The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-07
THE PEMIkY STATION
Project Again Discussed in Com
mittee Meeting.
A COMPROMISE MAY Be OFFERED.
Two Council Committees, the County
Commissioners and the Railroad
Company Representative Ground
to be Conc Over Again.--The Board
of Public Works Contracts.


At the last meeting of Council the
board OF county commissioners request
ed that tho city reopen negotiations
with theP. W. & KY, railroad company,
and to see If some arrangement couid
not be made by which tho objections
offered to the granting of portion Of
the wharf for depot purposes to the
company could be removed. The mat
ter had been before Council twice be-
fore, the company trying to get grant
of portion Of the wharf, but was re-
jected by the city's Legislative hody, ow-
ing to the objections made by the rep
resentatiyes OF the river shipping inter-
ests.
The Council committees on railroads
and wharves, a committee from the
board OF county commissioners, and
several gentlemen representing the rail-
road company met last evening in the
second branch Council chamber. The
city fathers present were, Messrs. Far
rell, 0'Kane, Brock ilrMiuN Craig,
Campbell, Kenney, Zosokher: o sialley
aud Happy. The board OF county COM
missioners was representedsby MessrG.
Cruise, Vollinger, McGintey, Koch: and
Hall. Among the directors oil the rail-
road company present were Messfs. w.
P. Hubbard, Joseph SpeideL and H. K.
List. Wharfmaster Crockard was there
to look after the river interests, and
was accompanied by Mr.. j. d. Ewing,
the rivermen's attorney. Mr.. Becker,
chief engineer Of the railroad, was also
on hand. ~. 0
Mr.. W. P. Hubbard arose and stated
that the railroad company, had PR
pared no other plans than. the ones al
ready rejected by Council. 1t had
nothing else to offer, but would be glad
to hear any objections that we're urged
against the proposed plans, to see ii by
any modification compromise agree
ment could be reached.
Mr.. Cruise suggested that time be
fixed for the joint committee
TO GO on The GROUND
aud examine again into the matter. He
thought that surely some arrangement
could be made by which the city could
secure the $4,000 depot promised by
the company, and at the same time sat
isfy the reasonable demandsof the river
interests.
The old plans OF the proposed inn
provenents on the wharf were produced
by Chief Engineer Becker, and mem
bers of the committee looked them
Or. Campbell suggested that the mat
ter had been before Council twice and
had been rs often rejected. He himself
was in favor OF giving the company a
chance.
After reminding the. committee that
the county was large holder Of Pewlky
stock, and that the building Of depot
would increase the tax valuation of city
property Mr.. Cruise suggested that the
return of the city engineer, who was
absent from the city, be awaited, and
that the city engineer and the cpmp9-
ny's engineer could go over the ground,
and stake it of. The committee could
then meet and act intelligently.
Mr.. Ewing said that the river men
had opposed no encroachnents upon
the wharf, until the present plan Of the
railroad company came before Oouncils
Theriver trade had picked upwonderful-
ly in the last few years. and the river in
terests foresaw that they would be seri-
ously Inconvenience now, and more SO
in the future, were the city to give to
the company the portion Of the wharf
demanded by the proposed. He would
suggest that when the city engineer and
Mr.. Becker would meet to go over the
ground, the rivermen would like to be
present, in order to explain their objec-
lions to the plans proposed, so Mr..
Becker would be able to net intelligent
" in making modified plans. The
wharf was no larger than it should be,
and even its present facilities.
WOULD BE INADEQUATE
In few years. Mr.. Hubbard said he
was glad TO hear the objections which
the river men offered, and that the COM.
pany would strive to see ii some ar
rangemont could not be made. He
thought that If the south end OF the
wharf was improved it would add five
feet to every two the new depot would
take away. - -.
After some further discussion it was
agreed that as soon as City Engineer
Hoge returns to the city he and
Engineer Becker shall 60 ,oyerlthat
part Of the wharf affected by the sup
posed new depot, and that the joint
committee shall meet on that day and
prepare report for Council
RIVER MANS VIEWS
az notice." said river man to an
ISrELlIoESoER reporter yesterday, s'that
the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky
railroad company has renewed the
agitation about new depot at the
foot Of Eleventh street. wish the
Council committee which is to meet
this evening had been down hero this
morning. The wharfboat was piled full
OF freight clear up to the roof. The
stuff was so plentiful that it was scat
tered all along the wharf, and DISTRACTED
the gang plank. Transfers were fight
ing and quarreling for precedence.
And yet, with this evidence of the want
OF wharf facilities confronting them,
certain people arc still endeavoring to
give to the railroads a big slice Of the
wharf. IL ~
"At present all the boats Sre busy
and their captains have no time to
waste, waiting on tho committee. Per.
haps the agitators think they can work
the scheme better while the. Iiysrnfen
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