Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-04-10

submitted a bunch Of letters from
| Richmond, Va, and Others cities, IA
which he was eloquently extolled. Mr..
| Reymann supplemented the written re-
port with a verbal statement, elaborat-
| ing upon the idea and presenting some
additional details, and discussion foi-
lowed, participated in by Messrs. w. =.
Stone, DR.. S. L. Jepson, Secretary
Thompson, G. o. Smith, and George
Hook, Esq, the subject matter being
! largely upon the question OF the GATE.
The net result was the adoption OF the
. report of the committee, upon the
urgent plea that if anything was to be
done it must be done quickly, as MI.
Bensons engagements were numerous
and he could not hold a date open for
more than few days at the outside.
The Committee on Trade Excursions
reported through Mr.. George w. Lutz,
who said that while the committee was
not greatly encouraged it was by no
means discouraged. There had been
conferences with the railroad represen-
tatives, and a full report would be
made, it was hoped, at the next meet
ing of the Board. In the course OF his
remarks Mr.. Lutz stated that they were
waiting to hear from Mr. Fitzgerald,
and he was waiting on the determine
ton of the Company as to who would
be the new general manager Some in
formation would probably be available
in few days. Mr.. Thompson had
. been in communication with the Penn
sylyania road in relation to through
New York sleeper from this city, and
also in regard to the C. & P. entering
this city.
The Advertising Committee made a
report, through Secretary Thompson,
as to what had been done.
The Committee on New Industries
had nothing definite to report, but was
working energetically and was hope
full. In the same connection Secretary
THOMPSON said a suggestion had been
made as to the establishment of
power plant for small manufacturers
which was under consideration
Mr.. Joseph c. Brady brought up the
Rice resolution, amending Secs. l and
8 of Art. ". of the Constitution, relat-
ing to membership on the Board Of Di-
rectors from suburban towns, and after
a prolonged discussion the salient mat
ter, contained in Sec. 8, was amended
to read as follows:
Sec 3-Whenever there shall be as
many as twenty members of the Asso-
citation from any adjacent town, the
Board of Directors chosen under the
provisions of Sec. l of this article, shall
have power to elect Director to repre-
sent such town, upon the nomination
of the members from said town under
such rules as the Board of Directors
may subscribe.
When the number OF members from
any adjacent town shall be fifty or
more, two Directors therefrom may be
town shall be entitled to more than
one Director for each additional thirty
members from such town, above TWEEN
ty. The Directors so chosen shall have
the same powers and serve during the
same term as Directors chosen under
the provisions Of Sec. L.
REWRITING to the matter of excur-
sions, Mr.. Lutz announced that the
railroads had made new rule. Here
tofore ordinary excursion tickets were
limited to one day, but hereafter tickets
sold one day would be good returning
the following day, thus giving visitors
the opportunity of remaining over
night in the city.
Col Robert White brought up the old
subject of the nuisance of the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad tracks on Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets and sug-
gested with considerable earnestness
that the Board Of Trade ought to take
some steps toward clearing those
streets of tracks, with possible in
fiuence to secure new and adequate
depot in the central portion of the city.
In reply secretary Thompson said the
matter had been under consideration,
and report would have been ready for
presentation at the meeting but for
the fact that Mr. Underwood had left the
B. G. o. The committee in charge of
the matter fully realized it's import
ance, there had been consultations, en-
gineers had been sent out to see Just
what could be done, and while saying
that at the present time he could not
go into details he dropped several
broad hints that some radically new
ideas were being worked out. and that
there was disposition on the part of
the railroad company to make not only
change but a very important one.
This information was listened to by the
gentlemen present with great interest.