The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-07-04
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President Cochran Opposes tho Proposed
Y ,tGr Action by tho County. ais.
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president Cochran Opposes tho Proposed
Action by the County. AZ. /
To he Editor Of ne Lnielltoener. ~.
Sir: I have been repeatedly asked
whether theWheelinH Bridge and Termi.
nal Railway Company has any part in
asking Ohio county TO vote one hundred
thousand dollars to the Wheeling 4 Lake
Erie Railway Company, and I answer
that Il has not. " IN lIgi.D ' .,t.}
Speaking Tor myself and as friend to
this community, have felt that the
next money Ohio county votes to q
railroad should be for a limo through tho
county and to Connellsville and the
East, and to q company chartered under
West Virginia laws, which will not OK.
pose the county to double liability to
secure payment OF the debts and liabil.
lties Of the company, as imposed by the
constitution and laws Of Ohio on her
companies-a liability that has been 70.
peatedly enforced by State and United
states courts, md under which suits arc
now pending 10 Ohio and United States
courts against many hundreds Of stock
holders Of the, Wheeling 4 Lake Erie
ka'lroad Company, most OF whom paid
their stock In full many years ago.
ANY. money expended by the couAty
and our people Tor Ohio roads, will
weaken their ability to aid Wheeling Ell.
terprises, and among these, this Con.
nellsvillo line, which Is more important
10 them than any one Ohio road, and |
confidently believe that the Wheeling
Bridge and Terminal Railway Company,
which is, or II permitted, soon will be,
one Of tho heaviest taxpayers In the
county, will far prefer to be- taxed ior
the road to Connellsville and east, and
to aid 1t in other substantial ways, than
to DO taxed 10 bring in road already at
our doors and which will come in II the
business pays 1t to come, and will not
come II It does not pay.
This is true OF every road on the Ohio
side Of the river, and the argument that
gives 100000 To ono OF these roads il
equally potent to give like sum to each
OF the others, and there are, or will be,
five or six roads on the Ohio side seek.
Ing entrance to the city. Let US hope
that in time there will be others still 10
come, and that our railroad development
Is not near Its end. To aid in furnishing
inlets for these roads, Ohio county voted
her $500, 900; and shall each be, now in.
vited to demand 100000 before It will
come in?
1t was to encourage and make proyis.
ion Tor all these roads that the county
voted $500, 900 to the Terminal Company.
Having wisely done this, further sub.
scription to separate roads, unless made
ior some other purpose than to bring
them into Wheeling by the route al.
ready provided, ia not In keeping with
business methods, and plainly an.
tagonlzes the county's former action.
Every one can see to what extent the
vote Of the county has been successful
In providing facilities for the Ohio roads;
but upon what business principle can
any one demand or ask that 100000
shall be voted by the county to create in
the mind OF any one man or OF bust.
ness corporation, q Willingness to make
use Of what has already been prepared
and offered? In other words, can the
county afford to vote 100000 "a !,
premium on the preludices Of any rail.
way corporation9 ~, 5t-r. -
The value or abaurdity of any request
can usually: be we'll illustrated bv the
claims urged in its support. The Wheel.
ing q Lake Erie Company atlirms that
the business interests OF Wheeling art,
40 great that separate accommodations
must be provided Tor that company and
with equal candor they say the business
interests OF Wheeling are so small as to
Dc unworthy OF approach by way Of the
exceptionally good facilities which the
county has now to offer. -
~ y OHIO county gives large sums to
Ohio roads, what can be done for Con.
nti!sville line, which at an early day
WIZ seek her attention and action, and
about which on her own motion she
should now be stirring?
Wheeling, July 8. ~ -