The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-03

i,s OF the city furnishing ready access
10 an the educational, religious ana 80
clal organizations. and various pr2les'
slonH. places OF amusement ana pusl-
mess houses would offer conVenienees
nnd facilities not heretofore ana MOI
now enioyed bv the public-nnd which
could no, be obtained by the prOpnscu
Elm Grove extension OF line. thus DEM
onstrnilnr that as n matter OF tact
there would be no conflict OF interest
except a- mish; arise from rpiipeiiiipi
FOR suburban business-the sHeet OF
which would be- to the benefit OF the
publIc and result IN better service anu
cheaper rates
in reply to Mfr. Reymann's Inquiry
why our petition was presented Two
weeks later than that OF the wheeling
4 Fin Grove Company. we beg leave 10
say that the petition was presented a.
snon a. our charter was obtained and
organization completed according 70
law. the earliest period within when y
could be prepared and presented Under
conditions that would carry with mem
assurance to council that the PROPOSE
tion was legitimate and bona hde. We
may In turn ask OF Mr.. Reymann why
Inc Wheeling q Elm Grove Railway
cnupnuy was so long In determining
iheIr nctlon, and what hastened thnt
cnmnanv to an extension OF It's Inc an
nbsnrption Of the county road, the oniE
a,.,Ii5bie oi,tIet. and the adoption OF
eIectrIcity and lower fares, the later
Concession having so long and valny
been demanded by It's patrons II az
pears singular and suggestive that ne
Wheeling & Elm Grove company shoulu
under the circumstances, stated Dy NJ.
gsvrnanp. suddenly seek 70 voluntarily
sElFaeNH large FsNl
amount OF additional capital IN coh-
s,ructIon and we are led 10 suspect thCt
Inc haste has been invited BY ina
Knowledge that another and perhaps
r0npetilg line, was in contemplation
conditioned only on the procuring Of me
frnnchlse and rights or way and we
,yonId again ask why the Wheeling
slm Grove company should seek right
Oh way from Sixteenth street out Tue
nike when they already have a sum
rlent route around the peninsula
We submit 10 the unprecedented pup
lie that our proposed line commune
through Fifteenth street, ShAPlnS,;
Eleventh. Market and Coal streets, VIII
giye better and more satisfactory ser
yices than can POSSIBLY be afforded by
the proposed Elm Grove extension am
need not in any manner cCutict Win
that extension, except so far as u may
affect The proposed spur on Chapi.ne
street. which in Itself will OF necessity
be greatly restricted II another and
connecting line be built in the city ana
extended beyond its limits, can there be
any result 0ther than that Of giving in
creased facilities and cheaper rates TO
the public? II is only necessary TO In
wife attention to the baneful effects OF
exclusive privileges heretofore uawiss-
~ given by the city TO corporations ana
persons.
II the proposed extension OF the Elm
Grove gives opportunity such as has
never before been presented" VIII no;
tie Suburban Electric Offer az much
II the Wheeling d Elm Grove has done
much for Wheeling and Wheeling peo-
pie" may not this company. within IT'S
sphere do as much more? II the city
needs improved railway facilities be-
tween the business centre and the sun
urban quarter" will not this company
furnish such additional and improved
facIIites? Aud II the facilities
viii be realized and the great
or benefits be given to the travel
ing public We ind no argument in the
article referred to against the grant
inn OF the franchise We seek.
tSiGned)
SUBURBAN ELECTRIC R'Y co.
y. Z. Whitaker. President.
L. Randolph Xix. Secretary.