Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-10-12


Ii is high time the pc pie cfthis section
OF the sold Dominion" we're looking to
their immense iattres; ~ his a. Al im-
prosemcnt, which IS destined to esiatllsh
bets, en- the Inhabitants 81 the valley 81
the Ne0oufahela' AMI the city If Balt-
more d communication Of IL or q hours
rapidly; which sh en extended to Fair
mont, viii bring the price { foprio with
| Id rs cents per bti. OF the piice at he
| city of Baltimore, AMI which viii afford
constant and daily transportation; 10 the
sea boofd. oi any aad eli the surplus pro.
duce Of the country.
The provisions ofihe set fthe General
Assembly OF Virginia required that the
sections Of this road from HaFpers Ferry
Il to Cumberland and from Wheeling t. the
Monongahea river should be flushed be.
I fore tho appropriation made in 1898
should be paid over to the Baltimore and
/ Ohio rail road Company, and the Company
were allowed by this ac. until the first OF
July 1913 to complete the said sections,
upen condition OF receiving the aPpr5pra.
ton. Another provision Of this act au-
thorsed and required the city Of Wheeling
10 contribute the sum of enc million Of
dolisrs towards the construction OF lie
roal. The change 81 times have render.
ed the citizens 4 VIII cling, unable to
contribute SO Iarg, an amount o. money,
and by some action ha at the last session
Of the Legis aufe, an opinion was midi
rectly expressed that the state Of Virginia
would f el under no Obligations to pay
the million OF dollars appropriate in 1888,
if tie Sections, 6es grated by the act oil
appropriation, were not completed against
the first Of last July.
The Company, we uadt r. aud, despair
Of ever gettlng the milan of do MS sub
scnbeI by tbs cit zens Of Wheeling. as
their pecunlary reyerses renter il utterly
impossible for them to pay even half The
amount. Other weighty objections, ex-
isting in addition to this to making Wheel
ing the terminating point the Company
dung the last summer sent out their prin-
opal engineer, MIR. Latrobe) to ascertain
the plactIcablity ofconducting the road to
the Ohio river, the entire route, through
the territory of Maryland & Virginia.
We are glad to i arm that MIR. l.. has re.
ported favorably to the proposed location.
Should the Company make their road
on the Pennsylvania route, they are re-
quired by tie act granting them the privi-
lege of passing through that State, TO ex.
tend one branch of the road to the city of
Pittsburgh, and the state Of Pennsylvania
reserves TO herself the righ. Of utersecting
the main road and Pittsburgh branch, at
any or all points WIKI similar roads to
connect with the Pennsylvania improve
ments leading to Philadelphia by which
the State Of Pennsylvania may secure
portion e the trade and travel to Philade-
phia.
1 he Pres dent and Directors of this
great improvement, alive TO the Interest Of
the city of Baltimore are now directing
thu il efforts TO avoid conducting tho road
through tn, State of Pennsylvania, and
will no doubt ask the Legislature Of Vr.
gina, at its ensuing session, to prolong the
Time prescribed for the completion Of their
road and to authorise them to pass through
the territory of Preston, Monongahela,
Marion q Tyler Counties to the Ohio
aver.
With this view ofthe subject, we row
cali on the people Of North western Vir-
ginia to lose no time in circulating petit
tons and procuring signatures requesting
the Legislature to extend the act Of 1898
81 as 10 give additional time to the Com
pnny to complete the whole line Of the
Road TO the Ohio, and also 10 authorize
said Company to terminate the same at
any point b,tween Wheeling and Psr&ers-
burg.
We sincerely trust the people will APP
preciate the importance of PROMPT action
on this subject, and govern their exertons
accordingly.
a Lucky MlDsnlPMAN.-A letter from