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

II seems more than p,obnb e tina, the same
Vows Will begin BE- IN eraIncd by the
mass of The cltIz o. Baliimorc before
tnduN months, hen III, hour uf humbug
sB u have worn away:
THE BALTIMORE AN u ONO RAIL
ROAD-No IL
The Route WeM Of Cnmberla nd -
Having pointed out the nser OF di>ap-
p0'ntmenI IN the pTesrn, ~ pIIca,inn 10 the
legislature at V,ry inii f,r rluht at way
To Porkersbrrs e., ANY roint north Of J
al The probability that the RIGHT oil way
. Wheeling could lie eaHly ub'ain, d, |
II nix !; is further manifest iha il the com
pany had the liberty OF choice. II should
choose the latter route Ii Ihs be 20, OF
course all he .tflrts and nc unhappy
c controversy by which the company urges
ITS claims tor The right of way tn Parker-
'urg are useless and even injurious TO it,
self
hen Virginia FIRST granted a charter
o THIS company Gu 1927 she conferred
The privilege of carry my the read TO AN,
terminus north OF the Line Kanawia-
| With this range OF selection in their pow.
er, the agents and directors OF the com,
pany. after the most careful examination
oil t1e country west oil Cumberland. and
The most mature elaboration, fixed up N
wheeling as the terminus on he Ohio,
ana selected The route through Pennsy va.
MA To that point So decid, dy and ma,
teriallv superior were the advantages OF
thus selection, that it was preferred. al
though the State OF Pennsy Ivan in required
CASA condition OF permitting IL Ia be adop
ted) that n branch should be made con.
Meeting Putsburg with the main stem OF
tie road. All the minute and extensive
examinations of The company farther sou h
ialled 10 discover either IA route or a ter.
minus at all comparable with those selec
ted. AT an early period, thereto, e,
wheeling was REGARDED by ;he company
and the public as the settled point of west
err termination Of the road, aad in the
year 1888 1t was expressly established az
the point TO VIII ch only the road should
he constru'ted. by a law OF Virginia re-
newing he charer Of the company Penn,
svivhnia, however, having in 1880 impo-
sed certain terms upon the company as the
condi ions OF renewing the charter in tina,
State which The Directors consicer mad
mlssable, II was deemed necessary 10 seek
route which should avoid that State en-.
treIy. Several routes were found pracii
cable through Virginia, but the one on
which public expectation res chiefly is
that which terminates nj Parkersburg -
WIN The view oasis supposedly of striking
the Ohio dt that point, The company is how
seeking the right Of way through Virgins
u; AMI the chief obstacle in the way Of
obta ming The privilege Of prosecuting the
work through Virginia arises from the
with Of a large portion, aud probably q
ma jorily, Of II G Legislature TO restric, the
company To Wheeling as the western ter.
minus. With the motive of State policy,
or The obligations Of contract, which in
dnce that restriction, have nothing To do.
Bit within the rast yea u route has been
found and examined, by which the road
can be carried enlire'y through Virginia
10 Wheeling, which is shorter and easier
!han that to Petersburg; anG il is deeply
TO he regretted that those who represen,
the company have not accepted the frivi-
lege OF making The road on this route 10
our old and fav0ri;e terminus. The dis
lance from Cumberland TO Parkersburg,
|
! Cumberland 10 Wheeling, through Vir
gnia, 700 miles, making difference, in
'avor of Wheeling, of Is miIes. The as.
cents westward on the Petersburg route
! amour, to 3S42 feet; the descenrs 10 1881;
total 1928 feet On the Vir-inia route To
VIII ceiling the ascen,s westward amount TO
342l feet, and the descenis the same; total
6Si2; making difference of 1911 feet in
favor of Wheeling. = comparison in
this respect between either of these routes
and the one through Pennsylvania to
Wheeling would show the still greater ad
vanlages Of the latter; and If the company
shoIld yet obtain acceptable terms from
Pennsylvania, the road can be made TO
Wheeling, pifh branch 10 PiHsburg, with
a total distance OF only 2l2 miles from
Cumberland; only equal to The single
route to Parkersburg. But, even if the
only choice allowed were between the Viz.
ginia route 10 Wheeling and the Parkers.
burg route the inrmcr Is the shortest and
best As t1is fact has been ascerained
since the application Of last year was
made Tor the right # way through Vr
gina, there may haze been reason for
then refusing the right with the restric-
ton Of The terminus 10 " heelng. But
now The convenience and interest Of the
company being found TO coincide wi; the
policy of Virginia, it does appear strange
that an unpleasant and expensive coutro.
versy should be prolonged, producing de-
lay 10 this great work, and injury To all
parties concerned. Wheeling was our
iirst, mosl active and most efficient ally in
procuri q the original charter from vir-
g'nla,al hough 1t was then uncertain where
It would terminate. The company volun.
iarily selected that pace as the terminus.
aud IN December, 1889, Mr. M'Lane said,
IN his annual report: The city II Whee
ling always been regarded as an
almost indispensable termination Of The
road, and. as II Is understood. TO- med n