Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-08
From the Ohio Stat, Loyruo,

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD.
"A series OF able communication are reach
ing tha public through the Baltimore Patriot.
al tlls time, IN reference To the completion of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. After al.
luding, as we took occasion to do a few days
since, To the certainty that a large portion of
the trade once considered safe Tor the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, will fall into tie new
channels opening between the east and west,
unless That work Is soon completed, the wri-
tcr IN III" Patriot proceeds To a very candid
review of the act of the late legislature of
Virginia, granting the right of way to the Ohio
river, ON condition that Wheeling is made the
terminus. lie comes To the conclusion tina,
the State ot Virginia has made a fair and lib
crdl olier, and that II is not only the interest
but all important that the Company accent.
the offer that has been made. and proceed i'm
mediately To the completion of the road. A
delay Will soon, he thinks, involve some doubt
as To the ability OF the Company TO complete
the work, instead oil a mere question of choice
as 10 the route. lie believes that the James
River and kanawha improvement wW be
completed, and that il will divert from the
Railroad a large amount of business, il it is
completed first. The Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal will the business of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, as soon as il is completed
TO Cumberland, and the drain will I've felt seri-
ously, unless by the completion of the Road
TO the Ohio river, the advantages within It's
reach are secured.
The temper OF these communications. pre-
senting as they do, fairly and candidlv, a train
al argument, must give them
considerable weight. Their influence on In.
meeting OF the Directors, TO b. held in Balti-
more about this time, will be highly favorable.
itis evident that the people OF Baltimore are
beginning To awaken To the necessity of cncr-
' UptIH action and .uurl xx,tl ..Ax. t. II
wheeling terminus. Once assured, as they
soon Will be, that they can secure no further
concessions from Virginia, and brought to
view the action OF the last legislature i'm a more
liberal spirit, they will not long hesitate as TO
their true policy.
The following is the concluding paragraph
oi The second communication of " Baltimore, ~
alter noticing the prominent features of the
act granting a right of way to the Ohio river
such Is the law offered by the Virginia
Legislature to the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road Company. Ii is not the law applied for
by the company in several important %particu-
lars. Perhaps there is no one thing attending
It's passage which so excited our preiudiccs
against II as the restriction imposed by Virgin
. Ia, as to the terminus on the Ohio river. Our
brst impressions were most generally unfavor-
able TO It's acceptance, simply because il was
| not what we desired. We are not Disposed to
&, pause and dlspassionately hear the reasons
which operated upon the Virginia Legislature
so to modify the application of the company 1;
to examine into the merits of the terminus of.
lereu, or closely to scrutinize the objections
10 the route proposed. This. to INV mind *
wrong. The Legislature of Virginia has not
III years past, adopted an illibcral or selfish
) policy towards this company. So lar from it.
lhat THINK every one Will admit, upon am
examination OF her past legislation ON this
SUBJECT. that II has been marked BY a liboIali-
IS not exceeded by that of any other state in
The Union, under the same circumstance
She has heretofore granted every application
OF the company, upon terms sufficiently libcr.
al To justify their acceptance. She has not
IKE pennsylvania, so clogged and burdened
her grants by conditions. limitations and re.
stnctions, as TO defeat the seeming object of
her legislation. Under such circumstances
surely 1t Is nothing more than what is due to
Virginia and her Legislature, TO the local in
uercst opposing the original application of the
company, and for whose protection 10 was
modified, TO the city Of Baltimore, " hose in
tcrcsts are vitality involved in your decision.
and To the interests Of the company itself. that
a different course should bc adopted, than that
which many have been disposed TO rccommcnd.
That the provisions of this law should bp care
iully examined, and their effects cautiously i'm
v~estigatcd, that the terminus proposed with
all its advantages and disadvantages. should lc
calmly and dispassiOnotcly considered and. so
lar as possible, compared with those of any
other terminus contemplated or proposed and
winch may be within the reach of the compa-
nv. Nor must we overlook the probability of
any alteration OF this law. which would rem
Ger " more consouant with our ideas of what
would be more desirable. This is a subject
addressing itself to our cool Judgment. and IL
decision ought not. under any circumstances
70 d. influenced by our prcjudiccs or passions.
] am well assured. however. that il will ha
finally disposed Of in Il manner worthy Of those
to whom ~ j. addressed, and the important
interests involved IN the decision"
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From me Richmond Whjg.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD