Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-01-26

port railroad, Messrs. Handlan and
White. After considerable discussion
the representatives of the Cadiz and
Bridgeport railroad accepted the prop
osition Of the representatives of the
Wheeling Traction Company, that the
matter should be taken out of the
hands Of the Wheeling Board of Trade
and, that, when this was done, they,
the Wheeling Traction Company,
would meet the representatives of the
Cadiz and Bridgeport railroad and en-
deavor to arrive at an arrangement
satisfactory to both parties.
Under these circumstances the COM
mlttee request Nat they be dismissed
from further consideration of the mat
ter; and further, that a special meet
ing of the Wheeling Board of Trade
be called by the president to receive
the report at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Respectfully submitted,
III. w. McLURE, Chairman.
Upon motion of Col. Thomas O'Brien
the report was received and filed and
the committee discharged
Mr.. Reymann stated that the pur-
pose Of the call for the special
meeting included the consideration
or amendments to the bylaws.
He read an amendment provlu-
Ing for increasing the number
of members necessary to call a special
meeting from four to fifteen. and in
creasing the number of members nee
essary to constitute a quorum from
twenty to forty
Mr. j. c. Brady took the floor and
said in substance that after what
transplred at a recent meeting. it an
peared to be a mistake that the bv-
laws permitted any person wanting
meeting Of the Board to run I'D and
down Main street, secure four names
TO call, and have meeting. 1t was
further mistake that twenty mem
bers constitute quorum. Under such
conditions it might be possible to rush
almost any measure through. Mr..
Brady thought the amendments should
be incorporated in the bylaws. He
would even favor an amendment to
require twenty-five members to call a
special meeting and fifty members to
constitute a quorum.
Mr.. E. Buchanan moved to defer ac-
ton on the matter until the next meet
ing.
Mr.. Joseph Handlan. attorney for
the Cadiz and Wheeling Railway Com
pany, took the floor. and remarked
that he regretted very much that any
reflection had been made upon the OBJ
Ject Of, or the people connected with
the Cadiz and Wheeling railway. He
said that in so far as he knew. the
promoters of the road came to the
Board of Trade at the invitation of the
railway committee. They had no idea
of doing so. until they were invited
by the committee. who endorsed the
enterprise and said they wanted all
the new railways and new industries
that could he secured Upon the re-
port of the committee and in anticipa-
ton of the contention which the hill
was likely to produce, Mr. Handlan. on
the part of the Cadiz and Wheeling
Railway Company, withdrew the mat
ter from the Board of Trade He said
the people whom he represented were
acting in good faith, and he would
have said nothing if it had not been
for the reflection upon the people for
whom he appeared, and who had come
to the Board at the request of its rail-
road committee.
Mr.. Brady disclaimed any intention
to reflect upon the Cadiz and Wheel
ing Railway Company in his remarks.
The proposed amendments were sim
ply matter he thought necessary.
without regard to what had been done.
Col. O'Brien then took the floor and
made an earnest request that the
Board be careful in the matter of in
Producing resolutions to amend the
bylaws. 1t looked to him as if snap
Judgment were being taken for some
Interior purpose. The Board has COM
mittees for such purposes. and has
carefully considered its bylaws. which
are in all probability based upon by
laws of similar bodies elsewhere. He
warned the members that if they do
not want to impair the usefulness of
the Board, and cause it to be the way
of the old Chamber of Commerce, they
should move very slowly and deliber-
ately in such important matters.
At this juncture, a motion to adj
journ prevailed.