Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-04-13

Yesterday afternoon shortly after
three o'clock the members OF the spe-
cial Railroad Committee of the Board
of Commissioners and President Hull
linen Quarter, of the Chamber OF
Commerce, representing the business
men and manufacturers, assembled at
the office of the Clerk of the Board,
where they met Mr.. F.. Protzman and
Mr.. W. C. lutte, of the projected
Uniontown, Waynesburg and West
Virginia coal and coke railroad, now
seeking an entrance into this city.
The meeting was merely of. prelim-
mary character, designed to promote
acquaintanceship between the gentle
men, to obtain a clear understanding
of the situation all around, and to pave
the way for large general meeting
of railroad men, business men and
manufacturers and citizens generally,
to be held at the Court House next
Thursday.
After there had been introductions
all around Mr.. Protzman produced a
number of blue prints of the proposed
route of the Line and adjacent terri
tory, and addressed the Wheeling COM
mittee at some length upon the i'm
portance of the projected road, show
ing, among other things, the very
great saving in the delivery of coal
and coke to the manufacturers of this
vicinity over the present rates via
Pittsburg. He demonstrated that the
reduction would be at least soc per
ton, and went at considerable length
into this economic question. He also
discussed the proposed route of the
road with considerable detail, dwell
ing upon the tunnels proposed inside
and near the city limits, ETC., and in the
course of his remarks said the esti-
mated cost of the line was S4,500,O00,
but if it cost S10,000,000 it would be
a splendid investment for Wheeling.
He also said that on his return to
Pittsburg he would have prepared a
detailed typewriter statement to DC
read before the meeting proposed for
next Thursday. nish
Taking up other phases of the case.
Mr.. Protzman discussed the probable
business of the road, the develop ment
of the coal and coke territory across
the Pennsylvania line, and the great
announcement which had been give
by the people along the route and
their full appreciation of the impor-
lance of the enterprise. He also i'm
pressed upon his hearers the fact that
the road was a clear-cut and inde-
pendent enterprise, having no entang-
ling connections or alliances, but ex-
pecting to do large business with
other records through traffic arrange
ments mutually advantageous. Among
such connections would be the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie, the c., l. .& w.
the B. & o. and the Pennsylvania. His
discussion of the project was a very
interesting one, although necessarily
of "a somewhat general nature.
Mr.. Protzman was followed by Mr.
lutte briefly, and then a general dis
cussion ensued between the gentle,
men present, during which it came out
that the road would probably require
two years for it's construction. The
session closed with the adoption of ar
agreement for a general meeting mex
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock
This meeting will be open to com
missioners, Councilmen, business mer
and manufacturers and the genera
public, and it is the wish of all inter
ested that there should be very large
attendance of our citizens. In the
| meantime the railroad gentlemen viii
return to Pittsburg to prepare a de
tailed statement which will embrace al
facts Of possible interest.
MIX l.. Hess, Easter Display, 3
Twelfth street.