Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-05-30

followed. A portion only of the means need be
raised here, the balance would be raised by cit
liens along the line, yet those who advanced
the means would have made more on bona fde
sales OF their property, than these roads would
have cost them, if they never divided dollar
among the stockholders.
These things, however, were not done. and
this large, substantial and increasing home mar
ket was not secured The next thing then is
To secure the next hes, market for our manu-
iacturcs-bcCause by manufactures we must
lire and btrirc or not at all-that market
which is found in the transportation of West
en merchandise and the travel of Western
merchants. Unless that is secured, the alma.
hopelcs ~ resort of sending of all our manuiac-
lures to seek market in competition with the
surplus OF other manufacturing cities must
follow.
Towards securing this, we have the Balti-
more and Ohio Rail Road to Cumberland.
within $50 miles. We have all the requisite
lines of the best stages in the Union for the
travel, and as good hotels as can be found any
where This route across the mountains is
the quickest easiest and cheapest of any: but
for transportation over this 100 miles we must
depend upon isolated wagons and wagoncrs.
In removing this evil the citizens of Baltimore
have deep interest, because it would in
crease the amount of purchases there, the
Western merchant then saving the cost Of
travel and carriage between Philadelphia and
Baltimore the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
is interested because il would largely increase
their ireights and power of competition with
the Pennsy lvania canal, and Wheeling is verv
deeply interested. We would here remark
that there is no possibility of the rail road
reaching the Ohio any other point than tins,
and it will not be completed for six or eight
years at least, To this point. We must then
cndeavor to substitute something in place Of
that road, something that will enable us 10
compete with other works, Pennsylvania par
ticularly. This can be done completely and
perfectly, to such AN extent as to control the
trade and travel of the West To this point. be-
yond pcndventure. The ways and means are
the proper subject of consideration. The only
way and means that we know of is the estab-
raised by general stock, which should run for
the benefit of business generally, not for any
house or particular men, go through from here
to Cumberland i'll two and half days and
carry freight East at 37a cts. and West at 62t
being an average of 80 cts. each way. Twelve
lines or Whereabouts, would be required to reg
ulate the trade of the route, and might at all
times be sustained. To accompany this the
oDcc..,imore and Ohio Rail Road would be com
PEELED TO reduce LIS rriccs TO something like
ID cts. East and % West, for the sti:.nmer sea-
son. This would make freight from Baltimore
to Wheeling S7A cts. from Wheeling to Bal
timore 524. To do this is practicable and ex-
pedicnt.
we will tomorrow suggest the way
a" which the amount necessary could and
ought TO be raised, the general organiza-
ton that ought to be adopted, and the direct
advantages that would result from it, AT the
same time we will give close and clear esti-
mate of the cost Of the first stock, and the
current expense and income leaving those in
interested to draw their conclusions as TO its
expedicncy.
THE RAIL ROAD.-The Baltimore A
merican copies, no doubt with satisfaction, "a
part of the article in the Richmond Wing, as
sorting that 1.-the James River Canal is dead
failure" 1t belongs to the citizens of Rich
mond and Baltimore, not to us, to Judge the
opinions OF the respective guardians Of their
interests. But we may express our surprise
At ha A
organ of Mr.. McLane, that it has not taken a
lesson from another part of that article If
the conception of our State Work was worthy
of MARSHALL and Washington, las the Wing
says) but il has become a worthless scheme by
delay in its completion, is there no danger that
the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road may lag so
long by the way that rival enterprises will an
ticipate its completion and rob Baltimore of it's
advantages? We infer from the course of the
American that the company intends to wait
year TO see what effect ParkerSburg bravado
will have on State legislature. Thus will
precious year b. lost while the work could be
progressing on a route which is demonstrably
the best for Baltimore and the Company. that
Virginia could possibly give them. If. how
ever, the company is really not prepared to
carry on the work, and all this agitation is to
be kept up in Virginia for reasons which per-
haps we ought not to guess, we suppose we
must submit.
RlOTS.-His honor, Judge Fry, in his charge
to the Grand Jury at the present term of the
Court, took occasion to animadvcrt with lust
a.
sometimes take place in the streets, and which.
as he remarked, the officers appear to think
they have no right to interfere with. Gangs
OF dlsorderly persons sometimes go about town
at night, either committing wanton violence.
or, on particular occasions, making hideous
noises TO the insult o1 nr;vata f,,,;I;. -