Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-25
THE BOND QUESTION.
AN INTERESTING CHAT WITH PRESIDENT R.
4. COCHRAN,
OF the Terminal Railway Company, Concerning the
Action Of the COMMISSIONER as De-
tailed Yesterday.

REGISTER reporter yesterday mel
Judge &. II. Cochran, President OF tnt
Bridge and Terminal Railway Company
and asked:
"Judge, how does your Company view
the action taken by the Finance Oom "a,
mittee of the Board OF Commissioners!
1--WE are gratified with the puollsned
report OF the opinion of the lawyers ap-
pointed by the Board, as well as WIN
The action of the Committee, which
Is tantamount to action by the
Board. 1t leaves the county ana the
Company on the same pleasant relations
which have all along existed, ana tne
county's credit remains unimpalreo.
81 presume you have fully informed %,
the Eastern capitalists OF the situatlonY
.sYes, sir. We have used the wires
freely TO let our folks know that Ohlo
county recognizes her promise and pro-
poses to keep it in good faith. feit
serious apprehensions for the future OF
all enterprises here dependent upon
foreign capital, in case the county hsd
forced US into litigation with IL. more
than once in the past, when trying 10 III
terest capital in enterprises aoout
Wheeling, have been reminded OF the
Reputation of the Virginia debt, ana
being somewhat advised, / always took
occasion to point out that West Vlr-
ginia and her people have always shown
q willingness and desire to keep herselI
in good credit and get the old State 10
adjust matters arising out OF the OLD
the money would have been talnt upon
the credit of this community, and that
is to be seriously deplored always, Tor
the great business of the world is done
more upon credit than upon cash. l De-
lieve this is strong step toward at
tracing other capital to other railroad
enterprises in which Wheeling is vitality
interested, and it shall be one OF the
pleasures of my life to advise any per-
sons giving me opportunity, OF tne
splendid spirit which has been shown
by the masses here ON the question OF
maintaining the public credit; and L
hope and believe that the attitude which
the county has taken will be worth to 1t
in the future, many times one hundred
thousand dollars. l will not stop now
TO guess aloud what would have been
the result had the County acted I'M
favorably. / think it would have been
calamity, but do not care to anticl-
PATE calamities, and when they have
come and gone l want to forget them,
as far as possible"
''How have you found public senti-
ment regarding the controversy?
1--WE nave been cheered by the con-
gratulations of many well-known true
friends here, and by many who had
before never outwardly shown much in
terest in the matter. II there are many
here who earnestly desired the county
to take hostile attitude, have failed
to discover who they are, and | cannot
help believing that the handspring OF
the opposition we have witnessed will
be found among persons VINO have no
iDterest in the credit or welfare Of
either the people of this county or Of
our Company. 1t may prove TO. be a
blessing in disguise in arousing the pub
lie conscience and disclosing the strong
determination of the people to keep
faith. While there are only few who
are moving against us in this matter,
the noise they have made reminds
me Of an incident related in the me
moirs of General Grant. When on duty
in Mexico in his early days, he heard a
bowling of wolves that impressed him
that they were in great droves. AS he
drew nearer the noise grew louder and
the numbers in his mind were multi
piled, but when he turned the corner
he found that there were just two hun
CRY wolves facing each other as mu-
tual admiration society and yelling for
something they had not earned, and
wild with desire to destroy the work
and property of others. While we
could never see how sound lawyers and
fair business men could fairly reach
any other conclusion than that an
nounced, yet we are glad that we may
now feel that the public and we are as
we have ever been-one in interest"