Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-02-14
F,,m N" Rchm,ng Whie
10 he Ed .tors of,Le MIR.

memorial OF The BnarL If unIc, ur the.
cuy ui PI'tshurg To the Legislature OF
Nrnn<N'v?nrt, ami m temp made by a
cortc>pnndcni 10 eNl g the laaluU>y of
th' Legislature OF Virginia. lest an"
res re IONS on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Company IN Pennsy lvauii sho, Il
"o rem",ed. and Ihr Company Undue, ii
I" '"At the Fennsvlyanin route /, the
Oh'n river, uStcad Of going through the
\o,'h Western counties OF Virginia, 10
Par krr,hurg
l u wrtcr II This hopes sincerely
thnt here my hc reason Tor the apprr,
tensions expressed bv YOUR ccrrpspun
q nj, mud that the Baltimore and phlu
rai r"al Company maN be Undue d To
'nnhe their road Ia the OHIO through Penn
- ir'nid instead OF Nlr.inil. In ,ha,
"Sc they VI b" competitors with the
pcnnSt lvnnra iineol imrruvcment for
he trade IF N"r,hefn q 10 and III.
Z , ke> Inst' ad of connecting with the
james River and kana~ ha lmrr v,menl
lor The ri e "f 'nnih 'rn Quo, X n NC.
~ aud h e'hrr S,n es bordering IN the
ONO TWIN lie fears however, iha,
'"nnSy 'vhnp may be So unwise as to
refuse Ia re,Auve the resu,cliuns imp, scd
by her, and that our reliance must be a
last on the wi,dn II Of the LEGISLATURE oil
N'rg MA % contine the termination al
the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad 10 " heel
ing for nverung tho evils which il
threatens Ct allowed T. 90 10 Parkers-
Durp) TO every Virginia interest.
Lee us weigh. in few W. rds. the
pros aud ems nf th mailer:
lNl. Should the termination Of tho
| Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad I've confined
I" cling. II preserves tins en',r-
p'iSlng and prosperous Vira, town,
which termirauon at parkersHuru
would destroy
end 1t leaves open 10 'hc James Ri
yer and knnw Ina Improvement (Which,
though arresiei at present, cannot b.
comp 'etcd. either by the pIescnt Com
pnny or others incorporated Tor The ues
tcrn portion of the rruie.) the whu.e
trade and ravel to aud from the west
which the BALTIMORE nHd OHIO Railroad
Company arc now aiming to secure by
terminating their improvement al Par,
kcrsbarg.
j
gina 10 br built up by The James Rver
and kannwha Improvement, instead OF
adding To the ovcIShadowjng glowth o.
Baltimore, OF " hich Gf tn" James River
and hanawha Improvement henrres,ed)
he cities and towns of Virginia will be-
come mere suburbs
On the o her hand. should the Balri>
n'r" and Ohio Railroad terminate al
Pa'krrsburg. " hat are its benefits TO the
Slac2
The James River and Kanawha I'm
/ rrovement is arrested forever because
. he Inducements 10 lis prosecution mr.,
destroyed, or so far impaired as no lon
ger To justify it, and, in reurn, we have
through Northwestern Virginia, a con
duI pipe 10 the trade of tho West. con-
ierring no important bencfit on the s,rir
oil country thr"ugh which j, will havee
passed certainly none 10 be weigh ed
as FATHER in the balance. compa red
win The n.ischefs il will have
wrought.
il IL useless. however, 10 say more on
a subject which will be closely serutin
ised by the Legislature Of Virginia
In he language of an eloquent paper
emanntlng rom the CITY Of Wheeling
Virginia will pause upon the issues in
VOWED IN this Memorial, Che applica-
non of The Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad
ComPany,) and testing the c. mpanv by
the scrutiny wkich oJher States have
applied to il suspecting the Offer OF
benoiiis which are the results OF lis own
nercsSI les, or guarding against design
OF a mn'urer and. perhaps TO her, more
I iaiol, po!lry-wiIl see that il is IA dan
gerous rival, striking vitality al the dear
est Ih'c'esls OF the Commonwealth, and
he best hopes OF her people. and there
fore TO be arrested before the hour of
safety passes forever G..