The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-13
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Io be Imposed In ! SonSit1hteS Union
Bridge CO.. ISL, criminals

Bridge Cost 7 criminals 3 ! j i! I !.
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THATs'WlLLS BADLY 4 HAMPER
The Company According to tho State
i lImcnts Made by its Representa-.
..tiy,}cl,si--:';ssatartln,'s Niccting of n
tho Railroad Committee. y
Saturday morning the members oi
the Council Committee on Railroads,
together with City Solicitor White,
Assistant City Engineer White and a
few. others interested in the conducting
Of the city's affairs, met at the Public
building and in company with Presi.
dent Cochran, Colonel Bissell, Engineer
Durham and other representative Of
the Union Bridge and Terminal Railway
Company, spent the balance Of
the morning and the early portion
Of the afternoon going over tho
ground on the South Side which the
company desires to occupy for terminal
purposes. This trip was In accordance
with the nd journment had the night
before when. the committee met as re-.
ported In Saturdays papers, and went
over for the first time tho ordinance
which the companyidesires Council to
adopt in order that they may finish coll
structing for Wheeling the most perfect
belt line ,road that any city in the
country has.
1n'm making the trip Of personal inspec-
ton all the ground referred TO In the or.
dinance, was gone over carefully. and all
points explained lin detail by the com
pany's representatives. Every; one ap-
peared to feel satisfied that tho COM
pany was asking no more than what 1t
must really have in order to make
It's system q perfect one, but between tho
time OF concluding the trip and the re.
assembling OF the committee at 4 o'clock
in the chamber OF the First Branch OF
Council for the purpose Of finally recon.
mending the 5company's ordinance to
Council for: passage, there were original
ed two amendments which threaten 10
very seriously hamper the company,
provided they are seriously considered.
3 The committee had not more than
fairly composed itself for, the business in
hand aafter reassembling when Mr..
Seeley stated that there had been pro.
posed by Solicitor White an amendment
designed to be in the naturelo saving
clause to the city. Colonel White then
read the following, after echoing Mr..
Seeley's statement that 1t was intended
to better protect the City's interests: e
s.Atd the said Wheeling Bridge and Terminal
Railway Company, to which the grants herein
contained arc made, aud rights given does by
the acceptance Of this ordinance, and itS provis
Ions. agreH to and With the City Of Wheeling
| o.! the duties, Requirements, obligations and LA
bllitlcs In this ordinance md OF secs. j. 5, G. s.
and 10 herein made part Of this ordinance. con
timed. and that 1t, tho said Wheeling Bridge
part perform aud do all and every thing required
by Is to beS done. aud performed, and that Ii
Will pay all. every and any damage which may
III any way be incurred or suffered by tho city Of
Wheeling. growing put Of the rights, privileges
sections, or any OF the rights hereby conferred
| or by reason OF tho use and enjoyment BY. the
said Railway Company OF said rights, privileges
and grants, md any and each Of them, and will
save said city harmless and fully Unidentified ay
to and against any and all such loss aud damage
Any failure OF the said company In any such TO
spcct shall OF itselfwork forfeiture OF the gran
hereby made and the rights and privileges here
By conferred. !" JiIis5. IyllSi
Mr.. Hubbard, OF counsel for the com.
pany, said the effect OF this amendment
would be that if a judgment for ten dol.
lars should ever be given against the
railroad company,all the millions placed
in the enterprise would be in jeopardy.
No one would put money in an enter.
prise with such a thing hanging over
them. He though the railroad company
had been too liberal toward the city in
preparing the ordinance, because the
committee evidently felt it ought to add
something, and to, add any thing would
be TO embarrass the railroad company, Z. Z.
3 Colonel White frankly admitted that
he knew. OF no ordinance ontaininp n
clause as binding and arbitrary as; this,
and further, il he represented a railroad
company he. would mot assent to such a
thing. He added that he had simply
done as he had been requested in Pre-.
pairing the amendment, and that 1t was
for, Council 10 decide whether it should
be adopted; if adopted it remained with
Council to 80 as far as the amendment
would allow. 2:, ,s;i II 4
Mr.. Hubbard could not see why the
Union Bridge Company should be dis.
eliminated against in Esuch an unjust
and unfair manner. The adoption OF
such an amendment would Virtually
stop the whole enterprise and he in
quired what thing had been done by
this railroad company to invite such
treatment at the hands of the city. sgtz;S5:ss
No disposition being shown:to modify
the proposed amendment as to the forfeit.
ture clause, Mr.. Hubbard spoke further
on the subject and remarks were made by
Colonel Bissell and Judge Cochran. 8 The
three gentlemen were emphatic and
plain-Mr. Hubbard particularly SO ( he
made strong plea for fair play. He said
the company had not only done all ( it
had agreed TO do but had actually spent
one million dollars more here than it was
obliged to do under: the grant and fran.
chises Of the city. E He and those with
him were making an honestselIort to
build up Wheeling. They were taking
a deep interest in the city. His com.
panyS was the largest taxpayer in the
city, and $yet here, while preparing to
spend another million dollars orr SO
within the city, and in view of all that
had been done, the company was con.
fronted with threat Of forfeiture. hat
had the company done to, merit such a
threat . q elEs
ID Colonel White feeling that an impu.
tation Ind been cast on him denied that
he was endeayoring Z to shamper the
company, and there was quite a lively
passage between the Solicitor and Presi-
dent Cochran, during which Colonel
Bissell left the building. Mr.. Seeley
assumed all responsibility for the amend
ment and also denied that he WINS EN-.
deavoring to hamper the company. Il,
" President Cochran finally ofiered the
following to. be used in connection with
the :unobjectionable portion Of Colonel
Whites amendment: u III III
q at Ia further provided that thu said Wbeeljny