Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-09-12
fknM RIA UNITED Stalls GAZETTE.
IHE BALTIMORE AND ONO RAIL
ROAD

me road remain at i,s present terminus. Al
N"i"oc''s"d, ooJ tbstua extension uf N fur
Their west. by involving the necessity of n
tlfgs debt. would be- at the expru.,, og ,bs
s'"ckholters whose diuid,Hds would o. there
10y suspended Indefinitely. Il aot forever. A.
i we true interest ot oil concerned To repair
ihe ro1d instead OF ericHding H. The irnib
need not be concealed TIA, occ ilents arc Jrr'
qnenily occurring on it, aud that It's bad con
dlhoh reatcIs At an miuy places between
Harper Ferry aud Baltimore positively dan
g"fpns The stockholders and the public
would be better served by rc-lsvina this part
ol theroad than by looking 10 projects which
alter the expenditure ol The capital stock nI
Tue company, are become impossible. il not
,is'onlTy ond vhimericsl. II the road were
hept ln good repair, The value of the stock TO
os owners, and oi the Improvement 90 the
/ public, would DC much enhanced. lis the
\ deliberate opinion of the best informed stock
holders, M Baltimore aud elsewhere. that such
course would soon increase the business up-
I on a. To such an extent as To ii,s,ily and cal
tor the laying of a second track.
but my immediate object i to show that
The legislation relative to the Pittsburgh and
Cpnnelslillc Raiirad will be ofno advsntsre
to the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad In the
urst place, $40 connection is physically prac-
ilcable between the Baltimore roadand a rail
"
waters al the Noughiogheny to Pittsburg.-
Secondly the whole capital stock ol the oriq
nal Conneisville act (Which WAS 5000 GOT.
reduced afterwards 10 $500, 0O0) is about one
tUeHiieta oi the suin necessary to make the
road. BGi, Ia The thirl place there is no
law IA existence authorizing this road. EVENT.
1t could b. made !or $3.50, 600, instead of sir
H'"'oHs - sum which, II Is believed. IL will
cost legislative arlhcc WAS perpct1ted,
] ~ ffh TO.
dfTedd msTc nulilty, all confer, not even the
Temporary or apPtnnt right which the fraud
was intended to secure. proceed to show
TIE nt'ure oi thlsartiliCe or fraud, which. iii
even conferred q legal right. The stnckhol,le,,
ol the Baltimore and OHIO railroad al large
would indignantly refuse, a. honorable men
to take advantage Of
railroad cslcd the Pittsburgh and Con-
neIsiilir Railroad Va, autloriz 1t hy The Leg !
stature :" feunsylvouia on the 81 oi April. /
1857. Ihl, road was Ia extend lr,in Pntsbn,r I
10 some suitable point az on nea, ConncIs, ,lle /
(Sce laws Of PemSylyauu ior 1896 : ~
l99) lhHact required III. work to b. com. /
mrnced within five yeats or ihe charter was (
tp be null aud volt Connel,vills lies in a !
snuth'a Nlcuy direction from Pittsburgh. about
tmdy-hvr or forty mites ifotn the NJ rvlanl /
line, within lie limits of Penus,lcsn
The Eve years limited ia tn. ACT having cx-
pred without The work bcing comm need.
'he Legislature on the 18th April, 1913
passed au Act Tor the rrlici OF The overserrS
oi the poor oi the borough OF Ene. and for
olheT purposes. (Seg laws ol Penn iur IS
10. ?. 332) The bith section of ibi, act pX-
tended thn period oi commencement. AMI The ,
seventh section gave the privilege 10 crtead
'the sad railroad beyond Counelsvili.. tn
pmllhheij, or auy other point on the waters
"l The oughiugheuy, aRd within the limit,
OF THIS commonwealth IL Is by yirtus of
tins great grant that il is supposed by some
persons a ConucXlon may bc formed with the l
bhlInorc and ono Railroad, "a the Soughiog- :
aehy' according 10 some maps, passes from
Pennsyl'auid lutU Maryland ia the vicinity OF q
A''''tht'-ld TI,~ s..4l oh,rt of IN. az, 80, !
cioahed under deceptive or mtAptcssfve n.
Tie. A. soon as II WAS discovered that the !
intention ol probability OF al extension of The !
Conneisvillc nad was Co lead the B,ltimor. !
and olno Railroad To Ptisburg. the I.rgisla q
luTe repealed That portion of The law. The Z
insldtous dtsigu seems to have b,rn detected
lnn' dlaleiy alter tIc passage OF the law; Tor .
ON nc JoiiooiHg day. 10 wit, on the l9lh oil >
April, OF 1913, The following resolution was g
adopted: =
"Rcsoired, That so mach of The seventh {
section OF The act passed April. 1873, entitled
An act Tor tiic relIcl ut the POOR ia tie bH
"nSl at Ere, aud Tor other purposes, as al.
thorlzss thc Pitlsbug aud Connellsyillc Rail :
road company, tu crtcHd their railroad be yond 5
ConncllsNille, b. auj the same is herrb, r. :
Pealcd. (Sec laws oil Pcnnssy ania Tor 1915.
p. 29i.)
The ConuellsyiIlc extension being thus at
an ehd' am ih' act authorizing il having been
repealed, uud the whole matter ,l-pf FINN
1913 to 1916, when IL appears 20 hav. been
very uneXpc and si1guiarly revived. The
Legislature ui Prnn,ylyauia wasappli.d I'm n
ITS last session, bj lhc BaIumnrt and O'nnI
Railroad Company, Tor permission to enter
ftnnsylNaaia and extend the Tlad to their
ohro nverat P,Js5urL. A protri, ted debate.
which hKcd the public attention over the
entire Stale, was the consequence Of hi, ap-
pliCatiun.
Al this time, while the members Of the I.,r.
iS"ture Were intent upon this great aud pub
lac discussion which iht subject eXrited. a hin
estcnsibly Of a private OF local natnr,. rl,csi
upon the private calender AMI passed on pri .
vdlc bhl-day, was Carried through both ban.
ches. Nci'hcr the tile nor the contents of
tins bill furnished any HIiicition of ills char
acter. IL was bill Co repeal the reecsl,pa
resolution OF 1913 and to CONTINUE in iorr.'
the original seventh section, which c,yc,n.
th0uiy 10 crtcHd the C0nnellsS lie road lo any
Point 81 ihe waters Of the og5hiogheny with.
~ thc limits Of Pcnns,lyania lis by yirtue
OF such an act that the friends of this road
seek To form cunnexiun with the Bslufnor..
aud Ohio Railroad, and give It terminus ON
tie Ohiuat fius5ug
The tiile at the uCt INTO which This rcpcsl
oi tbt repeating resolution at 1913 was intro.
duccd ls Us follows "Au act 90 auihofis, sb.,
Court OF OuoftrrS ssi0ns ct Is llcghcny county
o. vacatc Delaware lilne in said county ami
for other purposes. A. a matter rItuny
20 the county Of Allegheny, or supposed TO r.,
tate exclusively to that district, tlp Other
mcmb'T - Of ihc Legislature. as Is usual in to-.
gard 60 local bills. give IL nD alirui,s, 49,.
design is deNcUusly tu,cloped in He GlI.
above quoted, ingrniousiy screened iror ob
aNaiion by putting hc biu on Oh. mi,si.
calendar. aud iuflheT coureulcd from deicrtio,,
by The phmseology employed 10 accopnli.b
ihe purpose Ihc miss hie,uus es,alf,nr,ti b.