Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-06

OR readers will doubtless feel an
interest in the pcrusai Of tho following.
MEMORIAL.
To The Senate and House OF Representa-
tire, al the Com uon,cealh Of f'cnnsyl-
rdHid-
The memorial of the Board Of Trade
If the ci,v oil P,,tsbury, respectfully
passed authorizing The Baltimore and
oh Railroad company 10 construct a
railroad through the State, I'm n d,rec-
hon from B,l,imore Ia the ONO RIVER"
In this act the following (amonc other
resiricuunS) was introduced lin case the
snld railroad shall not terminate al The
ohio river, IN the vicinity OF Pius5urg;
It shall be the duly OF The company io
construct simultaneously. u late raj rail-
road. Upon he same principles and plans
OF III" main railroad. So us Ia connect TIE
CITY OF Piusl urg with the main railroad ;
This proposition. together with varroui
others. aud especial y one ~ which the
full right is secured 10 this Common
wealth, or my OF her citiZens. or any
companies, " h. may hereafter be So au-
ihorzcd BY the Legislature, Ia connect
with The said railroad, at any poini ruth.
IA this Communicable, seems quite sulli
cIeni to secure our Sreie and its ciiizcns
against any injustice from the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company, AMI yet ma.
nlie>t that liberal spirit. which the states
of this Union should display towards
ca h othe The Baltimore and ONO
ralir"ad company asscn',h 10 The Terms
OF this aci, commenced the work, and
prosecuted with all the means wuhin It's
control iis extension towards Pulsburg
Ca The ooh OF June, 1889, Il supp emrht
TO this act, extended the time for The
completion Of the railroad until the 27,n
OF Feb nary. ls47. but adding various
new restrictions, was passed.
Ii is not necessary that your memo
rialisis should enter into u iaborcd dis
cuss on Of the merits OF these new re-
siriclions--it Is sufficient TO say, that the
baltimore and Ohio railroad company
have rega rded them us altogether mad
mIssab'e, and as taniamount 10 prob hi
tl"n 10 enter this State. Since the date
o. the passage oil that act, the Company
have ceased 10 cas-, its longing eyes ur.
on The rch valleys Of The Youghioeany
aud Mononoahela; the provisions OF tina
Jaw have created barrier along our
southern line more difficnl: To overcome
than either mountains OF rivers, and the
company has been driven by irresistible
II, cessity 10 seek other routes 10 the
Ohio.
Since 1910, the Engineers OF the
company have been exploring every
par. of the country lying between Cum.
bertrand the Ltile kanswha. and the
fennsy lvunia line. These explorations
have been entirely successful. and have
settled, beyond all doubt, that various
routes from Cumberland 10 the OHIO
without entering the Common wealth Of
Pennsylvania, as practicable.
Ii Is under such circumstances that
your memorialisis now approach your
honorable bodies. The discovery OF
these various practical routes to The O
hio river, without entering this State,
has produced an entirely different STATE
Of things from that which existed when
the act Of 1889 was passed, Then il
was believed that the railroad could not
reach the Ohio river, the grea; channel
of trade without passing through the
Keystone, and the Legislature Of that
year have displayed worldly wisdom in
the conditions then imposed,
So long as your memoriaIsts bel eyed
that the company had no other route 20
the OHIO river they never troubled your
honorable bodies with any applications
on the suljec'. The members of me
Board of Trade are all Pennsy Ivanians,
having no parlIaIiiies for a corporation
existing be, ond our own State bounds.
and felt no regret that the Legislature OF
that year avaiIed itself OF the supposed
necessities of the railroad company 10
drive even hard bargain.
That company, however, considered
the terms too severe-il conside red that
an accepranre Of he conditions Of the
law of 1880 would be an act Of moral
suicide, and of course, ri cled them
There remained then TO mat company
but one alternative, TO procure from the
Legislature Of Virginia further time for
the extension OF their road through thai
State within tho limits of The original
S'"'NN'' H'iC" Wv W
the OHIO River al any point not lower"
than Pdrkersburg.
The very able and Distinguished Pre-
sldent Of that company has been at Rich.
mond Tor many weeks. pressing upon
the attention OF the LegiSI iure his car.
nest memorial, with all that TACT and Ia :
lent which charactcriz IS him, TO sup
pose that nc will fail in his application
would be irrational, lie asks Of that
Legs AZURE no money no subscription
OF stock no guarantee. but merely the
privilege OF constructing n railroad, ex.
tending frvm one bundled and eighty
five 10 two hundred and twenty three
miles through tina, Stale to tho Ohio. T.,
reject sucn an application would be mere
faulty. The james River and Klnaw ha
company may have influence to restrict
tho western terminus to a point farther
unrth Than Dn Il oraIury int that a.