Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-05-02

q Stifel, who reiterated, In part what
Mr.. Caldwell had said. Among other
things, DO said it occurred to him snat
Council was too free in granting iran
chises Of very valuable Lature with
out any compensation or remuneration
to the city in return. He thought the
ordinance should be defeated.
MIR. JoLLY's REPLY.
Mr.. Jolly spoke for the Company,
saying it was placed in rather On unior-
tunate position by reason OF It's petl-
ton having been mislaid. He said Mr..
Caldwell seemed to be somewhat
alarmed, and had twitted the stock
holders OF the Company with being nom
residents. That might be so, but IL
was not altogether misfortune. Mr.
Caldwell had said the franchise was
valuable one; that was true, and the
Company had paid for it. AS to Mar
ket street. e very careful examination
had been made of IL. and with all
due Difference to Mr.. Caldwells opinion,
the route was impracticable. Mr.. Jolly
deprecated the talk about the Company
wanting to rob some one, and said 1t
was not the idea of the corporation.
They were here TO do good, and hoped
10 be able to benefit the city as much as
any other class. The proposed track
was necessary for the best operation OF
the Company's cars, aud they wanted to
get the right. II they got IL, they
would try 20 do what was right; II 1t
was denied, they would try to get along
without it.
DR.. Hazlett said ne endorsed what
Mr.. Caldwell had said, as far as be had
heard him, and then spoke in favor OF
the Market street route, saying be
thought il would be good thing both
for the Company and the public. He
could not conceive OF the difficulty Mr..
Jolly had referred TO OF going up Mar
ket street, for the grades were light.
he was not a practical railroad
man, nor yet civil engineer, but
he thought such line could be built.
DR.. Hazlett then said that so far as his
knowledge went, cities were now charg-
ing for such franchises; they charged
for them because it was right-it was
bestowing valuable property upon COM
panies, and the people were coming
to understand that something should be
asked ia return. Here Council was
lavish with franchises, giving them
away right and left, without money and
without price.
Mr.. Jolly replied, saying that neither
the grade OF Market street, over the
part that the Company would have to
20, nor the paving had any
bearing with the Company, but
the question was how to get
down onto Main street. Seventh street
was the only place, and that had ten
per cent. grade, and engineers had ad-
vised the Company not TO do 1t. The
grade on Main street hill was only $50
per cent. Ii would not do for the Com
Dany to fly 10 the face OF competent au-
thority. To go further up town was
entirely impractieaole.
DR.. Hazlett-Why?
Mr.. Jolly-Because to get into Coal
street, there would have to be grade
OF over II per cent.
Mr.. Krieter-Why not buy property
and cut through?
Mr.. Caldwell-Yes, and come down
Fourth street?
Mr.. Jolly-There are several objec-
tions. We don't want to do anyone else
a wrong, and II we have no other re-
course we will stop.
Mr.. Caldwell-You are talking about
going down a grade. Why not 60 up?
MIR. Jolly-We can go up 6 or 7 per
cent. grade but not over that with our
motors. We are willing to do anything
that is right, but We don't think Market
street is practicable.
In reply to what Mr.. Caldwell had
said about the mules, Mr.. jolly said the
reason wasn't what Mr.. Caldwell had
alleged, but because the Company itself
had been deceived. They did not know
thew could run without bonding the
tracks, but experience in Benwood had
shown Il could be done. The present
rails on the street could not be bonded,
being fla.
General CaldwelI-But there's no OBJ
lection to your putting down the John
son rail. You've nothing but two
strings OF rust there now.
Mr.. Jolly (smiling)-I know the con-
dition of the rails up there.
A long aud general discussion ensued
on the feasibility of the Market and
Coal street routes; the maps were ex-
Examined, and il was thought that by
leaving Market street at alley 2 and
cutting through private property, where
there were no houses, a practicable route
could be obtained.
Pursuing the discussion. Mr.. Jolly
said he wanted to say frankly that II
the city thought the Company ought
not to have the track, the Company
would get along without it, and expend
its money somewhere else.
Mr.. Stifel- Does this mean that North
Wheeling is TO be further punished.
because its citizens won't do what the
Company desires?
Mr.. Jelly-No; / think / explained
that fully before. We don't desire to
punish any one or antagonize any one.
That's not good business, and we don't
want to do anything Of the sort.
The Committee deferred action until
IL could view the ground.