The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-09

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ness men had prepared the medicine
for them and If they refused to take It
they were ignored.
Knew Their Minds.
Delegate King opposed reconsidera.
tion, because they had voted 1t down
before and they knew their minds. The
business men had reaRfrmed their opin.
ion of the trades assembly. They
were Ignorant" and not long ego they
We're "hoodlums." He said the new
road was to cost s4,5O0,OOO. If Ohio coun.
ty was to subscribe 100000 and the
company exnend 100000, where was
the other s1,5o0,G00 to come from? He
said that II the builders Of bridges on
the new road were approached with a
union card he wagered they would be
thrown from the bridge. The burden
OF the increased taxation would fall
upon the laborer. The railroads might
pay them In a direct way, but 1t would
really fall upon the workiiigmen In
increased rent and In various other
ways. They were right and they knew
1t and they would defeat the proposed
subscription, II It were in their power.
Delegate Sims was opposed to the
subscription because 1t was too much
money. They said tunnel was
to be built on the Peninsula for Ss50.0O0
What assurance had they that 1t would
be built? All corporations did as the
ordinance stated and not what they
said they would DO. Why could not
the new road come by way of the Ter
mlnal? The ordinance did not show
that they intended to build tunnel.
The chair called upon Mr.. Bell, Of
the carpenters uhioE. Mr.. Bell said
they did not wish to mortgage their
homes to speculate In railroad stocks
The sentiments of the carpenters I'M
ion were that they keep their property
clear.
Delegate O'Leary, Of the Amalgama-
ted Association. called the attention OF
sHS a''s'SiipiS " 'iie itSt iitl Soiiie VI
the men who were working strongly for
this road had ridden on street ca,s
during the late strike and some of them
were opposed to the rights of labor. The
business mems club could not kick them
at one time and pat them on the back at
another.
Delegate Hayes read II statement
from n railway journal to the effect
that $4,000 Il mile was liberal esti-
mate Of the average cost Of railroad
construction. He said the promoters of
the new road would draw on Ohio
county for 100000 and then never spend
the money. They would bond the road
and the owners would hold the bonds
1t was not true that railroads reduced
taxes. The man had lied that made tina.
made that statement
The One BRIGHT Raw.
Delegate Tomn,aton wos tho op,v dol.
np, 70 nrosa,t That s,ot, in f,yor ~,
tho nronosaa suhscrint;on II. s,,d ho
b,d not hoard NJ ,nv m,,rroct,rors
coorc,rc thair omn,nyo. 20 vote for tho
ard,,.nca wba[ y,s cood for tho
manufacturers wos rood ror tho wor,,
inc mar uo would vote for Tho ord;-
n,pco hoc,reo bo ,b,rrh, +. 40.
cood thing for tho 10 horar Erho,, sho,,1
mot ho rro,rd;oad n,r uo,r,os ia
e;vo, mn assurance tbot tbo,r ro,d
,,.o,,,a b. h,,u,
Do,onot. c,,s .,,a ~ n,,h,, ,ro,
~. r,,,,,,.os ,,,ar III ,n,,o, 80 ,,o -,
s,,,,,,v IN rooons,do.,,c w. n,.o,,.,ou
nocsad o,.,,rs, ,bn lo,,, na.on,o rnnmn
ayorv ,,,r wo,,or ana n,,ra !, ,ha o;.,,
would o,r,a ~ "a ~ aa,onaton 80
-. ..zya,,. ,,,a.,,,, ,,.,., 20,