The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-24


company occupies the northern END OF said
wharf. and rs It will probably become ex-
pedient IN the near future TO increase
wharf facilities BY improving the wharf
southwRrd, which Increased facilities VIII
become necessity to accommodate the
greatly incneAsde traffic nj this port caus-
ed by slack water navigation on the ONO
river. and since the city will probably be
under the necessity Of re-nsgumlng pos
northern end Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
way COmpany's freight station. any fur
Their entertainments at this point LOOKING
to the permanency Of the freight station
Is not desirable. and
lines as established At Fourteenth street
are plainly a concession TO the Pennsyl-
vaniR Railway Company, and other inter-
ests OF this community would have been
better served Ind the present hnrbor line
been located further east and
Whereas, There Is sufficient room lEnIne.
dlntely south of Fourteenth street anu
north OF Wheeling creek within the pres.
ent hnrbor lines for the freight station Of
the Pennsylvania Railway Company. and
consequently there Is no necessity OF eX-
tending the present harbOr lines, and
Whereas, The encroachment proposed
would probably be precedent Tor tur-
Their entertainments and changes OF the
government harbor lines, and
Whereas. The present haFboE lines have
been established by most competent
board OF engineers Of the United States
army after making complete surveys ana
maps and granting q public hearing nt
Wheeling, at which all interests were duly
represented, and
been friendly to railroads. and the Penn
sylVanIa Railway Company In particular;
as an examination Of Its ordinances VIII
show, and also from the fact that this
county. about nine-tenths OF whose citi-
gems nre residents Of the city Of Wheeling,
ls o. stakeholder in the Pittsburgh, Wheel
ing q Kentucky Railway Company un-
der whose franchise the Pennsylvania
Railway Company Ia operating IN this
county: vet we do not think the best IN
terests OF this community will be sub
served by granting the petition OF the
Pennsylvania Railway Company, and
Whereas, The special committee OF FOUR
teen members appointed to examine into
the expedIenCy OF the extension or the
harbor lines as proposed, iS, ior REASONS
above stated, after thorough examlna-
ton and public hearing, unanimously rec;
commended that any encroachment. would
be detrimental to the interests Of this com"
munIty; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the council OF the city
OF Wheeling, as the representatives OF the
citizens and tax payers Of said city, does
emphatIcally protest against any extern
sion OF the hHrbor lines ut this port as
heretofore established. and particularly
at the freight depot Of the Pennsylvania
Resolved, That copy Of these resolu-
tlons, nttested by the mayor and city
clerk, under the seal OF the city be Tor.
warded Immediately to the distinguished
board OF engineers Of the United states
army, composed OF Major. Powell. Of
Pittsburgh: Major BlXby, OF CINCINNATI.
and Captain Warren, OF Louisville, ap-
pointed BY the honorable secretary OF war,
Russell A. Alger, for the purpose or IN
Yestlgatng and reporting upon the ,edVis sa1
billty OF granting the petition OF Salu
Pennsylvania Railway Company.
Mr.. Schmidt moved the adoption of
the committee resolutions. against har-
Dor lines encroachments. as just read.
Mr.. Ebellng moved that these resolu-
lions and the Baird resolution be refer
red to the ordinance committee to pre-
pare an ordnance granting the Pewikey
what it now occupies.
Mr.. Mcclure did not believe council
could make grant beyond the llarbor
lines. The railway company merely
wants what 1t has occupied for twenty
years.
Mr.. Mcclure objected to any infringe
ment upon the harbor lines. II the rail-
way company Will use structural iron
or other material not obstructing the
water way he would be In favor of 1t.
Mr.. Ebellng said the railway COM
pany merely warts to use pIlIng as at
present.
Mr.. List could not see how the Island
,vo,,I5 no injured nv n. I'LL Mt the depot,
Mr.. Baird said the company merely
wanted to renew its present E.lIng-a fill
Is not wanted.
Mr.. Hazlctt said some doubt is now
removed by the authoritative assertion
that the railway company does not want
a solid I'LL. lie fel, IT was unjust to take
away from the railway company what
1t has had for twenty years.
Captain Dawson objected to referring
any committee report to the committee
on ordinances. He also objected to the
Baird resolution; the city can grant
nothing beyond the harbor lines.
Mr.. EbelIng withdrew his motion to
refer both sets Of resolutions to the
ordinance committee.
The vote on the original resolutions
against tarbor line Entertainments was
as follows:
Aye-Bachman, Dawson, Halter,
Horkhelmer, McKeivey. Mcclure,
Schmidt stroebel, weidebusch, zwIcker:
total. 10.
No-Balrd. BbeNng. Hazlett, List,
Williams; total. 6.
The committee report was declared
adopted. Then the Baird resolutions
came up. Mr.. Mcclure felt that these
resolutions could be adopted, too. for the
reason that the pllIng will not divert the
current Of the river as stone wall
would Mr.. McKelvey moved their
adoption.
resolution would conflict with the spec
ial resolutions already passed. He did
not know that the Pennsylvania COM
pany would use pilIng in reconstructlng
their depot As to DETECTION OF the
channel from the pIling he said there
would be little detection.
Mr.. HazIett believed that the resolu-
tons Just passed did not express the
opinion Of council.
There was call by the chair for a
vote on the Baird resolutions. but Cap
tain Dawson objected. saying they
would stultlfy what had been already