Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-02-02
AN ORDINANCE
Providing for a Vote upon the Question o.
Subscribing $500, 900 to the CaPltai
stock Of the Wheeling and Har-
risburg Railway Company
of West Virginia.

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WHEREAS, The Wheeling and Harr1sonrs hss
way Company Of West Virgins mas reYuesi
vote to be ordered and money 10 DC spp,Vps ~
in aid of 1.-THE const,u OF It's railroad IN ynio
county. Including u bridge across the OnIo risst3
at or bear the heSd OF Wseenne ts ian snd
tracks thereon and the approaches tneIs'4, .ha
the terminal tracks and facinues tneleSi tsann
said county. including a tunnel through mneei,
ing Hill, and within the limits OF the Sit! Vi
Wheeling north OF Tenth Street; anu tho
WHEREAS, The Board Of Comm ssonefs Oh ny
county of Ohio deem IL desirable Tor tne county
to appropriate money TO aid 10 the CONSTRUCTION
of slch railroad bridge across the onIo ia
said county and OF q fsilroad crossing sLo
bridge, and toe terminal ana eonne ga county,
| and facilities of said railroad, IN salo coun',,
such appropriation TO be made BY suoscflpson 70
the capital stock OF said company; therefore, IL
Is hereby
ORDERED, By the said Board OF commissioner
OF the county of Ohio, that 4 vote DC ~
upon the question OF appropriation oy s9S ! Sno
s%cript!on, by said county, OF the sum OF SSy,svo.
TO the work aNOve specified. Snch vote snAni.SS
taken at tie several places OF vonnx IN IA SsLI
county, a. q special election which shsi De heiu
ON Saturday, the Fourth Dny OF rem
rusry, 1855.
II such vote shall be In favor OF such approptia.
ton, ANY subscription thereof by TINS bosiu, VI
its agent. shall be upouthe terms ana conuluols
following: The said sum OF IhIse nuh Hn
| Il bNlAaAs ELhA ~
tai stock Of the Wheeling and harrisputg haii'
way Company OF West Virginia, and such sno-
s~CrIption thall be payable Is follows: ruty
thousand dollars when at least one huh9rsa
thousand dollars shall have been expended by
the railway company in the construction Oh the
bridge aforesaid, and my thousand dolIaIss hali
have been expended by the railway company IN
the purchase and construction Oh lStmihAis "
| aforesaid In the county Of Ohio. The Seconu
fry thousand dollars shall be- paid when Two
hundred thousand dollars shall have beer ex-
pended by the railway company IN the cohsttuc-
lion ofthc said bridge, and one hundred thous-
and dollars shall have been expended by the rail-.
way company in tie purchase aud construction
of the terminals Aforesaid IN the county Oh ohio;
The third fny thousand dollars shall Dc PAID
when three hundred thousand dollars shall have
been expended 10y the railway company III the
| construction OF the said bridge, and one hundred
and fifty Thousand dollars shall nave been e1-
pended by said railway company IN the purchase
and construction Of the ermtnals Aforesaid. the
fourth fifty thousand dollars shall DC paid when
four bundled thousand doliars shall have peen
expended 10y the railway company In the con.
structiOn Of the said bridge, and TWO hunured
Thousand dollars shall have been EXPENDED Dy
said railway company In the purchase and con-
| strnctiOn Of the terminals aforesaid. Inc re-
naming one hundred thousand dollars shall be
| paid when said bridge and tunnel shall nave
been competed, and when n new rallnoad from
the bridge To BowerStOn. IN the State OF ONO,
shall have been constructed ready for the pass
age OF trains. or shall, in the judgment of the
Board oil commissioners, De 81 lar huNtnCeu III
| construction rs 10 practically assure It's compile
ton, and when the sum Of three hundred thous-
ami dollars shall have been expendeu II the
| purchase and construction OF suck terminals.
PrOridcd, That IL me construction OF the sAin
bridge and railr0ad rom The said bridge Ia row,
prstOn, Ohio shall not be in good faith commenced
within eight months from the date OF the
making OF such supscrlpuon' u u pe authoI'
lied, or being commenced, SNAIL not DC CON-
p cited, and have cars running over me salu rail-
road and bridge into the county oil ONO ana me
city Of wheeling within four years from the date OF
making such subscription, and such further time
as may be rendered necessary 6y litigation when
| could not reasonably be avoided, then Ihe said
Boari shall he 1T liberty to withdraw a. 10 any
part % the subscription OF three hundred thous-
and dollars when may not nave become payh,
bic under the terms %! ms ORDNANCE, ana u
SAID subscription DC nuihoI!Zeu, the salu ra!iWhy
company shall accept or decline inc SAIL sub
s~crlIliOh wIihln llifly lays aiIeI the same mhy
De- OtsreI DT we boatu OF ~ sBeht. su. .ne
BOARD OF commissioning may Ior eoou cause
shown, ehtcfln me tlrhe l1f tne coihnneIcemen,
Or cOmpicloh3 Ihe noLA, ihe hSIeeInept VI
SUBSCRIPTION slhiI NIiP,iIh'c on pchhi VI the
Wheeling anu Harrisburg hhllNhy oomPh.
ny OF West virginia, ana III successor, thal
any and every railroad heretofore or hereafter
constructor shsiI nave INC nght 10 colilect le
tracks with the tracks ot sAld Isliway company
extending over said brdge ana me approachss
theiepo, ana 70 .LhhspU,t " uHmh osen Saaa
ton therefor, under such reasonable regulations
and on such reasonable terms hs sac Hallway
oonpaII! Sha'I pieS'lLue, anu IN, .ain iAi,"n5
company or its successors, sha.I transport ali
c enS o ca r. ssid %mu y tTects in The c,x 81
Wheeling and Benwood, az said terminal system
is extended 70 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 company shall permit the
| Aforesaid nsp OF ity tracks and npFfDFm tho afOfp-