The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-24
TIE srRErT RAILWAYS.
Tho Council Committees Consider thei
Mnntn EnYornblY.

THE STREET RAILWAYS.
Tho Council Committees Consider their
Wants FaVorably.
The Council Committee on Streets,
Alleys and Grades, committee that since
the creation Of the Board Of Public Works
| hss had little or no occasion to meet, man
aged to get together ct the Public Building
last night, after having failed to meet on
two occasions within the past week, when
1t was called together for tho purpose OF
considering the business that engaged its
attention last night.
Last nights meeting was big one; It
was 90 largely attended that 1t was found
necessary to open the First Branch cham.
Der 10 accommodate the people. The
lmembers OF the committee present were
Meesrs. Meizner, (chairman) Haller, Gar
vim, McKown, Jones, Cruise and Schultzs.
The business the committee was called on
TO consider was an application from the
Oikizans' Railway Company to approve
the YAnderpoel system Of overhead cleo
tric motive power for the propulsion Of ita
csru, It having decided to adopt electricity
as a motive power. The right to use
the Yanderpoel system, and in fact,
all systems OF overhead electric
power for the moving Of cara in this city,
ia owned and controlled by the Wheeling
Electrical Company. This company has
already arranged to furnish such motive
power to the Wheeling Railway Company,
recently formed and now engaged In
building Its line, aud ID deairous Of furn-
ishing the same power to the OitiEens'
Company. At the time the Wheeling
company was granted the rights 1t enjoys,
Council also granted to the Citizens COM
pany the right to use electricity as mo-
tive power, giving 1t the right to use in
the future any system that might be in
use, when approved by the Committee on
Streets, Alleya and Grades. OF all the
systems In use the Vanderpoel system ia
the only one that can be successfully used
in this city.
For some time past rumors have been
afoat that the two railway companies were
to be consolidated, and that when so con-
solidRted and both In operation under the
Yanderposl system, the cars would
20 down Main from Tenth to Twenty
seventh atreeta and return over the pres.
emit line OF the Citizens Company. This
foolish rumor aroused the people living
along South Main street, who, ever since
the Citizens company removed Its tracks
from that street, have had no pleasant
feeling for the company, for there Is no
doubt that such removal caused
certain depreciation Of property. The ru-
NOR that cara were to 60 one way and
return another made them fear that the
new railway line would not be such
benefit to them after all.
Accordingly they turned out In force
last night. The body must have num-
bered at least fifty. In addition, lawyers
representing all three companies involved,
and stockholders Of the companies Wsre
present.
The Citizens Company reported having
by vote Of its Board Of Directors, adopted
the Yanderpoel system, and asked the
committee to approve the same for Its use,
as had been done for the Wheeling
Company.
Mr.. Cruise came In right at the start
with the following amendment:
Provided, However, that the cars which
shall be used on their said tracks ghEll
not be also run or used on any portion Of
the line Of railroad now owned by the
Wheeling Railway Company, whether the
last mentioned line shall continue to be
owned by the said Wheeling Railway
Company or not.
Mr.. Cruise said In offering this that an
attempt was being made to form q mon.
opoly, trust, standard oil arrangement
and In the interests Of the people be want
ed to stop it. He referred to the combine
Of the natural gas companies, talked about
the poor Taxpayers and made statements
that later on laid him open to number
OF corrections from Mr.. W. P. Hubbard,
repreeentiBgthe Wheeling Electrical Com.
pRny and the Wheeling Railway Company,
and from the Messrs. Oald dwell, Of the Citi-
gems Company.
Mr.. Oscar Seeley was presented as the
spokesman Of the South Main street clti.
Eens, and made number OF general re-
marks about the bad effects Of consolida.
tons as viewed by his people in view Of |
Whist they believed was about 10 take
place. Mayor seabriRht also, on that side |
Of the question, told Of q number Of things |
he had heard and which he evidently |
took stock In, and asked Q number Of |
questions.
II was shown that under the ordinance
granting the two companies privileges that
there could be no monopoly; that Eve
cents was all thatcould be charged for trip
from the Top mill to Benwood; that there |
was no intention, a. far as anyone knew,
Of adopting ths foolish policy Of going
down ono way and returning another;
that the Citizens Company was about m.
ined in case 1t could not use the system
aRked for; that the Wheeling Electrical
Company was DESTROYS Of supplying the
two companies with power, and finally
that Il was not likely, under existing laws,
that q consolidation could be made, but
that running arrangement might be per.
fected that would greatly benefit the
people.
It was also shown that 1t was not the
province Of the committee to do anything
but approve q system; that It could not
force bargains In 90 doing.
The approval asked for by the Oiti1ens'
Company was finally granted BY q vote Of
5 TO 2, Msagrs. Cruise and Metzner voting
no. Mr.. Cruises amendment was defeated
by similar vote. The result was mot Bat-