Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-05-28

We said. q few days since. that when -rogucs
scll out honest men would &c, their rights. aud
" the appearance OF the following article. which
We eupy from The Ptstnrgh Mercury. wc are Of
nrinion that the time has come. A friend from
Piitsburgh onte remarked that Wheeling was, as IL
were. a bridge between the Easi and West, ard
that n man going from the Nor;h-wcsi 10 the south
East or N~urlh-Easi, or frvm the S'uth-Nesi TO the
Norih-Easi orSOu,h-Ea>t -oueLt To go TO Wheeling
To start, and he was right Wheeling is The start
ing poist Cor travellers or mals. It i the focus COR
the United States. for The great valley OF tho Mis-
sipp. and the Atlantic shore. and were il not Tor
Tho chIcapeV and monopoly exhibited in Pirtsbu-e h
& set forth in the follow ing article, Wheeling would
never have suffered the los of ono passenger be-.
tween the 33I and 42I degree or lailudr. Lnok
al the following eaudidly. tu.cllrr. and see What
a humLugging set have existed. 70 he INJURY ofall
traveller ON the Pennsylvania improvement.
THE CANAL.
A difficulty has risen between The Canal C,mmis.
sioncrs and The pmpuciurs uf The Eyrress and pioa.
Ger packet lines. Il will BE- Remembered that the
Canal Commissioners for he sake or reducing the
the prce of passage between Philadelphia aud Pits
burgh, directed that the owners Of these lines should
receive a remission or dnWhlck If The t,lls charged
upon passengers. Under Ihis arrangement Tho Pho
ueor line carried pazcngcrs this spring for So ana
the ESpress line for Sl2. A. lac object pf the Can
nj Commissioner in making The ~drawblcl .wns chicf
" 10 encourage and keep Mp Tho cheap line. and H.,
bounty was granted undet the superstition that boil
lines could bee kept az. the contract WIS cuns.Lcrr,
To he NJ an end 10y the Canal Commissioners whcr
the cheap line was Withdrawn, and $, they rcscindc,
their drawback Resolutions. No one who has re
marked the prncn,ss Of munupplics of al sort, {,
prey upon The public, Will be surprised that rhe pac
ket conpony which owns bath these lines, should
find an excuse Cor stopping the cheap line, and com.
peIIng passengers % Iaya higher Prtco .or a passage
IN a crowded boat; lor we are told that The Erpres.
Line Boats are Internationally full every trip. The
excuse OF the company for Withdrawing the Pioneer
Line II that its expenses were IoO heavy. There il
every rcaspn 10 suppose that 1t paid N well, If mo-
better. than the Express; hut more money was to be
made by continuing The high pu, ed Inc. II is in
umated m The Manufacture = that the puprictnrs are
alsp interested 10 certain stage lines, and So. II pas
scngc.s choose 10 resent the tricks and impositions q
monoi 'ists AMI refuse ip go IA their canal buais.-
why-iEcy can 60 in their Stages. But. any way
they can fix u. the { Ivclrrs must submit 10 imp,Si.
tam. Can tot some way Ice found 10 rd our public
works ol these mpnopulIzidg transportation compani..
or Is Il pusSIble for the Cummis,iuners To rrpuiaic
Them 50 thai The public may not he liable IN new
modes of exaciion every season. The board should
make a vigDcuuspdoIt for complete reform and tho,
may rest assured of receiving the support o(Ihc puI
lac in carrying out the rigid measures which are re
quircd'