Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-09
WHO WILL GET IT?
TIE RAILROAD ROUTES UP TIE CREEK
UNDER CONSIDERATION.
The Railroad Committee Puts il Half Day and
Nearly half the Nigh!-The Struggle 70
be Renewed To-Day.

The gentlemen of the Council Com
mlttee on Railroads have been working
particularly hard Of late, and yesterday
was about their busiest day. They are
called to meet again this afternoon to
meet Vice President King, of the b. N
O.. and TO resume consideration of the
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Company
ordinance: and tonight they will meet
in Council 10 fight, in all probability,
their battles DER again.
At three o'clock yesterday afternoon
the Committee met At the call ot Mr..
BrandfaSS, chairman of the Sub-com-
mittee having in charge the selection oil
a pew route for the Il. Il o. through
the city via the valley of the creek, and
made tour along the north bank oil
the creek. from the intersection Of
Twelfth street to the mouth Of the
stream. The Committee was accom-
panied by Local Agent Stephenson, OF
the Il. X o., and Engineers White and
Hoge, and the latter, having the plans
and profile of the line laid out, eN-
planned very fully the ideas Of the sub
committee. The proposed new line
leaves the Il. II o. track NJ a
point near the intersection of Bal
timore and Eleventh streets, and
cutting across Thirteenth street
some distance east of the present rail-
road line, crosses the old Bodley brick
ward and contiguous lowlandS, passes
i'm the rear Of the Central Glass Works
and the building of the Butchers AsSo-
citation, at the east end of Sixteenth
street, goes under the west end OF the
Seventeenth street bridge, and thence
follows along the north bank of the
creek TO point in the rear of the City
Gas Works. about 100 feet west of the
north pier of the Terminal Company
bridge, awhere Il crosses to the south
bank Of the creek, passes under the
south end of the Market street bridge
and crosses the south end of the stone
bridge at grade, and on to connection
with the main line at Twenty first
street. The grades are as follows:
From the west end of the tunnel, de-
Scending grade of Al feet to the mile
70 the Seventeenth street bridge;
thence an ascending grade Of II
/ feet inches TO the mile TO
Wood street: thence level to the south
end of the proposed bridge over the
creek; thence descending, - feet to the
mile. to Market street; thence an as
cending grade of 81 feet to the mile to
Main street; thence an ascending grade
of 10 feet to the mile TO Twenty-trSt
street
About ) o'clock the Committee ad-
/ journed, To meet at 5 D. m, when it was
| expected Nicc-PreSident King would be
present, but communication was re-
ceived from Mr.. H. NJ Russell, saying
| he was delayed In PittSburg, and would
not arrive in Wheeling until . o'clock
this morning.
The Committee first took up the Ordi-
nance granting the Wheeling Electrical
I Company the right to lay and maintain
switch on McCulloch street, between
Thirty-Sixth and Thirty-Seventh streets,
and then took up the ordinance giving
the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal
Company the right to construct their
big terminal system on the north bank
OF the creek. from Market to Wood
streets.
When the Wheeling Bridge and Ter
minal ordinance had been taken up and
read a first time, Mr. BrandfaSS asked
il the City Solicitor had examined the
same. In reply, Col. White said he had
looked over that portion of the ordi-
nance relating particularly to the route
al. Il e In
and il had struck him that Il good
many of the provisions were couch
ed in very general language. For
instance, the grant was bounded
on the south side by 1.-The bed of Wheel
ing creek" He did not know what
that meant. Then, there were no def
mite locations of buildings, depotS, turn
tables. etc; and again, certain streets
were closed up. There was some QueS-
ton as to the city's right to virtually
give up street In the opinion of the
Colonel, the ordinance might be more
specific After some discussion, Mr..
BrandfasS moved to postpone, so as TO
give the Solicitor time to 90 over the
ordinance. This Col. White inter-
pretcd to mean that upon him was TO be
thrown the chief burden of getting up
an ordinance. and he protested.
Mr.. w. z. Hubbard also thought it
was hardly fair either to Col. White or
TO the Company. Col. Hubbard then
went on 10 say that some of the obiec-
tionS raised by Col White did not exist.
For instance, Col. White said the build
iugS, etc, were only located generally,
and suggested that the map accompany
ing the ordinance aud which was made
part thereof. showed the locations
exactly. In regard TO the objection re-
specting Wheeling creek, Mr.. Hubbard
said IL was quite the usual custom to
bound land 10y the bed of stream, but
be that as it may, the city was not con-
cerned except 81 far as the streets
abutted ON the stream. When private
property abutted on the stream. the
city was not Interested.
Col. White said ii was not his purpose
to cavll al the ordinance; lie had not
thought OF that; but the creek might be
50 Distracted, or otherwise interfered
with. as to affect the health of the city,
and i'm that sense, the city certainly was
concerned.
Col. Hubbard-Wh is your objection
to the Company's occupying the south
end Of Wood street?
Col. White-Thc ordinance gives the
Company part Of that street. One
question is, can the city give up that
street: another is. ought she TO do it?
can't decide such matters at once.
Again. IL is proposed to give the Company
a part OF Chaplnc street, sc feet wide,
and In lieu thereof. to give the city n
30 foot street; at another point, 1t is
propoSed TO give the Company
Eighteenth street, and in lieu thereof.
10 give the city 25 foot street. lam not
prepared TO say that ought to be done.
Again. | don't believe the city has the
mower to entirely exclude the people
from street. II might partially give
ND a street, but not entirely. ] think
there might be- an amendment to over
come that In some way.
MIR. Hubbard-YOu have no DOUBT,
Colonel, Of the power Of the city 10
change the location of street,
Col. White-Well, ! don't know about
that. Abutting landowners might nave
power TO object.
Mr.. Hubbard-Well,w we're not SEEK
ing 10 keep them from Directing. The
Courts are open to any person who Is
agrieved.
Proceeding. Col. White said that in