Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-11

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us Were willing that the company should b.
allowed tn llxthe terminus, al such "olnt asst
might deem proper North ol the Little kena-
wla, believing as we had been induced to be-
iievc, by the representations ol the officers and
agents of the Company that there was no ra-
tioual doubt but that it's terminus would be in
one of the counties of Tyler, Marshal or Ohio,
and knowing that ii il was in either OF those
counties that the improvement must in its
course pass through the very heart of the
North West. and that so Car as the interest OF
the great body of the people on the valley OF
the Mohoiigahell river mld in its tributaries
Were concerned, II would not BE- of much diff
terence TO them whether il terminated at the
Mouth oil Fishing creeh or at the city of Vince
ling. But the Legislature, after most elabor-
ate and careful Investigation, have fixed on
Wheeling as the terminus With this result,
which maniiests a lust parental care for all.
maintains existing rights, and protects the IN
tercsts of the great body OF The North West,
we are content, and now come "a sustain the
act and doihgs of our good old Common
wealth.
But where Is that North West Hhich Is so
seriously outraged and oppressed 1t will
scarcely be pretended that the citizens Of PREs-
TON, MARION, MoNoNGALiA, MARsaAL. OHIo
or Book are acgrievcd. The people of TYLER
prefer that the Company should be held To the
present charter rather than the right of way
should b. g'anted Ia Parkersburg. being CON
tent with the signal benc fits which the present
law secures TO them, oppose any change unless
II "'fc 10 co,iiinc the terminus 10 their own
county 10 RANDoJPHi BARBOUR and ilArrt-
son the construction OF the road on the route
terminating at Wheeling would be in hiph
degree beneficial, and the only cause for the
complaint ola portion OF the people In those
counties must be that by single route which
might possibly be selected, il Parkersburg were
The terminus, they might enjoy still greater
advantages. 1t is remarkable, however. that
IL mat route were adopted which alone would
ieacceptable To Barbour and Harrison itwoull
not be oil the slightest advantage, more than
the wheeling route TO Randolph, Baxton and
the more southern counties. On The othe,
hand II, as is most probable the route to Par
kersblirG should pass through the counties OF
Randolph and Braxton, the consequences
would be as fatal To Barbour and Harrison, as
IT would be TO Taylor, Preston or Marion. w,
have proof indeed beio.e us that many Of the
citizens of those counties understand that thei,
true interests lay in sustaining the prescntlaw
a small part OF Harrison, n portion of Ran.
ooIph, with Lewis. and Wood Embedding the
new counties OF Gilmore and Doddridge recent.
~ carved out OF them) alone are left, of thai
winch Is properly designated the North West
TO complain oil the legislation of the State.
Where then are the resources Of the North
West which II is alleged that the State has
denied the means of developing? If they ex-
LIST TO any great extent. in the discontinued
counties, all that the State has vet expended
IN maaing turnpikcs for their use has failed to
deyelope them. On the other hand. that mart
oil the North West which will be traversed by
me rail- road II 1t terminate at Wheeling, CON
Jams agricultural and mineral resources, which
are not surpassed IN extent or value by those
OIL any other region OF the Commonwealth
hitherto they have for the most part remain
Ell locked up in the earth, and the State has
done nothing To bring them into useful exist
encc. Yet with this neglect these counties
yield greater revenuc to the State than all
the western counties which opposed the pass
age OF the present law. In the year 1914
brooke, Ohio, Masbal Tyler Marion Monon-
gala, and Preston paid into the State treasury
SozoU 30 ,oi which Tyler paid S22, 40 3d.
IL we s'iooid add The revenues OF Harrison
Barbour and Taylor, as we well nigh, for the
| purpose OF Tbs comparison, the total .,nonpt
would be $4,000 0s. On the other hand If
we add the revenue from these three COMMITTEES
to that OF Braxton, Lewis, Randolph. Richie
aud Wool, in which Doddrldge and most of
Gilmore We're then included, the whole a.
mounts To only Sl5,5ll on. If we may ex-
tend the limits of the North West so far. we
may add to the latter sum the revenues from
Hardy, Pendcion, Pocahontas, Mason. Jack
son and Nicholas AMI the total amount is vet
bat $50 ,o93 %. In every view the disnari-
~ here exhibited is remarkable and astonish-
ing. But II is only a single proof of what
all men in this section of the State well know.
that the chief resources with which Nature has
endowed the north west lie in those very couo
Ties which are most interested in having the
rdii road confined TO the Wheeling terminus.
In Them are those exhaustless fields of coal.
those rich heds ofiron and other ores. and that
Immense Water power, which constitute the
elements oil unbounded wealth whenever am
easy access to market shall be provided. TIN,
fertility OF the soil has hitherto been She prin-
clpal source OF that revenue to which we have
alluded If. therefore, there be wise|o,n or
justice III giving TO a great public work that
direction which will bring TO light the native
treasures ola country, which will cause manu-
lectures to flourish and agriculture to be re-
Wardcd, and which will give to the State
numerous and prosperous population, flourish
ing villages and fertile fields, there was wis
dom and justice in the policy which Virginia
llao pursued IN relation TO the termination of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
90 many new counties have been established
since The East censns that ii is difficult to in
sltute an exact comparison between the num-
Der oil inhabitants interested in the respective
examinations of this road, but such compari-
son would conclusively show that a large
majority OF the people OF the North West have
reason to'be satisfied with the existing law.
AS THIS majority had for many years paid so
large a porticn of the revenue without having
shared iis benefits of any public works of the
staue' they may well claim now that their
wishes and wants shall be kirby regarded by
Der OF her people.
lhe Interest now manifested In the prosecu-
lion o. the great Central improvement OF Vir-
eihla renders II unnecessary to enlarge upon
TIE Just policy and prudent precaution Which
relieved that work from more immediate ri.
valty, by prescribing TO the Railroad a terni-
nation Tar north OF it. We shall BIZ gra,ilied
TO witness the benefits which the State by her
OWL improvements may confer nnou o,,s. "a