Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-12-28
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RAIL ROADS WEST.

RAIL ROADS WEST.
We copy tho following. relative to Rail
Roads ia Ohio IRON the Ohio State Journal
The argument i. one that can be extended to
sny length.
Mn. EnrroR:-la my first pspcr | cnlesvo-
red To show an additional reason TO such a. I
hal seen offered Tor the State OF Ohio to desire
Wheeling as a terminus for the Baltimore snd
Ohio Rail Read. and now, when the terminus
OF shis tail road u about To- undergo It's annual
consideration, a. may not be smiss Tor us la O.
hio TO look q little into this subject. because,
let Others think as they may, We think we al.
80 have some int rest in thus matter. Our in
terest In part consists la not letting in i'm
provements that may 10y competition injure
our own, and by encouraging SUCH as may
extend the business and usefulness ol them
And IL has always been expected that, after
The Baltimore AMI OhiO nail road was made la
Wheeling. that 81 was not 90 stop there, but a
continuation made To connect IL with the
State Improvements in Ohio. Our canal
aud rail road Improvements lraverse The Slate
North aud South, aud the Baltimore and Ohio
rail road runs East and West, connecting.
With our State improvements at nghl ANGLES,
SID ia the centre OF the State at Columbus:
this eastern rsil road, in coming Ia Columbus,
will not, therefore, come IN competition with
any oi the Slate IN Improvements EXCEPT the
turnpike made by the Unitrd States, and con
sequenily on the cost ol which the State has
no interest Ca p3y.
This Baltimore aud Ohio rail road will b.
an assistant Instead 81 a rival 60 oar State
works, and It W herlung Is made the terminus
OF the Baltimore rSll rood. the distance from
Wheeling being but little uyer a hundred
miles, snd The county well adapted lor such
work. as the National Road proves, and the
connection being oi such great importance.
while means can be raised for roll Tosds an,
where, this one canaot isil. No fears need
be entertained By such a. wish no addition 10
oar State debt, (ahi the Wnirr j. one ofthai'
numbrr)
All THAT will h. wanted aud oil that ought,
20 be granted 10y The Slate il on onlinau char
ter, 10 make thc rood by a ioint stock Gonna
ny. Ii the rail road Is mhru ~ Pittsburgh.
~ may b. continued 90 the Lakes principally 1
through Pennsylvania. which will in the ag.
gregatc about double the time, distance and
expense of ils service ia Ohio. And ID may
well be doubted whether co,l 80 small I'm "a
lue compared with us weight, can bear such
d transportation; brsides. by this roul. We
would b. Tributary 10 a ucighbOdng State ior
ah aricse that u abHudant la our own State.
aud such q course would give the manuiacto-
uesoi Pittsburgh and Prunsyivania such an
adyaniage over lhuSc OF Ohil tlnt Ohio you'll
49, " NhlhaAail W Nlthl li iitlGn That she !
ought tn manufacture Zoe herself. Anl # the
baltimore rail road teuninales al the month oil
ihe Llitlc kapawha, there will b. a contest
between Cincinnati sui Columbus Tor its ter.
minltion ga Ohio, and IL IL goes 10 Cincinnati
the distance ui IA hiking the road is increa scd.
aud - - that Ol getting coal. aud Tor all the
rest oi 'he State such a course Is liable 10 ali
the objections ofgoing to Pittsburgh. Cinsin-
natl. a. well as oil thr rest ct the State Of o.
naA r4aaIl -. .....l
Wheeltng by way OF Colambls. Aud. every
thing considered. a connection OF the Bid.
inotr ant hio tail road with the State WORKS
oi ONO Of Columbus, Wouhi b. much Tie best
int the Baltimore compauy, Tor he whoi..
Slate oi ONO, aud for the iuds oi the lakes
on the North and the rven on tlle South aud
Wcst.
Shortly after the Btlinon a1d Ohio Rail.
road was projected, Wheeling was a syarir
terminus, and Wheeling subscribed towards.
ihe sluck, aml 10 was always the cxocctaiiou
of the people of Ohio, that they wo1ld msku
or ccntnue the Railroad from Wheeling tbro'
Oino' TO The Ohio Canal. The State giant.
edtWo charters Tor that purpose. and iLr eve
eculiOn OF the work Only waited until the
eastern railroad would bc In such A state ot
iotwsuihcss as 10 secure It's earl, colnpletiop
hnd the Inducements for such a connection
nave since then very much increased Tn.
H','NNly Tor we welfare at the HtltgpDrp
Snd oblo Railroad Company To bring tli, road
TO ihs o.io river. - ouly c~qualleI by that Of
the ei,y Of Baltimore and iie State Of Mary.
.snd certainly not BY The state of Ohio
Hhi'e lhls Company aud Mar lanl has b.en
tSihing about muking this Railroad. OHIO has
Deco "ulos such WORK, snd now has more i'm
Iio'rinent Tor the same cost pcfhsps. than
any otheT place in the world. alri her pan-ul
1''e"mslSnees how she Is benefited by it,
h"''H the Bl imore opd Oaio Railroad Com .
Ps"y we hiVe ihe extraordinary Example of
starting "tih o roui To- e. 10 q ctrtsin place
snd when they get hall way. stop aud onstr,l
sooni "hish way thcy shall 20. aud thcrr /. NO
oa'o'i'a abstraction more extraordinary thsn
,n~t winch - supported by ilrtn. tlat a hun
9fed miles north, ora hundred spuhol Vince.
mug - not only preferable 10 Whreling. but
isalso worth i%nillIonsoi tua-lr. ami an ,t.,.
mai contest, when az ihe ssme Zine 81 A. e,t.
tent iu all ihe wofld b'siies. ihat IL mu.i ~
lasi - hhrcling of nuihilg 10 Vininit. ar
""fse ihan nothing las Pehus,i,an ia, asI shall
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