Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-12-15
THE FRIGHT OF WAY"

The President and Directors OF The Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company have, on the recon-
menda,ion Of President McLane, called meet
ing nf the Stockholders in Februars., They re-
commend 10 the rusrifug the sanction of u-surS
scription OF $500, 900 10 The PiltsbuIg and Con-
nellsyille Railroad, 10 be expended on that part
of the road between Pii,sburg and Smithfed,
(near The Maryland line.) provided the Pisburs
and Connellsvlle Company will give pledge
lha, no connection shall he formed with The road,
without the consent Of The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company; ana further, that the tolls on
the Piltsburg and Connel!svile road shall con-
form 10 those on The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The former company is also 10 be required 10
show that their portion .: the means for compet-
inc the road TO The Maryland line will be furnish
ed as may be wanted.
According TO the Baltimore Patriot, this impor-
tan, movement is hailed by The citizens OF BALI
more as an indication that the work OF making
the road 10 the Ohio River is about 10 be COM
menced and prosecuted with energy.
As considera bic portion OF our State is inte-
rested in this great question: we quote The remarks
oil the Patriot, as bearing upon the public senli-
men, OF the city of Baltimore. We understand
that the question OF the fright Of way" through
Virginia will still be warmly pressed upon our
Legislature This session:
ain The paper which the President read 10 The
Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, previous to Offering Inc resolutions tor
the subscription OF 100000 TO The Piltsbnlg
road, he gave his views at much length upon the
subject Of extending The road TO The Ohio river
and various incidental matters that are connected
with it, Until that paper appears, IL may not be
proper TO make any reuarks upon Inc restrictions
and provisos with which the proposed subscrip-
lion is 10 be controlled; but as the only object Of
that subscription is To form an early and continu-
Gus railroad connection with the Ohio river al its
head, we should have preferred that il had been
made unconditional 50 that no mere incidental
matter could have defeated il. as Mtngs noir
stand, il is we believe, the deliberate judgment OF
The cilizens oil Baltimore, that This road to FITS
burg should be made and any condition or re-
slriction upon a subscription for The purpose Of
making il, endangerng the success OF The work,
they would not approve. Whatever restrictions
have been proposed, were, no doubt suggested
out Of abundant caution; and il they be found 10
be impracticable or improper upon full inquiry,
we may, with all confidence, assume thai they
that proposed them, and The subscription consum-
mated in that form that Shall ensure the compile
ton of Tue railroad from Cumberland 10 Pitts
burg.
1--WE may here remark, incidentally, lha, the
spirit of the action Yesterday of The Board Of Di-
reclors OF The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad but
confirmed The opinion we have SO often confident
" expressed, that 10 them might safely be left the
decision OF this important matter. we say this
because, in an article published by US some time
back, IN referring TO the doubt which seemed 10
exist as 10 what those charged with Inc present
decision of The subject might do, we have heard
il surmised that we intended 10 intimate that no.
thing would be done by them. Such consirnc-
ton Of our remarks was far from our purpose,
which rather was 10 spirit on the Board TO ac-
lion; and The result OF yesterdays proceedings
shows that we were right when we supposed that
their action would be favorable TO the completion
of the road TO Pillsburg.
awe say Phtsburs, because we have for long
time regarded our Obtaining The yigM Of 1ray
through Virginia, as almost il not entirely hopeless
certainly so TO very distant period. This OPT
MON is now more fully confirmed BY the mes
sage OF the Governor of Virginia 10 her Legisla-
ufe ON Monday last. He there expresses his
decided hostility 10 The measure and from his tone
and temper, il seems 10 Us, the case is hopeless
one-cerlainly So if the Legislature, as heretofore
continue to accord with him in sentiment. In
this posture of affairs, let US no longer stop al
Cumberland, but advance our road as speedily as
possible 10 Piusburg, and whenever-ifever-we
obtain the right Of toay 10 Petersburg let US go
there when our interest demands it,"
In late number Of The Baltimore Patriot we
find the following interesting information on this
subject
In connection with this subject the paragraph
we published yesterday from the Cleveland (O)
Plain Dealer, is important. II was there stated
the Directors Of the Cleveland, Columbus and
Cincinnati Railroad had received mos! favorable
proposals from contractors Tor making their road.
In The Plain Dealer OF the 9th il was stated tina!
Ines. proposals had been considered BY the Fund
Com mlssiouers Of Cleveland and The Directors