The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-11-14
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Making Arrangements for Com,
ing on to This City,
WHEELING is THEIR MECCA.
Professional Right OF Way Solicitors
at Work in Martins Ferry-They
Assert Their Financial Ability
to Build tho Railroad,

The Wheeling 4 Lake Erie Railway 10
beginning to show signs Of q determine
ton to come to Wheeling, When ii
built thirty.fYe miles Of track from Bow
erston, Ohio, to a point near Portland
Station, 1t was supposed that it would
come directly to Martins Ferry and by
the Union bridge to Wheeling, But
something seemed to turn General
WOodfoId's eyes toward steubenville-
possibly in the direction ofPittsburgh-
and the, company commenced the or.
binary negotiations toward the securing
Of an entrance into steubenyille.
Wheeling seemed to be forgotten, for
the time, although Mr.. Woodford said
that he had never given up the notion
VI legitimatlzing the roads name by
making Wheeling one of It's terminal
points,
The Wheeling 4 Lake Erie people
once began the securing OF rights OF
way between Portland Station and Mar.
tins Ferry, and did purchase outright
some few pieces ln tight places where
1t might be possible for a rival road 10
shut them out or cause them trouble,
When they got down into Martins
Ferry, however, thOy found the people
asking exorhitant prices for land along
the river front many OF those
people being the ones who
should be most interested In the
coming OF railways. General Woodiord
and those under him then calculated the
benefits the road would derive by coming
on down the river and the amount the
privilege Of coming would cost them,
and decided that Il looked as II they
would DO unable 10 get back their
bait" In the meantime, Martins Ferry
and Wheeling seemed TO think that the
Wheeling ( Lake Erie would be forced
by tho Onion bridge and other Levers to
come this way, and accordingly no
efforts were made to induce the road to
continue. f
During this period Of inactivity, Bel.
laire and Steu6enville were not asleep,
Steubenville presented Its plausible side
quite iorcibly, aud held out numerous
Inducements In the line OF free right Of
way IN the city, a free depot site, and 4
subscription. Bellaire tried to Induce
the company TO Gut across from Adepa To
St. ClairsYille and from there 10 I}ellaire.
All thege things were considered by the
company, and circumstances seem to In
dictate that the road will be built 10
Steubenyille.
But General Woodiord and bis asso.
0iates have not forgotten Wheeling, and
they now have representatives in Mar.
tins Ferry arranging for the coming oil
tho road. Major Anderson and D. r.
Cook, two professional right Of way
solicitors, are at the Hotel Haywood In
Martins Ferry, andare in the employ Of
the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie. In an
interview last night, one Of these
gentlemen said t6ey had come to
town to SEQ what encouragement the
people will give the road, He said that
the company has spent $500, 900 build,
ing a little more than thirty miles Of
road from BowerGton 10 the Jeferson
county coal field, and 1t has the money
to build the road on to Martins Ferry
aud tho Union bridge terminals, Il
rights OF way can be secured through the
town, for lis tracks to the manufacture
ing industries at decent prices. They
can pay Cash for 1t all in thirty days,
and will do SO II the people over there
show the proper spirit.
MesBrs. Anderson and Cook called on
number Of prominent Martins Ferry
men yesterday, 10 ask their cooperation
in the matter, and were very cordially
received on all hands. They feel very
much encouraged, and think the people
will do what Is right by them II they
can DO made 10 SEQ their own interests.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie is Of vast
importance TO this city and vicinity. 1t
Is a splendid coal outlet, and passes
through rich country filed with small
villages and towns, WHOSE trade Is now
carried to Toledo. Besldes It 10 the
natural route to the Lake ore fields, the
Michigan and Wisconsin lumber region;
the limo stone beds Of Ohio, and Ia a
part Of possible Shortest system" to
Chicago.