Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-04-25
TuF WESTERN RAIL ROAD

THE WESTERN RAIL ROAD
Notwithstanding tAe prompt response CIV
en- To our cab for a convention upon the sub
,e,t Of the western rail road, TO be held at
Zauesviile, during This or The coming month,
oy the press along he whole line, our fellow
citizens al Z8uesyile seem not so Hospitality
Inclined, as could be wished. Are they not
ready TO make beginning! must we wait yet
longer for The inGplent steps toward real ac-
tom Well, then like other unlucky suitors,
we must court some body else. viii our citl-
zens at COSHOCrON make arrangements for
contention there? II So let them speak out
through definite arrangements by the citizens.
They nave an eligible route aud charter
Wheellag Times.
Does the Times express the general seniI-
ment ut Wheeling Are the citizens OF that
place prepared TO back their words with some
thing substantial Or do they merely wish 10
use the people Of this region just so far as
shall make assurance, touching their own
Eastern road doubly sure--and no farther?
The palag1apt quoted is in very bad taste,
especially ior " heelng paper, and toward
the people Of Zanesvilie. let it be known
thu leading citizens OF Wheeling approve OF
H. and the friends OF the Central Road would
despise is mpotent menace; now, they are
indifferent 10 IL. We regret the appearance OF
such Paragraph, because il can effect no
good and mi 5ht do much Ia rm.--ZaHeSUH
C0urCr.
We woui1 Beg ieass e suggest in the most
respectful terms imaginable, that we eonsid-
er tie remarks OF The Courier as uncailed Tor
and Injadicious, if not ungratelul We do
not ask the citizens OF Wheeling whether
they approve OF GU articles or not. We APP
ply TO our editorial course, COOL calm and
dispassionate judgment, reletiye to the great
interes 5 OF the city aud the surrounding coun-
to our own. In 50 d5sffn1sg aINa&s paramount
find thai we generally succeed in receiving
the approbi,ion Of our fellow citizens. If
not, we rrgretit.
In relation 10 this matter, we believe, now,
as we have ever believed, that a straight for
ward, open course is the best, the best for all
par les. We labor for our ciys interes.
first OF course, that is to be understood, and
we are gralfed to know that in SO doing
we labor for the general good, the good OF the
Great Central Rail Road
Now, lei us see whether Zanesylle is en-
gagged in the same straight forward course OF
enterpuze in this great object. More than
year has passed since, by the decision, en-
ergy and foresight OF Wheeling, the terminus
of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road was f.
nally fixed at Wheeling, and GAINESVILLE thus
brought into the line OF The Great Eastern
Route. We then turned our attention to:the
Western road satisfied that Baltimore will
seek the fuIhment OF her highest hopes in
the early completion OF her work on the route
before her to the Ohio. We get our bridge
across the river, we prepare to go on, open
the rich belt oil Central Ohio to the Eastern
markets, and urge speed on the road towards
and through the heart OF Indiana and Illinois
to the Mississippi. 1t is a country, rich ia
soil and glorious in climate, but cut off from
commerce by its inland position.
la the mean time GAINESVILLE wakens for a
moment aud procures the reconnaissance OF a
route that cats Wheeling from the line OF
communication, and is inadmssable. She
then TAILS asleep over her glory. or plays pos
sum. We suggest convention. because we
believe that the best manner in which TO de-
veiope information and set the proper com
Ini;tees at work, we name GAINESVILLE because
we think the importance OF the town justi-
Hes The required divergence from the best
route, and that Zanessille should, as cent
tral position, have the convention; yet we
wait Tor weeks, aud there is no increment
there toward the work. Coshocton is named
as a resort to accomplish the object and ava
ken eastern Ohio to the knowledge Of the sill
uation ia which she stands, and the immense
interest she has at stake.
For this our Zlnes,iIle neighbor meets US
with an iusinuatiou that Wheeling is dIspos-
cd TO shigA her responsibilities and use OHIO
ss her TOOL. Is Ibis warranted by any act
OF Wheeling heretofore, or is il in character
with her citizens. No, aud in answer to the
question, though not cautiously asked, We
say now that Wheeling, with less means and
less interest, viii 90 doliar for dollar with
Z4nesyille or Aluskusun. Is that iai9
Coshpctoa has called convention. which
Z4uessHie ought to have done, and the best
thing Ilnesviile can do is TO be presented
DO ID, aud not oci the dog in the msnsger pol
icy. HE interest OF the whole country round
Zlne,y-l.e reqhres this'road as promptly as
possu-e aot day should be lost in illaction,
aud !. nauy weeks pass ia daIiance with
oIt aisanct understanding Of The views Of
all parties, lie course o! Wheeling viii be
PLAZA dne--'o make ben subscription and ex
pad iton Nae best route, be il towar,ls what
p.lutlt may.