Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-12-14
Important Communication.

MARTINS FERRY, o., December Is.
10 ne E,dU0r OF the Register.
SIR ask for privilege through your
columns TO call the attention of our citizens
who are, think, deeply interested in the
question, TO the Importance OF our CITY
Council taking some steps looking to the
welfare of good many property owners,
who are in a sense ignorant of one OF their
most essential property rights. BY this
mean the location of monuments from
which all property can be measured or sur
veved. From a talk with one of our Lead
ing civil engineers, | learn that there is
really no fixed monument or starting point
from which person can, with any degree
of certainly, locate purchase OF real
property in the city. whist thls
NAV be true and no real worth
is attached TO I few inches or feet oil
realty in its normal state or the common
advancement as an entirety uniformally
NAV be true. but when an encroachment
of a gigantic corporation confronts one for
the possession of a few inches or feet OF
ground for the purpose that they may
! trample under foot the rights and interests
of the many to the loss of the few, as is
now being practiced by the {. " L. *. IL.
The G.. Il p II. X. when il was located IN
orr city did not even ask for right oil
wav or any franchise from the borough,
! land being cheap and railroads lew, ouI
as an experiment our Borough Councli
having no precedent ITO govern thehl
permitted them 20 go something after the
! Donnvbrook fair-as you please, not
Guarding or requiring any stipulatlons
| from them. as none were in vogue by
which they could be governed. SO simple
were our fathers in permitting the railroad
to pass through our town, that to-day IL
wonld be impossible for one TO tell from the
record when. if ever, it did make its appear
ance at all. But granting all this, is 1t OF
time for our citizens 10 now open their
eyes TO the importance of locating not only
the railroad but determining that IRON
.onc points there shall be beginning
and ending Nothing stronger can
! be shown from my argument than
the case of b. McEntee. Mr.. McEntee
has been in the peacea0le possession
of a very valuable property Tor a numoer OF
wears. It's value has advanced with the
Town. and as is seen by our last apprals-
ment makes it very valuable property.
Again It's location both as TO the center oi
the town and it's railroad facilities makes
il desirable as abusiness point. What do we
| fndl The G.. ~ p. railroad seeking every
thing in its power, not only 10 cut OH lts
location. but to so surround it that none
can enter or depart, by the building of an
eight foot fence surrounding all OF said
property. Now if the G. IL p. railroad have
the law to do as they please, as they have
in this case, then deliver us from our law
makers. But while | grant the railroad
all rights TO look after its interests, IS IL no'
time for our Council TO see ana look aiter
what interests and privileges they have in
the matter, Should the Council take the
proper steps now, much annoyance and ex'
pense would be saved to number OF our
citizens along the railroad. The fixing OF
monuments is of insurm0unta0le value to
ali real owners of property, and should be
adopted and enforced at the earliest mo
1,ont roseihle JUSTICE.