Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-04-16
TIE RIGHT OF WAY

BY . letisrirom our correspondent iu snoth-
90 column. oar r-sdvrs hsy, the sciion OF thu
Legislature brought up to FRIDAY evening last.
We ncriye1t no letter by Hcnhersons Line
Yesterday afternoon. but we learn from the A
ncucsn that zap to saturday 2 O'Clock, NO
further vote had besu taken. the DISCUSSION
still being on Inserting a tax OF 3 mills per
per mile, Instead OF % ceuts per ton Tor
the whole distance.
The succesSo OF kunklc's amendment is a 50
nous blow 10 the bill. til il not fatal Tor al
PRACTICAL purposes. Even IL the bill il not
ruined by unacceptable amendments, which
Its enemies seem determined la tack upon il,
that amendment dclers its vitality certainly
Tor a year aud a quarter. and throws great un-
certainty over all it's future prospects. Three
millions of stock Of the Genital Road may De
taken. aad thirty miles put und,r contract
This renders the bill null aud void forever, oI
the neat Legislature may repeal il altogether,
or may mjutiously amend 1t. or may defer its
vitality still longer. at the solicitation of Phil.
sdclphia. j; Is hardly probable, therefore,
that The Baltimor Company will wait long.
er ON the movements OF Pennsylvania. even II
the bali passes as amended. OF which there is
serious doubts. n private letter before us
from Harrisburg says:
According la NV expectation. kunkle's
amendment was carried 81 To 30, three of oul
men being absent. In my estimation there
- nothing left by the chances of legislative
,tscucs, ,e get rid Of a proviso which render:
The bill worthless. The desperate oxpedient.
arc reconsideung, striking out Ia the Senate
Bringing the bill back To the house, &c. The
chances are that II will fell through between
the two houses"
The question arises, what erc we 10 do in
fkts nf.arNraarV &l.,f 49,. x 4..., ,v.asl,
aud ,amely submit to this great wrong. with.
out an effort 20 avert the threatened calamity
At what price shall we estimate the loss 10
Pittsburgh, aud Western Pennsylvania, which
Is intimately connected with Pittsburgh. aud
depends upon Il fora market, If IN. Baltimore
road cuts oil our nver trade at Wheeling,-
Would not this loss build a rad To Councils.
vile. To- which we have a charter Aud II
we had n road ~ Connelsyillc, is there not a
moul ccrtsinty that we could accomplish the
remaining distance by some mcans'
This II no tinc Tor mpining, bat for action,
Let our Councils Immediately ,uke measures
60 Obtain e rrltss. OF the right ot way on the
route from here to the Maryland State Line
aud let alss all inquiry b. instituted at what
cost TIMBER and stone can b. obtained Let
a committee b. sent 10 Bsll,tgorc 10 consult
with tire company, 10 ascertain how much
stock VIII b. taken In The Connels,ille road,
ani whether the company will agrce 10 defer
any action ou the Wheeling route, II we push
this entefpuze. let the Councils of the two
cities, and the county OF Allegheny, aud 9th
~ western counties, take a certain portion of
the stock, and let every individual, according
TO their u0esus. take stock from one TO 800
shares, and Ne road will b. built. b. this
means We eau seeuTo the road la spite ot Pint
LIT us build the road To Councils
'iile, sad some means viii b. found TO over
ONE The rem Siudcf Of the route.