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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
A Bridge Completed.

The Massillon Bridge Company yester-
day completed the work of erecting the
new bridge across the creek at Elm Grove,
which was carried away by the July flood.
The Bridge Company has been about two
weeks in setting up the superstructuTe,
having brought the structure to Elm
Grove all ready 10 put together. The
bridge consists Of two spans Of 100 feet
each
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
RnhhArv I'm RrIdgeport

Lac evening the ticket agent at the @. e,
L. & W. passenger station at Bridgeport,
who also acts in the capacity Of agent for
the American Express Company, was rob-
bed of about $40. He bad gone ont to-
train TO transact some business with the
express messenger, and while absent some
one went into the Office and robbed the
till of its contents, except small amount
of change The agent has no idea WHO can
have been the robber, although there were
several suspicious local characters in the
waiting room when he left. Up to two
O'Clock this morning the police had no
clue.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
Arrested for Voting Illegally.

Alexander Hart, Of Marshal county, was
arrested yesterday for voting illegally at
Big Run precinct in that county. He was
brought to the city and taken before Com
missioner Forbes, who held him in the
sum Of 81, 900 for examination. In default
of bail he was placed in Jail.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
A Soap Bubble.

The Grand Opera House was crowded
to the doors last evening to wit
ness the funny play, "a Soap Bub-
BILE" The company, headed by Ed.
J. Connolly, is a good one, and Mis-
Dolly Foster az "Lala Lodge" was very
charming, singing and dancing in very
graceful manner. The play lie known here,
but it has been revised, new songs and
music introduced, and everything bright
ened up. There are some good voices in
the company, and the singing is fTst-class.
The play will be repeated this evening
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
ALWAYS A TIE.
THB BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MAKE A
DESPERATE EFFORT TO ORGANIZE.
Bat Pail % Elect a President Ahsr One Hundred and
Foriy-Thrss BalOs-Ato8rnsd TIL
wednesday Morning.

The session held by the Board Of Com
missioners, yesterday, and last night, was
a very remarkable one, in several respects
aud attracted a large share Of the public
attention, the progress of the meeting be-
ing eagerly watched up to eleven O'Clock
last evening.
After taking one hundred and forty
three ballots, in an attempt to select a
President, the Board adjourned till to-
morrow morning, when the attempt will
be renewed.
The details will be found appended.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
Police Court.

The fines and costs asses sed in Police
Court, yesterday morning, aggregated
S176. Rachael Reed, the Mt. Pleasant
girl, was fired SIS and costs, but payment
was suspsnded, and Officer Dunlap took
her across the river, and put her on the
hack, bound for home.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
The Elk Renehf.

Reserved seats for the Elk's benefit next
Friday afternoon at the Grand Opera
House. went on sale yesterday morning at
the Mcclure House Pharmacy and there
was big rash for them. ThOse who want
to secure seat at all should not fail TO 10
early.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
License Issued.

The following marriage license was Is
sued yesterday;
Owen King, a native Of Randolph
county, aged q, and Ellen Nocton, q
native of Randolph county, aged r.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
2lIbeelin9 8egister
YESTERDAY N The CITY
Thesmometur Reoor3

1fr @. schrepf he Opera House drug
Hs.. made the following observations Of
TIE temperature Monday: z q. M, 81;
@ O. M. 4O; - m., 40; 3 p. "a, 40; Z
%. 3D.. 40. Weather. changable.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08

ARE you progressive? OF course; use
"Mile End.n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
WINTER GOODS.
ON HAND YET.

But we don't propose to camphOr
and carry them over. At greatly
reduced prices, and right in the time
when you want them, you will help
us out. Every store now will re-
duce prices on ClOaks. But will
they sell Ladies Newmarkets for
SL507 AS2O Cloak for STOP A
$40 one for S., an So garment for
S47 We will. It is a great saCri-
fee. but bear il braVey.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
L. S. Coon sells dry goods the cheapest,

How pleasant to sew! The secret is
"Mile ECd,n / know.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08

"A STITCH in time saves nine" If taken
with "Mile End.p Yes.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08

This letter, upon reaching the Commit
tee of the Chamber Of Commerce, brought
forth the following self-explanstoIy reply:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Wheeling, W. Va, Jan. Z, 'S9.
r. H. Cochran, President Of W. a II. BY.
Co.
SIR:-The special committee of the
Chamber of Commerce has the honor to
acknowledge the recsipt of your commu-
nication of the 18th inst, referring to an
amendment of section . Of an ordinance
granting certain privileges to your COM
pany, which amendment you claim to be
onefous aud objectionable. This commit
tee after full considerations of the pro-
visions of the amendment, aud careful ex-
animation Of objections embodied in yOur
letter, recognizes the dilemma in which
the amendment places the succes sful
prosecution of your company's enterprise.
The amendment admits the probabili-
tics of grievances" incorSiderate in them
selves, yet OF sGrious import to the con-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
FOR COUNCILMEN.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENTS REGARD
INCA MATTER OF GRAVE MOMENT.
Letter From President Cochran, Of the Wheeling and
Harrisburg and Reply Thereto BY the Chamber
Of Commerce Railroad Committee.

Below will be found two letters of ex-
ceptional public interest.
They relate 10 the ordinance pending in
Council in the interests of the Wheeling
and Harrisburg Railroad Company, which
ordinance, it will be remembered, when
taken up in the First Branch, last Friday
night, was amended by the insertion OF a
claufe as to the employment of home labor
by the Company and contractors, this
amendment being offered in the interests OF
the Committee of the Ohio Valley Trades
and Labor Assembly.
The ordinance will probably come mp
again this evening, in Council, for final
action.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
IN A SMALL WAY.

This was unanimously adoted, and
IL :25 p. IN. the Board adjourned.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-01-08
TRUST SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF TWO DEEDS OF TRUST
ID made by Joseph Harvey and Hester A. Har-
yey, his wife, 10 me ~ trustee, both Gated on the
sth day of February, A. D., 1857. one Of which Is
rec ricd Ina the office Of the Clerk of the County
Court Of Ohio county, West Virginia, In deed Of
trusl book NO. %. page ~ and the other In the
same Office and IN the same book at page l3l,
will sell at public auction, on the land TO be
sod on
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22

to New Orleans, 7O2 miles; Albany Tex. ),
to New Orleans, 736 miles, % cents per
100 pounds.
The authority for this can be found
posted, in accordance with the law, at
the depots at the points named.
In comparison we submit the follow
ing:
From New Orleans TO Decatur, Ala.
504 miles, 80 cents per 100 pounds; from
New Orleans TO Calera. Ala, 384 miles,
81 cents per 100 pounds; from New Or
leans TO Corlnth, Miss, $50 miles, 80
cents per 100 pounds; from New Orleans
to Eufaula, Ala. 4C1 miles, % cents per
100 pounds; from New Orleans to Aber-
deem, Miss. 80 miles, % cents per 100
pounds; from New Orleans to Americas,
Ca, 473 miles, 81 cents per 100 pounds
Authority for these rates can be also
found posted at the depOts at the stations
in Texas named above in compliance
with the laws of the country.
\ comparison of the above rates will
readily show to the dullest mind how
much less revenue the Texas roads
are receiving on this COM
modify than the. roads named in
the other states in the commit
tees report. 1t viii also be noted
IulL the mileage IrOto points III 1eSaS TO
New Orleans is from 40 to 100 per cent.
greater than the mileage from New Or
leans to the points named in the other
states. This certainly must remove all
clamor OH the part OF the producers Of
grain that the Texas roads are not giving
them reasonable rates.
We will now take up the commodity of
cotton. The committee claim that the
rates on cotton in Texas are 70 per cent.
greater than IN Georgia, Alabama, Mis-
sIssippi and the CaroIinas. The state
ment attached shows what the rates on
cotton in Texas and in the states named
are, for the distances stated. An iuspec-
ton of this statement viii show that the
committee have ''shot very wide of the
mark in their calculations. 1t must be
borne in mind that the rates named
as applying in the other South
ern states, are the net rates to
the railway companies; while the
rates named for Texas are not the
net rates received by the Texas roads; for
in their rates, is included the cost Of
compress charges, which, in other states,
is paid by the shippers of the cotton.
Consequently, to arrive at a correct per-
centage of the difference existing be-
tween the rates in Texas and in the
other states named, 10 cents per 100
pounds must be added TO the rates of the
latter For q distance OF twenty-five
miles, the rates in the other Southern
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22

Immediately shown a railway tariff by
which it appeared that the Kansas and
Missouri farmer pays q rate of rs cents to
the points referred to, which, IN proper
ton to distance, is just about the same as
the Texas rate. 1t was further shown
that the rates from Kansas, Missouri and
other grain states to Texas common
points were IS cents, while the rates
from Texas common points to Fort Mad
ison, Iowa, Kansas City, st. Louis and
all Mississippi and Missouri river cross
ings south thereof are only % cents per
100 pounds, thus giving the grain raisers
of Texas cheaper rates out of the state
than are given their competitors TO
points within the state We also under
stand and have been informed by mem
bers of the committee of thirty-one rep
resenting the lumber interest, that they
do not consider the present lumber rates
unjust or unfair. but are satisfied with
the same. The lumber rates in force are
so arranged as to place all manufac-
tuTers of lumber upon an equality in the
market, and to give them equal oppor-
tunity to compete with each other for
the trade.
We have stated previously herein that
the books of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe and Texas and Pacific railway
companies are open to the inspection of
any responsible person or persons whom
the committee may designate to examine
the same; and the same is extended by
all the railroads operating in Texas.
IN DETAIL.
We will now refer more in detail to the
tabulated statement attached. The COM
mittee, in their proposition, include n
report made by a sub committee to the
effect that the commodities named herein
were charged a much greater rate in
Texas than in the other Southern states
To begin with, let us take the class rates
applying in the Southern states named in
the statement and in Texas for the first
four classes; that is, shipments OF
freight that are made in less than car
load lots, which classes are practically
similar in all the classificatons in use in
Texas ana in the states named: and for
the further reason that the statement
provides specifically the rates on the
various commodities referred to in the
committee s report
For a distance of fifty miles, the
average greater percentage Of the rates
in the states named over Texas is as fol-
lows:
:. Georgia, 81 per cent. greater than
Alabama, SO per cent. greater than
FeXSs; Mississippi, Il per cent greater
thafH Texas: Louisiana, % per cent.
grea&r than Texas; Arkansas, q per
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22

your committee, that the population and
business or tonnage per mile is much
greater in such other states and that
the cost of operation is greater in Texas
than in such other states, ana the fur
Their fact that in ali such other states
the railways are - =
EARNING MUCH LARGER REVENUES
from their roads than in Texas, the
rates charged the people OF Texas are
really lower in proportion to the con-
ditiOns prevailing than the rates in such
other Southern states. In many of the
Southern states, particularly Georgia,
the railway companies are allowed to
make contracts 10y which goods are car
ried at ''Owner's risk: and in case of
loss or damage iQ[ransit, the owner sus-
tainS loss, unless such loss can be at
tTibuted directly to some negligeuc9fsof
the carrier. In TaXas we are pro0a-
tied by the law from making such cof-s
tracts andSare liable for. losses, how
ever occurring, eXcept,-thfmugh an act
of God or tie public enemy =
Ne believe. that ,the$Rates- now pre-
vailing in Texas, on, the $BaSis OF bust
ness carried at the carriers risl''
(Which risk we are bound by law to
assume) viii compare favorably with
rage of goods at the ''carrier's risk -
If the laws of Texas were such as TO
permit US TO make contracts with
shippers, allowing them to assume the
risk Of accident OF loss, then, of course,
as done in other states, we could make
lower rates corresponding with such as
sumption OF risk by the shipper. It Is a
self-evident proposition that the railways
of this state are vitality, and we think
more vitality, interested in the rapid pro-
gress ana development OF the state than
any other one interest. They have been
IN the past, and are now, willing to do
everything in their power to promote the
DEVELOPMENT of the state; and they have
always been and
NOW STAND READY
whenever it is shown, by a reduction of
particular rate, that n manufacturing
enterprise can be successfully conducted
in the state, to make such reduction,
even if we have to handle the commodity
at a loss until such time rs such enter
prise can be in situation to pay rates
corresponding III amount to the value of
the service rendered.
We have also heard complaint that the
grain rates in the state are such as TO
keep the Texas producer out Of the mar
ket. For example, q member of the
committee of thirty-One stated that he
was charged rate Of 20 cents per 100
pounds on corn from point on the Fort
Worth and Denver road to points in the
pineries of Eastern Texas, and that the
Kansas and Missouri farmer was only
charged for transportation TO the same
points 20 cents per 100 pounds. He was
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22

80 60. $500 az
Georgia 90 per cent: 8
South Carolina same as Texas; Miss4se
sippi 1G25 per cent. greater than Texas4
Alabama 1873 per cent. less than Texas.
For fifty mles-GeOrgia per cent :
less than Texas; Alabama per cent :
greater than Texas; North Carolina 10
per cent. greater than Texas; South
Carolina 1873 per cent. greater than in
Texas.
For $50 miles-Georgia 81 per cent.
less than Texas; Alabama % per cent.
less than i'll Texas; Mississippi % per
cent. less than Texas; South Carolina
28 per cent. less than Texas;
For 300 mileS-Georgia l per cent. less
than Texas; Alabama, l6 per cent less
than Texas; Mississippi, I6 per cent. less
than Texas.
For the Information of the committee,
will state that no tariffs for North and
South Carolina, for a distance of 800
miles, could be obtained. Your atten-
ton is also called to the fact that the
rates in Texas for $50 miles also apply for
800 miles and upwards, thus enabling the
producer to derive the same price for his
products 800 miles distant from market
as the one $50 miles distant.
e VIII now take up
THE COMMODITY OF BEER,
which, is claimed by the committee, that
Texas roads charge 200 per cent more
for than the roads in the states named in
their proposition. For fifty miles the
rates are as follows:
Alabama so per cent. greater than in
Texas. Georgia 50 per cent. greater,
Mississippi go per cent. greater, Louisiana
45 per cent. greater. Arkansas 80 per
cent. greater, North Carolina 20 per
cent. greater, South Carolina Go per
cent. greater.
For 100 miles-Alabama so per cent.
greater than Texas, Georgia 80 per cent.
greater, Mississippi 80 per cent. greater,
Louisiana Il per cent. greater, Arkansas
II per cent. greater, North Carolina 1919
per cent. greater, South Carolina 80 per
cent greater.
For $50 miles-AIabama 80 per cent.
greater than in Texas, Georgia 48 per
cent. greater, Mississippi 90 per cent.
greater, Louisiana 20 per cent. greater,
Arkansas 90 per cent. greater, North
Carolina 1875 per cent. greater, South
Carolina % per cent. greater.
FURNITURE.
For fifty miles the rates compared with
Texas are as follows: 10.
Alabama 100 per cent sslAater, Georgia
40 per cent. greater, mississippi IS per
cent. greater, Louisiana 40 per cent.
greater, Arkansas - per cent. greater,
North Carolina y per cent. greater,
South Carolina 55 per cent. greater.
For 100 miles-Alabama, so per cent.
greater; Georgia, per cent. greater;
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22

Pahy' which has several hundred miles
Vi ROAD ID this state, is ia the hands of
receiver unable to pay interest on its
bonds
The same is also true of the ST. Louis.
Arkansas and Texas railway, which COM
panY with mileage of 1880 miles, was
operated atan expense of 80 per cent. of its
gross earnings for the year 1888, leaving
only S22 600 surplus, which is to be APP
Piled as return on the capital invested
IN 1890 miles Of road
We bave thus demonstrated TO you that
all of the leading railway lines of the
state are either in the hands of receivers
unable to pay any interest whatever on
their bonds, some of them unable to
earn actual operating expenses, or are
not earning any interest at all on the in
Yestment, and hone of them earning a
far return on the capital actually in
vested.
In view of these facts, we think that,
a MATTER OF COMMON JUSTICE,
your committee and through you the
people Of Texas will see that the railway
companies OF the state cannot stand any
great reduction in the present freight
rates, the result OF which would be to
reduce the earnings of many of the roads
so low that they could not pay actual
operating expenses, and of all others so
low that they could pay no fair remun-
er alton whatever on the capital invested
or the actual cost of the road It would
also result in depriying them of
the means to properly maintain
and operate their roads and
properly perform their duties to the
pubSc, and we would have a recurrence
OF 'boTmer conditions in Texas, where,
uEon some OF the roads, riding upon
train was very similar to riding upon a
ship in a gale. - Many members of
this committee have probably had this
actual experience. It is not to the inter
est of the state that the efficiency of its
railroads should be impaired. ON the
contrary, they should be allowed to
earn sufficient revenue to enable them
TO continue the improvement of their
roads until fhev can finally compare
fayorahly in epndition with the roads OF
other states.
Your cOmmittee, in reaching its con-
clusion that the rates of freight III Texas
are much higher on certain commodities
than III certain otter Southern states,
.we think have ad5Hsed an unfair basis .,
we, think that q stiyQeE.t heretdet
pended will show W5t sgaBsesA in
Te&as are not greatly in excssse iAsi
rateSfn the other states referred TO CORK
sideriag the fact, as we have shown 80 !
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cent 'greatsr th:tas Texas Factt Carhs
Ina, Is per cent. great than Texas;
South Carolina, AZ per cent. greater than
Texas.
-@Or, in other words, the average rate
for the entire seven states named, for a
distance of fifty miles, is 50 per cent.
greater than in Texas. For a distance of
100 miles, the percentages are as fol-
lows:
Georgia, per cent. less than Texas;
Mississippi, 6 per cent. more than Texas;
Alabama, l3 per cent mofe than Texas;
Arkansas, 8 per cent. Qe6fe than Texas;
North Carolina, samaSes Texas; South
Carolina, per cent * more than Texas;
Louisiana, per ceii4. less than Texas.
Or general average of rates in the
seven states named of pefscent. greater
than Texas.
1t viii readily be seen, from this COM
parison, that, for 100 miles in Texas, the
rates average nearly the same with the
advantage in favor of Texas, that they
do, in the seven Southern states named;
7wfff3Rs on the contrary, for short haul,
or fifty miles, the rates in the other
states named are an average of 80 per
cent. greater than in Texas.
Let us take up some of the commodities
grain, and compare the rates in Texas
with those Of other states For n dis
taGce of fifty miles, the percentages il
the states named, compared with Texas,
are as follows:
Georgia 20 per cent. less than Texas;
Alabama 40 per cent. more than Texas;
Mississippi 20 per cent. more than Texas;
Arkansas 50 per cent. more than Texas;
Louisiana 10 per cent. more than Texas;
North and South Carolina 10 per cent.
more than Texas.
For 100 miles the percentages are as
follows:
Alabama same as Texas; Georgia 80
per cent. less than Texas; Mississippi
49, per cent. more than Texas;
Louisiana 80 per cent. more than Texas;
Arkansas 30 per cent. more than Texas;
North Carolina 10 per cent. less than
Texas; South Carolina per cent. less
than Texas.
From this, it viii be seen that. for
fifty miles, the rates in Texas are much
less than in the other states named:
while, for leo miles, the average is about
the same.
It must be borne in mind, however,
that the rates from Texas points 70 points
beyond the state, for long distances, are
made very low TO enable the producers of
the state TO find markets for their sur
plus, and hereto submit the grain rates
from the more important points in North
Texas, which rates also apply from all
the intermediate small points, namely:
Denison TO New Orleans, 500 miles;
Dallas to New Orleans, 626 miles; Fort
Worth to New Orleans, Gas miles; Cisco
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22
THE ms AND THE OUTS.
Collector Sweeney Of the Port Of Galveston
Steps Down and Quincy Reigns.

Special to the Gazette.
I GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. I7.--At p. m. to-day
N. w. Quincy, the newly appointed collector OF
customs at this port, took charge and Capt c.
c. Sweeney, his white Democratic predecessor.
retired. George n. Patten, special deputy col
lector; Joseph Quincy, chief clerk; Maurice
Grose cashier. and Edward Davis; marine
clerk, came in with Quincy. 4Iessrs. P. S. Wren,
chief clerk, and 7. @. Ayers, marine clerk, IN
der Collector Sweeney, rendered their reslSna-
tions which we're accepted BY that gentleman be-
fore he vacated the Office. Collector Quincy WI! Z
not take charge insthe full meaning OF the Wor9
until Monday, VIXEN his appOintees viii be e
their desks.
Caution-Buy ofiy sEsfae 1882
son s Eye Water. NoIse fther
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-22
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Tho Railroad Men Talk Plainly
and Back Their Talk
nth an ATray'Qf Figures That If
Studied WiHslmDart Much
Information.
-. Ranly of the Railroads to the Citizens
rommfitee-The Railroads Desire Friendly
Relations to Exist


NM. TEX, Aug. 15.-After toll
.-r hard al night the traffic men made
tse following reply to the Blake PROPOSE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-12
Easily Suited.

Easily Suited.
 Landlady-Does the turkey suit you, Mr. McGinniss
 Boarder-It is excellent, Mrs. Hashwen. l do believe that cook of yours could roast a side of sole leather and make it tender and palatable. That is feeling confusedly thss he has made blunder), mean, of course, tender enough for me. I'm not-ah-at all particular, you know. I can-er-worry down any kind of cooking, Mrs. Hashwel Landlady dcily)-Thank you, MT. McGin- nisl-Chicago Tribune.