Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-12
From the Baltimore Sun
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL.
ROAD No. Nv.

consult IN these articles, have & 'anced at
some OF those considerations which have
md C d the City Of Il lumure and the
Company to regard Whe hug IA an al
most Indispensable tern nation " OF this
road. Ii will there, as well us a: any more
southern point now proposed. intercept the
trade which comes up The Ohio; it " i'll
there attract % Ii l,imore the business az
very extensive country, which would
ref PiNsburg or the northern mlarts 10
point So far south as Parke 81 ura; it will
there meet with line OF works which
viii 'n'ersect the great Ohio improvements
connec! our city with the northern likes,
and transfer 10 US on incalculahle com.
ncrce viii h will otherwise belong to our
Atlantic rivals. This line Of works To
Lake Erie has this advantage, too, that,
GRO sing the Ohio Improvements al nearly
right angles, II wi rather increase than
di ninish their profits, and therefore secure
the appreciation aid encoura cement Of the
people and gnvcrnn eni Of tina, Sa,e--
How uvorably do s,hls pan, which has
50 long excited the b. pes OF B fillmore
and the friends Of the Railroad, contrast
with mu, broom pr jr.rt which has sprung
up vi the modern proposition OF ma.
KIM Parkcrsburg terminus "f tie work
nilude TO the suggestion Of making a
ra lroad through Ohio 10 connect Parkers.
burg with Cincinnati understand that
an engineer of the Company has actually
declared or cert. fled. after examination,
that there is n practical rout. for such n
'oad long and expensive Railroad 10
be made, for hat? To compete with u
fine navigable stream like the Ohio, mere
y Tor the carrying of the trade from Gin.
Climate. already destined for Parkcrsburg
and Baltimore, whether such a road were
made or no, But suppose thi. is ONLY
one Of the no able suggestions thrown ou,
TO tickle the fancies Of certain western
people, and secure their cooperation in
temporary emergency.
cannot but think that the action of
the company in former years was groun
ded upon more accurate information,
more mature delibera,ion, and more en-
iarged views, than any Which have in>
duced some persons hastily to regard
another point than Wheeling as an in
dispensable termination Of the road.-
And am sure every reader will remem
Der time, not long ago, when the UNI
versal sentiment OF this community did
regard Wheeling as incomparably the
most eligible terminating point on the
Ohio, not merely on account ofthe better
route which led to it, bit on account OF
| The trade from that point as Mr. Nc
Lane suggested. When the company
went before the Legislature OF Virginia,
IN 1888, for an extension OF The charter
and for aid. il voluntarily proposed 10
have Wheeling established by law as the
terminus And in connection with this
TACT, lei me add. that the law then passed
ron aimed pre- viso that II should no,
teke ell ct until Wheeling should sub.
scribe million of dollars TO tho stock
OF The company. At the solicitation as
most impo, tant to It's interests, that city a,
''ngth did make the subscription, upon
condition. believe, that the road
shon'd terminate there, and with the
agreement. asseD,ci 10 by tho company
that the stock should be paid for in the
bonds Of The city as The, y should be re-
CURED by The directors. From that time
she has been considered by the company
as stakeholder to that amount, and
has exercised all tho rights belonging to
that character. With the sanction and
probably at the desire Of the President
and Drec'ors. shall not stop here to
inquire how far this justifes Wheeling
IN the course she now pursues. allude
TO it rs involving the direc, interest OF
Baltimore and the company itself We
desire the railroad to be completed, and
that ~itt the least possible delay. In
| this o. 10 n
be lightly thrown away1 II that subs
scrIPtlon be lost by taking The Parkers.
burgh route, will it not at least Ietard
tho progress Of the work towards the
Ohio2
am aware that some who approve OF
the proposition to abandon Wheeling
make light OF her subscription and sa,
mat. IN her present circumstances, he;
bonds for so large an amoun, would he
worthless. Ii is too true that since tina,
subscription was solicited by the com
pany or its Off ;ers, Wheeling has suffer-
cd reverse of fortune. Some of the
best ciiiZ ms have been borne down in
the general calamity which The c,untr,
has experienced Her trade is less ex
,en>ive than it then was aud probably II
nus severely Ielt thp very efforts TO car
ry the railroad to another terminus
Whatever she has l. st in that way
least can be restored. And those who
would regard her bonds as worth less
when this great improv ement would b,
, finished or IN full progress iowa rds her
as ITS fixed terminus nd when she
would hold in exchange for them a mill
, ion o! stock, must value at very low
rate. not only her present means but he
, advantages which tbs roid could confer
and the profits which lis stock would
bring. Adding these (ar just estimate
OF their vnlue) TO her present ability and
great nulional elements Of wealth, her
sub cripiion woulj seem to me TO be al
least as available MS il could have been
IN 1888 when il was deemed so desra-
Bile. And in regard TO that city PERM,