The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-17
BOND ISSUE
now BEFORE
THE! |+: PEOPLE.
Friends Of the Project Believe That
the Better Judgment Of the
County Will Prevail. n,
3THE MANIFEST ADVANTAGES
OF a Direct Line to the Coke Fields
Dictate Vote "For subscr!p-
tion" To-day. " u

To-day the voters of the county de-
eide whether or not they desire the in
Eauguration OF an eraSof prosperity such
as has not been dreamed Of in the
past. They have the opportunity that
comes to some communities once in a
/ life time-an opportunity that others
never are favored with. Singular to
relate. Interested parties have pulled
the wool over the eyes Of n portion OF
the voting population. with the result
that a strong opposition has been or
gantzed, and which will do Its utmost
to-day at the polls to defeat an ordi-
nance that insures Wheeling a degree
of Industrial prosperity that cannot be
measured or even unprecedented at
< this time. 5{ tssssi
The opposition to the bond issue is a
queer .combination-the Trades Assem-
bly, "a tooD, the Pittsburgh. Connells-
Vile & Wheeling Railroad Company,
4 (Which many OF Wheellng's business
men declare to be merely cats paw
with which to deceive the voters), and
two great railroad corporations that
are particularly interested In not see
ing Wheellng's Immense coke traffic
from Connellsvile diverted to q road
with one-half their mileage, and iconse-
quently In a position to make "a rate
Of transportation which they Will find
themselves utterly unable to meet. ia'
~ On the other hand Is the Uniontown,
Waynesburg & West Virginia Railway
Company. backed by the wealth OF the
Juttes, who will subscribe $1,000, 900 or
s2,500.000 to the capital stock: endorsed
by the Wheeling chamber of commerce,
s by the board OF county commissioners
and by the business men and manufac-
turers OF the city. after mature and
deliberate Investigation of the project.
81, On the one hand are influences tend
ing to the continued disadvantage Of
Wheeling as compared with Pittsburgh
In the manufacture of Iron and steel
on the other company whose object
Is to place Wheeling on an equal or
better footing than Pittsburgh in iron
and steel. The voter who has the
best interests Of his town at heart Will
cast his vote in favor OF the bond issue
voters who desire continued Pitts
burgh supremacy over Wheeling Will
vote the other way.
n The campaign Of misrepresentation
against the bond issue. continues, and
one Of the latest stories put into circu-
slatlon Is to the effect that the twenty
two miles OF the Unlontowr road on
West Virginia territory will cost but
100000. Well. II that were true (but
1t Isn't. as was pointed out yesterday
morning.. by the terms of the bond or
dinarce the county would pay but
$4,000. as the measure provides, that
before the first installment of 100000
Is. paid over the company must expend
In Ohio and Marshall counties s45O.OoO
OF its9own, and before another $3.50. 900
! Is paid over the company must show
an expenditure In these counties OF
{ 100000. The county's interests are
safely guarded at every point, and II
Z the railroad company does not fulfill
every condition Uncludlng coke rates
as cheap as Pittsburgh's. and the run
ming Of trains from Unontown to
Wheellng) the county loses not cent.
III Yesterday, 1t became evident that u
large amount OF money was being
used by the opposition to the bond
issue. and the inquiry naturally Is.
Where does this money come from? It
is alleged by friends OF the ordinance
that interested railroads are behind
this opposition. and that they will stop
4 at nothing to prevent the carrying Of
the bonds to-day. This alone. say the
friends OF the ordinance. Is the best
Of arguments for the Uniontown road
coke carrying railroads would not in
terest themselves against the proposed
: road unless they believed that its con-
struction would hurt them.
The polls will open at sunrise and
close at sunset. the latter OF which Is
scheduled to occur at 7:27 p. m.