Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-20

more energetic cultivation of the rc-nurcCS
oil the State, writes a letter from New Work
on the subject of Railroads. IL, proposes a
plan. which he thinks, will satisfy the whole
OF Western Virginia and give this State tone
OF the most magnificent milroa l., on the
globe, with the cheapest, quickes, and best
communication with the west of any State i'm
the Union. His plan il 10 flush the railroad
from Gordonsville toStaunton, Ii miles. and
from Staunton, on the State Turnpike, via BE
VERY and Weston, u Parkersbusgh lie thinks
that by making the road on the Turnpike. the
whole of this work could he comvlcted at a
cost of 81 $4,000, allowing grading and wi
dening of the road, soes to keep tia turnpike.
This would give continuous railroad from
Parkersburgh to Richmond and it might be-
continued TO Norfolk The writer remarks
wheeling * her friends cannot object To
tins, Tor II would bring the Baltimore aud o.
hio Rail Road at Cumberland To dead halt
OF induce it to go TO Wheeling under the law
of the last Legislation. Eastern P,nnsvl,a-
mia could not or would not be- 50 suicidal as
to give them the right OF way through that
State To PittsbuTgh-thu forcing one half. i {
not two thirds of the trade of the west tn Bll-
timore, instead of Philadelphia. ! am ia pos
session 81 The cause Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail road Companys declining to accept the
act OF Virginia by their stockholders. How
ever unwelcome or unpleasant 10 Bal,imori-
ans to have IT come out, they must excuse me.
Tor certainly prefer the improvements ms
own State To that of MARYLAND
The cause is developed in letter Of Mr..
McLdhc 10 gentemon Of Western Virginia
By this letter ii seems that Wheeling and
Pittsburgh are both To be humJnggcd: and
should Pennsylvania grant the Right of Wav.
il will be declined. The object sought for is
to tchecdt6 Virginia To grant the terminus AT
Parkersburgh. lower down the river: and.
should that TAIL a new company, which after
all, is the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company, is to be formed in Western Virgil
MA, To apply for separate charter for Rail
Road from Porkcrsburgh To some point on
The Maryland line Land enough was then
to be bought up, 10 unite the two. Neither
Mr.. H@t@a@ nor Mr. McLane will deny the
fact
We do not at present assume TO decide up
on the prdcticability of the plan suggested by
''Southemer." But lift be found advisable To
adopt it, Wheeling and her friends" will be
found, where they have ever been, on the
side OF anyan every improvement judcous-
~ undertaken for the benefit of the State
That such plan would benefit Parkersburgh,
would bc no objection with us, IL is only
when ii is proposed to build up another town
on Tie rHihS Of Ours, when il is proposed to
wrcst from us our property and those advant-
ages which we have dearly bought and are
justly entitled to, it is when that which is pro-
posed for The benefit of particular section
must result IN injury TO a larger section and
even 10 the whole Statc-it is then and then
only that we Oppose what any portion of Vr-
S,nia asks for it's own benefit. We claim that
Wheeling has just right to be the termina-
point oil the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
we oppose those who, having nothing to lose
and all to gain by the conflict, are seeking to
take That right from US and to speculate ON the
injury which they would inflict on the Com
and the ruin they would bring up
on us--we oppose nothing else, we pursue 10
other selfish advantage.
After various estimates, for which we have |
lot room, the writer thus proceeds:
besides this great work the capital of |
which can be- procured without any trouble |
and the running Ot railroad and iurnnike |
side by site will he attended with no inconyc- |
nlcncc, as II - common To the Baltimore and
ONO Kan load ant many others tn the East
ward) should you connect u rail roa with
the James Riverand kanawba Canal a LYNCH
burgh or Buchanan, 10 form junction with
the Tennessee route leading tn Memphis. Won
VIII have two rou;cS. the nearest the Ohio and
The Mississippi, which il is possible for any
state IN the Union to have. both of which can
bc open Tie whole year round The routcs
must certainly command the travel at the O.
hIo and Mississippi as they would be- tl,p
nearest routes 10 the East. Travellers wo,ld
bring comui'rcc, produce aud trade. While
these routes will w. always open. the New
York and Boston routes will be lcttcrcd i'm ice
sin months in the year.
Should the markets Of Richmond. Norfolk
and Petersburgh offer the proper inducements.
then OF course they would catch the trade and
soon grow INTO magnitude and power of
winch we can now form no adequate conccp-
tIon. | am we'll prepared To believe tbatiT
the State should invest one million in each Of
these improvements, the balance would he
made up without coaNing The stock would
be the most valuable of any in the country.
She ought to do IT, and leave Federal Relations
alone ior she Will be soon aud well Maid
She Is the mother or Us all and ought To- nour
ish us and our resources, and raise our droop.
ing pride. Washington and Jefferson both
s,ld that the West erpccisd and looted for
Virginia to give them an outlet to the mar
kets of the East. ! say again. there are ONLY
) cities which are the natural outlets of the
great back country, and these three are Rich
inond, New Orleans, and New York. Take
the mlp in hand and see if am not right. If
Is said the Report Of Chief Justice MarshaIl
Gen Breckenridge and Mr.. Caruthers. which
was made III 1910 or II, on canal from
Richmond 10 tie Ohio River. at a cost If 6p,
millions Of dollars, gave De Witt Clinton tbe
project OF connecting the waters of Lake Eric
with the Hudson Had that bold idea been
carried out, Virginia now would have had
population Of three millions and Richmond
over 2OO,OOO. Now we are like the old wo-
man who had some unclcBn water dropped
MO her milk coil H., "A