Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-23

Ohio river at Wheeling: and before the end of
two ycars II the east ''be Just, nay merely
wise Many small streams have been bridgsd
on the national road that could not hinder
The nail, while the mail obstructing Ohio is
icii unabridged, save the western branch, done
by individual enterprise.
br,,lse over the Eastern branch of the O.
mo at Wheeling, and about 80 miles of rail
road extending thence Wcs,wanly To the
great canal, interscctinS il some 80 milesnorih
oil the national turnpike aud the most fertile
and populousportiono OF Ohio will be placed in
easy communication With Baltimore, placed
IN elect within 60 miles Of that city under the
wagon iorm oil transportation. Our heavy
produce will then pass direct To her warehou-
ses, follow by the travellers aud business OF
all kinds 1t puts in motion. 0hioaTs will have
additional reasons Tor considering Baltimore
their iavorite city: Their tobacco will cease
10 81 the circuitous route by Columbia to reach
the desired market; their industry will be sti-
inulated, aud land increased in value many
millions more, than il the railroad terminated
at Porkersburg; for hand worth $40 an acre ri.
sing say 30 per cent. yields very different
sum total oil increase, from land worth only
4 from b2 cents TO 50 per acre. Besides Whee-
ling Is IN the midst OF the hitminous coal re-
\ gion. Some 30 or 35 miles south OF Wheeling
the upper strata ofcoal dips beneath the bed
OF the Ohio river and could not be excavate,l
but at great expense. The counties of Bel
mont, Guernsey, Jefferson and Harrison, in
the State OF Ohio, contain abundance of coal
mat can be dug at an expense of one fourth OF
a.: a cent 10 one cent anda quarter per bushcl.
The same Is true ofthe northern part of Mar.
shall, and OF Ohio and Brooke counties I'm Vir.
gina. Thus, while the railroad adds to the
value OF a fertile and populous district. the
latter largely reciprocates the favor having the
means to do SO. The improvcmens In Mich
igan and Indiana win contribute TO the value
oil the Ohio roads connecting with Wheeling.
One OF these is the railroad from ST. Josephs,
on Lake Michigan, TO Detroit; of which lilo
miles are finished and Weddings per cent. on
the investment. BY next October lac miles
oi 1t within 50 miles OF St. Josephs. This will
connectwith Sandusky, Columbus and Vince.
ling. Another will connect Cincinnati, Co.
lumbus and Wheeling. At the present time
iorty miles extending from Sandusky and forty
extending from Cincinnati are i'm use: 81 ,200;-
600 have been expended. A loan las recently
been obtained in Boston for tile continuance
OF the work. The national road connects aft
the railroads and canals (some 5 or 6,) tina,
cross the States of Ohio and Indiana from the
lakes TO the Ohio liver: with Wheeling
There Is the charter for a railroad from Akron
TO Canton and Wheeling: from the Ports
hou'u "iiu SiSNtiinu canal 10 wheeling; the
! completed way from Cleveland by the Beaver
canal to Wheeling; the canal from Erie on the
lake to the Ohio river finished last December.
Attending another route from the lakes to
Wheeling The Ohio, at whose navigabe
head at all seasons Wheeling is situated, con-
meets her with all the south and west by 80,
600 miles of steamboat navigation. From all
these channels and Others of less note a flood
| OF produce, merchandise and travellers, must
pour upon Baltimore A large majority of
those who deal with New York, Philadelphia
and Boston from the west and south, will pass
through Wheeling and Baltimore. But it will
be the landing of the large quantities of pro-
duce there, that will swell the business and
invlgorate the growth of the city. Ii is easy
to see that the railroads through Ohio will
participate largely in the advantages of the
travel between the east and west There are
but few months in the year, that the lake route
would be preferred by most travellers, not
Including those, who, like Cato the censor,
think it FOLLY to go by water when they can 30
by land.
Thus, as pendulum tends to the centre,
The channels oil communication with the east
tend towards Wheeling from many directions.
making her position circumstance which al
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