Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-22


4. States Journal. !, is cheap and it is very
important for every man tO be- possessed oi
such Journal
OUR ClTY.-Some persons pretend to say
that there are very few evidences OF the inn
provement i'm our city, to be found elsew here
than in the columns OF the Times. If they
wish one striking evidence they can find it in
the market house. Last year, there was very
little crowd, and no hustle in the market house,
even at the best market hours, while HOW il
is reallya hard task for man TO thread his way
through the crowd that throngs the market,
although the entire extension Is now used and
filled as far up as Madison street
RAILROAD MiSMANAG EMENT. The
Baltimore American contains the following
paragraph on Railroad management 1t tou-
ches but one point of an extensive subject
which it would be well for the people of Bal
timorc to understand more thoroughly than
they have ever attempted to TO. The contrast
between the management of the northern rail-
roads and of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
is not alone in this particular of fares" II
the latter work had been properly managed,
nay, If il had not been absolutely mismdnagcd,
it would now be complete To the Ohio river.
The simple fact that, i'll nearly twenty years.
so little has been done, notwithstanding the
liberal aid which has been extended by Bal
iimore and Maryland, and which has been
offered BY Virginia. TO say nothing of the less
powerful and wealthy patrons and con;ribu-
tors--that so little has been effected compared
with what has been begun and completed in
the North, without half the advantages OF
public support, is enough to open the eyes of
those who are chiefly interested. Even now,
while ;h"sc rrliesscd guardians of Tia, interests
of Blltinore are wasting precious years in
iruitlrss controversy, what are the rivals of
Baltimore doingl One year has seen the
,nlctin between Boston AMI LAX, Erie
om plet1by rail-road-anothcr year is wit
Messing the con plstion of railroad from Gin
cinnati to that lake, and of the Indiana Canal.
und other works, all designed to pour the
wealth of the mighty west into New York
and Boston, and all tending to iniurc Balti-
more, because her sluggishness let's slip her
superior advantages. Even now, the stock
oGihc New York and Erie Railroad Is chiefly
subscribed, aud thus another outlet is to be
opened for portion of that trade whiclI could
have been concentrated upon Baltimore.
through Wheeling. Virginia is bsstining
herself To secure for her own people, the access
TO The Ohio which She has so often ana 50
generously proilered 10 Maryland; and itwould
b. we'll for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, TO know that lis perverscmess and
perseverance have aroused a spirit in Virginia,
which. is for the honor and advantage of this
State but which il would be well for Bnili-
myre never to have awakened Every wear
AMI every day the misnanagcment of the
most practicable and most advantageous en-
tcrprEe IN The country is cutting OF some
source OF profit some resources of greatness.
some substantial benefit, from the CITY of
Baltimore. Bat, as those most impcrious and
far sighted managers have IA game on hand AT
present, OF tbs usual sort, which iorbids them
tolistn TO the plain truth, we need not further
enlarge. To return to the paragraph of the
American. Ii is this:
RAILROAD MANAGEMENT letter
from Philadelphia. published in the WASHING
ton Union. speaks in the following terms OF
Railroad management IN tire Eastern States
The reduction IN the fare ON the railway
between washington and Baltimore though
long delayed. will prove io b. the best step
that the g IN .'any having charge OF that road
pas yet taken. a considerable reduction in
the fare on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad is
also required. The amount now csactcd $50
is entirely too high.
NtUTe already behind the East i'm the mat
ter oi railroad managem' mt and railroad fare:
and II IL fact which cannot b, denied thai
ia spite of oarcxorbitant charges and the great
facilities furnished by our coal. most of our|
railroads are losing commemorative those of
the East with low prices and economical mlu-
agcm"iu, are sharing large profits. A com
parison between the condition of all the roads
east oil this city, and the condition of those
west and south ol 1t, would show that. while
the rates oil the iprm,r are greatly below those
Oh the latter, their profits in all cases, are be-
yond them; and that many of Ia, railroads in
this region are losing concerns. notyithstanJ.
ing their business AMI cxurbi ant fares
What more unanswcrabc proof could be- re-
qmrcd that REASONABLE. prices encOurag, in.
creased trdvcR
NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE.-We
have received a copy OF the National Police
Gazette, published in New York by Massrs.
CAMP * Wilkes weekly al two dollars wear.
The object of it is TO aid the police Of the
city ani country in their efforts TO detect
criminals. In the description Of burglars
theadycriis, mcn,s ofrewarjs and countcrcits.
1t viii hs OF vast service TO tn police in all
sections Of the country.
a Meeting in favor Of tic projected Rail.
road from Ddnrillc TO Philadelphia, was held
at the former place on Tuesday cvrning.--A
convention is to be held on the 18th Of Orto.
Der.