Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-24
WILL GIVE IT NOTHING.
TIE aPEwIKY" RAILROAD PLEADS WITH THE
COUNCIL COMMITTEES IN VAIN.
A Long Joint Meeting Yesterday, Which Ends in
the Request Of the Railroad Being Refused
ATriumph for the River Men.

Two hours and half we're spent by
members Of Council, representatives OF
the "Pewiky" Railroad Company, city
officials and river men and property
owners, yesterday afternoon, over the
renewed appeal of the Railroad Company
for an additional strip of ground, hav-
ing a length OF about four hundred and
fifty feet and a maximum width OF
twenty-five feet, along the upper por-
ton of the wharf, through possession
of which the Company would be en-
abled to improve it's facilities at the
point named, and also warrant it in
erecting a new depot building at the
foot of Eleventh street. The re-
suit of the meeting was that
the Council voted down almost
IN animously favorable resolution,
and In its stead adopted resolution,
with but one dissenting vote, recon-
mending to Council that the application
Of the Company. be rejected, During
the preliminary session Of the Commit
tee at the wharf, and the business ses-
sion at the City Hall, considerable
amount of feeling was shown by several
gentlemen, and it was not confined to
members Of Council, by any means. On
the contrary, one member was threat
ened with summary vengeance II he
voted in favor of the grant, and at the
City Hall Councilman openly charged
another with favOring the Company be-
cause his employer was member OF
the Board of Directors.
The Committeeman assembled at the
wharf at two O'clock, there being a
Quorum of each Of the Committees on
Railroads, Wharves, and Streets, Alleys
and Grades present. With them were
City Solicitor Riley, City Engineer
Hoge, City Wharfmaster Crockard, and
a large number of citizens and river
men, among them being Henry X. List,
John Il. Hobbs, c. r. Behler, j. n.
Vance, Capt. John Mcclure, Joseph
Speidel, Major J. V. L. Rodgers, j. d.
Ewing, counsel for the river men,
James Hawley, Fred. Uhruh, Lewis
Huseman, Max Gamble, Capt. William
Prince, Fred. Klein, Harry Mendel
Major Mcdonald, Conn Mcdonald, and
a considerable number of others. En-
gineer J. NJ. Becker, Of the Pennsylva-
MIA Company, and w. 2. Hubbard,
President of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling
and Kentucky Company, asking the
grant, were also on the scene, with sew
eral OF Mr.. Becker'S assistants.
The engineers set number OF stakes,
showing the extent and proportions Of
the proposed grant to the Railroad Com
pany, and then Engineer Becker pro-
duced plat OF the locality, showing
the lines of the proposed building, the
railroad tracks, the projected stone re-
tanning wall, and the long train shed,
which it was proposed to build on the riv-
er side of the depot. 1t was explained by
Mr.. Becker that the retaining wall
would be about four hundred and TWEEN
ty-tive feet long, extending from the
north line of the Hotel Windsor alley
north, until, opposite the lower end of
the present brick station building, 1t
would be about twenty-five feet west Of
the present platform. Farther north IL
gradually approached the existing
tracks, which trend little to the north
west north of the station platform. The
Company's sOuthermost swi ten would
be at a point on Water street, sixty-tive
feet south of the southern end of the
wall, or about the entrance TO Robin
sons saloon, while well up towards
Eleventh street there would be three
tracks instead of one, as at present at
that point.
After looking over the plats and the
ground the ball was opened for express
SiOnS of views, and they came lively,
the river men and some of the property
owners, among the latter being Major
Rodgers and Mr.. Hawley, violently OPP
posing the grant, while other property
owners, of whom Mr.. Hobbs and Mr..
Behler were examples, spoke in favor
o it, as did Mr.. Vance, Mr.. List, MIR.
Speidel, Captain Mcclure and several
COuncilmen.
After a discussion which was not only
earnest but at times little acrmoni-
GUS, the Committeeman were gotten to-
gether by Chairman Farrell, and IL was
agreed to adjourn to the City Hall. AT
a quarter after three the COuncilmen
had assembled in the chamber Of the
First Branch, with the river men and
the representatives of the Company,
leaving several dozen interested, parties
still on the wharf debating the matter
pro and con. Mr.. Chairman called
the gentlemen to order, the
Councilmen answering to their
names being Messrs. Jefferson,
Meyer, Caldwell, Caddle, O'Kane, O'Mal-
ley. Prince, Irwin, Kline, Brock and
Grimm.
The discussion was opened by Mr.
Hubbard, for the Railroad Company,
who said, among other things, that it
had been asked in his hearing why the
Railroad Company did not buy ground
east Of the present station, 'front.'
ing on Main street. II had bought
all the land which was for sale,
and it would be used for a new depot il
the Company was permitted to construct
one. More ground on the east would
not help the matter of additional track
age room. The Railroad Company had
reduced its request for additional
ground to a minimum, and he thought
il would not injure the wharf to any
appreciate extent. BE was one