Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-09
THE RAILROADS
ABLY AND FULLY DISCUSSED LAST EVEN.
ING,


timore and Ohio Railroad Company was o
notable occasion, it being very largely at
tended, despite the fast that it was 8
very disageeable evening, and that q
political demonstration was gping on.
Those present were gentlemen very largely
interested in the business and msnufactur-
ing affairs Of the city, with spiinkling OF
railroad men, and the utmost interest was
manifested by everyone.
Among those present were Hullihen
Ouarrier, Howard Hszlttt, w. B. Simp-
son, Frank Hearre, DR.. George Baird, Dr..
z. NJ. Hsz,ett, Randolph Stalnaker, Wal
ter Bell, Col. D E. S.alnaker, Hon. n. b.
Scott, II. NJ. Russell, Col. Robert White,
j. G. ii, ffman, Jr., NJ. Reilly, Q. B. Hart,
A. @. Egsrter, Morris Horkheimer, p. F.
Ferrsll, John Mcclure, Frank Cruise, A. O.
Harrell, A. J. Sweeney, J. D. Ewing, Z
Buckmap, @. r. Tracy, and probably twice
as many Others, manufacturers and msr-
chants, making it q thoroughly representa-
tive meeting.
The me, ting was called to order by Vice
President Hullihen Qnarrier, at quarter
ID eight o'clock. In doing this. Mr.. Quar-
risr briefly stIei tie object Of the meet
ing, and when he had COZ cluded, Mr.. Hart
moved that
THE RAILROAD MEN
present. be first invited to address the
Chamber in their several interests, in such
order as might BE- deemed beet. This mo-
ton prevailed, and under it Mr.. II. NJ.
Russell, representing and speaking in be-
halt of the Baltimore and Ohio road, took
the flor. Dir. Russsll said that he had
rtcsived no instrp C. Tors from the B. & o
authc rites Regarding presentation OF a
case to the nesting he add e'sed, nor even
any authority to make new application
to Council. aud he know nothing Of any
B & o. officials having contemplated at
tending this meeting. He had CON to the
meeting uroa ths.ipvitstiCn of the Sscre-
rary of the Chamber of Commerce. Pro-
ceeding, Mr.. Russell sketched tie
RECENT RAILROAD HISTORY
of the city, so far as it was intimately con-
nectsd with the B. & o. road, beginning
with TIE first presentation Of the B. & O..
ordinance, covering right of way to what
is known as ''the creek Ioute, some three
or folr years ago. A few months ago,
when similar ordinances were presented
by the B. & o. and Wheeling and Harris
burg Companies, the Wheeling and Har-
risburg ordinance was passed, while the
B. 4 o. ordinance was not. From this
point Mr.. Russell, in rather minute way,
sketched the railroad discussions in and
out of Council, and the general
trend of affairs down to the Septem-
bsr sskiou Of Council, wien one pending
& o. ordinance was Passed 10 shaps
not acceptable to the Company, aud the
other was objected to and went over. He
said, as he ha stated to Council, that Mr.
Clements had assured him this Company
intended 10 have commenced work on the
large Company machine shops, &c, in the
lower Fart of the city, conte mpl tted in one
of the ordinances b fore Council, this fall,
and that tbs general
PLANS OF THE COMPANY
embraced tie building of northern sp
proach to the Bellaire bridge, have its
eastern freight and passenger business
largely 90 through this city, and make
Wheeling its CEREAL headquarters for d.
visions teaching here-all providing the
new route through tie city could be OBJ
iainsd. When these ordinances came bs-
fore Council, the SPEAKER had made every
en- desyor to have some of the high Officials
of the b. Il o. Company come here and
talk personally with Councilmen, and full
ly AMI apthoritatiyeiy explain and eluci.
date thu situation. Depite his anxiety
TO have this visit made. no one came and,
so far as be knew, 10 one contem-
plated visit at this time. On the con-
trary, Mr.. Clements had ssid the whole
matter had better be dropped for the time,
and it was dropped accordingly, no men
ton having been made of the ordinances
at the last session of Council.
From this history of the situation, Mr..
Russell took up
THE Orders"
put upon the B. & o. ordinances when last
before Council, first fully ssttirg forth the
two crossings sought to be obtained in the
town Of Re1wood by the Wheeling Rail
way Company, and pointing out the OBJ
jectionable nature of those crossings, and
tie expense they would inevitably entail
uIoa the B. & D. Company for gates and
wstehmen, expenses wholly in the inter
est of the Whte'ing Railway Com
piny. The second point of difference be-
tween the B. & D. Company and the city
was with regard to the use of Seventeenth
street for switching purposes, the Com
pany sgrecipg to restrict its business there
to daylight hours, and sgreeiug to&eep no
cars standing thereon at any time. He
was not prepared to say the removal of
the tracks from Seventeenth street would
not be
A GOOD THING,
but between the continued use Of the
street for the entire business of great
railroad, as would result if the citizen of
Sevent zenith street persisted in their course,
and the use Of the street in q re-
stricted sense, for switching purposes,
the choice seemed to be very largely 10
favor of the latter. The aim of the Sew
enteenth street people was, of course, to
free their street; the result, he feared,
would be to perps t1ste the railroad upon
that street and Sixteenth street as well.
The third point of difference was with
the Wheeling and Harrisburg Railroad
Company, regarding the crossing of the
B. & D. line at go ne point south of Wheel
ing creek. He dwelt upon the objection
able features of this very broad clause Of
the ordinance at some length. The
speaker rscitsd q conversation he
had lad with Judge r. H. Cochran
rs to whether an overhead or undergrsde
crossing would be practicable, and sa:d
the b & o. would promptly sgree to e
crossing Of this sort. He also spoke Of the
reluctance Of the Wheeling and Harris
burg Company to name its place Of cross
ing of the B & o. tracks, because the
-oute once known, the price of property
LONG the line would at once be
PUT UP TO FANCY PRICES"
md aSter fully pointing out the B. & o. |
,ide of the case, raid he was sure there IVES
o purely obstructive disposition on the
tide of the B. & D. Referring to the asser-
ions, in Council, that the State laws re- |
a,ing to crossings of railroads would not
pply to the B. & o., Mr.. Russell said |
acre was no doubt but that o
messing could be compelled from |
he B. & D. as we'll as from the
Wheeling and Harrisburg, the Ohio River
n