Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-02-06

faulty. The James River and K.aswhs Company may
have influence resuict the western terminus TO point
farther Sh than Pskesburg bat that the Utmost thst
anticipate.
The simple question. your nemor's'e believe. Tor
your consideration 10 this Ills mcss desirable tos ns ~
of this Commonwealth that the Baltmors and Ohio
railroad should Pennsylvania pass through several Of
our Counties enriching them by the expenditure q large
gums Of money and terminate Pittsbufgf Or shal
pass ,w. hundred miles through Virginia. dnuibaiins iis
millions with lavish hand in that State Your memorial
firmly believe that the THE Commonwealth
that the road should terminate In Pennsylvania.
IL is sometimes urged that this road. taken Psburg
will divert travel and in winter trade from,
public works. This your memoriaists cannot In that r
Of frankness which due themselves well your
honorable bodies, deny But in reply they will remark
that the completion Of such convenen for travel
Pitsburg w naturally that place, and
there such increase Of business will than
compensate the public works for the loss Of travel aud win
trade They do further urge that railroad, striking the
Ohio river Psrkcnburg hundred and nnsto miles
below Psburg and below much OF the dcult alton.
inevitably draw from the public WORKS all the travel
from points below Parkenburg and from distance
above IT, This however is not al. the greatest
injury which termination OF the railroad Petersburg
will infiict upon State works.
larg, portion u the trade from the region Of
along the Ohio, and its tributaries below Pakerbura, will
be drawn TO that railroad during the summer when the nv
low during the winter when the upper Ohio is closed
by ice and in the tall when the may be expected
be frozen. though actually closed. Indeed, would
that Parkersburg the very point which the
serious diversion OF trade from the public works Of State
be made.
farkersourg the mouth OF the Muskingum
10 but twelve miles, and from that blaze there
lent connection by slackwaer and canal with the Ohio
us that considerable portion Of the trade from that
gon may be expected TO PARK eburs rosts Penn
syvana legislation drives the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
TO that point.
| From Psrkersburg TO Cumberland, by the
route examined by the Engineers Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company is 223 miles.
| From Cumberland TO Baltimore, ls9
4I2
| Rein 10 hnnrs n,iias honr
From Parkersbug TO Piltsburg by the river, is 1872
miles being equal % hours travel miles per hour
stream So that traveller at Pakersburg, could reach
Baltimore by the rail road, he could
Ptsburg by steamboat The railroad from Parkesburg
would also strong temptations the OF pro.
ducc, inasmuch Pa:kerburg is about Bati-
more Psburg is Philadelphia by the canal
We do not profess believe that this proximity Of Par
kersburg Baltimore, would itself divert
po,aton OF heavy articles that but do conf
IDENTIFY believe that this proximity when aided by the fears
at low water, between Pakersburg and Ptsburx, tho
summer and by the expectation Of ice in the spring, fall
and winter. may create a powerful diversion.
Your memuriaists fully that for heavy trans
poration railroad compete with canal except
when aided by peculiar advantages. The avoidance
oi the navigation OF the Ohio river, when low when i'm
pededby iee would be important advantages the
OF rail- cad nj Parkersburg. IL difficult say how tar
these advantages would operate and thai the aues
ton will be solved by actual experiment. We trust
that the Legislature OF Pennsylvania will not by unwise
peisstance IN restrictions, which already known be
totally ineffective,
road TO anoher State. enrich the region through which
passes By the expenditure ot millions ofmoney build
val to her Western emporium and preserve
lute book perpetual monument OF blind suicidal policy IL
would be moying fpiurcday the rail
road laundering along from the Ohio river through
State alongside ct the board but bitter point
would be given this feeling should Legislature
by futile semp the railroad company drive the
work from territory We confidently tina, the add
oun light thrown upon this subject 1889. will
your honorable bodies give the whole calm and
dspasonate consideration and the spirit Of patriot
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