The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-10

mend to Council the route 10 reporte
by the City Surveyor, and the pnrchas
of the Hemptield yards by the city as
basis for exchange, OF the removal OF til
! Is. 4 0. railroad tracks from Sixteenth
: and Seventeenth streets, and that thl
maps OF the proposed route be loaned l,
the b. & o. railroad company for th,
purpose Of making estimates, etc,
! The resolution was adopted,
Then Mr.. Ankles substitute was taker
up as an independent proposal.
Mr.. Brandfass didn't Just see its ueces
sity. OI95T ~ Asss
Mr.. Farrell-oh. 1t will do no harm.
The motion was rejected. 5a
Mr.. Faris moved to take up tho Ter.
minal ordinance, and this was done,
The pending business was tho vote on
RECOMMENDING IT TO COUNCIL,
Mr.. Brandiass thought lurther action
ought to be deferred till there was come.
thing final In the negotiations with the
u. & 0. II the B. & o. could not be 10.
Gated south OF the creek, he did not sce
any reason why the Terminal company
should notget all 1t wants.
MIR. W. P. Hubbard, representing the
Terminal Company said this committee
bad done none OF the things Council
instructed 1t to do. II the B. & O
wanted to do anything 1t would have
somebody here authorized to do il.
When a committee has been appointed
to ASCERTAIN what the B. & 0. will do, that
company coolly comes here and asks
TINT another committee be sent to Balti.
more and find out. He asked that the
Terminal ordinance bo reported back 10
Council, 80 that II that body desired TO
pass it, 1t would not be prevented by Tho
ordinance being locked up in the com.
mittee. - = -N'''
Mr.. Brantifaes objected to being lee.
tured by Mr.. Hubbard. I
MIR. Hubbard presented amendments
drawn up in accordance with the com.
mlttee's expressions the night before.
The first reserved to the city tho priyi.
lege oil repairing or relaying sewers or
other pipes under the Terminal right OF
way. Mr.. Farrell insisted on the formal.
ity OF having q member offer these
amendments, and Mr.. Faris acted as
sponsor.
The time for the completion OF the
work was extended from four to five
years by a new section, which also pro-
vided Tor delays on account of litigation
not reasonably to be avoided. 1t was
amended 60 as to give the city the right
to supervise track.layiog in streets or
alleys.
Another amendment reserved the
right to build an overhead bridge across
the tracks and buildings on Chapllne |
street.
Mr.. Handlan wanted to limit the
height OF any building to be put across
Chapline street to twenty feet. Mr..
Brandfass thought twenty feet not
enough room. Engineer Brown, OF the
Terminal Company, thought twenty-five
feet would bs sufficient, and this was
agreed to.
City Solicitor White undertook 10
suggest possible evasion by putting
platforms on trestle.
MIR. Brown-We would not build
platforms on trestles to climb in the car |
windows, you know.
LITTLE PARLEY
was necessary on this idea that the COM
pany might run all its trains up on tres
tie and then run them down again.
This difficulty out OF the way, Mr.
Arkle moved that the ordinance be re.
ported to Council with the recommenda.
ton that it be passed. The vote Oh this
motion resulted four to three, the mo.
ton being rejected. Messrs Farris,. Fer
rell and Arkle voted aye aud Messrs.
Brandfass, Hamilton, Handland and
KINNEY no..
Mr.. Hubbard asked that the ordinance
be reported, that Council could eyercise
it's discretion.
Mr.. Brandfass moved that it be re.
ported with recommendation that it
be not passed at this time, but that the
committee recommend that the ordi.
nance be passed if no agreement be
reached with the B. 4 o. company by
the frat meeting in January, 1891. Alter
a good deal Of talk about the right way
to do this, the last proposition, in sub.
stance. was adopted and the committee
adjourned.