Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-01-26

IitE AltN;ORY-Wc have made ,hec.ii unor our
go -."s q take 3 me step, svauI9.cssu,-n hcclaims
'i HhcsiiIg TOR consideration la selection a sile 6lsa
Nauu.sl AHn,y before Cpagtess ana the executive.
We sfoflnt our remarks u?1a the sl,i,c. have given
'hc alarm . ca' neighbours Slh above s.d sel,y, ana
they have o5ii,d thon enl uag.I in connection. their
oNn p'ia's as preferable. 10 show our citizens that
oar anxiety on tls subject prls,sJs from no vi,iJaa.
o. '".'rit IN - tins punt Is better adapted fr the cs,ab-
h-amca' p!ihs asnIry ,haa any other point. wo ten
Ger 20 ugm a few hes tia, hrar u.on the SUI
Get Tao most imPoran'. any. the only Irn9oraa,
subjects 90 be taken into consideration in locatus tho
annoy are Psu.s. iron, ra.S2sr,o;icn and isJor. h.
'he west there Is hg.o or 90 water power, anI where
Il doos east. experience PruYcs that s,,uIa IL Cyor.
DE .orations Is the cheapest
We have seen, indeed, from close AMI j1s, es,:roa,c,
made at Lowell Maysacalssus. srL a, Pry,d.uc. 4.
lsiabd. whore wafer power Is found IN It's ~ s, favor.
able situations and coal costs from iuur,,ea 10 a.
teen dollars a c~haldron, while Wood is from three to
aNea e1ri, that steam PoNsr IS Tao cheapest nerr.
"here eJsi costs but q ;iide OF what Il docs there and
"herS water Poweris inorg rare. ltmus. be much ,hs
~,hsaqcsi.
LIS universally conceded that in favorable at IA.
IONS for so1', sioan is the chea?es, power. Coal
then Is IN item tor eJlspdcrauon.
IN Pittsburgh Goa! sells Tor 5 cts
" Wheeling. " q" y c.
Cihcihnlu. " II cts
L.'us'HHe' " Ii cts.
Nashville q" pa cts
Al or the three latter places receive a large share
ofihsir coal from wlccLng. which IS proof uadcnia.
bic Ihst the great ,rac, Of country watorcI by the o.
hiu river an is tributaries furnishes no coal mines
embracing d,e sarns de,irlbIe properties ~ whccliar.
There are excellent coal bcjs ia X ,niucky AMI Olio.
ou; they arc not nj points 50 accessible 10 the great
oIlcts as Wheeling. In power, Wheeling /, grefera-
bic 10 Pittsburgh by :w5 ~ 0ae. T. Cincinnati by 81
1ui to y ,-hvillc twelve 10 one. Labor !, also taken
into the accour, s~fFowCr. and tha; in shc aggregate
corrosronls with tho rate Of Flour. every king s!sl
teirg equal 10 Wheeling Hour sells Gr 325, in
Nashville $50, which gives the price Ct labor n favor
Of Wheeling Of " than ono foarth. In Nashville
i'm is plcny-coal is noi-oa nc OH, riyer il is
abundant At p.in;si 5u. where acco,sibls, coal Is no,
qua!ly 50 in equal quantities, Nashville iron is ,here-
ore extensively brought to Wheeling IL blooms,
manufactured into bars and returned to Nashville
cheaper ihH d; car &c MANUFACTURED into bars there,
by egh, dollars. a ton, not estimating ihe difference
300 labor, which at-Ihs least calculation, Is lue foI-ih.
iihs !!on o: Cumberland river can he brought to
Wheeling, manufactured and carried back cheaper
,h.H II can be mnuartureJ Iherc on the spot. a, tie
.snc lime that Wheeling coal Is carried 20 the Cum.
5sr.aHl, The proof is ample ha, the Cumberland
IS not The proper place for chalp Irsn works, mn. that
'horo Is no POINT yet Developed between wheeling
and the Cumberland on The Ohio, which is IN irs.
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