Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-08-01
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We have heretofore spoken OF the vast coun-
irT which will be traverscl BY a raj road from
Wheeliag. 50 soon as a road connecting the
Atlantic with the Ohio, shall terminate there.
That vast country, near five hundred miles i'm
length, and two hundred in BREADTH is the
most fertile and capable OF supporting the
most dense population OF any country in the
world Its res lurces in produce and for trade
are almost incalculable. are beyond the cs,i
mate or conception ofany one, until tha, road
shall be constructed and the tide OF immigra-
ton moved there.
knowledge Of The country must convince
any ono that nowhere can ihi, trade be so well
reached as through Wheeling No point be
low or above Wheeling possesses equal otlvan-
tsses as point OF transit and departure for
such an improvement. IL is opposite the &C
ographiSal and political centre Of the great
North West, and in the facilities for-penetra-
ilng and passing the broken region of country,
which along the whole eastern border OF Ohio
separates the Ohio river from The open cham.
paign country beyond, is not surpassed or c.
qualled by any point. 1t is here and here only
the Ohio can be successfully bndged. in con
sequence of the great elayation above ths wa.
ter Of the eastern bunk, the contraction of the
width OF the river. and the island which al
lords the means OF easy and convenient dcs.
cent, to The level OF the bridge. which has for
several years been erected over the western
branch OF the river. Thet we are correct in
thus opinion, Is shewn by the fact, that from
the earliest settlement OF the western country.
before the construction of the National road
Wheeling was the principal point of transit
onthe Ohio; anl when that road was con
suucied as great national thosoushiafe De-
tween the cast and the west il was chosen
over all competitors above or below il. 9th.
Or points might be named, each possessing
some advantage more or less important. but
no one OF them combines oil that are essential
70 the extent OF degree as Wheeling.
AT tbs point and this alone, can The people /
OF The great west b. fully accommodated. 1t
would be the recipient of trade and travel
from thousand ayenucsr Itwoui raouir,
no alteration OF the accustomed course Of
trade. II would follow side BY sideNs ith the
great national road All the improvements
which have IN years past been created by the {
wants and necessities OF the people ha, iBg
been constructed with direct reference 10 the
National Road, they become Immediately sub
'ervient to rail TOAD already proposed to OK
tend 'hro to the Mississippi Meeting the
Maumee Railroad, II crosses the Great Ohio
Canal; sending off branch at Columbus to
C'ncinnall, by the way of Xeniu, it next in.
iersects The Sandusky AMI Cincinnati Railroad
at Springfield; in It's onward course it crosses
The Whitewater Canal, the Wabash. Kaskas.
LiH, ani other stream. less navigablc, aud
ends It's course OF the banks OF the great faith.
eT OF waters, the Mississippi. Thisis no idle
speculation; it will b. accomplished as soon
as Wheeling becomes The terminus OF a road
from the eastward.
But there are son, OF ths citizens Of Phla-
dclphia and Blltimorc who coyet the Lake
trade through this channel, aud would there |
iorc open the Biltmore and PHILADELPHIA |
roads to Pittsburgh. This would seem 10 !
place them on a level with the dog tina, GOV
eted the shadow aud lost his bone. y. York
las direct water communication Of the b,st
character with the upper Lakes. and must
draw the main trade apain,, all co,nu.tit;o, |
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