Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-21
SWORDS CROSSED.
SOME SHARP TALK AT THE CITY HALL HES-
TEaDAr,
Between Counsel for the Camden Consolidated Oil
Co. and the Wheeling Terminal Co.-The
Additions Of the Latter Corporation
Sc, Forth by It's President

Tho Council Committees on Streets,
Alleys aud Grades and Railroads were
called together in joint session, in the
chamber Of the First Branch Of Council,
at o'clock yesterday afternoon, TO CON
slider the resolution offered ia the Tirst
Branch Of Council at the las' seseion by
Mr.. Farrell, looking 20 The removal Of
the Wsr-7r on pipe line from Seven
tcenth and EoG streets, aud also TO CON
slider the petition Of the Wheeling and
Elm Grove Railroad Company, 20 be al
lowed 10 lay down switch on the south
side OF Sixteenth Sireeth, OPPOSITE Mo
City Hall The ioint ccna,,tteo was
called 90 order bv NJ. Nenney, aud on
his motion ~. farrcll was called to the
chair. There were present Superin-
tcudent Gilleland, of the Elm Grove
Company. President Cochran. of the
Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Com
pauy. with W. =. Hubbard, Company
counsel, and Isaiah Warren and Judge
j. j. Jacob, his counsel, together with
City Solicitor +. :. Riley.
the resolution relating TO the pipe line,
It's terms requiring the removal OF the
line within sixty days from the date Of
It's passage by Council.
Judge Jacob, on behalf OF Mr.. War
ren. said there was no such firm as
Isaiah Warren x Co., but the pipe line
referred 20 was owned by the Camden
Consolidated Oil Company, tie would
submit 90 the Committee whether or
not it was proper for Council 90 pro-
ceed without notice to tho proper par
ties.
Judge IochtsH said the resolution
had boon offered ia Council at the in
stance OF his Company. The Terminal
Company was proceeding &c censt'rct
It's terminal facilities Or THE north bank
Of the creek " hai been unable TO
come 90 terms with Mr.. War
rem aud those he represented AID
condemnation proceedings had been
commenced. Mr. Warren and those be-
youd him were attempting, by all man
ner of technicalitieS and Legal rr!b0ieS,
10 delay the construction OF the railroad
work a"d tad nterposed, in carrying
o-t their policy, a lot OF special pleas.
These pleas had been tried 90 Jury
and the Railroad ComDany lad won.
Now it was proposed 10 carry that mat
ter t0 The supreme Court, involving u
delay OF many months, and keeping
back the railroad work until late IN the
summer or autumn. These rureiy tech
nical proceedings involved matters OF
vital Interest 20 the whole city, and the
situation was such thai the Railroad
Company Thought he city ought to step
IN end 20 ali ia It's power TO aid the cor
poration i'm carrying ont the grants aud
franchises given 10y the city. The War
reu Company, by its policy % ntS,ruc-
tiou, had cat OF thp Railroad Company
FROM i'7 tack factory property, 9nd
was seriously gripping the work.
ln reply 10 this, Judge Jacob took
10 that the committee or Council would
not seek 90 interfere prematurely IN any
pending litigation i'e d'd NOT think
that wuvlG be eight or proper II the
Supreme Court sustained the lower
Court then the pipe line would 90 with
the rest OF the property, aud If not, the
property must remain in the hands OF
the Camden Company, the Railroad
Company would takr mo part of the
property, and the pipr line would not
Interfere. The proposed action was not
only wholly unnecessary and premature,
but was am effort ON behalf oil the Rail
road Company 30 have the committee
anj 30" Council Interfere i'm pending
litigation in favor OF one of the liti-
giants. There was nothing in the claim
that failure To- pass this resolution
would work delay To- the Railroad Com
uauv. and he trusted 10 would De- the
Judgment 0f the committee not 10 inter
frrc, aud 20 recommend to Council that
any Intervention would Doe premature
and ul-adviscd. The coutrs of the
State were open to litigation between
the two parties, and the city ought not
90 Interfere.
Mr.. Hubbard, on behalf of the Rail
road Company, said 10 was perfectly
true the Courts OF the State were open
90 questions OF litigation between the
Railroad Company and the Standard OIL
Company atlas the Camden Consolidated
OH Company: but other Courts had some
thing 90 say. and one Of these
Courts was the Council of the City Of
Wheeling II 60 Dee true that the
city OF Wheeling wanted 20 help this
CORPORATION which IN turn wanted 20
help the city, then the Council would
pass the resolutions II the city Of
Wheeling did not want 90 help the Ter
minal Company, then &c would not do 10.
He wanted 90 know II there was one
single reason why the Camden OIL Com
pany should not allow the question OF
value To- be passed on by jury and let
the Terminal Company take the proper
ty in question thought to cease their
legal bubbles and stop miSuSing the
Courts OF the State 20 thwart great
improvement. The city had for years
given the Camden Company rights and
privileges without price or hlndcrancc,
and now that Company ought 20 do
what was right get out Of the way, take
the price fixed by Jury or commission
or and leu this great work OF improve
ment 90 on The Camden Company
was now. by using tcchnicalitieS and
hemachincry OF the law, trying to staHd
i'm the way OF a great work in which all
the material interests of Wheel
ing were bound mp. There had been
talk by Judge Jacob about our effort to
cripple the Camden Company. The
ordinance by which that Company had
the iise of the streets was simple or
dinance which could he repealed no any
time: but if there was any Gripping TO
be done. which had rather be crippled.
the Camden Company or the Terminal
Railroad company? lie repeated that
the resistance of the Camden Company
was but "a part OF the Quibbliug aud
technical delays by which the Camden
Company had sought, and still seeks, TO
delay the progress Of "a great enter
prise.
Judge Jacob replied To this, rciter-
ating his former views, and insisting II
was n most extraordinary proceeding
that one OF the litigautS 10 proceeding
should attempt TO appeal TO the City
Council without any other result than
to cripple the Camden Company, with
ont aiding the Railroad Company. II
the resolution was passed. it might re-
splt i'm tearing up the pipe line, but IL
would not facilitate the operations of
the Railroad Company by single day. IL
was simply an effort on the part OF
one corporation TO cripple another with
out any corresponding benefit. ltdid not
beroy,e a Railroad Company, which was
occupving more of the streets Of the city