The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-17
i NEW B. Z O ROUTE,
with g view of Getting the Tracks
OF Sixteenth Street.
A YIBDyCT THOUGH The CITY
From Twentieth streetto the Present
Traek on Eon Street - The Old
us,nnCcld Yards to Be Abandoned
No Grade Crossings on the New
Route.

Tho desirability of having the B. & O.
..aots removed from Sixteenth street
ADMIT, Of no argument, 1t has long
been looked on by everybody as o con-
summation dcyoutly to be wished. At
times plans for accomplishing this have
hson broached, and the public hopes
,ao hiah but each time something hap
Drped to prevent the realization of
hose homes, and the people have we'll
MOI, I'. come to regard the thing as inn
"rS5cticablc OF accomplishment. II is a
lraiI tnown iact that the u. q o. people
are as DESTROYS OF bringing the change
., "' o a. as anybody else could be- but
,Icir views and those Of the public, or
ether OF those representatives OF the
willie having the matter in charge,
rronid never heretofore. Go made to
" Yesterday Colonel John A. Robinson,
n rttrrsoil's Creek, a representative OF
Lcrlitroat company arrived in Wheel
inc With the plan OF Il new route for the
c"unany's tracks through the city. BY
this plan. ii adopted, the tracks will be
r",n5ycI from Sixteenth street entirely
and other decided advantages secured.
Among these the most striking, per-
Iap, would he the abandonment by the
romPauy OF its old yards south Of the
pnLtc lIuiIding. This is another thing
Mat has been often referred to as u
tb;Bs much to be desired, but not apt
"a he brought TO pass within the lite
lime of any Of the citizens OF Wheeling
now living More than all this, the new
route does not provide for single street
crossing at grade. except that at Eotf
street, which already crosses at grade,
OUTLINE OF TIE PLAN.
Briefly decribcd, the new plan pro-
vidcs ior route from the present Balti-
more 4 Ohio track on Eof street, where
rcurycs 10 enter tho Hempfeld yard,
straight west to the creek bank, thence
crOss;ngtl.c creek with curved track,
The curve continuing until the track
strikes Water street south OF the creek,
Joining the company's existing tracks
In its YARD near the Warwi ckipottery.
The proposed new route will curve
cast at Twcnty.iirst and Water streets,
entering the railroad company proper
wat the old Baltimore d Ohio house"
Ihe truck rises at gentle grade from u
point justbelow this. 1t curves through
ibis square, crossing Twentieth street ut
Alley A into the old Ship property,
now owned by Mr.. Emblem. 4 1t crosses
the Ship property and the propertyjust
north OF 1t, owned by Mr.. W. S. Cos
horn, and occupied by very old brick
buildings, and from there crosses Main
street at IN elevation of fifteen feet
above the grade OF the street. The
crossing point is AZ feet north OF Twen-
tieth street. The bridge will cross the
creek diagonally, strikingthe north bank
atapointabOut midway between the Mar
ket and Main street bridges. The track
between Main street and the bridge lies
wholly within the old flour mill prop
trty, owned by the railroad COM
faay. North OF the creek it runs
through the lots now occupied by the
oldsaw mill property, crossing Market
street just south OF the present line OF
Seventeenth street, into the St. Johns
German church property. The viaduct
over Market street will be thirteen feet
high The track proceeds eastward
through the lots between it and Chap
lue street, which il crosses at a height
u twelve feet, into the FlacOus catsup
tctory lots. and straight east through
this property and the old cooper shop
iGd vacant lot adjoining to Eoif street,
which it will cross at grade, and the
track on Seventeenth street will, so far
d this plan is concerned, remain just
Gitnow is.
COL. roBINsoN's PROPOSAL.
An ISrRLLluENcER nun called on Col
o9el Robinson at the Mcclure house and
examined the plans, which the Colonel
explained in detail. He was asked Just
what his company asked at the hands
oithe city.
I'VE ask, said he, that the city will
In exchange forou removing our tracks
entirely IRON Sixteenth street furnish
asthe free right OF way from the creek
hank TO EoH street. We will abandon
The old HCmpfeld yard south OF Six
iieenih street, and sell it to the city, il
y desires to purchase it, at n very
low value. The city could make a
very nice park Of it, and | believe that
has been q lavorite scheme OF many
people. The property which it would
Ve unnecessary TO buy would not be very
cosby, only the church and the catsup
factory being at I'll valuable, and the
buildings nthe Catsup factory property
Sie Cd and not worth a great deal. The
church will be almost ruined for religi-
oI purposes when the new union
Aallon OF the Terminal company Is COM
leled IN that square anyhow
iurlher questions.
=, l am not here to ask the CITY Coun-
eIio do anything Just vet. That will
come later. | am DESTROYS of seeing
~. the plan is received by the public,
Y Nei the public pulse, as it were. II
Vi, w c'tizehs seem to want this plan
s ~ we will come before the Coun-
/. WIN definite proposal l mover
. .s over the ground until to-day,
ii NV. was not familiar with theta of the
.a After examining the situation
raa taIking with several prominent
EIPle' have concluded to return to
N, Il. more this evening and lay before
~ az; Nlhg some suggestions us to modifl-
ii,b illus oil the route, One idea il that
,. Nle city does not want to pay for the
Ef ,o needed, she could allow us to
tS,., lnSt part OF Seventeenth street
tS,r oi the church and the catsup fac
Sas,i, II necessary, an arrangement
all j' ~ Oe made by which a part OF the
Nh it mempbeld yards could be used to
9Th Sr'SS the street there. A,structurc
Gs day DC put up which would not close
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