The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-01-14
.s.THESBELTZLINHIR0ADE
Proposed TO be Constructed BY
the y I Union j }! Bridge Co.
THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION

lisl ", il;;5E.lt y
THE SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
hgnin at Another Meeting OF the
4 Railroad Observation-Disclosures.
Ing OF caldwell's I.un Pro.
yldcd for..hnotl,cr Clause.
Another meeting OF II; the Council
Committee on Railroads was hold at tho
Public Building last night for the pur.
pose OF giving further consideration TO
the ordinance presented by tho Union
Bridge and Terminal Railway Company,
granting the company certain rights and
privileges necessary for 1t to have be.
fore II can put into effect the
splen did belt limo system con.
templated for the South Side, all sot
which were set forth In detail e In last
Saturdays issue. There were present
last night 9NIessrs. Terrell, (chairman)
Kenney, Ankle, Faris, iBrandfass and
Seeloy, OF tho committee, President
Cochran and Colonel Bissell, Of
the Bridge Company, and
President Cruise OF the Second
Branch, who acted us clerk. Ex.Judge
Jacob appeared as City Solicitor in place
OF Colonel White, who has gone East.
There were several others present in!
Guiding Col. Thomas o. Brien, Messrs.
John Bodley,f Fred Happy William
Ellingham, Philo i. kimberly,sA. b.
Caldwell and Assistant City Engineer
White. Mr.. w. P. Hubbard, OF counsel
for the company, appeared lator. -,
The ordinance had been printed and
everyone was supplied with a copy so
that the reading was followed carefully
by all interested. Judge jacob explain.
cd ut the outset that he had been called
on by Colonel White to attend to the
matter ut n late hour and that in Conse:
quence " he had Is not is5 had time
to y fully post himself OH the
ordinance. As the instrument was read
he suggested some minor amendments,
among them ono making the accompa.
nying maps parts Of the ordinance, and
providing that the company shall before
May ], file with the city a detailed map,
showing degrees OF curvature and the
grades Of all the proposed new lines.
when section three was reached-the
Caldwell run Strengthening section
Judge Cochran reiterated the objections
the company had to it rs amended by
the committee ut its session on Saturday,
He said the company would much pre-.
fer to go ahead without regard to making
any changes in the course. OF Caldwell's
run than 10 have compulsory sectionir
their ordinance, but after careful con.
sideration OF the entire question the
company had prepared, and was ready
to otter and accept, n substitute. s sS
The section rs amended Saturday read
as follows: i25 :;
SECTION 2. Said Wheeling Bridge and Ter
minAl Railway Company shall straghteu Cald
| wells Run from tho opening OF Tho bridge al
| Woods street and conduct II In u stnlght lInt
from the south abutment Of said bridge TO The
northeast corner Of Alley b and Twcnty.nintt
street, under u suitable bridge for It's trucks or
Line a, ut point near the Intersection OF EOtl
mud Twcnty.ntnth streets, at about the presen,
location OF said run, furnishing sufficient OF Ia
own laud Auditing on said Twentynlnlh street
for said distance to give width OF bed for said
run OF not less than twenty-five feet. 2
The substitute offered by Judge Coch.
ran is as follows: 4 Al
SECTION g. Said Wheeling Bridge and Terminal
Railway Company shall make the excavation
necessary for the strnlgetcnlng OF Caldwell's
run from the opening Of the bridge on Wood.
street to the east side Of Eor street nc the north
side OF Twcnty.ninth street Ia struight line from
the south abutmentof said Woods street bridge
70 the intersection Of the north line Of Twenty.
ninth street and the east line, OF ,Eoir street
| being the south side OF said run where
| II shall DO so atraIghtenetl), aud furnish
sufficient OF Its own land AUDITING on Twenty
| ninth street for said distance 10 give width
OF bed for said run north OF nld south line, Of
not less than Is feet: And II within two month,
| from the passage Of ttis ordinance the City o.
Wheeling shall notifySth said Railway Com
pany OF the ci.y''s purpose TO straIshten Cald
wells run. md shall within six months from
the passage OF said ordinance strnighten said
run along the north side Of Twcn,y.ninth street
70. alley G.. on the west. then = the I'D
| Wheeling Bridge and . Hallway Terminal
Company shall and 1t is agreed that II will con
erencc TO such Strengthening. and that It Will
give sufficient OF Its lot abutting on Eof street
Twenty.ninth3 street and ALLEY D., to give d
width OF bed for said run OF not less than .;
ieetI and that It will make tho necessary cxcaya
ton OF said lot Tor the width OF the run bed
Aforesaid. n -; :. ~, 81. 75tl p J!ss
This was agreed to by the committee
and the printed section marked out. j.
$@Judge Jacob had an amendment ne
wanted tackled on to section G. I 1t was in
the nature of another indemnifyinp
clause and was as follows: "And the
said Railway Company, does by the nc.
ceptanCe OF q this ordinance ! further
agree to pay and satisfy any and all
judgments that may be recovered against
the city Of Wheeling, caused by, or re.
sulting from i injuries to persons gor
property, from the construction, location
and repair Of its railroad. tii
VI This brought Fona lengthy discussion
which was finally ended by the commit.
tee rejecting the proposed amendment.
This was not done, however, till the at
tention of the Members had been repeat.
edlyi called to the, fact that the section
proposed to be amended had already
been exhaustively amended by Solicitor
White and recommended by him rs be.
ing in shape to guard all the city's in.
terests. 8!i,l s Fl
TheG ordinance, as it will 60 before
Council tonight, affords an opportunity
for the city, by the expenditure Of a
small sum, to end the ugly question rel.
alive 10 the Strengthening toi { Caldwells
run. The company has been very accom-.
modating in this matter and by it's plan,
affords an easy. solution Of tile old ques:
ton Z it3gsli
A LITTLE COLD tWAYE 3:l;sf
Makes "a Very Agreeable Change In tho
tx Wenthcr--What n Doctor: Says. Il .yFs
~ Quite m q agreeable change in tho