which Mr..
clements was to come, was late, Mr.. Tracy
moved that tho committee meet sgain st 8
o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr.. Tracy's motion was adopted.
THE AFTERNOON MEETING.
The committee met in the First Branch
chamber St 8 o'clock. Captain Clements
was there with the following gentlemen,
who had accompanied him here in his
private car "Weet VirRinia:" Mr.. J. T.
Logge, OF Grafton, Superintendent Of the
Western Divisions; Captain John Brad
shaw, Superintendent Of Construction and
Repairs; P. II. Irwin, Of Baltimore, Resi-
dent Engineer, and Mr.. +. N. HildebrAnd,
Captain Clements private secretary.
Mr.. II. NJ. Russell, Of this city, one oi
the Company's attorneys, was also pres.
ent. OF the committee Messrs, Farrell
(chairman) Tracy, Caldwell, Hsrrell, Del.
brugge, Cruise and McGregor were on
hand, Mr.. Jaeger being the only absent
one. In addition tho following gentle.
men we're present as interested spectators
or representatives Of other projects whose
chances they. were on the lookout for:
Mr.. W. P. Hubbard, attorney for tho
Union bridge company; Recorder George
Hook, Col. Jerry A. Miller, Councilman
Alex. Young, Capt. O. ]. Rawling, P. Il.
Moore, Walter Bell, W. ]. ". CoWden, j.
N. Bellyille, OF the Pan Handle office,
John Bodley and DR.. Geo. Baird.
COL. CLEMENTS TALKS.
The roll was called and the resolution
that had been referred to the committee
read. The Baltimore & Ohio representa-
tiyes were then asked what proposition
they had to make. Capt. Clements replied
that he did not know that 1t had any pro.
position to make; that they were present
for the purpose indicated in the resolu.
tion-to confer relative to q change OF
tracks from Sixteenth street 70 Seven
teenth street. Speaking Of that matter ne
said the road would not think OF making
such a change unless It was allowed to
double track the street its entire length.
BE said the buslness over the Pittsburgh
division had grown to such an extont that
double track was becoming positive
necessity. The business was growing
steadily, and they would sgres to no
change unlees they were granted the
right to put down double track. Con-
tinuing, he said that the B. so. Company
would not care to remove from Sixteenth
to Seventeenth street even II 1t were
granted the right to double track the latter
street, for the reRDon that, aside from the
lbRd curves In the track where it Crossea
from Seventeenth street to Sixteenth
through the old Hempfeld yard, the grade
would be bad and heavy one, almost as
heavy 90 tho ono on Sixteenth street; !!
would be necessary to use helper, as ia
done now, on every freight sent out OF the
city over the proposed Seventeenth street
tracks.
THE JUNCTION ROAD,
Capt. Clements stated further that what
the company did desire was the privilege
oil running Its tracks along the south bank
ot the creek in q usnner proposed in an
IOtulpNnCd pA6bbu Junb al 4oo1S hnu IAHA
boing granted, the company would sur-
render its track on Sixteenth street. He
yscsllsd the passage Of the ordinance
which granted to tho junction Railroad
Company the right to crosa Main street, al
grade, at point between tho south end
OF the Main street bridge and TWentisth
street; and to oross Market street
by passing underneath, and in or
required to raise the south end Of the
Market street bridge five feet 30 that the
. grade from the Second Presbyterian
church down to the north end Of the
bridge would DO very long and easy one
J The raising Of the bridge would require
the placing OF the tracks Of the proposed
road fifteen feet beneath the present level
J Of the bridge In order that necessary
tvantyy faat claar rniOhk hR had hAkwaau