Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-01
Corresponding oftss ns,uro-s Fsir,'
WESTWARD no.

'ttauu' w nave thkeh " Iof granted. That
The action Of the Stockholders had finally set.
TIED TIE question ot rputs. AMI that the re-
newed dis -issi1n OF tia compsfiijye merits
OF ri'ai routes eoaid tend to 10 other result.
than 10 produce confusion, occasion i'll feel.
ing, and destroy the harmony ami energy of
a. ION, which was 50 important 81 not pssen-
tial. TO our ever reaching the ONO. 10 any
direction. We regret. therefor. to see the
question Of route again renewed. alta moment
too. when, Tor the first time, there j. a pros.
pect OF accomplishing the task which the
people OF Baltimore have had before them for.
nov, upwards OF twenty years The argu-
n@nt 81 clever writer. in another paper, in
lsvor Of the Pittsburgh route. is based upon its
comparative shof,ness. which places ii With
IN the reach OF The means now rrIied on by
the Railroad Company. and which. this wr-
ter thinks. are wholly incompetent. within
any reasonable time, iu the cons. racjiun oi
the road To Wheeling. by way ui Fish Greek.
Tie refers. 10 the superior productiveuess of
I the country through which the Pittsburgh
route lies, and dNeis upon the advantage OF
having the route to the Otto under The nan-
cement OF three companies rather than "
one. Now, II Is not our purpos. to discuss
the merits oil the two routes here referred to.
because We consider the question settled. and
because We have full confidence in the ability
OF the Company to complete, within a reason.
able time, out Of their own resources, The one
that has been adopted. But the occasion
seems fair one, 10 offer some suggestions.
Tor the purpose OF shelving that the " shes Ut
The advocates of both the above routes are
likely to BE- gralied If the Raj road Compsuy
pirsues steadily the plan which had b.en re-
Gently developed, aud that road to PITTS
ouTgh VIII De the necessary Consequence OF a
road TO Wheeling.
To hear people talk of The trade OF the West
as they have bsen talking about i, for he last
five and twenty wears. one would think that
they really appreciate its true value: and vet
again one finds these same persons, not in
Baltimore, bat every where upon the Allan
tic border. struggling TO make a road ur ca.
nal for the purpose of monopoisng it, and
quarelling about routes. a. il one road OF the
candi-ayr, ora dozen o: them could IN set the
demands tor transportation OF the Valley oil
he Mississippi.
A large p oporlion of the trade Of the West
goes Southwark, brcausc of the difficulties in
the way OF getting it Eastward There are
some Tour or five routes By which il can be
turned in our direction. Tn. James River
and k1nawhl route is one,-prrhaps the
tarthest Sonth;-the Wheeling aud Baltimore
is another; the Pittsburgh AMI BiItim ne
snother-the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
another; and the Erie and New York another
the Buffalo. Albany and Boston another
bnt not one oi these routes, il supplied with
a continuous ,sllroad. could meet the demand.
! All OF them would hardly accomplish II now,
II al OF them were opened for travel. The
Boston road has been. the papers tell us,
actually choked with business, more than
once, although il has the Hudson 10 relieve it
between Albany and New York. And this
great West is yet in its infsncy. Ii grows
faster than railroads can be m ide to accom-.
modatc its business. Il takes to the Missis-
sippl from necessity. 1t seuds its produce 10
an unhealthy reg,on,--subjects il there to
charge which are peculiarly onesous; AMI sub
mits to lis protracted transit TO Europe,
through hazardous navigation, because il
has no other sure was OF getting it 20 market.
LIT us make as many railroads as we can,
this produce. when we can turn ii this way
will glut them all. The friends OF the West
've say underestimate ii, when they believe
that one road will bring TO an Atlantic mar.
ket all that the West can send.
The very STREETS oil our city present an H.
sustrd,ion OF truth of what is here suggested
When there was but one omnb bus, il was
failure. Wheu they were a dozen, all succeed
ed. One would have thought that the one
OMNIBUS would have been always fall; but il
II was generally empty. There was wanting
that confidence in a supply OF this means OF
transportation which was necessary TO create
the habit oi using it. The trade OF the West
tor ole riiifoad, Is as the population oi Balt-
more for one omnibus. The MULTIPLICATION
OF railroads. within The practicable limits re-
fered to, will not, we believe, be unlike the
multiplication Of omnibusses
We are. therefore, far from dreading the
completion OF the roads referred To by the
winter OF the question. But even if we are
wrong, ours, from Baltimore to Wheeling.
though II be, in fact longer than that from
Baltimore to Pittsburgh, will still b. shorter
than that from Pittsburgh TO Philadel phia;-
aud this must give US the advantage, should
1t turn out 10 he the TACT, that one rail-
Tosd can do all the ansportation of the
West.
We rely much upon the advantages of our
geogra p1lcai position; and firmly believe, that
the appreciation OF them by others, Will
make the man stem OF the Baltimore and
ONO Rall Road. no matter where is its West
err terminus the trunk, from which will
pranch laternal roads tn every point on the
ono which is within striking distance.
In coroboralion, we have the recent action
OF Pittsburgh iIself--and road is now actu-
ally 10 progress from Pittsburgh 10 meet the
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road al Cumberland,
commenced without reference 10 the Baln-
more and Ohio Rail Road Company, and since
the adoption by the latter, OF the Wheel ling
route ,--relyins upon charter from Mary
land, which can doubtless be procured, TO
make the road within The limits OF our State.
Inc Pittsburgh Company quarreled among
themselyes--one party TO come Eastward.
and the latter are now at work.
IL will be the same from other points on
The OHIO; and we entertain no doubt what
ever, that. abandoning a narrow aud rc-
tive policy. Virginia will hereafter authorize
branch roads TO connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio Rri Road IRON Psrkers5urgh and
Fishing Creek as well as Fish Creek and
wheeling Nor should we be at al surprised
IL the extension OF the Winchester road, up
the valley gave us an access that direction
TO the OHIO, at the mouth OF the Great Ka
nawha.
la America, we are disputing abont routes,
which are hundreds Of miles. a times. apsrl'
In England, a net work of railrords cover.
the land. Have they DESTROYED each other?
Not at ALL They have ceased 10 b. luxuries.
They have become necessities England ha,
denser population, bat not a more travel
ing one, than we have; but England wants
WEST we have IL; aud were all the
rail roads OF England, lifted up, brought here
and laid down between this aud the Ohio,
The West, the mighty West, would give them
all enough 10 do
Vi he suiiiciency of the means to make the
one road now determined on, " c have spoken
IA our previous communications. A.-X,
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
ACTING AS SUPERINTENDENT 0R