Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-17

Yesterday there was very general sat-
sfaction over the action Of Council,
Tuesday night, in passing the franchise
Of the Wheeling and Elm Grove Rail-
way Company, in the face of deter
mined opposition, by two-thirds vote
and over in each Branch, and those con-
nected with the Railway Company were
congratulated upon every side, while
the good judgment of Council was
widely commended.
There is a very general desire to know
Just what the ordinance contains, and
to satisfy this natural curiosity the
Register this morning presents the fol-
lowing summary Of the franchise.
Roulette line starts at the west
line Of Main street, at the intersection
of Fourteenth, and thence runs west
On Fourteenth to Water, north on
Water to Twelfth, east on Twelfth to
Eoff, with a line leaving Twelfth street
at Chaplne and running south on Chap
line to Sixteenth, to a connection with
the present track, in front of the City
Hall. At Twelfth and Eoff the line
runs south on Eoff to Fifteenth, east
on Fifteenth to McColloch, and north
ca McColloch TO Baker street, thence
east on this street to and over the
Peninsula bridge, to the gate of the
peninsula cemetery, and thence follows
the Peninsula road across the PENN
sula and over the county bridge to the
town of Fulton. From the east side OF
the Peninsula the line runs into and
through Fulton, via Centre street, and
thence takes a route to be laid down in
a forthcoming ordinance to be present.
ed to the Board Of Commissioners.
The whole effect of the lines, when
completed, will be to give a double
track electric railway between Twelfth
and Chapline streets and Wheeling
Park. with five cent fares from any
point on the company's line in this city
to Wheeling Park and vice versa, Main
and Fourteenth streets being the ter
minus of the line. The bridge crossing
the creek to the Peninsula cemetery is
to be widened and strengthened to the
satisfaction of the Board Of Public
Works
General Conditions.-Flatg irder rail,
weighing not less than 80 pounds to
the yard is to be used. The gauge
is to be standard railway gauge Of
four feet eight and one-half inches, the
same as the present Elm Grove gauge.
The franchise runs for thirty years.
From June /. 1898. to June /, 1917, the
Company is to pay to the city $500 an
nuallv for each mile of track laid down
in the city, and from June /, 1918, TO
the expiration of the franchise, the
Company is to pay $1,000 annually for
each mile of track. Work on the I'M
provement must be commenced within
ninety days from the passage OF the
ordinance, and completed within one
year. with a provision for an extension
of time to allow for certain unavoid-
able delays. Cars are to be provided
with Tenders and vestibules, and to be
heated in winter All cars must come
to a full stop at the crossings at Main
and Twelfth and Market and Twelfth
streets. and there the Wheeling Com
pany cars have the right of way. De-
railing switches are also to be provided
at these points. as public safeguards.
These are the essential features OF
the ordinance, which carries with it the
uusual features contained in street
railway grants, in addition to those
enumerated.