Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-23
NOTICE.
notice. OF ELECTION

| NOIlCEOFA ELECTION
In Ohio County. West Virginia, for the
purpose OF taxing a vote upon the ques-
ton OF said county subscribing five hum
dred thousand dollars to the capital
stock OF the Uniontown, Waynesburg d
/ West Virginia Railroad. a corporation OF
the State OF West Virginia.
| Notice is hereby given that the Board
| of Commissioners or Ohio County. West
Virginia, at a meeting of said Board, duly
called and held on Monday, June 4th, 1900,
| at the Court House OF said county, in the
| City of Wheeling. at which all the mem
bers of such board We're present, did
unanimously pass an ordinance or order,
a copy of which is hereinafter contained,
| and that the vote provided for in SAID
!, ordinance or order will be taken in Ohio
County, West Virginia, at the several
places of voting in said last mentioned
be held on Tuesday, the seventeenth day
of July. A. D., 1900. Such ordinance or
order Is in the words and figures follow
ing, to-wit:
be taken in Ohio County, West Virginia,
at a Special Election ordered for the pur-
pose, upon the question OF said County
subscribing Five Hundred Thousand Dor
lars to the capital stock OF the Union
town, Waynesburg & West Virginia Rail-
road, a corporation OF the State OF west
Virginia.
burg K West Virginia Railroad, a corpo-
ration of the State of West Virginia, has
requested a vote TO be ordered and money
to be appropriated by Ohio County, West
Virginia, to aid in the construction or IT'S
railroad through the counties OF ONO ana
Marshall, in the State of West Nlrglnla,
from a point at or near where the west
Virginia and Pennsylvania State nne
crosses the south FORK or branch OF Big
Wheeling Creek, by way of Elm Grove,
IN said count of Ohio, TO the CITY or
Wheeling, in Ohio county, West Virginia.
"Ann Whereas Tha R0ari nT Commits
sionerS of the said County of Ohio deem
it desirable for the said county of Ohio
TO appropriate money TO aid in construe-
ton of such railroad through said
counties, as aforesaid, such appropriation
to be made by a subscription OF hve un-
dred thousand dollars to the capital stock
of said Cniontown, WayneSburg * West
Virginia Railroad:
Therefore, 1t is Hereby Ordered. BY
the said Board of Commissioners of the
said county OF Ohio, that a vote be taken
upon the question OF the appropriation
by such subscription, by said County of
Ohio, OF the sum of five hundred thousand
dollars TO the work above specified. Such
vote shall be taken at the several places
OF voting in said count of Ohio, at a
special election which shall be held on
Tuesday. the nth day of July, A. d. 1900.
If such vote shall be in favor of such
appropriation, any subscription thereof
by this Board, or its agent, shall be upon
the terms and conditions following:
The said sum of five hundred thousand
dollars shall be subscribed to the capital
stock of the said Uniontown, Waynes-
subscription shall be payable as follows:
One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
thereof when at least four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars shall have been ex-
pended by the said railroad corporation
III the construction of its railroad in the
said counties of Ohio and Marshall; such
four hundred and fifty thousand dollars
having been raised wholly by the sale Of
ike cqnit9l stock of Safd nnrnnanN m
private subscribers; a second one hun
dred and nifty thousand dollars thereof
when at least pine hundred thousand dol
lars shall have been expended by the
said railroad corporation in the con-
struction of its railroad in the said eoun-
ties, the last four hundred and fifty thus
and dollars of such ndne hundred thous-
and dollars having been in like manner
ana In good faith, obtained wholly by the
sale to private subscribers of like capital
stock of said railroad corporation, the
intention hereof being TO make it a condi
ton OF the subscription by the county
that before the payment of the first two
lnStallments thereof, three times as much
money shall have been furnished and put
INTO the construction of such railroad in
Ohio and Marshall counties by means
OF the sale of other stock of the company,
OF the same kind, to private owners or
subscribers who shall nave risked such
money without obtaining any preference
or advantage over the ounty of Ohio
in regard thereto. The remaining two
hundred thousand dollars of the subserip-
ton hereby authorized shall be payable
when the said railroad corporation shall
nave completed a standard guage rail-
road in the said counties from the West
Virginia and Pennsylvania State line at
or near the said south fork or branch of
Bis Wheeling Creek, by way of Elm
Grove, to the corporation line of said
city of Wheeling, and shall ave pro-
Nlded for access TO a station or depot
in the City of Wheeling for the transac-
tlon of its business in said city, either
by the use of tracks and facilities already
IN existence, or by the construction of a
track or tracks OF its own, or by a COM
bination of existing and new construc-
ton within said city, and shall have
trains running from such station or de-
pot in the city of Wheeling over a track
or tracks constructed by it or the use of
which 1t acquires within said city, and
over its own railroad in Ohio and Mar
shall counties, and over a railroad in the
State of Pennsylvania connecting there
with at the State line at or near the south
branch of Wheeling creek, to Union
town, IN the county of Fayette, in the
State of Pennsylvania. Provided, that if
the construction of said railroad in both
of said counties of Ohio and Marshall
shall not be in good faith commenced
within SIX months from the date of the
making of such subscription, if it be
authorized, or being commenced, such
rallroad snail not be completed in said
counties and have trains running, as
aforesaid, within three years from the
- VI hiafAAil6 oQNI SUBSCRIPTION ana
such further time as may be rendered
necessary by failure OF contractors or
sub-contractors, by labor strikes or by
litigation which could not reasonably be
avoided, then the said board shall be at
liberty to withdraw as to any part of the
SUBSCRIPTION of five hundred thousand
dollars which may not have become pay
able under the terms of this ordinance.
And IL such subscription be authorized,
the said railroad corporation shall ac-
cept or decline said subscription within
thirty days after the same may be Of
fered by the Board, or its agent. The
said Board of commissioners may for
good cause shown extend the time for the
commencement or completion of the
work.
1t shall be a condition of said sub
scription that said railroad corporation
shall not charge greater rates for the
transportation of freight between Union
town or any intermediate point on its
line etween Uniontown and Wheeling,
and Wheeling, or from Wheeling 10
Cniontown, or any such intermediate
point on its line. than is legally charged
for like service between the Connellsvfne
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