Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-20

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In continuing his address Mr.. Protz-
man said he felt that with the facts
before them the people OF Wheeling
would stand ready to do their part to-
ward building the proposed road.
Mr.. Davis Talks.
Mr.. Davis was next introduced. He
said he could add very little to what
had been said. as his connection with
the company was in the capacity c
legal advisor. He said it had been
of wonderment to him why TIL
people of Wheeling permit the hauling
of the coal and coke used in the local
industrial plants to Pittsburg and then
down here, frequently over two or
three roads. He said the figures com
piled by Mr.. Protzman were q reveal
ton to him. not only as to its adj
vantages to Wheeling, but as to the
prospects for the road.
Mr.. Davis answered the anticipated
objection that the road will be built
whether Wheeling helps or not by stat
ing that the road has been projected
as far back as twenty years ago, and
has frequently been agitated but moth
ing has been accomplished. He said
the reason the road had not been bulls
was on account of the difficulty in se-
curing a charter, because Of the jeal
GUS of the two powerful corporations,
the Pennsylvania and B. & o. rail-
roads. He said the new company has
already, secured rights of way across
Greene and Fayette counties.
In answer to the suggestion that the
projectors were scheming to secure
stock and then sell out, Mr.. Davis n
tered a positive and emphatic denial.
He said Mr.. lutte was in the matter
heart and soul and had spent too much
time and invested too much money to
turn back. The road would cost about
S. 5000, 600. MI. lutte has subscribed
81, ZOO, 900, and he and his associates
will subscribe about 50. 500, 0e0, or half
the actual cost of the road. Greene
county has subscribed $500, 900 and the
promoters expect $4,000 from Fay
cite county. If Ohio county will sub
scribe 81, ZOO, 900 the company will be
ready to start work at once 1t was
desired that the subscription be made
before July 1st. With $4,000 900 sub
scribed it was not anticipated that any
trouble would be experienced in secur-
ing the remainder.
A Coal Road.
The new road would be essentially
a coal road, but would have other in
terests as a matter of course. If any
body in the world knows anything
about coal, and especially coal in this
section of the country, it is Mr.. lutte.
If his knowledge Is sufficient to u
him to invest 81, 500, 900, his judgment
ought to be worth something, and that
the persons who refer to the presence
of the promoters as a scheme to secure
contributions" Mr.. Davis said the
projectors expected the road to pay
dividends within a year from the date
it is placed in operation.
The Pittsburg committee volunteered
to answer all questions which might be
asked, and in reply to queries, said the
grade would be one per cent. 1t would
be a single track road at first, but
with double track tunnels. The COM
pany had secured no rights of way as
yet in West Virginia.
Mr.. Protzman was asked about the
claims of the Connellsville and Wheel
ing road, and replied that the projec-
tors had gone over every legal phase
of the matter and would have no diff
Guilty whatever in establishing a pri-
GRITTY.
The fact was developed in the meet
ing that an inquiry was made of the
Secretary of State of West Virginia as
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the Pittsburg, Connellsville and Wheel
ing railway, with a right of way down
the valley of Wheeling creek, and that
the Secretary of State replied that he
could not decide the legal question OF
priority, but that the p, c. & w. com
pany had filed a map in his Office. Mr..
Davis stated that his company had
made a location in West Virginia be-
fore the P, C. & w. road was talked
of, and made it in good faith, and this
fact, he thought, complied with the
legal requirements to establish a pri-
GRITTY for his company. Mr.. Protzman
stated that it is necessary to file a pro-
file and not simply a map.
1t was then suggested that the two
companies be consolidated, and the
Pittsburg companies did not take the
suggestion unkindly. The suggestion
was made that the name of the CON
solidated road be Uniontown, Waynes-
burg and Wheeling.
Sense of the Meeting.
Mr.. Henry Baer moved that 1t be the
sense OF the meeting that Ohio county
should subscribe not more than $780,