Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-13

meeting between 4 and s o'clock, all
having quorums and transacting BUSH
ness.
| In the afternoon the Committees of
Railroads, Ordinances and Streets, AL
| leys and Grades met in joint session
Wheeling & Elm Grove Electric Rail-
way Company a franchise on Four
teenth street, between Main and Chap
| line streets, as heretofore described,
the ordinance having been introduced
! into Council at the last regular ses-
sion, read a first time and referred.
| In addition to fourtee1 members of
the committees the City Solicitor, City
Engineer, Mr.. Paul o. Reymann and
Mr.. HenrS NJ. Russell, were present.
| At the outset of the meeting the
Solicitor explained that as a result of
conversation with Mr.. Russell the
| Wheeling Railway Company refused
absolutely to accept the ordinance in
| it's originel form, so far as it applied
to that corporation, or to pave any
portion of the street, and that the
company would not be at any expense
whatever, while willing to grant to
the Wheeling e Elm Grove Company
the permission sought by it from the
Wheeling Company. This statement
| led to a discussion of a matter dis
cussed at the last session-the rate of
fare to be paid by passengers boarding
the electric cars on Twelfth street, for
| passage east of Chapline street, and it
| ing cars at the corner of Chapline and
Twelfth streets, or any corner west OF
that point, should pay but one fare
| for passage to any point east Of Chap
line street.
The original ordinance was then
read, with several proposed amend
ments, including that relating to fares
as above set forth, but just after the
reading was concluded, and before any
action was taken. a new first section
was produced, based upon later
agreement with the Wheeling Com
pany, and materially changing the
situation as to Fourteenth street This
amendment was read and was to this
effect: The original first section pro-
vided that the center line of the
| o II
teenth street, between Main and Mar
ket. should be fifteen inches south OF
the center line of the Wheeling Com
panv track and that the Wheeling Il
Elm Grove trolley wire should be two
feet three inches south of the Wheel
ing wire. The new section changed all
this and provided for joint track, to
consist - a grooyed rail wide enough
for the purposes of both companies,
the effect of which would be to throw
the south rail of the Wheeling 4 Elm
Grove track but three inches south of
the south rail of the Wheeling track,
while the Wheeling track is to be
moved six zines north of its present
location, thus giving roadway OF SIX
teen feet nine inches on each side OF
the combined tracks as proposed to be
constructed doing away with the OBJ
iections OF business men and property
owners to the original proposition. In
stead of two trolley wires, there is to
be but one between Main and Market
streets. both roads using the present
wire of the Wheeling Company. This
arrangement las very satisfactory to
the committees.
A~eopsiderabfe amount of discussion
! ens1sa, ,hewever, upon clause in the
ORDINANCES which abrogated the ordin-
ance prescribing rules for the Board Of
Public Works, so that the Company
might enter upon the work of construc-
ton Independent of any permit from
the Board. Mr.. Russell, who had been
sent for and arrived late, stated that
the Company had inserted that clause
because the ordinance set forth that
the work should be completed by May
/. 1899. while the Board did not usual
" grant permits for street work until
April 31st. 1t thus might happen that,
although the Railway Company had all
its material on the ground and was
ready to commence and complete the
work. the Board for reasons of its own,
might not grant the permit, and thus
the ordinance would become null and
void through no fault of the Company.
This matter was discussed at great
length, and finally Mr.. Russell drafted
an amendment, which was accepted,
providing that the Board should grant
a permit after the material was all on
the ground, the City Solicitor to report
to the Board that this was the fact.
Mr.. Russell stated that the Company
desired to prosecute'the work with the
utmost despatch, but that from forty
five to sixty days, he judged. would
elapse before the special work neces-
| CORY for Fourteenth street between