The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-20
THE ". & H. 4. RAILROAD.
Tho Chamber OF Commerce Adopts It's
Special Committees Report.

special Committees ltcport.
There was fair attendance OF mem
bera OF tho Chamber OF Commerce
at tho called meeting last night &c
hear the report Of the special rail.
road committee appointed in tho mat.
ter Of tho Wheeling < Lake Eric
road. 1t will be remembered that
this committee was appointed some
time ago to confer with the officials Of
the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie regarding
certai IN inducements the company asked
the city to oller to warrant them In OK.
tending the road into Wheeling. All
the members Of the committee were
present last night. They were presi.
dent Quarter, Mr.. T. II. Moore, Hon.
a. J. Sweeney, Mr.. ]. D. Ewing and MI
j.'B, Taney. The report was offered by
President Quarter, chairman, and was
In tho form Of the following resolution.
which was unanimously adopted by the
Chamber: lIE
''Rfsolred, That after comforting with
the representatives OF the Wheeling K
Lake Erie railroad, and hearing their
views and learning tho nature OF their
needs. we respectfully recommend to the |
Chamber Of Commerce and through it |
to the people OF Wheeling and Ohio
county, that n subscription OF SlO0 600 |
10 the capital stock oi the Wheeling &
Lake Erie railroad should be made, on |
the condition that the said Wheeling 4 |
Lake Erie Railroad Company shall make
Wheeling its terminus, and that no
money shal! be paid to the said company
until its terminals are located at con.
venicnt business point within tho limits
Of tho city Of Wheeling, nor until their
cars are running into the city and to
such tusincsspoint, aud the said COM
pany FULLY prepared 10 transact business,
And in order that the said substitution
may be secured with the least delay, the
said Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Company are willing and desirous to un.
dertake to raise the sum named by no.
licitation from private citizens, and we
heartily ask for a favorable response TO
their request"
Accompanying tho report was the fol.
lowing copy Of a motion offered BY Mr..
Taney at the committee meeting, which
was not adopted, the meeting having
pending the discussion Of it:
by Mr.. Taney-lt being represented
by Mr.. Wilson that SO far as the Wheel.
ing Bridge and Terminal Company is
concerned 1t is unnecessary for this
committee to wait upon It, as the Wheel.
ing & Lake Erie Company believe it can
secure all the facilities it could expect
from the said company" ri /
Mr. fancy explained, in answer to d
question, that this paper was not intend
ed as minority report, as the first reso-
luton had received the unanimous vote
OF the committee. 1t was simply read
to show the Chamber why. the commit.
tee did not report any conference with
the Union Bridge and Terminal Com
pany. He had understood that to con.
fer with the bridge company was a part
OF the purpose of the committee, but j
his colleagues did not so understand the
matter,
Other members OF the committee con-
sldereu that any arrangement that the
Wheeling l. Lake Erie people might
make with the Union Bridge Company
was an outside matter, and that all that
concerned the Chamber OF Commerce
was what aid or encouragement it would
give the road to come into th Q city,
Matters between the railroad company
and the bridge company would shape
themselves.
MIR. Sweeney, in explaining the re-
port OF the committee, said that the
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Compa-
ny want 100000 to aid them to get into
the city, and, as is implied in the resolu-
luton, they propose to raise the money {
themselves by selling that amount Of
stock to Wheeling business men. All ,
that was asked Of the Chamber Of
Commerce was the good wishes Of it's
members and their moral encourage.
ment in the effort to get footing in the
city, and he presumed there would be
no objection to the report. The stock
to be disposed Of will be sold at par
valne.
The sentiment in favor OF the report
WAS unanimous, and it was adopted
without debate, eG Il