Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-07
From Ho Beimont Chronicle
RAILROAD TO WHEELING.

1t is believed the Ohians NAV proceed will
their contemplate | improvements as if ti,
Baltimore and Ohio rail road were irrcvocabl,
located at Wheeling. Because the interest,
oil The company fix it there, and Virginia LA.
after the hopes thus inspired and pledges aTycH
10y the State, inducing a subscription of one
million OF dollars by Wheeling, the Legisla-
ture will not violate the often repeated un-
derstanding, with that city, in order to assist
Baltimore, at the expense of Richmond and
The James River and kanawha improvement.
Having perceived her true interest. the State
will pursue il. Modcsty will hereafter pyc-
vent the company from asking Virginia. now
that she Is awake, 10 injurc herself on their
account; IN truth, to enable them to do am i'll
turn Tor Baltimore, by striking the Ohio at a
point AN hun Tired miles lower down. where
the country Is poor, where lands i'm tracts of
from one thousand To twenty thousand acres.
and upwards, are offered for sale under yarious
titles at various prices, say two. ten. and
twenty cents per acre where lone has new
or promised that Il bridge would be built over
the ONO River where the locomotives would
look Implorlngiy towards the region of Vince
ing Tor coal where The deep gorgcs and crog-
gy cliffs on the Ohio side of the river discouT.
agc further progress where no national turn.
pike, dcmandinga bridge over the Ohio. cross
IS the line of The rail road. sounding. both
night and day, with wagons and stages. freight.
ell with passengers and produce where feTtil.
NY has not much tempted cultivation whcrs
but little trade could be got from the South
that would not he equally secured at Vince.
ling where i'll short, while competing for fin,
with Richmond, she would be- placed ont n
position to compete with Philadelphia anc
New York for dollars. 1t will occur TO IN,
Stockholders, at least, that mere logic camot
supply the deficiencies enumerated. more thar
1T can restore Palmyra of the desert to a poin,
oil commercial importance. They will lister
TO Tie voice OF circumstance more than To tina
Oh an individual who cannot be great at ever,
Thing but ] would not insinuatc That theI
have relied too much on any one. NOT be;nso
inclined to condemn what is not readily rom.
pretended, like a class that decry new invcn.
ions and great performances. There NAV h.
wisdom IN not deciding on the point of termi.
naton on the ONO river, which mere unas.
sisted reason cannot comprehend. 1t certain
" bnds to cmbardss and suspend auxiliar,
Improvements and permit, to be worn deem.
or. and smoother, the channels of intcrcoul,
WIN New ork and Philadelphia. Still these
may only he partial evils of small weight
against the good involved i'm the delay. Ii i
DtlleNcd- however, that if circumstances con.
tinue To govern cases. aud the interest of In,
= ''HNuiAtAs TIC ltTiulllS ms
needs be at Wheeling: for this point comm
mcdtcs directly with the heart of Ohio. will
That portion of the State where land i HIGHEST
population and cultivation greatest and tc
most practicable for rail roads. to- connect will
TIE Lakes by the immense artificial improve.
ments already completed and i'm proprcss-
Inc national turnpike j. here with its claim.
10 completion by a bridge over The river. foun.
dcd Dotl on contract and expedicncy a claim
winch The next census will illustrate cTcctu.
ally; The western branch is already bridocd
Here too, j. the heart Of the coal rcajon I've
oi the seven strata. about 1Gf feet of coal bsi,o
easily cHcdvatcd, without the sinking of shaft :.
NE upper strata Dips beneath the bed of tbr
ONO nyer about tlirty-fve miles soufb ol
wheeling; but The more valuable strata sipk.
to- an announcement depth some twelve or Gr.
teen miles south Of Ibis place. Hero j. tbo
.cnd ni navigation at all stages Of water
Wheeling looking westward ON her left vel
comes thc many hundreds OF pslace-scemip
steam bodts from thirty thousand miles of ri,.
10 navigation on tlH south. with canal bo,t.
iu tow, rom thc Mu,kingum. and thp tb,ac
canals, passing from the lakes tn the OH,
uVcr; while on her right hand She receive.
tho~" who have descended from the l,Ee Il.
lhc Ere Extension canal. aud the Cleveland
y Beaver canal. now finished and tho 81,
dy q l"uvcr canal now partly executed m
ictIrlng meantime, thc well frcirl,tcd ,,,.