Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-24
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Council to pass.
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At 1:30 o'clock q motion was made TO
take up the B. & o. ordinance, and it pre-
vailing the committee took a fresh hold
and the Clerk began the reading Of the or
dinance by sections for amendment and
debate.
This ordinance was in a somewhat diff.
ferent shape from the Wheeling and Har-
risburg ordinance, and the reading pro-
gressed for fully ne-half of its length be-
foro any serious objection was made. In
line u of Section 2, the ordinance was
amended in the same manner as the Wheel
ing and Harrisburg document, 80 az 10
give the city virtual control Of the materi-
al in the pavements TO be relaid. There
then arose question as to the grade Of
Market and Twentieth streets. BY the
terms of the Wheeling and Harrisburg Or
dinance, the grade Of Twentieth street at
Market is raised four feet; by the B. &
o. ordinance, Twentieth and Market is
only raised about two feet. The
question was, how TO harmonize
these two grades, in the very probable
event that both roads would not commence
work at that point at the same time.
Messrs. Clements, Lsndenthal, Hubbard
and Irwin made long explanations, and
finally, after midnight, the difficulty was
bridged by an amendment offered by Mr..
Caldw well, providing that the provisions of
the B & o. ordinance shall be void where
ever they come in conflict with the Wheel
ing and Harrisburg ordinance.
AwARM DISCUSSION.
In connection with the discussion OF
this, Mr.. Clements took occasion to say
that there was no hostility on the part Of
the B. & o. toward the Wheeling and
Harrisburg Company; on the contrary, 1t
believed the Wheeling and Harrisburg
road was a good thing; it would
be good thing for the
b. & O., and it would be willing to help
build it, if it could. He was willing to do
anything in reason to adjust the matter.
In reply to this, Mr.. Lindenthal said that
his company had been at pains to find
line crossing Market street belo " the grade;
having found it, it did not seem right for
the b. Il o. " find fault with it, aud
throw obstacles in the way, after they had
many years in which they might have
made q selection Of route. The debate
between these two was most interesting
one, and was prolonged until half-past
twelve this morning. Finally MIR.
Cald wells amendment was adopted. Mr.
Caldwell offered another amendment, har-
monizing the grade of Market street, north
Of the bridge, with the grade Of the
Wheeling and Harrisburg ordinance, and
il was adopted.
STILL ANOTHER.
At a quarter of one, the committee ut
tempted to wrestlc with the bridge which
is to cross the B. & o. tracks at the south
end Of the present Market street bridge,
and good deal Of valuable time was fit
tered away in an alleged humorous man
ner. The debate was punctured with ex.
hibitions ofill-temper. laughter, and fault
finding, and finally the pending amend
ment was adopted, requiring the bridge to
be the full width of the street, and TO he of
iron, constructed to the satisfaction of the
Board Of Public Works.
After this things ran along comparatively
smoothly for some little time When the
provisions Of section 4, permitting cars Of
any other railroad company TO piss over
the tracks of the Junction Company,
Judge Cochran asked what this meant, and
in response Nh. Clements said this related
to the B. & o. particularly, but added
that he would guarantee to transfer any
cars of the Wheeling and Harrisburg Com
pany, az the B. & o. now transferred cars
of the Ohio River and Pennsylvania
Company. Judge Cochran then asked
If Capt. Clements would be willing
to guarantee q crossing OF the b.
& o. tracks In the southern part
of the city. Capt. Clements said no; that
was a separate question, and would have TO
be taken up separately. He would guar
sntee, however, permission to cross under
the stone bridge at the tunnel.
At one o'clock the committee took up
section 5, amended it in several particu-
lars, and then passed on. Section six was
stricken out, and made to conform to the
provisions of the Wheeling and Harrisburg
ordinance.
SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH STREETS.
Section was all right, bat there was
objection to section 8, which provided the
B. & O. should remove its track
Chaptine and Market streets,
upon the completion of the road along the
creek. Mr.. Caldwell offered an amend
ment, requiring the company to also re-
move its tracks from Seventte enth street
and put the street in good condition. To
this Mr.. Cruise offered an amendment, re-
quiring the B. & o. to guarantee the Wheel.
ing and Harrisburg Company q crossing Of
its tracks on the Sonth Side, on the way 10
Benwood. Mr.. Gruse's amendment was
adopted, and the amendment OF Mr.. Cald.
well IS remodifed thereby, was likewise
approved. Mr.. Caldwell then added .
cast-iron clause, providing that the ordi-
nance should not take effect until the TO
moval of the said tracks from Sixteenth
and Seventeeth streets had been agreed to
by the B. 4 o. Company aud the Wheel
ing and Pittsburg Company. This Hentin
along with the rest.
Sections 9 and 10 were made TO cor
respond with the Wheeling and Harris
burg ordinance, in the matter Of the OBJ
struction of streets, speed Of trains, etc
In Section IL, the time within which the
acceptance of the ordinance must be fled
was limited to June 1st and Section IL
was made to correspond.
This completed the reading. and the or
dinance being adopted - . whole -
amended. the committee ut 1:30 q m.
recommended the measure 10 Council for
adoption and adjourned, aftsr ordering the
ordinances to be printed, - amended.