Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-30
AN ORDINANCE

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Providing for q Vote upon the Question OF
Subscribing $500, 900 to the Capital
Stock Of the Wheeling and Har-
risburg Railway Company
of West Virginia.
WHEREAS, The Wheeling and Harrisburg Rail-
way Company of West Virginia has requested 9
vote 10 be ordered and money 10 be appropriated
in aid Of the construction OF Its railroad III ONO
al or near the head Of Wheeling Island, and
tracks thereon and the approaches thereto, ana
the terminal tracks aud facilities thereon, IN the
said county, including q stunned through Nheel.
ing Hill, and within The limits Oh the .i'y VI
Wheeling north Of Tenth Street: snd
WHEREAS, The Board OF Commissioner OF the
county Of Ohio deem it desirable Tor the county
to appropriate money 10 aid in me CONSTRUCTION
said county, and Of a railroad crossing SAID
bridge, and the terminal and connecting tracks
and facilities Of said railroad, in saiu county,
such appropriation 10 be made by suoseflpSon q; ~
the capital stock Of said company; therefore, "
ordered, By the said Board OF Commissioners
Of the county Of Ohio, that q vote De tahen
upon the question Of appropriation by SIGN SUI
s%cription. by said county. OF the sum Of $SoisVo.
to the work above specified. such vote snAilgS
taken at the SsyerAi rlsnAs 81 ysS"S ~ hsid
county, at a special election which Mail oe nor"
On Saturday, Fourth Day OF Feb
ruary, 1855.
II s,ch vote shall be in f,Yor Of such apprupriA-
non. any subscription thereof by this bosru, III
its agent, shall be upon the terms ana c9hal.,oiiS
following: The said sum OF Three uunuleH
Thousand Dollars shall DC subscribed TO the capi'
tai stock OF the wheeling and Harrisburg ksil'
way Company OF West Virginia, ana sueh yun.
scription hail bc payable a. follows, rn'y
lza.. N,lIarz xrhaN of least one DuIUTtu
thousand dollars shall have been expended o!
the railway company IN the construction oil inc
bridge aforesaid, and thy thousand aoIiaussnal
| have been expended 10y the railway company III
| the purchase and construction Of terminals ~
| uforrsaid IN the county of ohio. The second
6nv thousand dollars shall be psid wheh Two
hundred thousand dollars shall have bteh eA-
pended by the railway COMPANY III thc '.iistIu.-
lion OF the said bridge, and one hun Urea thous'
and dolla,s shall have been expended by the raii
way company in the purchase aud cohS,IuSuoh
OF The terminals Aforesaid in the county 81 ONO:
The third Gfty thousand dollars Sh"h n pn.a
VIXEN three hundred thousand dollslsshali nave
hen expended by the railway company III lhe
| construction of the said bridge, and one haliureu
| and fifty thousand dollar shall! have been eA.
pcuded by said railway company IN inc purchase
and construction Of the terminals aforesaid ne
| fourth fifty thousand dollars shall he paiu Hheh
four hundred thousand dollars shall have bell
expended by he railway company In the con,
~struction of the said bridge, and Two hunureu
thousand dollars shall have been Expended py
said railway company ia the purchase anu COLI
stmCtion Of the terminals Aforesaid. Inc 70
naming one hundred thousand dollars shall DC
paid when said bridge ana tuililel spaii nh'e
been competed, and when n new railroad from
| The bridge TO Bowerston. in the state OF Ohio,
shall have been constructed ready Tor the pass.
| age OF trains. or shall, IN the Judgment oi me
Board Of Commissioners, be 70 lar vance IN
construction as 10 practically assure It's compile
ton, aud when the sum OF three hundred nous
and dollars shall! have been expended IN the
purchase aud construction OF such terminate.
Prorid6i. That II the construction OF the sA'u
bridge and railroad from the said bridge 10 BOW.
crl0n, Ohio shall not BE- ii good faith commenced
within eight months rom the date OF the
making OF such subscription, II IL be author
lied, or being commenced, shall not De com
D gteG, and have cars running over the SAID rail-
| road and bridge into the county OF Ohio and The
city az Wheeling within four yearS from the date OF
| making such subscription, and such further time
as may be rendered necessary By litigation which
could not reasonably be avoided, then the said
Board shall he ut liberty 70 withdraw n TO any
part OF the subscription OF three hundred thous-
and dollars " hiCh may not have become payh.
BILE under the terms Of this Ordinance, and II
said subscription be authorized, the said railway
company shall accept or decline the said sub
scriptiOn within thirty days after the Same may
be offered by the Board or It's agent. but the
Board Of Commissioners may, for good cause
shown, extend The time for the commencement
or completion OF the work. The agreement OF
subscription shall stipulaic OH behalf Of the
L " uCNllAk u AbA ss'
ny OF Wcst virginia, and is successors, that
any and every railroad heretofore or hereafter
constructed shall have the right 10 connect It's
tracks with the tracks OF said railway company
extending over said bridge and the approaches
thereto, and TO transport It's trains over said
bridge and approaches, upon paying oompeilsa'
ton therefor, under such reasonable regulations
and on such reasonable terms A. sail railway
company shall prescribe; aud that said railway
company, or is Successors, shall transport all
cars, or freight and passengers, over said bridge
and over said terminal tracks IN the city OF
Wheeling and BenwoOd, or said terminal system
Is extended TO the latter point and the cnsrge
for transporting any freight car upon or over said
terminal system shall not exceed two dollars pc:
car, and said railway company shall permit the
aforesaid Use OF Us 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 on 10 charges fog like privileges or Ser
vice or * TO the manner Of performing such ser.
vice.
Prot4dod, Said railway company, or It's success
sors, shall not be required IN transfer any freight
car upon or over IT, terminal system for any rail
road company which shall not perform = ike
service upon or over IT. track In the city OF
Wheeling, or BenwoOd, or Martins Ferry for said
railway company ,oriS SUCCESSORS, at IKE charge
for like service. Th> stock 10 he issued under
said subscription shall, II the said BOARD OF Com
miSioners elect, at the time Of making the sub
scription, be made a preferred stock, ~ the ef-
feet that ten per cent. Of the net earnings OF said
railway company, after paying operating OK.
penses, mathematics, taxes, interest and neces.
sary improvements. shall be applied 10 the re.
6enptiOn aud retirement 81 said stock ri par.
The said election shall be held by the f~olloviug
named Commissioner, who are hereby appointed
for that purpose, that Is 70 Say:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
II the HoSs H0iSe-M. EdwardS, Lewis Weltzel,
John q. Kline.
At PuAon-Thomas Hyer, Z. Hsmm, 7. Hanna,
MADISON DISTRICT.
Al Harkd HOua-PStrick Kennedy, Cecil A.
Robinson, John n. Tappan.
Athc LIdnd Hon HOnR-G. W. Bags, J. A.
Fairs, J. Elwood Hughes.
CLAY DISTRICT.
AtMI Od CnutH Otne-W. y. Peterson, Johu II
Hall, II. J. Felber.
UNION DISTRICT.
CbuTt H~Oune-Char!es LoeHcr, John II. Downs
James Y. Acker.