Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-12-08
..pEcEMRE s. $50.
BALrIMORE AND PIrrSpURGH

-, jO0 900. The State has 500 600. max
ing $1,000 CG THIS Yields an incom, Of
about , per c%cntufa, OF Sl20 600. aud he los.
annually n about the same of the other Sl2O.
900. The City anj STATE have TO nis thc
latter amount every wear by taxation.
The city LOSES on her corporate investment
SOB 900. and her citizens pay one hall the
tar r1ised BY the State. 10 meet the loss ou
tins investment, say Sl3 900, in all sl20,OJC
. year.
Besides this, the private stockholders IN
the company, who are chiefly OF Baltimore
lose S90,OO0a year. by their investment OF
S3. 1000, 900 IN the work. The loss, therefore
10 the city and citizens is very nearly S2l0,
GOO a year.
Can this annual loss b. saved2 hit can.
IL is worth agrodf ercYfioE. IL would be a
pity. by a new effort. 10 make IL ieOrsc. Ii
iti Is probable that the extension OF the road
10 Pittsburgh would produce sir pr eeatum
on It's own cost, and would double the in
come of that part of the road which il now
made, the loss would certainly be fully saved
by the operation.
The increase OF trade and travel necessary
to produce this change would he a great Incl
dental gain 70 Baltimore. and all her interests
bot the saving itself is an object which
should Induce the city authorities 20 raise the
necessary funds as they may be wanted.
The calculation ~ a plain enc n certain
facts arc once GsceTiaiHod. Now. how many
days IA the year, upon an average, cur load
81 freight boats, al an available SIZE, navigate
the Ohio river TO aud from Pittsburgh, allow
ing both Tor ice and io5 WdicrY A satislar-
tory answer may be made 10 tbis question, OF
~ speaks badly Tor the extension.
SePondly How many passengers, and what
amount OF freight are To BE- relied on. Tor the
.Wn-..H - ~ ~
pletcd, from the river trade, 0Ucy and ADORE
what the former nor receives from that source
Surely they have a large amount OF both.
through Wheeling and Pittsburgh. as they
now stand, which is, moreover, constantly
increasing.
But whose business j. IL to furnish these
facts 10 the public, in order that they NAV
form their own eSumatesl The Improving
companies spend . great deal Of money ia
tbs collection of such information, through
engineers. aud hcy. should bo able 10 furnish
H. or, al least, those who most favor this
expensive work of pTompt cTtcnsioA, should
furnish TIE iacts required 10 the city auihOri
ties.
II the facts which arc TO form the basis Of
the enterprise are not 10 be had, it would b.
unsafe and foolish TO proceed without them.
ATAA PAYER.
We6nd the above communication in the
baltimore Patriot OF Thursday last. Tho wri.
tr can evidently answer The questions he
ssks as ooHccly as any one, perhaps more
b., and We believe, unless he should b. exclu.
ded from ihe columns Of the popcrs, ,hs, he
viii do 80. The answers TO the questions
asked, II correctly made, viii astonish in some
respects, those who have looked upon Whrel-
ing Us Surrounding county o. no place of
importance. We can tell the Balumoresn,
how the most important Of ,hese questiuu,
can be truly answered.
The annual los Sustained by ths city q {
Baltimore can b. saved by the completion ol
thc road 20 Wheeling but cannot d. saved
10y a completion TO Pi'sbur.h. Soncof tns
reasons for this we wilt mention. Il i, +,
common Argument ia Pittsburgh that the PM
la%ieiFlnaus STE fools Tor opposing the CON.
s'fac''on 81 The Connclisyi,le connection
as Il HAT y completed, tbe central imon,,,.
ment Will tc aided, b. well a. lbr irsl, o.,
Philadelphia, by ihc fact that the weston
trade Viii b. brought TO Pittsburgh. II,
plain English Of this i, that pitt.bpral
wosld throw Oh the trade buuabt thsr. h,
ne Baltimore aud OHIO Rail road up,p IA,
central work. Mr. MLaue has ue wisdom
oud foresight iosee ihis. anl tbst is the rsu-
at that bitter cunit, toward. him iu pi,t.
buEh which induced ,hs concert Of clau
tlere icr bis removal rom ilc Precedence b.
iore uaey broke viii Toe company .ltoss.be,
Tbs heading iIct sbovc set lorhis ono ras,
why .hc rold would ult an.uerthe r.rr,..
el'irsd b. Ia4 Payer % mii. 10 Pan.
hufgh.
tbs snsucr 60 Go hrlt ql4s'iono of q 10,
payer has been paui4liJ answered in ID.
paper several hines. d Doe b.,a answer
iHiefit truiy sud caultly. snH .ena
often 90 have eud rcd lha Sob .rt familiar Il
n'st persons who red. liisa Huh uo, +,
ne gaia<ycd chat tLe successful ni,iatti,
"i tne n,e' .o P%lIt-boph a,it,sht ami ga.
n r oil other uat. considered cannot h
depended 900 mIfs ialu r48 u,srssi. ID.
yeaL or sitfy dags ,u ta.c. baaii,d sni .i..
hse this Is a TRUTH tiIt 4ea. ,.t..l.
ti'u We adn.t tlit Coz hrsi class oI r,.l,
boats rfu long. ri.1u tbdi. bu Wh.n ri. H..
ttnaw auj Ohiu uII ngI asll b. cap.I.,.
a4i a'.aI l1u's a'-1 aHl tlat uHla fe 4
10a1 lIe Hri Gas. Of rark,t ba.
moss CON l9 ald ,um P.iisbulb sb.sn ~
af o4 htt mlulI. ll to- g.ar In r,
f'E oi SISTER. s} lf io1oi tais Use u.au
t.fy i.ate FushDr.b at .I0 ot.a.E. Al
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