Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-04-19
For ne Times
SLACkWATER-N

In communication your. la-i paper | Gu
eeaNorcd 10 c,'sreCt ed the misrepresentation
vi the friends Vt the Aononsshcia NaNiyaiiou 10
end ." put upon th-ir g'aJ tlsos, Who nigh hn y,
teen deceived nv ih-m I rev wish "a enqHne
how ~ h. for the interest y. BIli.m,re To per
Unit q conure h'n To- grow up between herself and
her raIl road aud tins Nayighrtn Co. l. II not n
primary consideration Ia give the outset char.
vcter hr pun"tualiIy aud security TO the mil mud
and The lines VI i'nprb, eui connecting N Win
che Oaio river. whrh shall obtain Tor n a pr.G.,
ence over every other rNal rOaie Make TIM. nm.
NIgsiisn a lnk in the chain and I.,tb tb.,. 60,
requisites tr LOST. (iooIs lo,I.J nj n l.
'iinore destined Tor the Far West must he tr.nshn
pc at Cumberland, iranshippcd at Brownsville
and iranshpped NJ PiI,shur, h. larger boai. rseeiy
ing them there from the uv seci,ncn. ,,l mud ma
Nhhes Which Ply on the Monorynhela. All Ih< j.
attended with delay, and frequently With los. yrs
uhmage 10 Tie merchandise 81 Frequently handled
% lar as the navgati"n between Brownsville a.d
rhishurgh 10 concerned. we have already said IL IN
one OF greai difficulties. Inv water wili not a,
certain ms, the OhIu hut At m-st u,,c or
"a seasons. render dsnppprnimcn,s. delay and los
7he common characteristics OF this part the pro
posed route. Bsas will s'iel up,n aud bars and
shoiis u there be :ni water enough at IheIr o.
Yer. aud we have known the Al n,nxah.Ia 10 he
season alter seas ~, 50 lpv a., to he Language
"i Cole Reeves. MI 10 he igable for g,s.e
when skill ould not lie taken. wiIhpuI frequently
grounding, between Brownsville aud Pitt.hursh
Tits rirer -, like all rising in the ,nusn
tanS, subject ~ sudden fresheis aud as sudI.s t1
'remes OF low water. Now, &C the owners Of g,oJ.
Can be convinced that the delay they will meet
WIN nj Bnwnsville the sand bars ,,f tue riy.
rr' waiting toe water 20 Hat them. will be prfta.
oie' ihen The navigation concern will he q JrweI,
ind the citizens Of Bal umcre becume inter. ,te, iu
NE improvement but until thus change ia the se.-
umenis Of business men occur, ! apprrhend that
IL ia - A.
tI"ore and Ohiu rail road und the West which.
bbih- eastern and western greatly prefer
INK mot COMPRISED Of two paris sand and one pafi
"dlcr but al good lin, sone metal stretching with
out break or aar. rom Cnmbcr and To wheeling
M trsnsh pmehrs here but from the car. TO the
ng"us and irum the waguts To the EteanbIsi-
lhe distance frUm Brow lille Wheeling Is IRE
n'ely the same n. Ia P,ttsburg by the river. that
= % miles When - is taken into consideration
hu Wheeling is 100 miles below Pittsburgh /,
VIII be iound that g'sSls 10y she r al To the
burner place will save besides me transhipmrnt
a hundred miles ia distance. mud. OF ,Our.r Two or
'hree days IN time 10 say nothing of The ssyhiI
cnpon>e, which mnt necessarily he less Ivy the |
shortest route, having tho lowest transit plncnl.
The advantages which Wheeling possesses over !
Pittsburgh ia her lOcaIIon with regard to TIE sea |
hoard and the navig Ii"n uf the Ohio Is soon u be
Developed ny The workings oi the rail rad. FL. |
icrnll advantages will presently have becume nsar.
NC shaii ulSchNet WINNER n nun 1
dr"d On les OF the won't T'riiun ui the Ohio river is
u" difference in The carrying irude-and whether |
''ial al two cents hlshel ranIroi make iron cheap
or than coal at sII cents. All "Iher things b~inR |
equal our natural advantages will yet realise the
brighiesI dream ever INDUCED b, the 81 sanguinr
Of the friends of Vince ling
We would lay II down n general rule before |
c'sng this article, that all slarkwaIer navigation
improvements fail ia accomplishing the end Of lher
construction. We would 4 .icately intiIa lIe thai
they humbIgI Yet On rivers a limited slack |
water may do for The local trader but nothing more
they eau never succeed part OF leading routes
aud especially will they succeed without sui.
hcieut supply Of waller.
MADAM