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

place, and concentrate there such an in
crease oi businessa will moro III n com
p 'ns,,e the public works for the loss of
travel and winter uade. They do further
urge that railroad, striking the Ohio
river mt Parkersburg. one hundred and
ninety wv miles below PIT burg,and be-
low much orthe difficult nav igaiion. must
inevitably draw from the public works all
the travel from points below Parkers-
burg, and from some distance ab We IL
This, however. is not all, nor even the
greatest injury, which Termination of
the rallrond ut Parkersburg will inn,cl
upon our State Works.
a large portion ofthe trade from the
reg on of country alon. the Oh'o aud
It's tributaries below ParkerSburg, viii be
drawn 10 that railroad during the sum
'ncr when the river l. low, during th,
w'n'er when the upper Ohio i, closed By
'cc. and IN the fall wh-n the river may
be expected l., be frozen. though not ac.
tunlly closed. indeed. il would seem
that Park-rs urg is the very point Al
which The most Serious diversion OF
trade from the Pub!c Works of our
state can be made.
From l'drkersburg To the mouth o.
he Musklngum river is bit twelve miles
and from that place there is an excel
lent connection, by slack water and can l.
with the Ohio canal. SCI that q couside>
rab!e p.rt:on ofthe trade from that re
gion may I've expected To take the Parkers
burg route, II Pennsylvania legislation
drives the Bal imo e and Ohio rdilroa
Ia that point.
From Parkcrsburg 10 Gums
berlani, by the rou ex-
amined bv the Engineers
OF The Baltimore aud Ohio
railroad company, Is 223 miles,
From Cumberland 10 Baili-
tlmore, $50
4l2
Being equal 10 % hours travel, a, Is
miles per hour.
From Parkcrsburg 10 Pi,tsburg, Eby
the river, is 1872 miles, being equal to
2Sa hours travel, al 7 miles per hour up
stream. So that n traveller at Parkers
burg could reach Baltimore by the
railroad as soon as lie could como To
lttisburg !y steamboat. The railroad
from Parkersburg would also present,
strong temptations To the owners Of
produce, inasmuch as ParkerSb burg Is
about as near 10 Baltimore as plttSburg
IS to Philadelphia, by the canal
rru'e.
We do not profess TO b.lievo that
this proximity Of Parkersburg to Blll-
more, would of Itself divert much trans
por:ation of heavy articles 10 TINT route
Inn M Il l. Il.
proximity, when aided by the fears of
low water between Parkersburg and
Piiisburg, in the summer, and by the
expectation Of ice in the spring, fall and
nter, may Create a powerful diver
sion.
Your memorialists nre fully aware
that Tor heavy transportation n railroad
can never compete With a canal excep,
when aided by very peculiar advantages
The avoidance Of the navigation oil the
Ohio river, when low or when impeded
by ice. would be important advantages
on The route Of n railroad at Parkers
burg. IL is difficult 10 say how far
those advantages would operate, ana
we trust that The question will never
be solved by actual experiment We
trust that the Legislature Of Pennsylva-
ma will not, by an unwise persistence
in restrictions, which are already known
10 be totally Ineffective, except against
ourselves, drive the railroad 10 another
State, enrich the region through which
IT passes by the expenditure OF millions
OF money, build up rival 10 her own
Western emporium, and preserve on
our statute DO TX perpetual monument
OF blind suicidal policy. II would be
mortifyins enough at some future day to
see the railroad cars laundering along
from the ohio river, through sister
State alongside of US, TO the seaboa I'd:
but bitter point would be given 10 this
feeling should our own Legislature, by a
futile attempt 10 coerce the railroad com
pany, drive The work from our territory
We con Gdcntly crust that the Additional
light thrown upon this saDls.t since
$50. will Undue eyour hon rabe bodies
To give the whole matter calm and dis
passionate consideration, and IN the true
spirit Of patriotism and sound policy to
:epeal the Act oil 1899, and revive the
wire and liberal 1ct Of 1898. We do
not pretend 10 say that even such re-
peal the law of 1889, and revival of
1928 will induce the BaIlimore and
Ohio railro d Company to terminate
their road at Pittsburgh, but it will open
the way for fair competition between
Pennsylvania, aud Virginia, in which the
natural Advantages o. position must
prevail
All of which is respectfully submit
Jed.
NEVILLE CRAIG,
j. CARoTHERs,
SAMUEL JONES,