Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-07-29
SATURDAY, JULY 90, 1913
FoR PRESIDENT ~ 1874,
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FnR VIcE PRFSprNr,
JOHN DAVIS, OF MAssAcuUsETrs

When. IN April 1912, We first applied the term
'GREAr CESroAL ROUTE" To the travel and
transportation route between Wheeling and Bali
re. DID mot intend it as a mere nau7e de guerre.
that haI strict applicability to the subject named
Il spraug from The fact that BI'Iimore has hy her
location. advantage every other Atlantic
city. inr reaching the West Apply the snme labor
ami capitol IN equally IdIcious manner In all Of
them, nnd she will always Realm it. That This
labor md capital lDH sometime be applied we
have no doubt and Baltimore gain q prepnderancc
which she must have had had no canals rail roads
or steamboats, existed This must be by cum leng her
rail road IN The most direct way the Ohm river.
where 1t best tops the great west. A. it il, Bahi-
mnre ID the channel through VII ch news, CORES
ponIcnve and travel seat from all paris of the
east ~ all parts Of tic west, striking the Ohio
river al Wheeling Whatever may DO said about
uarsP rrIaIion this fact there no denying that
letters, papers, AMI travellers PASS from all the
imFoHsnI paints. ives, aud east. this way. quicker
than ia any other way. Any means then, that can
be adopt. To expedite that communication or render
ii certain aud safe. is Of very great interest To Iii
more, Maryland, aud oil other points the cummuni
cation to and from which seeks ihis channel.
Thus Promi-irg. VIC wnud remark that The
mail from BaIlimo c. and the seven. eghr. ten
Stages that load and unlnad the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road cars. arrive here from FIVE To six
! O'Clock. + NJ. la the winter seasJn, they must lie
6 morally some rwo hours later. Aud the mail and
passengers must lay over here Twelve To fourteen
! hours OF all umes. because they eannOl the
river at night, aud during ul least one month, at
different tImes.eaCh winter passage Tor mail stage.
is entirely suspended nnd both mail and passengers
kept eide OF the river the other for days
IN succession. WIRE SUSPENSION BRIDGE. fifty
feet aboye The WaIer. m the 10 d of 1892. high
enough for passage ofseambnats al all times be
built by government, fer the of one ADMIRED
and thirty thousand dollars. Tie Ohio al IhIs
place, The interest un which five per cent. would
be but 500 dollars annually The gum now paid
by the wrEern mail contractors IN ferrase hieh
is Of course added 10 The cost Of carrying the mail
is 1000 dollars annually. md as the mails increase
this cost must increase OF cnure. We would ask
Ihsn, il The value OF regularity and saving Of lime
10 the great western mail md other conveyance is
not sufficient TO warrant The people and press ia the
east, we'll west, TO aid N peIIuniug Congress
for the erection Of this bridget Our citizens as well
lhuse in some parts Of The west will 60 earnestly
into the Tork this summer. md we hope we can
LOOK FOR The cooperation OF Maryland and Phisd,l.
pha in the ensl at least. and the entire west.
The opponents Of internal improvement can find
no objection 10 Ibis work. it is provided for in
the original Contract between The federal government
end Western States for tie completion Of the Cum
berland Road