The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-13


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The council colnH'tIee On FHii"'s9
met last night, with Chairman bacn-
man In the chair, and Councilmen
Bradbury, Schmidt, Knoke, Kindelber-
ger and McMechen present. Others
there were Councilman William Nc
cormicis, who is chairman Of the COM
mittee on ordinances, and Beckett:
city Solicitor NesbItt; Messrs. B. S.
Allison and Sam o. Boyce, representing
the Wheeling Railway Company. and
Mr.. John j. Conlf, representing the
Peoples Railway Company. The re-
suit was the recommendation favor
ably to council Of the ordinance grant,
ing the Peoples Railway Company a
franchise to operate an electric street
railway line on certain streets of the
city from Jonathan's ravine to Forty
eighth street. at the southern limit OF
the city.
Unusual interest was taken for the
reason that the Peoples ordinance.
which had been in the hands Of the
committee on ordinances, had been
shifted to the committee on railways
by act OF council Tuesday night. This
action gave ofEense to members Of the
former committee. and especially to its
chairman, Mr. Mccormick, who was
not loath to express his Views Of the
matter in vigorous language. AS Wig
orous rejoinder came from the rep
resentatlve of the Peoples company.
Mr.. Coniff, and the situation was de-
cldedly acute at one or two stages.
The ordinance provides for d route
through the city north and south. In
the first ordinance submitted by this
company, 1t was proposed to have the
tracks In the central portion Of the city
along Chapline street, and there was
to have been bridge at chaplIne
across Wheeling creek, In the ordi-
nance submitted to the railways com
mittee, the route is changed. and is
down Market street, with tracks paral-
telling those of the Wheeling Railway
Company from Eleventh to Twentieth
streets. North of Twentieth street 1t is
single track system, but south of
twentieth there is a South Side loop
mostly over streets that are not occu-
pied by the Wheeling company.
Mr.. ConIrT's Statement.
The committee was called to order
shortly after s O'Clock, Mr.. Conift
made a PREDATORY statement on behalf
Of his company, The ordinance, he
said IL revision of one previously
submitted TO the committee on ordl-
nances. and which was referred to the
CITY solicitor. The present ordinance
had been framed to meet the sugges-
lions Of the solicitor. and embodIes all
Of them. he claimed. The company
desired To obtain n franchise over
the routc specIfed in the ordinance
and which was better Illustrated by a
map which members of the committee
Ind inst examined. The COMPANY de-
s,red some action taken on its applica-
t,on. and he believed that the commit.
tee on RAILWAYS was the proper one Ia
10 ia. this being entirely n railway
nroIect The suggestions Of the solicit
tor no so,d Ind been for the beneflt OF
the companv ms we'll as for the city,
ITe nrred action at once. so council
wopld he enabled to mass ON the appll-
cation
M n Allison representing the
vvboo,,r, poi,wov Cornanv neyt nd.
dressed Tho committee In the after
noon ba had made an attemnt to in.
gnsct tha ord,nance and the man. but
Nod heen unnble To see them until iust
hesore tho committee met. when there
wos M onnortpnItv IN do more than
glance ovcr them The wheeling Rail.
wov comnanv no said ia interested in
r,bo+ "a rrono,ed and he boned thecom.
mJttes would net considerably and
glvs al, who ore interested nm opportu.
nItv N Snneor and give expression n
+be,r Views He wonld osk That actIor
he deferred unt,, not onlv the wheel.
inc Railway COMPANY but Mi Others
interested NAV nave n chance to he
heard bayoro the committee The nj.
torrsv, ~ the wheeling PATHWAY Com.
nor,, No sai1 oro NOT ,bo oT,cI',s hoe,
nvoitaod ~ cynl,In who're noss,bIv tbe
dos,ros ~ ,bo peonle's comnonv NAV
corg,ct MIR tho r,gb,s ~ bIs componv
ana MN thoso oglcsrs can bo beord
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