Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-04-12

Of the President Of that company, W hen
urging upon the attention Of the Virginia
Legislature, the claims OF more south
ern route--,his Wheeling route was SAID
to be IN a certain sense imprac;icable--
a rome of tunnels, and would cos: 10 make
1t, additional millions
| IL however so happens, that this vary
same pamphlet qroei Ivy the mjori:y,
contains in an appendix "a report from
| Benjamin H. Latrobe, the chief EN- gueer
OF the company, a survey Of The Wheeling |
route. aud also of the Fishing creek ronie
the shorles, and cheapes, Virginia route
TO the Ohio Tha' report admits the en-
tire practcnbilmy Of The Wheeling route
and estimates its cos, over the Fishing !
creek roa,e at Sl.i6S. $50. This is near
iy $4,000 more than Mr.. Knight est |
mated. The city Of Wheeling il however
bound TO pay tho company 81 5000
shoald that place be the terminus Of this
road. Thus according TO the estimate ol
Mr.. I.atrobe (who is uniriendly TO the
Wheeling 'erminus) this route would cost
only Sl6s goo more than the Fishing
creek route, and considerably less than
the Petersburg route. AM on the IS,
innate Of Mr.. Knight. the comrnny would
ge, premium OF 90 or 800 900 to aeccp,
the Wheeling route over any other route
, proposed.
, Can then my intelligent man who
! 1 knows tho anxious determination OF Mr..
{ M'Lean and the directors Of that compa-
, ny to reach the bio River, for one mos
ment believe that 81 or 100000 or even
; 3 or 2 COCOON will cause them long to
hesita.ci No, Whatever strong express
/; sions Mr.. M'Leun may have dropped in
the ardcr Of debate--that company if no
preferable route is offered 10 them will.
= very shortly, extend her road TO the Ohio,
o at Wheeling.
u The majority OF, the committee allege,
: that The Virginia law coHains SD many
e restrictions ana limitations, that the com.
;, pany can never accept the terms. Now
O what are these monsirous reslriciionsi
s The company must purchase the Wins
d cheser and Potomac railroad; this was
/. their own offer. The company must,
d release ,w ,-tifihs Of their tolls on the
n Washington Branch railroad. This they
n were anx .ous TO do as soon as authoriz
=, ed by Tho Maryland Legislature. That
n permission has been given, and the re1uc.
O ,ion made. The Virginia subscription
L. has been wilhdrawn; That was on'y con.
s ,ingen', and its renewal was not asked
d by the company The other enumerated
d restrict Gus, VIZ: the right Of the state 10
h lax the corporation and tax the roid, &c ,
" are oil contained in the bil now before
is this House. The committee ask with ar
e, air Of triumph, why did not the COMPANY
II construct their road by this Wheelin.
" route under the law Of 1881 And then
r
II nels, and would require additi nal mil.
I, lions 10 make il. Now il so happens rha,
n This Whe cling route through Virginia was
|, never surveyed until the summer oil
: 1914. The 'mnst mature deliberate =
|, Of the committee was certainly expended
H. in searching on, all kind, OF objections ic
IN the mos, astonishing part OF The repor: OF
err he commit,ee,,hcir statistics Of the carry
n essr! ,.G' rneS sSyfhs! on ME Penn
I'd Tor about 8 81 per 100 pounds. No,
ir we Stale as fact, hat The average of las
n season was alb nut one half this sum
n Groceries they soy Is cts per 100 ib,
e The average of last season WINS E,,Io
J.. over one half this sum.
u again me report goes into an estimate
% OF me cost ct sending goods from Phila-
ae'ph,a 10 pittsburg by way OF Baltimore
aao Cumberiahd stating the price at %
n o'S' per ioO lbs. Now The minority Of
a me committee has before them the card O,
Q Brownsville Commission II3use. show
n ing lha' precisely double this sum, TO Wi.
d 81 III cts. is the ctual cost If .ranspor,a.
& uon by thpt route. These evident mis-,
y lakes can only be explained by that want
y OF correct information on The part OF The
g majority OF that committee.
o Again: or the same character is the
e statement that Western produce, such as
$ bacon, Hour tobacco. &c. are all prepared
: ,of 'he Eastern market Ivy the middle OF
= January. Now this is nj leas, three.
:; ,ourths OF II incorrect. Nearly all the
E western produce prepared for market,
before the middle Of February. ia con.
signed 10 the Eastern cities, by wov n,
, New orleans, and our canal IS never
oenehi'ed by it.-Our canal is said 10 omen
On me 18th ol March-is SO happens Ina,
. was opened on The 10Th Of March ,bi,
year. i he mos; mature deibera,i,n" n {
me committee has entirely reversed all
experience oil mankind in regard to the
comparative chenpness Of NAL, and rail.
read iranspor alton. The mnori,v are
mol disposed 10 doubt that even dis NOS
l'Icn may be sustained by the assumption
OF incorrect da'a The only insIance quo
,eo !" give color 10 tho assumption is the
Reading raI'road-a descending grade
from the coal mines to The mark, and
.na' 100 forced and sustained by an efFor,
70 break down riva; improvement. Ye,
.nls Is assumed as basis of comparison
WIN 'h's B'liimpre road, which would |
nave TO cross The Allegheny mountains
oyan ascending grade Of 81 itet 10 tho
mile. I" INC
fhi majority of the committee appear,
70 De alarmed by the idea ofn snnIIo..