Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-13
TRACTION CAAPANY'S PLANS
FOR THE CHANGE IN THE GEN.
TRIAL BENWlooD CAR
TRACKS
TABLED FOR AT LEAST A WEEK
BY the Council COmmittee-Provfs-
ions for Three Cars and a Five
Cent Fare-Sentiments of the Citi-
xens Regarding This New Phase of
the Controversy.

Chairman Gately, of the Benwood
Council committee on ordinances an
nounced in an interview last evening,
the most important provisions of the
Wheeling Traction Company's ordi-
nance for change in the car tracks
through the middle wards of the town.
1t is stated that the citizens are in IA
Vor of some of the propositions and
heartily opposed to others. The Ques-
ton, which is now in the hands of
the committee, will not be taken up
for final consideration for at least a
week.
The ordinance is in substance as fol-
lows:
The ordinance provides for the priv
ilege of connecting the track which
the company is now constructing on
land acquired by it along what is pop
ularly known as Kentucky Heights,
with the more easterly track OF its
present main line in Marshall street
at p0in, about 325 feet north of the
north line of Fourth street, and the
privilege also OF turning its said new
track into Marshall street at what has
been known as Ninth street, near Wal
ter Duggan's place and thence ex-
tending it souChwardly in Marshall
street parallel with its present single
track, lately acquired from the
Moundsyille, Benwood & Wheeling
its Of the city.
The company will also construct an
approach to the old county road or
Marshall street from grade crossing
over the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
either at Seventh street or Eighth
street as the city shall direct; the city
to furnish the ground necessary and es-
tablish the grade and the curve of
the approach in such a manner as not
to injure Marshall street for direct
through travel or effect the grade of
the company's new track thereon; the
work Of constructing such approach to
be under the direction OF the city au-
thorities When such new approach
shall be constructed and available, the
present approach at what has been
known as Ninth street shall be deem
ed to be vacated and abandoned and
the company shall have the right to
move its tracks westward upon Mar
shall street at Ninth, if it shall at
its own expenses, first make the neces-
sary fill to straighten and restore the
grade of the old country road at that
point. The company shall nun three
cars between Tenth street, Wheeling,
and Eighth street Benwood, at Nc
Mechen and Main streets, cfossing the
Z. & o. at Schads crossing Jon as good
and favorable schedule as gan be made
with that number of cars, and the fare
on those avs between the points men
tio1ad NA&. fhe company
s7a1 allow fivy cent fare on its
through cars betJ cen the southern and
the northern limits of Benwood; also
a five cent fare, between Sauer's
switch and the northern terminus of
its lines in North Wheeling on cars
running through between those points
On cars running through on what has
been heretofore the Mound5ville, Ben
wood & Wheeling Company's line, the
Wheeling Traction Company shall, as
to passengers to or from points south
OF the southern limits of Benwood,
make no greater charge to or from the
said foot bridge OF the National Tube
Company than has been heretofore
made to such passengers for passage
to CIR from the terminus of the line of
the MCundsville, BenWood & Wheeling
Railway Company on Main street at
Seventh in Benwood.
Interviews yesterday with several of
the Benwood business men disclosed
the tact that the citizens are unwill-
ing to accept any Offer from the COM
pany that may conflict with their last
concession in the matter, which they
submitted just before the Traction
Company formally acquired control of
the Wheeling railway line.