The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-04

Also hFouENt Up again N"u ~ AuuNF
as Though Something May BIO Done
This Tims-NIr. Baer "spOaks Out in
SIoetlng"-oaptAIa DOVeaOr Adj
dressed tho, Chamber interestingly
Last nights meeting Of the chamber
Of commerce, which was called for the
purpose Of considering and dIlcuSsinS
the aims OF the coming river I'M
proyemeut convention at Cinciu'
natl and appointing delegates there
TO, was rather slim in attend
aucs, but tho oarnesInsss with which
this project aud another were taken up
made up for lack Of numbers, After
delegates had been appointed to tho
Cincinnati convention, Senator Scott
brought up the old Conceivable rail-
road project, aud the result OF the dis
cushion was the appointment OF CONF
nittse to form D company TO secure the
right OF way aud bring the project to
the fore once more,
President Hullihou Quarter callsd
tho meeting to order and explained its
obiect-the appointment Of delegates 10
the river coaVaRsioR-a called on
Congressman Dovoner, who was pros.
eut, to explain. Captain Dovensr said
that the congressman oil all the states
bordering on the Ohio river, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana and Illinois had been invited
by the chamber o. commerce aud freight
bureau OF Cincinnati to meet there on
the Sth OF this moath, together with
representatives OF the various CONNER
oial bodies OF cities on the Ohio, for the
purpose OF discussing the improvement
Of tue Ohio river aud ways and means
for securing the aid OF the United States
government. This 10 a favorable time
said the captain, because the river peo-
pie will now receive assistance aud CO.
operation never before received, the
most powerful being Senator Matthew
S. Quay, OF Pennsylvania, who has an
nounced his intention OF working for
an appropriation for the Ohio at the
coming session OF Congress. Although
the government may not bo in . po'
Iition to make an appropriation now to
cover the entire cost OF extensive i'm
provements on the Ohio, no would favor
= permanent appropriation, enough TO
finish the improvements, n certain sun
Of which should DO discussed each year.
II this ia done the annual fight for ar
appropriation would be avoided. Tho
captain believed that the permanent
appropriation could be secured. The
speaker, continuing, called attention to
the fact that the commerce that passes
over the bosom OF the Ohio 10 greater
than the entire outgoing commerce Of
the whole United States.
President Quarter also spoke and
said that the Improvements on the Ohio
would stimulate the construction OF the
ConnellIyills railroad, project OF the
utmost importance to Wheeling.
Senator Scott moved that delegation
OF ten members bs named BY tho chair.
man; this prevailed, but 1t was later
decided to increase the delegation, and
the following Were named:
n. b. Scott Z. NJ Holiday, B. B.
DoVener, q. b. Hart, +, ]. PArku, Cap.
tain Thoma Prince, W. A. Wilson. G. A.
ShafIer, Colonel Thomas 0'BriSu, Henry
Baer, Augustus Pollock, W. Q. Hand
Ian, q. ". Franzheim, d. F. Caldwell,
George WiaO. Anton Reymann, Henry
SchmulbaCh, John G. Hoffman, n. h.
Whitaker. John Crockard, Captain Nc.
Donald, Joseph Spsidel, Morris Hork.
heimer, ]. n. Vance. W. +. Peterson,
II. G. Ogden, @. II, fancy, Louis Col.
mar.
THE coNNELLsvILLE ROAD.
When the river improvemsu: dele
CATION had been named, Senator Scott
brought up tho ConneIIsvills railroad
project by asserting that the chamber
should get together and put new lie
in the project, the importance Of which
to this community cannot be oversSti.
mated. Tho times are getting better;
now is a good time TO start the work
oi.securing the right Of way. After the
right-of-Way is secured lie felt sure the
railway people could no interested.
That road would be worth more to
Wheeling than the Terminal, In which
the county invested 100000, and he
would favor tho county extending aid
10 this project. Such a proposition, hO
believed, would carry in Ohio county by
a large majority. Ha wanted it under.
stood before Adjournment that this mat
ter should not be dropped.
Mr.. Henry Baer commented on the
Riowness Of merchants and mAnuINc.
turors OF Wheeling when II comes to the
point OF helping the town by their own
sndoaVorB. lilo pictured what might
have been had Wheeling shown the
same entirpriso seen in Columbus.
which had risen from slow town 10
busting city Of 100000 people.
Other gentlemen spoke on tho sub.
jsct and tho amount Of enthusiasm
shown by those present was something
unusual in chamber oil commerce
gatherings Tho result wa the naming
Of committee OF three TO put the Con.
nollsVilO railrond project gu foot again
BY receiving stock subscriptions in 500
HharaI to tho amount Of 5000. This
committee is made up Of Messrs. i. II.
LANCE, n. Is. Scott aud John U. Rihel.
dRii0r.