Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-04


1T is believed that the grant to the
Wheeling Railway Company will not
! interfere with suburban travel, or the
| business of suburban roads, and will,
on account of frequent service and the
connection with the present tracks of
the Wheeling Railway Company, great
| ~ facilitate iuter-urban travel.
THE WHEELING RAILWAY. co.
wv. S. WRIGHT,
General Manager"
| Wheeling, May 8.
Mr.. Mcclure then, for the third time
got on his feet to move that the inter-
ested parties be given an opportunity
to make any changes in the ordinances
Of the Companies. His resolution was
adopted, and Mr.. H. NJ. Russell, for the
Wheeling and ElmGrove Company, took
the floor. He said he had been asked TO
detail certain matters discussed by the
Company since the ordinance was pre-
sented to Council. As a preliminary.
he said at first the Company had
| thought it would be necessary to Oper-
ate considerable portion of its lines
with steam for some time 10 come, but
| SiItt inc puDllCdLlth NutIt Hdu utth
a general demand for an immedi-
ate change to electricity along the en-
tire line of its road. and in Difference to
that general demand the Company had,
after thorough consideration Of the mat
ter. come to the conclusion that the COM
plete change contemplated by the orGi
nance should not be delayed indefinite
ly. but be made almost at once. Ac-
! cOrdingly. the Company would not now
ask for the second track along the alley
east of McCOllOch street, from the east
end or Fourteenth street on out. This
change meant the prompt abandoning of
steam as a motive power
Another change OF more Importance re-
lated to the times of commencing and
| completing the work Those times We're
not specified in the original draft of the
| ordinance. the company preferring to
leave it to Council. but it had been sug-
| gasted that the company merely wanted
to get the right and then 90 nothing. To
remove this fear. the company would pro-
pose to commence the work within three
months after the adoption of the ordi-
nance. and that the work on the entire
| road should be completed within one year
| after q was commenced. When il was
| considered that "a good part of the year
was made up of bad weather this time
limit he thought. would be considered en-
tirely reasonable.
A third amendment Mr.. Russell said the
/ company felt like presenting TO the city,
| and in doing so the company was treading
/ on unfamiliar and unusual ground. The
| Il, f. .r Ia ,rSiDaprf bfc comma ny had
presented had been largely taken from the
ordinance of the Wheeling Railroad Com
| pany. which had been carefully prepared,
and which had been heretofore sausfac-
tory to the city, and this idea had also
ho n followed by the Suburban Company.
The Wheeling and Elm Grove Company.
however. had omitted one feature of the
! Wheeling Railroad Company franchise,
and that was the provision eXcmpting
| from taxation The Wheeling and Elm
! Grove Company had left that out. thinking
! THAI perhaps tine city might want to tax
the Wheeling and Elm Grove railroad as
| il did other property. Now the company
desired to go one step further. and not
! only accept taxation. but in addition offer
to share with the city in some measure.
any profits which the company might
make. Upon this subject the speaker
| dwelt at some considerable length. saying.
among other things. that the subject of
| participation in corporation earnings by
municipalities had been very close TO the
public heart for some time and his COM
pany was prepared to break ground in
that direction and set an example. which
others would follow, with or without COM