Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-25
THE RAILROAD ORDINANCES.

No One Very Well Satisfied With the Pres
ent shape of ths Documents.
The railroad ordinances were almost the
sole topic of conversation among members
of Council and city officials generally yes
terday, and from expressions from these
gentlemen, as we'll as from hints dropped
by the representatives of the two railroad
companies interested, the conclusion IS
reached that 10 one is very we'll satisfied
with the shape in which the documents
were left at the close of the long session OF
the Railroad Committee, Thursday night.
The belief is pretty general that the B. d
o. people will deliberate a long time over
the ordinance as it now stands, before
accepting it, as there are several,
to them, very Objectionable features. One
of them is che clause requiring the com
pany TO remove its tracks from Seven
tenth street, without in return giving
them q right away by which it can reach
the factories, etc strungalong Nineteenth
street. After the adjournment of the
committee meeting, yesterday, Captain
Clements was very anxious to know the
feeling of members of Council and of the
citizens regarding the laying Of switch
along the street PANIED, and thought the
privilege ought to be granted his COM
pany, by all means.
The Wheeling and Harrisburg people are
chiefly dissatisfied by reason Of the cross
ing of their tracks by the b < o. at u
point q hundred feet or so east of the east
end of their proposed Twentieth street
tunnel. Yesterday both Engineer Linden
thai and Judge Cochran expressed them
selves very strongly upon this point, and
united in saying the crossing would be a
most dangerous one, and was entirely IN
necessary. Indeed, it is very probable that
this Company will ask Council on Tues
day evening TO defer consideration Of the
ordinances, to allow the Company's engin'
GERS to work out q new line which will OBJ
viate the crossing complained Of. Talking
upon this subject of a crossing yesterday,
Engineer Lindenthal said;
IF the two companies would each agree
to confine themselves TO q single track
along the creek, there would be no trouble
about this Objectionable crossing, because
there Is room enough on the north side Of
the Whitaker mill for both Of them, aud
the B. < o. could take the outside, allow,
iug us to run next to the mill, n Is. q o,
switch being thrown across our tracks t.
the mill. OF course, l know the B.. d 0,
will object to this. They claim that they
are double. tracking their road from Pitts
burg to this city, and must have a double
TRACK here as well, but q dOuble-track is
not indispensable for the business they are
doing, nor for five times the business.
There are many great trunk lines in al
parts OF the country, running into the
large cit es, which are only single track,
and | am sure the B. & D. could get along
for this little stretch Of a quarter Of
mile without two lines, having, as they
claim they soon will have, a double track
all the way to Pittsburg. There are sew.
eFal other ways in which this crossing car
be avoided, and if We are given time we
will lay the matter before Council. ]
think | very properly declined to answer
the questions in this regard on the spur Of
the moment. last night 1t is a matter fol
some consideration, but am sure it can bt
settled in a satisfactory manner"
There is a feeling, Us well, that the ordi
nances do not properly guard the interest:
of the city in one or two particulars, nota'
bly, where the B. q o. track runs along
Baltimore street, ''arouud the hill" there
being no provision, it is claimed, for put
ting the street in q passable shape. But
with all this criticism, there is an univer'
sal feeling that the Committee on Rail
roads has worked earnestly to get the mat
ter into proper shape, and that they only
erred in attempting to transact too much
business in one evening. If the ordinances
are laid aside Tuesday evening, there viii
be ample time before the next meeting tc
reconstruct the lines, and make everything
satisfactory to all concerned.
Right here it may be proper to say thai
the proposition made at Thursday nights
session by Mr. Hsrrell, TO provide for The
reimbursing Of the county for the EXPENSE
Of the railroad election, etc, was misunder'
stood by many. Mr.. Harrell's idea was
to require the Wheeling and Harrisburg
Company to indemnify the county only
in the event that they accepted the or
dinance, but did 10 work. II they went
ahead, Of course the county was to gel
nothing. This explanation is in justice to
Mr.. Harrell.
The Wheeling and Harrisburg engineers
are hard at work up at tho bridge loca'
tion, and will be further reinforced during
the week. Judge Cochran will leave the
city this morning, as will also Eogineer
Lindenthal, and neither n will likely
be in the city at next Tuesdly's Council
meeting.
THE greatest success Of the season
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