The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-06


commended TO Council for Passage,
A joint meeting Of the council com.
mitteea on streets, alleys and grades
and railroads was held in the chamber
Of the frat branch Of council, to farther
consider the application OF the jolly
Leyda syndicate for the fight Of way
over certain streets for a new electric
street railway, Chairmen Brock and
Milllgan, Messrs. Dobblns, Menkemil-
ler, Richards, Hamilton, Cruise, Frew,
Grimm, Robinson, Kriter and Knoko,
OF the committee, Measrs. Jolly and
Nichols, Of the syndicate, and their
attorney, II, NJ. Russell, judge Jacob,
Mr.. Erskine, City Engineer White, Mr..
Schmidt, of the board OF public works.
City Solicitor White and Others were
present.
Mr.. Russell named several minor
amendments the applicants desired to
have made in the ordinance originally
submitted by them. The main changes
were one specifying that the line on
South street from Main 10 the B, q 0.
station should have its south rail with
in four feet OF the south curb OF the
street, and from the station north to
Fourteenth street the middle OF South
street should be occupied by the track,
and one abandoning the Fifteenth and
McColloch street line.
Clerk HanRe then read the ordinance,
which makes eleven printed pages.
The reading necessarily occupied some
time, but it took much longer than it
would but for the interruption Of sever
al noisy B. & 0. freight engines. Thcn
it was gone at by sections.
The line laid down by the ordinance
for the new track is as follows; Com
menclng ut the eastern end Of the
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge COM
pany's bridge over the western channel
OF the Ohio river and running thence
along Zane street to the intersection OF
Zane and Wabash streets, in the Seventh
ward OF the city OF Wheeling and
thence along Wabash street to its inter-
section with Virginia street, and thence
along Virginia street to the west
crn end OF the Wheeling aud Belmont
bridge companY's suspension bridge,
and from the eastern end OF said sus-
pension bridge on Tenth street to its
intersection with Main street, and
thence on Main street to its intersection
with Eleventh street, and thence on
Eleventh street to its intersection with
Chapline street, and thence on Chap
line street to its intersection with
Fifteenth street, and thence on Eit-
tenth street to its intersection with
McColloch street, and thence on McCol-
loCh street 70 it's intersection with
Eleventh street; and from the said in
tersection Of Fifteenth and Chapline
streets running thence on Chapline
street to its intersection with Sixteenth
street, and thence on Sixteenth street
to its intersection with Main street,
and thence crossing Main to South
street, and along South street to its in
terseetion. with, Fourteenth street,
thence along Fourteenth street to its
intersection with Wafer street, and
thence along Water street to its inter
section with Twelfth street, and thence
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with Chapline street.
1t is provided that the said gran
tees shall in good faith actually COM
mence the work OF making said railway
track within two months from the date
OF the acceptance Of this ordinance, and
have the same completed aud street
railway cars in good faith running on
the some within six months from such
acceptance, and that the cars or other
vehicles placed or run on said railway
shall be propelled by electrical power,
to DO applied according to any sys.
TEN now in use in this or other
cities and which may be adopted by the
grantees with the approval OF the
board Of public works and the commit
toe on streets, alleys and grades; and
that tho gauge OF the said railway shall
be five feet and two inches aud not
more nor less; that the wagon tread OIL
the rail shall be three inches Ia width
and that the said grantees shall
charge only five-Cent fare for adults
upon its line in the city, excluding the
back river bridge, and from any point
on their limo in Wheeling to any poinI
on their linein Bridgeport Martins Fer
ry or Bellaire, shall charge only ten
cent fare.
Mr. Dobbins moved to limit the fran
chise to thirty years. The chair asked
II this was seconded, and it was not.
Mr.. Dobbins said he was astonished
after the talk in Council Of limiting the
Wheeling companyin certain franchise!
to twenty years. He thought q perpet
ual grant was all wrong.
Mr.. Richards seconded the motion Il
get the question before the committee
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