Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-22

StfeeL DTtuge % OIu OIulHautc pIONlucu
thai the line should be seven feet below the
present grade of the east end Of the Seven
tenth street bridge, and the bridge vast to
be raised. TIE new ordinance provided for
crossing Ssvente snth street at about the
present grade, cutting off one or two
panels of the Seventeenth street
bridge, and involving the Coa-
struCtion of q new abutmeut for the
support Of the bridgA. There had as yet
bsen no agreement reached with Mr.. Rey-
mann about the removal Of the b )i!er house
OF the brewery, bat he hoped such an ar
rapgemert would be made ss would accom-
mOdsts Il Brewing Company, the city and
the Railroad Company. The whole ar
raugement would allow the Railroad Com
psny to rs'ss lis tracks seven feet higher
th4n under the present. ordinance, and
would enable the track TO cross tie
Peninsula road ut a height of thirteen
feat without disturbing the present
grade Of the road. If ths pres
emit surfscs Of the street could be
depressed q little this height might be in
creased. The bridge across the Peninsula
would be forty fest long, with heavy stone
sbutments, and an iron girder bridge. II
Council would ALLOW or be satisfied with q
thirty foot bridge, a little might be gained
in height, because the iron bsams would
not have to be so heavy. He went on to
say that the height Of the river bridge,
comI elled to be ninety feet above low
water, ives the tbirg to bs considered, be
cause from this height q grade had 10 be
made sufficient to pIs3 under the B. & o.
tracks at the tunnel. The top of the rail,
on the bridge, would be 81 feet 4inches above
low water, and the grads as Fixed by the
engineers could OF be materially changed.
Proceeding with his explanation, judge
| Cochran Calculated all the remaining
poia's very clearly. He YVES followed BY
Mr.. Whitaker, who said the change in the
line Of the road, through his property, had
his cordial approval. snd the mill COM
psny was DESTROYS Of accommodating itself
10 the necessary discoufOIts incident to
the building of the road, in order to for
ward the enterprise. Abiding to the con-
dition of Twentieth s;rett, Mr.. Whitaker
| said a width in excess of fifteen fee, on
the DOR b side of the railroad track, would
Oe desirable, but he rtcogUize1 there were
natural obst'cles in the way. He thought,
however, that q width Of at least fifteen
fe-t ought to be guaranteed.
M. F. C. ArbenZ said that st present a
w7grn could not pass along the stree:
when a team was backed up to his farni-
ture factory building. The street wa too
narrow now, ind n f~fteen-?oot roadway
would not allow a team 10 stand in front
OF the forfeiture f,ctmy while IN of Mr.
WhitaksI'S teams was passing, aud IN ad-
diiion q team could not be turned in fifteen
'est Of space. The proposed change would
very largely destroy the value Of his prop
ersy.
Mr.. Rsymann said he bad no objection
TO the raise of seven fact in the track at
Seventeenth stree, but his objection lay
IN The fact that the change he'd coupled
with it 3 removal Cf the line forty feet to
the east. This change would probsbly
ave the railroad company S., 900 or $lO,-
900, bat would iDjure the Brewing company
three or four times that sum That was
Why he opposed it. He had no hostility
20 the railroad company; he had freely
granted q right of way to them, and was
very friendly disposed. He realized that
the railroad company had the right 10 con-
iomp, and he did not think the change
ought to be granted by the city.
In reply to a question as 10 why the
charge from the creek bank to Twentieth
street was Necessary, Judge Cochran said
that wren he csme t. settie rights of way
along tbs creek, north of the AIb-nz prop
erty, Mr. Arberz would talk nothing but
$50. 900 70: the whole resi- estate. A little
further, II wss found the B. & D. Com
pasry nod purchased the rear part of she
Grimm property, sud that meant years CT
III! CATION. Aside from this, there were
engIneerir z difficulties Of an almost insu-
perahls III
After some further discussion, the crdi-
caucs was ordered Rad a second time for
amendment and debate. In section two,
Mr.. Caldwell moved 10 make the width
of the r,ilroad bridge across the Fulton
road thirty feet irs:ead OF 40, in order to
gain aclear height of thirteen feet. This
was further amended by Mr.. Cruise, re
quiring the RnlrOsd Company to lower the
surface Of ths county Io}d one foot, if
dee med necessary by Coancil, making the
clear height fourteen { e.. This was &C.
cspttd and agreed to.
Tee c,mmlt,e then took upthe c'ause'iot
the ordinance rtlstingt Il the neighborhOod
Of the Seventeenth street bridge, aud the
ReJ Brewing Company, and after
sone discussion, Mr. Cruise moved that
the ordinance be ret reported 10 Council
until the Railroad Company and the
Brwiug Company had adjusted their diff
ference This was further discussed. dur.
ing which hr. Rsymann reiterated he had
no ohj ctioas to the vertical change 10 the
II adotd, bus simply to their removing
the cite Of the road, from its old location
east through the boiler hlu'e, and then
Mr.. MCGnglr moved to recommend the
paper to Council for passage. This was
likewise debstad at considerable length,
and was adopted.