Baltimore commercial journal, and Lyford's price-current. [volume] (Baltimore, Md) 1840-1849, 1847-06-12

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c."i!".'tae On NE suJ'ct OF ext ha.hS inc i'"''ri
aad Ohio Railroad u Pittsburgh, having discharge
that tr,st last Tuesday. Mt q nu,n.rous meeting of
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t"s c'uH'' % '"'' Guy I'll inc i'N'"""S '0i'' ..'
for the purpose, the Report was read and has given
o,.at s',i.f,ct,o, VIZ cannot nul,,h il for want of
,.,.r
'''.''' D"' We wv ia '''''
contr''t-"nd VIII at another Iihe Foof 70 te SUD
jet AGAIN
We have now two routes to the Ohio open to our
acc"ptaAcc-onc through Pennsylvania Pittsburgh;
the 9th r through Virginia 70 Wheeling ! lac Tor,
,b. Potomac TO The yalI,y of the Youhiogh nv, aud
t'rr,s M r,u which Nature herself ha. marked for
th,. conn ctIon of Two geographical systrlns-onc
who's. r,y.rs find their way Eastward 10 the tide of
tin, Atlantic; In, other concentrating its waters in
tn. Great artery of the Mississippi. The route to
Wheeling IS marked by no indications of nature. 1t
dos not % 'ns wan Us following 5a c1"t,es o.
m9de path through ydgt' Of rock; !! lnteisec'
valley ana crosses fl''F' anu ranges y HIS
In n,cor side by sid. the respective characteris-
ties Of ths two routes VIZ b.r 10 saw that we do not
undertake comparison, but a contrast The yally
not only the b st route the upper Ohio; it is the
only route. The handwriting of nature is lcgible On
this point-to1 | gtbl' for mistake
thcs, particulars viz: Distance, Expense, the nature
Of the country tr4vtrs'd tn glslitvc priEh g' o.
right OF way, and III respective reconh hdatiuh' Oh
Pittsburgh and w hiclh2 as points Oh termination On
tht ONO. Afterwards tn SUBJECT VIII mciidt such
con~d rations b.long to tn two points, Pittsburgh
and VI hccln%, relative TO the extension OF conhcc-
tons Westward ,...
DiStIHce-lhS dlstancn from 'uinDeflai 10 Jus
hurgh reported by Mr.. LAIRJgE, IN 1912 Is as
!oli-ws:
/ NJ .asurad nil IS ......... -. .........ll
/ LIu,t ilr b lights ........ .......2JJ
Fr,,, Cpn,, .rllnd 10 Wheeling, through Virginia.
tL. Il sI,>,S'",.
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| Lluat-" !or h~igh's '.' ..''''''''''''' o.
r linn; ,l comet Il l.s.,,,,, rs III, ron,r N ,asur,
Of ,",,7ton H., r'nt. tn VII I;ng IS lis NILS
I - iIi,,, tt .-,, ~ PIT slsr,.
n, MASS bri,tj,. from fh,s pD1t of distaoc, The
n.xt aid ~ t,l. = NOR. inl,9riau il m is that Of
Ecge'se, VIII ch may be also stated IN few words
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FROM tn"0fF@"" 10 flII%Ggnrs"' @o"0'e ""c''-
Ir,,SI Cosi, Egp:ra'rnf Gi,itA Yotql.
S5,4l,i07 sSo,l2l5I ESll,oOO,257
From C,nHj0tiaad to JFhee'jRg, through p"Giaia-
C ,, [ ~ . |"tI gi,,;,,y g,t,,
G43ls,3l S32j5.2Tl $sI7,G4I,iD6
Tn, it m includ d und the head of 'U'ortiag:
EJuval,nt CIpt,,:'' Indlch 5 tn, sum OF winch 'hs
annual ,xp,ns of the road for repairs and working
would b, The int .r-st.
Looking 10 til, actual cost of construction, tn OK
p.msl Of tn, VIII cling rout' is ay three millions
~ atar than that Of the route - Pittsburgh, while
the agrr. gate expense is more than SIX millions
greater.
Consideration to b. not ID under this head IS that
BY thy Of thr law granting thu right OF way 10
Wine, Lag is mad. s>ary t. c2mpi 1, the whole
r., by exp. d.tura OF eight or nhc millions OF
dJl trs D for, u.ly portion Of the Inc can b. up.n
. for This provso, which, under ordinary CIR
cumstaac 5, Of railroad construction, would be op-
pr sslyc in tn extreme, is not much So II must be
conf - i, in resp ct this Wheeling routc for the
who'll rrg,on through which it passs IS too unpro-
duUtye to y.d much Of trad, travel, if it should
b. on nd iJr both rs fast as c0mpl It'd.
III, rou- to p .ttsblr@h through fertile valley
: which will Weld lrg Is both 10 trade and travel;
and tbs first elton q! it, when complc from Pitts
buTgh 20 Turk y Foot al an expense OF o2,UJO,UOO,
may b. put iinm diately into use, anG D. made TO
weld returns on lis cost.
mr. et,t r 1
! FROM p"il'hiSt ch'I'lI" " o''V ''e'o" " "''
Commerce. Of the Ldkes, recently put into cur hands,
VIZ sl ,t tb, f,lI,v,in, n show III. ip,n,rtonce Of
/ "" ~ NV
fl'tsUulSh 10 inc " eS'1lt A-'N'' "''" '''e ''''"
and then would modtsy ask, it. in the event of the
7, l.,l IA ,r now, md p on ration to Pi,isburol
'"''i'"' '~''o
/ Baltimore would not D. " large participant Ill inc
/ commerce. of the West?
80, 49,. I l. ,:1 H. ,
f oFelgh commerce t'' Oi''! - H">t'''r" y! lo
ihSt"s una i'jf'"7''i- III ~ ~ "'"- " "a
ny. II We nav ""'ns 10 S'I'' VEGA" III! "1u'''iS
we c"nst ue"i YIN mem, ".o' y" = ''"l i L''
enough VI It, y io' - ~ ,'.i'l" VA o''il -
mon J, requires p't i" Sh'FS T.u III" ~ oo 'h'
who'll Du'Hl - OF M country :" hert"7 our own
INT rhdi Pr'duci~' D nag sShNr"Ii! u Il navy ana
pulNy chadct.T, Can into l"''''"h S'e", many
snaps 10 carr! IL OIL ana >inP'S vast mount Vi IL,
| Dor IA Il Thousand ways 10 inoic IT,.
HOW trad thfouSh Tue f1llc Can' can oe III
creased, Is an important u. Suoh. lWo years aSo
the Canal Board btcant s"sca mat an ehtlre rev.
SION IN our canal taf'I OF olis was necessary. lhat
'hr frit lanai haa ceased 10 DC e ohy cii"nuTi ~
ana from the western o'Ies' 10 inc Se'oo"!I' Ina"
great reductions IN the tolls must Dc mad II we deI
sired to retain inc command Oh lhe great ihteTh"
trade OF the country Ihat uiess tis r.uuctioh was
made, inc ascending u"'e oii our c4h'is Wou,o grSot-
! In