Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-06
Section Third.
Section Fourth,
1921 So
32,3l5 81
Sf27O67 az

Total cost. si27.067 OF
The foregoing cstimltc, have all been care
iully made, and | am satisfied will be found
abundant 10 complete the work.
The grode surface through the excavations
tn be Ii iectwidc. with slope of / foot hor-
r%izontoi. tn | vertical, with suitable bitches.
All the bridges necessary, may be made on the
common plan OF trcstlc bridge, used on rail
roads. There will b. no curves of less than
1000 feet radius. The road to be- made on
the common plan of pile roads. which will be
best understood by examining the plan.
Estimate of the annual busincsso of the road:
Common freight, $500 tons SlS,5OO 90
Passengers 5000 90
Transportation oCthcmil 1000 90
Goal, 10000 q n at 30 cents 5000 90
Total $500 90
Cost of managing the road for one year.
locomotive power $3.50 90
hcpdlrs oi road $3.50 90
transportation of passengers Asa 90
ITO OF freight $500 90
Iotaicnst l7,473 90
Balances i'm favor Of Road ll,O27 on
Ora clear profit Of per ent ON the capital in.
/ vested.
am aware that my estimate of the tonnap,
OF the road is lower than the estimate of mos
oil the business men along the line. And IN,
cost OF management is higher than engineer.
are IA the habit of reporting cost of transporta
uon ON rail roads, but it is not higher than IN,
actual cost oi transportation willavengc.
This route Is not only intended for a road
rom Canton TO Akron, but lisa link i'm a con.
templatcd road from the Ohio River TO Lake
Erie. which will connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Wheeling.
A good deal has been Said and written on the
subject OF connecting Boston. Mass. with ST.
Louis, Mo-. by a continuous line of rail road
winch would pass through Ohio. either along
the L shore. or on the dividing ridge be.
tween The waters of Lake Erie and Ohio river,
Col. Clinton, OF the corps of L. s. Engineers,
some years since, made am examination of the
route passed through Ohio, along the dividing
ridge, and made n very favorable report of the
route. ii the Boston and st. Louis road should
'ake the south or ridge route. the Canton and
Akron Road would connect with il at Akron.
or the road may be- continued north. and inter
sect with the Boston and st. Louis road AT or
near Cleveland--in case that road should take
the north route. lhayc converscd with a LARGE
number OF gentlemen well acquainted with the
~SupJect, and they all agree that The east and
VS. VIII shortly be connected by the Balti-
more and Ohio and Boston and st. Louis rail
roads; which, with a road from the Ohio river
10 Lake Erie will open to the farmers of Ohio
a market during the whole year, with Balti-
more and Philadelphia, by the Baltimore and
ohloroad; and with New York and Boston. by
the Boston and st. Louis road. All which Is
respectfully submitted.
GEO. i. WHILE, Civil Engineer.
we haveno doubt but this road will be on
s'ructed at an carly day, and the stockholders
IN It's location will do well to remember that
IN striking the Ohio at Wheeling, thew will
prevent The competition that might at some
DAY arse IN the construction Of Saltwater road.
long since chartered.