The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-01

80 49,. advantages possessed by local
lies cities and towns: ana reCsntS q
commemorative survey was comPleleu VI
clarksburE and f.. Iai 51Tn}Iabiliiy es Of raw
,,ssstorieIs the condition of the LABOR
market, the social life Of the people, On"
number of churches and the eihcien.;
~ tha school system; IN fact. every SOFT
.of information that the 1huus'' ''' ''0'
pect could desire.
"1vc are planning to have an lnnus-
,, srryav made of Wheeling at an
carjv date; and I am sure that WIN SUI. t
intormation in hand. setting lortn me
MANY Inducements when tsls ~ ;, o,,.
holds out. It can be eNpec re GcrtainIy
h. baltimore & Ohio management VIII
operate towards this end at every OPP
poftunity. 49, Gathering of
business men comprising III ,,,nitv ~
his association does. should DC hlsr-
ostod in learning something or inc Gun
al ,ai]road situation as 1t Is Flewcn
by railway managers Ever? no'in,
,n,n in Wheeling realizes that inc couH-
. .J ~ transnortntion system has been
taycd TO it's utmost during the last year
en1 more Of abnormal industrial! acIlE-
ftv in supplying the cars ana ". IL
facilities with which to move rain:
,imes that 1t was utterly Impossible !"
nrovide the necessary cars 10 haIfll" ln''
hnsiness Offering. Many things arc re-
sponsible for this condition. some u
wiz" rYith the high price Of. steel and
other materials and the rapid rise m
railway costs Of all kinds II mas onSl!
imnossIble to provide The equipment an"
ears in sufficient numbers 10 takc TT: .ni..
of The requirements resulting from TINS
III, This mas liTEflN
hos, due to the fact that tho RAILROADS
have not been ahlo TO caTrE OUT an.S
financial project and .rrovluc INC noes
saTw money with which t" carry 4ui
nIaS. as thcv would have been t;lai
"TGc case ~ the Baltimore and ON"
affords an Illustration of what alihGe
to- Last year the company s Tir'r'I mi, "s
largest business in It's history thor" re-
naired hut $500, 900 which WAS crcdlt-
"a tn surplus after the interest OF us
funded debt, fixed charges. meeting th'
interest on its bonds and rrrfrrrcn
stock and paying out five rcr cent t" us
common stockholders. I am sur" that
nnv concern in Wheeling doing business
on 90 small q margin nf Snlcty As hu'
would become alarmed and would -"
n,Iick to take an inventory OF IFS al
" IT will hc understood that this sur
n1,s "a thr fund out of which such inn
movements and bcttermcnts as new
stations and terminals. addii i"nal "qnirc
mont. etc. should he provided; hut "i
recent wears this has been found human
Is impossible. Tt is on ac,c"un, Of mis-
small margin OF safety whtrg thr rail
roads have had----and II must n" rrrnr'n-
hc rcd that the Raltimor" ana phl" J."
lyrical situation. indeed il has tarcd
better than many ruilr"ads-,hat the
carriers have been slow tn max" Inn
movements where they were not abSo-
1utcly necessary.
Eight-Hour Day Controversy.
'Now l desire 10 refer briefly I" IN"
sc-callcd Fight Hour Day controversy,
which rulmiuntcd with tho .pasSaE" OF
The hdamSon law now before III" SUI
nreuc Court for Il vnrdirt rs To its con-
aituttonHlity. "" can show that II ms
law IL upheld il will place an additional
expense Of $o,5nn. 0nn on the Baltimore
and Ohio: and this would mean. prnvid-
{; tic " same yf sa. Fin Ii On have S'" NO