The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-03
' ! STRONG
]. POINTS ! .OF
COKE J lt',IE ROAD
,Brough hit Out in Convincing Manner
(, n by General Alfred Caldwell II
Last Night at the
MEETING OF BUSINESS men.
An Effort to be Made to Have the
Trades Assembly Reconsider
Its Adverse Action. III

IA Last nights meeting Of business men
eof the city, held at the chamber of
I commerce. and presided over by Mr.. ].
5 M. Vance, and called in the interest OF
the new, railroad, the UniontowlI,.
sWaynesburg & West Virginia, was the
largest meeting Of Its character held In
wheeling for some time, fully one hun
drcd $of the leading business people OF
Y the city being In northumberland
iiBby the undeniable advantages that
y Will be Wheling's through the con,
y struction of tho proposed line.
Z The most important matters arising
were the appointment of three very i'm
portant committees. First. a commit
tee was named to confer with the Ohio
Valley Trades and Labor Assembly.
and endeavorl to have that organization
srecinside Ats recent action, in taking q
stand against the new road. Second,
q committee was authorized to be APP.
pointed by Chairman Vance, composed
Il of at least one in each or the sixty vot-
1, ing precincts of the county. whose du-
I tytit. will be to work OH election day,
& July II, for the success of the railroad
ordinance. Third. committee on ed
4. ucation was appointed, which will bring
to the public attention the manifold
L benefits to Wheeling arising through
the construction Of the coke road. With
all of these committees earnestly car
4 rying out the desrs Of last nights rep
resentatlve meeting. It would seem
that success should come on election
4 day. The meeting was unanimous In
Its desire: for the construction, Of the
railroad. and Is a showing OF public
sentiment that surprised even the
friends and projectors OF the road.
Some Of the Hundred Present.
Among those attending the meeting
were Messrs. Alfred Caldwell, w. Fl.
Higgins, ]. N, Vance. Egerton Vance,
John riaterhouse. w. F. shaffsr H. C.
Ogden. VIII Gutman. E. Buchanan
James B. Mckee. l., f. .Stifel, Alien
Brock. G. 9. Smith. Thomas E. Lewis,
z, Frank Mcneil, H. W. Mcclure, Leo
+ I. Wolfe J. v, L. Rogers, George Z.
House. R. ]. Bullard. w, C.. Stifel. viii.
liam Erskine. 6. S, Fecny, f. H. Lange
4 Walter Rinehart. al. Glass. A. l.. White
T. N. Refer. H. L. Wheat. A. Gillespie
z. B. Bowie. Henry Baer. L. E. sands,W.
z. Stone. w. E., Irvine. George Robin
! son, r. B. Franzheim, w. G. Caldwell.
4 G. a. Bowers, S. p Parker. Edward
y Wiles. w. "A. Wilson, H. P. McGrcgor.
~. r. Hughes
Mr.. j. N. Vance was made chairman
and County Commissioner VIII Gutman,
secretary of the meeting,
4 General Caldwell's Address.
y! The object of the meeting vas put
orth briefly by General Alfred CALDWELL
There seemed to be a lethargy and lack
Z of appreciation OF what the coke rail-
road means to Wheeling. Adverse ac-
ton had been taken In the trades as
senbly. owing to luck OF knowledge
of the project. There is 4 realization
that there Is a possibility OF the defeat
&of the ordinance at the approaching
special, electlon-hence this meeting.
a large vote in its favor cannot be an
tlcipated in Richland and Liberty dis
{ tricts. which the roud will not reach.
Y This vote against the road must be
counteracted In, the city districts, where
the benefits accruing from the corstruc-
Y ton OF the road are realized. It has
been argued that Ohio county never be-
fore gave more than 5000, 900 In support
OF a railroad-the Terminal. The speak,
or then proceeded to show. how the Ter.
Eminal had appreciated the value OF
property, and the Terminal is. not to be
compared with the coke road.
s For many years we have talked of
how many benefits would come through
The construction of the Connellsv'le
railroad, but 1t was never built And
: why-because the Pennsylvania end
was never projected; there was nobody
who could be enlisted to build that end
: OF the road. without which this end
would be useless, and Penn
Is sylvania laws prevented municipal aid.
The: Pennsylvania railroad is all power
ful there, and railroads must be built
In that state entirely by private enter
prise. Therefore the promoters of the
Uniontown. road have greater reason to
seek the aid OF Ohio county at this end
Of the line
The gentlemen who are back of this
road have obtained Pennsylvania
charter, as well as one In West Vir-
ginla. and in the former state they must
spend their own money from the coke
field to the line OF the state OF West
Virginia, und 1t Is but o small thing for
2 them to ask US to contribute 100000.
for this isi the end of the road that Is to
4 receive the greatest benefits.
u II we sit down and wal. Our mantf-
farcturers will go elsewhere. where they
an secure us low rates on coal and coke
as Pittsburgh has. New Industries
would not come to Wheeling, with It's
q handicapped condition In the matter OF
frelghts. THE jobbers. as well, are In
Z terested-lt opens up a new territory
and trade to them: It lays Wheeling's
hands on one OF Pennsylvania rich
counties, Greene. and lays itgtributary
to Wheeling; and It also reaches over
into Fayette. with its great coke indus
try. ST.
The County safeguarded.
And what ura the terms OF this rail-
road ordinance? The speaker hoped ali
citizens would Investigate this matter.
and learn how thoroughly the commits
slonera had safeguarded the peoples
interests; u special attorney had been