Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-07-23
TRANSPORTA TON.

We have not thought proper % urge. either upou
our own or The eastern public the establishment, ola
WAGON line between this city & Cumberland simul-
'nnson,ly with tn, COM lerion Of the Baltimore aud
Ohio Rail Road to tina, place, because we hoped The
matter would be fully accomplished without any
effort to engage public attention in Il. Tho day.
however, i approaching when that road will be
completed, and the necessary steps are not taken.
10 have the line IN o-e:ation by The proper time
Our Peoplc-heto, and the people Of Baltimore and
PHILADELPHIA seem 10 DO thinking either that business
IS 20 Duh there is no use for a line, that the stock
cannot be taken. that the line will come itself or
that the time for the eomplotio OF ihe road is some
seven or eight years hcnce.inslsad Of a, many weeks.
Either Of these opinions indicate that the po.sesso Z
tereofIs deficient in Information.
a Railroad has been made from Baltimore 10 Cum
berland. a distance Of III miles, toward the greal
natural artery Of the west. IL is one Of the commu.
nications between the Atlantic soaboarl and the
vast valley OF the Mississippi. which Two sections
have a trade with each other tina, would.in ordinary
times OF nailonsl business, supply twelve or fneea
eapacious railroad or canal channels Of commuaica.
lion with enough TODD. THIS railroad VILLA time.
be completed to The Ohio rvor, but il must be ma.
ny years first. Were this comnleied. Il would mako
one perfect line Of communication from R,.,o,
TO New Orleans, fr freight, that would he chcaper
md quicker than any other. As il Is not. there is a
hiatus TO be filled between Cumberland and Vince.
ling. by the ordinary mode OF conveyance. VIII
the Pailadelphians, who are interested in securing
as many avenues To their city rs possible--,he
proprieInrs Of the Philadelphia aud Baltimore Rail.
road, whose direct interest il is to secure OH
the trade practicable Oye their roure-wil the Bal.
timofcans, whose main aRd almost only interes, IN
and clam TO the trade Of the west lies in this rnuio
will the & o Rail Road proprietors. particular RS
who have expended millions upon This road,-vU
the owners Of real estate and the dealers in Vince.
f'ng. whoss prosperity rests greatly ucon secure
transportation through the place,-will the stage
companies between Wheeling and Cumberland who
60 ensure to themselves The carriage Of passeneers
must secure FOR the same route he carriage ofroiyhf
will the owners Of steamboats, on The Ohio river
whose interest Is advanced by increasing the expo.
dIion and facility with which goods are carried to
and produce from Inc west-.will the citizens Of Gin.
c'nnau, whose interest il III 10 compete with the ocean
route The luke route and New York route
for the trade Of The far west. suffer This hiatus to re-
main untitled and by 50 d ing permit the money e1.
pended, on their n ilroads their stages. rhcircsiates
and their steamboat 10 lie idle or be les productive
Than II might he made for The want Of few dollars
speedily and judiciously expended We trust
not. We knoW that it only REQUIRE. ,ba,
they all shoui0 be awakened 10 ne subject
Let all those we have addressed think Of the FOL.
lowing The railroad should set Immediately about
ne construction oiburden car bodies that will be
sniIabie for a wagon properly constructed. that The
goods may be deposited therein in Baltimore mr.
Philadelphia. be brought 10 Cumberland. Al Cpu.
oeriand swang IN wagon wheels and started by
teams that shall run night and day at short s,,,es
al least two miles en- hour. which would land ,ben
IN Wheeling in four day. from Baltimore Her.
they would be put on board ola boat and deposited
m Cincinnaii IN % hours, being five days from BI.
'imoTe through to Cincinnati or six from Philadel.
Phia. This line will cost not one twentieth r,,fo,
ntihe Of the money that has been expended o., tho
railr'ad'i yet # there is not transportation enough n,
the route at his speed to make The limo nav n Gir
interest on all The money invested, then lhs Raj
road has been nldc for nothing.
All needed in this Thing, where go msoy ~. f.,
'ereS'eu' Is That two or three men in each place in.
'eresled' should busy themselves in Ceiling the
STOCK IN getting the stock in small shares, s~ealisrinp
itamong men Of every variety Of interest and husi
he''i that II may be a public thing. not confined 10
The use oinny particular man or house; but used for
all. Hh Is once set in motion, it will 60 Of r.eIG
you cannot stop it,
Whatever Information upon tho subject Of COST
prices. goods, effects sc. u needed by onv o,o a..
fous to engage in it, we pledge ourselfto give in tho
next four weeks.