The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-25
FAITHFUL THIRTEEN"
otths Island Attended Last Nights
Ferry Company Meeting,
A VERY g!SG0URaG!NG SITUATION
Con1rOnts the DsnIzens ortho Garden
spot-The Committee to Collect
Subscriptions Dldn't oolloct-A
misunderstanding was the Trouble,
Nothing Settled Last Evontng-Au.
other Meeting Next Week.


Packet Company was held on the Island
for tho purpose Of considering the situS
ton In connection with the continuance
OF tho ferry. Secretary Watkins had
mailed notices OF the meeting to the 45I
stockholders Of the company yesterday
at noon, but it was discovered early in
the evening that Postmaster O'Kane'i
men had not handled them in time Iol
the last afternoon delivery, The cOnss
qusnCe was that ouly a dozen stock
holders appeared at the meeting,
In the absence OF Mr.. ]. b. sOmmer.
vile the chair was occupied by Mr.. N,
q. Hamilton. Alter discussion Of the
Ron.deliYery OF the notices, the first
businets oil the meeting was brought
up. IL was the report OF the committee
named at tho last meeting TO make col
leCtions OF subscriptions recently made
by Iblandcrs TO yauk the ferry concern
out oil the financial miTe which threat
Gus to engut it. The committee was
composed OF Messrs. Mccullough and
Wilson. Mr. Mccullough was present,
aud made a report that showed a de,
plorAh,a condition Of adaitd, lie said
that they had approached number oil
people who had subscribed various
amounts. and without exception had
been met with rstusals to pay as mat
teFs now are. The reason assigned was
that the full 5000 is not yet sub
Icribed, and tho condition was that no
subscription went" until that amount
was guaranteed. II was also reported
that there was pretty general unds''
standing among the subscribers mat
when the 5000 outside OF the notes
was subscribed the boat was to again
start without an indebtedness, the
thirty endorsert Of the note 20 donate
SlOO each, the amount each is liable for.
This impression had been corrected,
and II was 4 fact that the endorGers oil
the note were not to donate the $1,000
but we're simply 10 "take care" Of that
part OF the indebtedness, depending on
the future profits Of the ferry TO partly
recompsnIs them. In the face OF this
revised understanding there has been a
disinciinAtion among subscribers 10
pay the freight"
Tue rspor: OF the committee was
accepted and the members were dis
charged.
Mr. Lash thought there was but one
honorable way out oil the difficulty.
The stock as it stands to-day iI no good
aud 1t should be thrown overheard
Then the endorIerS OF the $1,000 note
aud those who have made money sub
Scriptions should be made preferred
stockholders in the company.
Captain Mccoy said that tho sub'
GcriptionB outside OF the 5000 note,
amount 10 about 81, 400, outside OF the
$500 which q number Of the note on
dorUerS had agreed to cancel. This
1900 he believed, could DO increased to
s., 2O0 or $780, leaving the company
liable for 81, 500 or 81, 800 on the original
note obligation. Continuing, Captain
Mccoy said that i! seems that tue pSo'
pie Of the Island are OF the opinion that
the thirty men who went on that note
at a critical stage in the ferry company
career are ali diIhonorable men. A
belief is entertained, he said, that these
men who have heretofore stood by the
Jerry will now turn about and sell the
boat as soon az the overdraft in bank II
paid out OF the outside subscriptions
The captain said he had become die
couraged and diIheRrtensd and did not
feel like serving the ferry any longer
lie had been kicking himself time and
again for the part he had taken in ferI'
affairs. "WhGt has this fight been fort
said the captain. at was to have beer
against the bridges. but We have spsn
one and one.half yearS in fHhtinl
among ourselves. We are not a uni
to-day and until we are unit We car
accomplish nothing"
Mr.. Frank l.. Mccoy laid he was IL
favor OF keeping the boat tied up or 10
her sink until the Island people come
10 their senses and wipe out this debt
He would come up like little man'
aud pay his 500, but he wanted to see
the Charleston kept al tho bank until
something substantial 10 done.
Here somebody said:
'You will mover got the Island people
10 support the boat"
This was Iuch sell evident truth
that nobody had tho couraEe to enter ;
contradiction.
1t was reported that the women OF tho
Island aro taEius hold Of tho supper
and lunch projcc; with any amount Of
enthusiasm. bIt that tho men iUlki"
were expected TO hold up their end
This is something they seem unable to
do if present conditions 10 for any
thing,
Captain Mccoy said that unless there
10 4 radical change tho directors will
either advertise tho boat for sale or re-
sign and hiiDw tho company at large 4
taGo = hand. JIG and other Director
had neglected their personal business
Tor tho icrry'S interests. but such a
thing as appreciation or thanks is sadly
wanting.
Mr. Watkins said that as the notices
Tor tho meeting had not reached the
stockholders tlOy should DO given an
other opportunity 10 como out aui act,
This being tho case bO moved that thI
Neutrality-suspicious. to meet again mex
tuesday evening and take Como deCiiyc
action. lhiI was passed, three people
taking enough interest 10 vote, and thC
"Faithiul Thirteen" lilOntly filed out,
IOOkB lil;O the ferry Ia dead dog.
doesn't ~ But perhaps tho ladies Wi
lniuso enough energy into the men 20
that something will bO accomplished.
Burning brands have sometimes beer
snalChoi ifom tho tlrC.
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liz IL Hale NJ ~.
Yesterday Samuel Dtniord, the ven.
cradle father Of C,ngfosinan Dan.
inrl mud nnNIIl nnnLnEl mn mi.