Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-03-08

Va Times and Gar :t,v, tor the Wes,ers States.
Iowa ana WisconsiB, assisted by Moses Meek.
cr, James r Smith, + Dent, g n Co,n>iosk
Z Y JenniEg> and T Gardner Smrh.
u We probably commit a. many errors
ed'tot,sily, a. any Of the corp. IN, when We
do SO we always regr, il, deeply; and we al,
ways regret it, to-, when any Respected mem.
Der OF the iroteruiiy commits one, more sspeei-
ally, too, when that u,,mher 10 one for whom
ve have hugh regard, IN all the walks Of lite
vas, therefore, with sorrow that We noticed
On article headed ~ ,rsinia" in the Cincinnati,
Gazette OF the 81 Instant. We are sure tina,
The editor OF that paper would no, have erred
Intentionally in relation to the conduct Of tho
Old Common wealth, and vs are ,ure that when
he knows the facts OF the case he will readily
correct the erroneous impression that hat arti.
Gle LEFT upon the mines Of his readers who are
not correctly informed firm other sources
In his comments upon the past greatness, The
imm' n>e neural resources OF Virgins, and
her present safe Of comparative decline. he is
right; bu, when he asserts tina, ,he ha, refused
to permit the Baltimore and Obi, Rail Road
TO pass through her territory ne asserts wh It is
not warranted By the fact. The S,n,e Of vir>
ginia Aas given the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road Company the right OF way through The
State the eLtire distance from CumbeIl to
the Ohio, and imposed upon i, no other reslrie.
lions than she puts on all her own companie
aud with all The provisions that the company
asked except that she should comply with the
provisions OF .aw Of previous date, the posi.
'ive contract OF tho COMPANY. her promises in
eleven annual reports, and the natural claims
ct justice. add terminate that road al Wheel.
lag.
Indeed, II is hardly fair that the S ate au.
thorities OF Virginia should be Slander~d by per.
sons abroad for sins that they do ,.ot commit.
rhey have enough :bat art justly laid at cir
door, without the invention OF new cpes for
animsdversion. We cannot, at this moment.
conveniently refer to exact dates, nor can we
present oil the facts for the cons Grafton OF
our respected neiehbor but We think we re.
member enough TO induce him 10 change his
opinion upon tho course OF our Legislature.
10 1927 tho Stale OF Maryland passed a l.u
ehartering the B. & o Rail Ro.d Comxany.
10 the same year or the next, the same char.
ter, or nearly the same, was passed by the LIE.
si,iaiu'eS OF Virginia and Pennsylvania. The
company accepted the charters and commenced
their road The company, however, failed to
construct the road 10 the Slate, much less
through il in the ten years allotted. Il had by
he first bill the permission to strike the Ohio
at any point north OF the Little Ksnawha. Tin
other words al OF north Of ParkeIsburgl.
Surveys were mide BY the company sud
wheeling selected as me preTersUIr rvusu, -
all odds. The fact was so decided, so stated il
public addresses and reports and 70 private and
ofhcial letters, ty oil the officers Of the compa
ny. When the charter had expired, IN 1888
the company came before the Legislature o.
Virginia again, sskef an extension OF the time
md II was granted, subscription Of q million
and half and IL was granted, that the termi
nus OF the road he unalterably conheed &c
wheeling, and Wheeling 81 ,uld subscribe q
million and j, was granted. Then was the time
Tor Ihcm to act, and bring their road to the Ohio
while they could and could gel money for th~il
hocds. Wheeling has complied to the let,ei
With all her engagements TO The company snc
Virginia with hers. Wheeling expended nc
ney on the expectation Of The road. II was he
the part Of Maryland and Baltimore. Now
the company comes and a ss Virginia TO amt
'h" con'rac, with Wheeling, by :he company
They FIRST had the clear tight Of wsr ,absndou
il OF their own accord, because, by con in
themselves to Wheeling, they thought 10 gain
more Of The Legislature, and get the ali o
WheeIhg before that body. Now. when, al
tiey gained has expired and passed away, the,
expect TO raise new and strong interest by Oh,
nominal selection OF another route and IN,
promise OF future favors to another people
The Legislature says your intere, and co.,
lay in the same line. Comply with your con
tract TO Wheeling as you have promised and
take a, The 'ame time, the best route for your
road. This does MOI seem 10 us, either wrong OF
foolish.