Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-10
FyOm Inc BynI,,oro 81,
The WESTERN Terminus o. Tar BALrI
MORE AND Ohm Il ~ Ran - NJ ~


The Tdde The views which (nc-
cording To bIr McLanc) haveaIwavs re
garded Wheeling as an limos, ind, spen,
snb!e termination ofthe road nn acc ,un,
o. the traie from thai point. were found
ed. upon correct Knowledge of the
business an geography OF the west NJ
proof is necessary that P.usburg IS al,
together ohleCtiuulb'e a. the main or
only terminus, whsther We consult the
interest OF the sto knolders or of b ,ui.
more. Bu the proposition 10 uuns.ruc,
The road 10 Parkersourgh is alsl base Z
upon the most Inadcqu.e notions Of thu
rich and vas, emi ire OF ira e which
THIS improvement Is calculated 10 confer
upon our city.-'rhose who iIvor the
proposition seem To regard only the bus
mess which,coming from the southwark
VIII seek the road by the channel orlh Z,
ONO. They argue hat this trade will
gam hundred mics irn.n the river dis
tanco-that the navigation rion Par
kershnrgh 10 Whre ing is more lbs;rucl
ed than that below the former place-
and therefore, this more southern point
oi termination will throw greater a
mount into l'al more.
before exposing the main error of this
conclusion (cven # the premises were
trJ,) | would remark that the river in
TACT affords al all sea sons as good AMI
easy navigation u Wheeling as 10 Par
EeTsburSh. The difference in The dep h
OF water is SC Freely shade, while some
vi the bars below Parke sburgh IRE 90,
struclIons no less formidable than those
between that place and Wheeling
Whoever has travelled On thai river IN
time OF low wafer, will at lcas, b., api
TO remember LoIart Falls and ufiina,ons
island, OF which The latter presents tt
channel more narrow, crooked, shallow
ana raplI perhaps than any below
heelIng, and both are so diili.ult
passage, that if boat surmounts those
obstacles so ms TO arrive a, Parker, Lufgh
she is IN little danger o! failing to reach
vince ing BItln truth the improve.
mcn's which have en- made by the
United SAFES IN the navigation uf the
Ohio, and the more perfect adaptation OF
the boats 10 The nature of the river
warrant The belief and assertion that the
river would be found fully adequate 10,
convey 10 either OF those points all The
tfedc which wouli Sc, k our road by
that channel Ii is well known thai
iroIghts from Cincinnati 10 Vaccine
are always at AS low rates as from the
same place To Parkersburgh ! hesitate
not TO say that every dollars worth OF
trade which would ever reach owr city
through the latter pint is equa ly cc +,
Tain 10 be attracted through the former.
lhIs Tact indeed seems II hlve been
fully esiablIshmrd in the min 3 of the
company when the selection Of ter.
mInailng point was formerly made
But an acquaintance with the Ceogra.
Phy, business AM improvements Of
the vast region 10 which their road
would penetrate, poin'ed out another
and no less valuable field of irada which
might also be com handed, by ntcrsect
ing the Ohio a Wheeling, and which
we must IN great measure lose by
stretching our great iron highway TO u
point a hundred miles farther southwark
ihelr view was then extended beyond
the Ohio even TO the graf Lakes They
did not select Whe, ling until they had
ascertalned by survey Tor, at leIsl re.
cohholsance) that from 1t was the short
est ana most practice Die route for ano-
lher Improvement, such asa rail road.
TO inter ect the great Ohio Canal, and
finally TO connect Baltimore with the
southern shore OF Lake Erie. Enter.
tanning this magnificent plan for enrich
Ing our city with the trade Of the entire
State OF Ohio and the immense rpp;on
lying westward OF the southern Bend of
that lake, they foInd Wheeling alros,
upon the direct line between The two
extremes which were to be connected.
Ihey found her also nearer than any
lower point OF the river 10 the extensive
canal VIII ch "a y expected 10 see bro'.
INTO connection with their road at once
they found her upon the National road
and thus already in complete comnuli.
ca'ion with fertile, wealthy and OK,
tensive region. She presented herself
as the centre Of a wide territory a
bounding in aguCuIluto and mineral
productions. in these aud other I'd
vontages she eAcrlled and stli excels
all the mo Q southern POINTS uDon
the Ohio, and was Justly preferred
by those who Rad the care alike of the
interests oftGe stockholders and OF Bal
limore.
Look, Tor moment, nj your map. You
will sec that the business OF ne lrly han
the fine State OF Ohio is destined 10 n,v
either 10 Pusburs or to Lake Erie and
thence to other mans than our own. if we
lntcrsect the river lower doEnlhln Vince.
Ing. Bat through The later place with
Tie improvements already made, and es-
pecially With the short linc Of connection
between there aud The Ohio Canal once
established (as il soon woIId bo) we wonld
command the trade Of ito e paris Of The
STATE by lacI.iues vhich no o:hcr rny
could surPass. But the first g'ance AZ q
map discovers a much more important ob
jet, and one lhN was never lost sigbt Of
by the Company in the origin u selection
OF terminus on he OHIO Look M the