Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-04

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exact something in return for valuable
grants He also recited the fact that
a week ago a fireman en- route TO
hre, was elected from a car Of the
wheeling Railway Company. He also
charged the Company with building its
earn outside the limits of the city, to
escape city taxation.
Mr. Higgins said he favored tina.
portion of the amendment providing for
transfers, but he thought an additional,
tax or $500 per mile was too heavy a
burden. Still he thought the time had
gone by when the city should give
away franchises upon its streets for
nothing. He said the people along the
streets named in the ordinance did not
want the read, and if built it would
not bring another person to the State
Fair grounds, except through a five
cent fare from all parts Of the city Mr..
Higgins said transfers would not be
anything like the hardship it might
appear to be, for he had been informed
that 20 per cent. OF the Island people
got on or off the cars on the loop, ana
only 10 per cent. went to other paris
of the city. Mr.. Higgins then offered
a substitute fer Mr.. Ahl's amendment.
providing for transfers simply. This
was accepted by Mr.. AMI, but under a
misrepresentation, but later he stood his
ground and raked Mr.. Higgins little
for not being consistent. saying he had
voted to tax the Wheeling and Elm
Grove, and was now opposed to tax
ing the Wheeling Railway Company.
why can't this Company pay?" warm
ly inquired Mr.. ALL; haven't they had
a good thing-a puddin' on the town
for years?'
Mr.. Fair called attention to the fact
that the city was getting a new street.
and it would be a great benefit in con-
Meeting up the dead ends of water ard
gas mains.
Mr.. Higgins substitute for Mr.. Ahl's
amendment was adopted, ayes II, noes
10, and Mr.. Ahl's proposition to charge
the company $500 per mile was lost on
its own merits by an overwhelming
vote.
In section Mr.. Bradbury moved to
strike cut forty feet" as fixing the
width of the new street from South
Front to South Penn streets, and insert
ing sixty feet 1t was adopted. Mr..
ALL then moved that the new street be
so, he said he was not trying to OBJ
struct the ordinance. Il believe IN
looking after the interests of the citi-
zens, and in getting all we can He
said in other cities the street railways
had to pave the streets from curb to
curb. His amendment was lost.
The petitions for and against the or
dinance read in the First Branch, were
laid before the members, and then Mr.
Ali opened a general debate on the
measure and in opposition to it, in the
course of his remarks announcing him
self in favor Of free toll for Island citi-
zens upon any feasible plan, while he
charged that Island Councllmen were
voting in principle against that, be-
cause they had voted to cut off revenue
he proposed to obtain from the railway
company which might be applied to Sc
curing free toll. He charged that there
was politics in the deal, and that mem
bers on the floor had boosted they
would oppose anything introduced by
Democrat, whether it be good, bad or
Indifferent" There was a Republican
majority in Council, and the time had
come to strike a blow for free toll
or something in that direction and yet
Island Councilmen were unit against
it. He further alleged that the fran
chise asked for tonight was but step
in the direction of blocking out pos
sible free bridge to the Island, and said
he expected there would be future
step, in the same direction, in the shape
CT a Wheeling railway track ON
Eleventh street, between Main and Mar
ket, and closed by saying: If there is
anything else the Wheeling Railway
Company wants, this is the body to
come to-"
Mr. Chew (Mr. Higgins in the chair
said he was at a loss to guess what
Office Mr.. Ali was after, that het should
make such a high bid for Island votes
He thought Island people were the best
Judges of what they wanted. In this
case they had asked for transfers, and
the ordinance now carried that propo-
sition. He. did not believe there was
any politics in it. at any stage. Neither
did he believe in loading down a meas
ure with amendments when it was evil
dent that they would defeat the meas
ure before the house. Mr.. Ali. Mr..
Chew said, had been the only man to
introduce politics into the matter, and
he regretted it.
Mr.. Ali replied generally to Mr..
Chew, saying among other things, that
it was true that Island people know
what they wanted; eve all know what