The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-09
WOULD NOT
RECONSIDER
ITS ACTION.
Trades Assmbley Refuses to Endorse
the Proposition for the Issuance
Of Bonds for the Proposed
RAILROAD TOTHE cOKEFIELDS
after a Lengthy Discussion Over the
Matter tits Rejected-only
Two Dissenting Votes.

The Ohio Valley Trades and Labor
Assembly met in regular session yester-
day. the principal matter coming up
before the body being the question Of
reconsideration Of a resolution passed
at the previous meeting that the as
scmbly oppose the issuance OF 100000
bonds by Ohio county to assist, in the
proposed construction Of the Union
town. Waynesburg 6 West Virginia
railroad.
After Chairman Bauer raped the
!. meeting to order, Delegate King, OF the
entertainment committee, reported pro-.
!. gress In the arrangements for the pro-
posed smoker" that the assembly will
give in honor, OF the potters' convention
that will be held here this week.
The committee delegated to look into
the affair, reported the strike at the
Z Belmont mill still In force, as the COM
pany refused to grant the demands Of
+ its employees.
Delegate Sims said he had heard the
strike of the Pittsburgh printers had
been declared off and that all the pa
pers with but one exception had hired
: union labor.
The railroad matter was next in or
der and created much discussion among
the members. Messrs. Rinehart, Wa
4 terhouse and Lange. representing the
citizens committee, were present. Mr..
Protznan, representing the Union
town. Waynesburg 6 West Virginia.
Railroad Company, and Mr.. Holmes.
representing the Pittsburgh, ConneIIs-
willie & Wheeling Railroad Company,
were also present.
A Chance for Wheeling.
Mr.. Protzman pointed out the ad-
vantages of the Uniontown, Waynes
burg s. West Virginia railroad. He
said that for ten years Wheeling had
not increased her population beyond
the birth rate. He showed how Allie
gheny county had grown from 100000
population In 1890 to 100000 at the
present day, on account OF short
route to the coke fields. They were put
ting $2,500,000 in this road and wera
ready to show for it. He produced 4
map Of the proposed route and invited
the delegates to examine i. He said
the coal vein In Greene county was
seven feet. and in places eleven feet
thick, and that, too, the best coking coal
In the country. Delegate Jackson ask
ed him IL the proposed loan would no.
cause an increase in taxes and desired
to know IL the poor man did not pay
the big end of the taxes by having his
rent raised. Mr.. Protzman replied that
railroads did not increase taxes, bu.
decreased them and that the new mills
that the railroad would bring here and
the railroads would pay, all the increas !
led taxation and lessen the poor mans,
burden. IA Nh, - ~
- Mr.. John Devlne said that oil recog-l
ni2e that the road ought to be built.
They ask the city and county to SUBJ
scribe 100000 and his opinion was that
II the road comes to Wheeling the city
would grow Just as Pittsburgh had
grown under the same influences.
Increase Of Values.
Mr.. Rinehart, of the citizens COM
mittee, said there would be some bitter
antagonism against the new road for
the reason that freight rates would be
reduced. He referred to the time Ohio
county subscribed 100000 to the capital
stock of the Wheeling Bridge & Termi-
nal Railroad Company, and said It had
paid over and over again In increase of
values and In many other ways. He
said that road would have been ex-
tended to Connellsville had Mr. Bissell
lived. We have never gotten this new
road before on account Of so much OPP
position from roads carrying coke to
this city from Connellsville. Ho said
the promoters of the new road were
men of wealth and honor. They are oil
men Of integrity and ask us to help
them. The road would save fifty cents
on the ton of coke and would mean
$350000 year to this community. 1t
would enable Wheeling to run her
mills when Pittsburgh ran hers. They
would pay out plenty Of money and
assembly to assist In carrying the pro-
posed loan that would be OF great bane-
ut TO this community. He was not in
terested to the extent of one cent In the
proposed road. Not one substantial ar
gument had been made against 1t. To
defeat 1t would be injuring the. COM
nccclal prosperity of the city.
Replying to n question by MIR. STAN
ton rs to where the road would strike
Ohio county. Mr.. Protzman said It
{ would be about one and one-haif miles
beyond Elm Grove. Replying to an
other question by Mr.. Stanton as TO
where the location OF the tunnel would
be. he said he could not point 1t out OIL
the map, but referred him to the docu-
ments on record Mt the court house.
Mr.. George Robinson said that the
Pittsburgh. Connelsville & Wheeling
road was coming In here without nsk-
ing for one cent OF money. They had
: money and were seeking Investment.
They were not asking anybody TO help
them nlong. He said the Uniontown.
Waynesburg & West Virginia railroad
would be bonded and the interest paid
by the citizens of Ohio county. Here
the chair explained thnt Mr.. RobInson
WINS not n delegate, but had simply
asked to come In to listen to the pro-
ccedings and give his views on the pro-