Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-25
BURIED THE HATCHET.
TIE WHEELING AND LAKE IRIE BACK ON
TN RESERVATION,
And Psses RsignS Supreme in Railroad Circles
The Terminal System 70 Be Ussd-Ps-
IsDgW and Freight Service to ClsVs-
land and the West.

The REGISTER has some great railroad
news for the business men Of Wheeling
this morning.
The troubles heretofore existing between
the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Com
pany and theWheeling Bridge and Terminal
Railroad Company, which at first took the
form Of tacit refusal on the part of the
Wheeling and Lake Erie TO use the Ter
minal system as means Of entering the
city of Wheeling, and more recently an
ayowed opposition to the payment Of the
last instalment of one hundred thousand
dollars by the county to the Terminal
Company, have been satisfactorily adjust
ed, and il can be announced, with reason
able certainty, that not only will the
Wheeling and Lake Erie make no further
movein the direction of enioining the pay
ment of the sum due from the county, but
that within a very short time traffic ar
rangementS will have been perfected, both
as 10 passengers and freight, between the
two corporations.
In fact, through freight rate, for car
lots, has already been agreed upon, and
about one hundred and fifty cars have al
ready been transferred over the Terminal
system upon this basis.
For just a week past the REGISTER has
been cognizant that negotiations were on
foot, looking to the desirable result which
has been reached, but, for obvious reasons,
no mention has heretofore been made Of it.
Now that the understanding has been
reached, and it only remains TO perfect the
details, there is no reason for further sup
pressing the good news, and to-day our peo-
pie can congratulate the Terminal Com
oil
Erie at one and the same time.
Some ten days or two weeks ago, capt.
talists in the East interested in both the
Railroad Companies here named, came TO
the determination that it was time TO bring
ABOUT an understanding between the two
corporations, and a. a conference held in
New York City, the fact that there must
be settlement was discussed. The result
was that representatives of the Bridge and
Terminal Company went TO Cleveland and
there met high officials OF the Wheeling
and Lake Erie Railroad. A conference
was had, at which proposals were received
from the Wheeling and Lake Erie, in which
there was expressed wish TO have
through freight rate established, by which
cars coming over their road consigned
TO points which they could not reach, might
pass over the Terminal system, as a
link between the w. ~ l.. E.
and other roads. This rate, which
is a separate and distinct matter
from the rates for what is known as local
freight, was fixed at one dollar and half
per car, over both the bridge and the
tracks within this city, and, as has been
stated, business has already been done
upon this basis. The Wheeling and Lake
Erie then expressed desire to run two
through passenger trains each way, per
day, between Cleveland and this city, one
train leaving the Union depot in the morn
ing and another in the evening, and the
same from the Cleveland end, trains
passing over the terminal system to Mar
tins Ferry, thence via. the Wheeling and
Lake Erie line to Valley Junction, in Tus-
caravans county, o., and thence by way OF
the Valley railroad to Cleveland, making
short and direct line. At Valley juno
tion connections would, of course, be made
with Wheeling and Lake Erie through
trains for Toledo and the West. The same
Company also desired to establish subur-
ban service from the Union railroad depot
TO Steubenville, running something like
four or six trains each way daily, with
view TO building up trade along that por-
ton OF their line. These proffers OF good
feeling and of friendly disposition were
promptly accepted on behalf of the Wheel
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soon as the details can be worked out the
trains will De put on.
1t was remarked by one Of the high OFF,
cials of the Wheeling and Lake Erie that
he supposed this ends the hostility on the
part of our Company TO the payment OF the
100000 from Ohio county," and there is
every reason to believe that this will be the
result, and that no more will be heard Of
that opposition, so far, at least, as the
Wheeling and Lake Erie is concerned.
This amicable settlement of matters be-
tween the Wheeling and Lake Erie and the
Terminal Company means great deal, not
only for each of the corporations named,
but as well for the manufacturers, business
men and the general public of this city. 1t
removes the only serious obstacle TO the
general use of the Terminal system by the
lines on the Ohio side Of the river, and sets
the business pace at rate which must
prove very satisfactory TO all concerned.
The spectacle Of through passenger
trains steaming out of the Union railroad
station bound for Cleveland is one which
every citizen OF Wheeling will hail with
gladness, and the assurance that this prom
ise is TO be realized within short time
adps another feather to the well adorned
business cap Of the Nail City.