The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-08
THE BOND ISSUE
For the UniOntOwn, whynesbuFg and
West Virginia.
AN ORDINANCE TO Be DRAFTED
In Accordance With the Views of the
County Commissioners, and tho
Election viii Likely Occur In July
Mr.. Protzman Addresses Meeting
of the Boards Finance Committee,

preliminary steps toward placing the
100000 issue for the Uniontown,
waynesburg & West Virginia railroad
before the people were taken at
meeting last night of the finance COM
mittee of the Ohio county board Of
commissioners. Attorney Frank w.
Nesbitt, representing Prosecuting At
torney Meyer, was instructed to draft
an ordinance containing the necessary
provisions and this document win come
before the board for action at Its next
meeting, at which time the date of the
election will be doubtless set. The SEN
tlment in favor of having the bond
election occur on the day of the genera!
election In November has about died
away and special election Will be
held, probably in July.
Last nights meeting was held in
Clerk Moffat's office, and the members
Of the committee present included
Messrs. McGregor. Gutman, Higgins
and stahnke. Mr. Alfred Caldwell, at
torney for the railroad company and
Mr.. Nesbitt, for the county were the
legal talent represented. Mr.. Nesbltt,
who is to draft the ordinance, wanted
instructions, and similar ordinances
adopted by the board in years past were
read by Clerk Moffat, among them be-
ing in particular. that applying to the
wheeling & Harrisburg railway, voted
on February 4, 1883.
Mr.. A. Protzman. for the company
which proposes to connect Wheeling
with the Pennsylvania coklng coal
fields. was present and at various stages
enlightened the members on any doubt
full points as to the survey of the road,
In the absence of Chairman A. S, Hare.
Of the committee, Mr.. Gutmnn was
elected to the chair.
After general discussion, on the
motion of Mr.. McGregor, the commit
tee decided to recommend bond sub
scrIptlon of 100000 to the railroad. AZ
ter the vote, which. appeared to be un-
animous. was announced. Mr.. Stahnke
said he did not vote. as he believed the
amount too high. As to the manner of
securing the money there was some lit
tie difference, Mr.. McGregor favoring
the sale of the 100000 stock the county
now holds in the "Pewlkey," which
can be sold for 100000. and having the
county bond itself only for the remain-
Ing 100000. Messrs Gutman and Hig-
gins were averse to selling this stock,
which for the last two years has paid
dividend Of IL per cent, but 1t WIS de-
clded to leave this feature without de-
cislve action until the meeting OF the
board.
AS to the periods of payment, Mr..
McGregor suggested that one-thIrd of
the sum be given to the railroad when
1t had completed one-third OF It's mile
age in this state. one-third when two
thirds was completed and the balance
when the road was finished. Mr.. Gut
man thought the better plan would be
not to pay cent until the road was
completed in its entirety. To this Mr..
ProtZman entered n hearty protest and
he was supported by other members of
the committee, who said such pro-
ceeding would be unfair to a new rail-
road. and it was generally agreed that
the chance to get another railroad was
too good to be let go by Wheeling.
Incidentally, Mr.. Protzman said that
the road would have its depot on
Eighteenth street, for passenger and
freight business, and from the printed
map he outlined the roads route from
Crows Mills, at the Pennsylvania state
line, down Wheeling creek. through a
tunnel at the Peninsula, thence paral-
lei to the Baltimore & Ohio through
the city to Benwood. where 1t Will cross
the river to BellaIre. There Will be
about twenty-five miles of the road In
West Virginia and six or seven in Ohio
county.
a skeleton form OF the ordinance will
be presented by Mr.. Nesbtt at tho
next regular meeting of the board OF
county commissioners