Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-31
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for a Vote upon the Question vi
Subscribing $500, 900 to the Capital
stock Of the Wheeling and Har-
risburs Railway Company
Of West Virginia.

vursr,s The Wheeling and Harrisburg ksiL.
wsy Company Of West Virginia mas reYususs,a5
yots TO be ordered and money 10 oe I; = ohio
in aid oft construction Of its railroad u IT, Irar
county including Il bridge across the 0nIof rsnni
al or lear the head of Wheeling lsIAuu' snS
tracks thereon and the approaches LneIsS'y a. ths
the terminal tracks and facilities tnereSS hear-
said county. Including atunnel through mneei,
ing Hill, and within the limits OF tue S"' VI
Wheeling north OF Tenth Street; ana tho
WHEREAS, The Board OF CoTlm slonsts snrnty
county of Ohio deem II desirable Tor tue couu.!
70 appropriate money 10 aid In the SonsL Irs, In
of such railroad bridge acrusS the ONO iL'eanS
said county, and OF a railroad creSSins cts
bridge, and the terminal ana connecuh sornty
and facilities Of said railrosd, In said couay,
such appropriation 10 be made by subscrlPSon ~ -
the capital stock Of said company thereio's' ~
is hereby ..ionarS
of the county of Ohio, that q vote % tanSu
upon the question OF appropriation 10y suSn ~ ~
s~cription, by said county, OF the sum on sSSsvTfSS.,
TO the work above specified. snch y1ss sn said
taken at the several places OF voting IN s saiS
county, nj a special election which Shall DC hei'
On Saturday, the Fourth Day Of FEB.
nary 1855
II such vote shall be in favor of such aPproPria-
ton, any subscription thereof by ihis boslu,m
its agent. shall be upon the terms and condiuons
following The said sum OF Three hilnoIeu
Thousand Dollars shall he Subscribed othe SnPi'
tai stock Of the Wheeling Saa, S,s sii1 hs sna sueh sub.
WAY llh WI y o.. 80.
| s~cription shall be payable As follows: ln.y
| Thousand dollars when al least one nunarsu
| thousand dollars shall have been exPenueu W
the railway company In the constrnctlon oi thv
| bridge aforesaid, and nifty thousand dollarstnsn
have been expended by the railway company III
the purchase and construction OF tettnuihIsAS
aforesaid in the county OF phio, ne shsn TWO
hundred thousand dollars shall have been eA'
pended by the railway company In the consuus'
lion ofthe said bridge, and one hul9rel thous'
II -. lAAWa 4 - WAnhA1 1N nj rhll-
way company VI in tie purchase aud construction
OF The terminals aforesaid In the county OF ONO:
The third tifly thousand dollars shall DC palu
when three hundred thousand doilalsshAiln h.e
been expended by the railway company In the
construction of the said bridge, and one hundred
aud tny thousand dollars shall have peen eA-
pended by said railway company III the puicnnse
and construction Of the terminals aforesaid. inc
fourth fifty thousand dollars shall be paid when
four hundred thousand dollars shall have been
extended By he railway company In the con..
~struction Of the gaid bridge, and TWO hunurSo
Thousand dollars shall have been expended py
said railway company In the purchase ana con
stnlctlou OF the terminals aforesaid. The re-
naming one hundred thousand dollars shall DO
paid when said bridge and tunnel shall nave
been competed, and when n new railroad from
the bridge TO Bowerstcn, in the State OF Ohio,
shall have been constructed ready Tor the pass
age of trains. or shall, In the judgment OF the
Board of Commissioners, be 10 lar ADVANCED III
construction rs 10 practically assure Us compile
| lion, and when the sum Of three hundred thous'
| and dollars shall have been expenuel III the
psrChsse and construction OF such terminate
Prorid6d, That II the construction OF the said
bridge and railroad from the said bridge 10 Bow,
,rston. Ohio shall not be in good faith commenced
within eight months from the date OF the
making OF such subscription, II 1t be author
lied, or being commenced, shall not De com
D eted, and have cars running over the kAiu rail-
| road and bridge into the county OF Ohio and the
city OF Wheeling within four years from the date OF
making such subscription, and such further time
as may be rendered necessary by litigation whlGh
could not reasonably be avoided. then the said
Board shall be at liberty to withdraw As TO any
part OF the subscription Of three hundred thous-
and dollars which may not have become paya..
bic 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 Its kgent. But the
Board OF Commissioners may, for good cause
shown, extend the time for the commencement
or completion OF the work. The agreement at
subscription shall stipulaIe on behalf OF the
Wheeling and Harrisburg Railway CoBpa.
nv of West Virginia, and its successors, that
any and every railroad heretofore or hereafter
constructed shall have the right To connect iu
tracks with the tracks OF said railway company
extending over said bridge and the approaches
thereto, and 10 transport It's trains over said
bridge and approaches, upon paying compensa'
ton therefor, under such reasonable regulations
and on such reasonable terms ns SAT- railway
company shall prescribe; and that said railway
company, or It's Successors, shall TRANSPORT al
cars, or freight and passenger, over said bridge
and over said terminal tracks In the city OF
Wheeling and uf said terminal system
Is extended 10 the latter point and the cnarge
for transporting any freight car upon or over said
terminal system shall not exceed two dollars per
car, and said railway 0mpany shall permit the
aforesaid use of It's tracks and perform the niore-
said services for any and every railroad now
hereafter built into the said city OF " heeling, or
BenwOOd, or Martins Ferry, without disrrim!Ds-
ton either a. 10 charges for like privileges or ser.
| .tn ~, AL h, fha ma tItgF nl FaTfnFmfnU ktiHh AL
vice.
Prorfded, Said railway company, or its sIcccs-
sors, shall not be required u transfer any freight
car upon OF over its terminal system for any rail.
road company which shall NOT perform a like
service upon or over It's track In the city OF
Wheeling, or Benwood, or Asrtin'sf Ferry for 'aid
railway company, Orits successgTs, nj Ike charge
for Ike service. Tn stock 10 be issued under
said subscription shall, ifthe said board Of Com.
missioners elect, nj the time Of making the Sub.
scription, be made n preferred stock, 70 the 81.
feet that ten per cent. OF the net earnings OF kAid
railway company, after paying operating ex-
penses, maintensnces, taxes, interest and neces.
Sary improvements, shall bc applied % the re-
demptiOn and retirement OF said stock at par.
The said election shall be held by the following
named Commissioners, wh0a are hereby appointed
for that purpose, that is TO say:
WASHINGTON DISTRICT.
Ahe Hose Hous-A. Edwards, Lewis Wei.zel,
John g.. Kline.
Al PHdtGn-Thomss Nyer, L. Bsmm, T. Hanna.
MADISON DISTRICT.
At MnrLd H0u1-Pairick Kennedy, Cecil A.
Robinson, John u. Tappan.
Af0r LdGHd Hose Hons-G. ". Bags, J. A.
Fairs, J. Elwo0d Hughes.
CLAY DISTRICT.
AtUf Old Court HJHse-w. =. PeiersDn, John ii.
Hall, H.. J. Felber.
UNION DISTRICT.
C6at H~ouss-ChArles LOefer, John II. Downs,
James K. Acker.
CENTRE DISTRICT.
Hosc Hour i. Delbrugge, Fred. Laue, James
Reed, Or.
WEBSTER DISTRICT.
Hose House-John Clark, John weisgerber
Bernard KLeveS.
RITCHIE DISTRICT.
Hose H~Otue-Jaco5 Hopstatter, Henry schGlz
August EOlte.
Idans School Housc-J. \. Gsrvin, B. Marpole,
p. McTully.
TRIADHLpHIA DISTRICT.
Ldherrood (SohO@ H0ae)-G. W. Woods, Pla
tof Zane, J. Games.
Elm Grore (T0ton HaH)-J. q. Woods, John Hal.
stead, W. 7. Chamber
TT7dddphid (LoUDa's)--J. y. TlIornburg. John
Helfenbine Robert Armstrong.
VeSey O1tnsOn's-Jamfs Ohharn, John Robin
son, Alex. YcConn.