Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-05-15
From Tie Zaassril.s Courier.


The Gaz-.eo, lat. Week publishes letter,
/ addressed b. gentleman OF AsHia. 10 the ed
/ i,ors OF that paper. arou tHe subject OF Rail-
4 roads the benefit lh.y confer npcn the agric-
uituaI regions OF the West, aud upon the
Irapusiy OF county subscriptions. The whole
letter is good, aud to The point. but We can
only make room for the following extracts,
which we commend to the attention OF our
country readers, especially in those townships
were an Ignorant numbskuil aud purb.ind
party hack yclcept Rufus Putnam has recent
ly endeayoTed throw dirt ia the peoples eyes
One great advantage in the system of in
ternal improvement by voting county sub
scupiions Is its tendency 10 dlsconnect that
subject from party politics, aud make every
Improvement Stand Cd its own basis, with
Out any section OF the State complaining. that
II Is taxed tor the benefit OF another section:
for on this plan each interest makes lis own
improvement without log rolling aud with
out aggFegating large masses oil money Ia tie
hands OF d Board OF Public Works where il
may be usrd Tor the purpose ot political cor
rupton. Separate The subject OF Internal i'm
proyement from the holding ot office, aud IA
great public good will De accomplished. The
people will then vote directly on the question
upon it, own merit umnfluenced BY personal
or party conscientious, but looking oHly to
then own interests.
This wa, iuily illustrated in Greene county
| last TALL The Deinocalic county convention
was opened with d railroad speech, ami a res
oluuOn was passed recommending the people
10 vote iOr subscription, before Ia usLal par
ty resolutions on the Mexican war were Of
! L. flI
down, il he had attempted To make the sub.
jecto party question. The farmers OF all
men are most Interested in internal improve
ments as they obtain thereby facilities 10 mar
ket which enhance the price OF every thing
they sell. Previous TO the vote of $50. 900
subscription 10 tie Columbus aud Xena Rail-
road by Greene county last tall. this laet was
fully proved proved BY authentic statistics as
to HE b.nehts aecruiag to the county from
the construction ot the Cincinnati ami Xenii
iali DAD, in which the county had taken S5J,-
900 sock, Ii appeared that on the single
article oil wheat alone there had been ia one
year from March LIST 1916 to March LIST 1917
again III price amounting 10 500 900, sixteen
thousand dollars more than the whole sum
invested, while on all kinds OF produce there
had been an advance or 80 per cent compared
with other point, were the road did not touch:
10 say nothing OF the numberess articles our
idrmm4 interest now fad market for, that
were formerly wasted For these immense
advantages the actual tax raised to meet the
/ Interest on the county bonds had amounted
to only 5000, Tor at the completion of The
road the commissioners had disposed OF part
OF the stock at premium. The account when
balanced stood thus
! Whole investmentot the county $4,000
Stock heretofore sold 1923 900
Stock ON hand worth SIS 600
! Total 5l,700
Making nett profit on the investment 200
! which deducted from $1,000 interest, the coun
4 " paid before tie stock became productive
! lett 50, 800 the whole amount the county
paid for the imp ovement $500 les ihau tn.
AGAIN i'll the price on the single article o. but
ter,shipped 10 Cincinnati Convinced by
these facts, which correspondent With their
own actual experience, concous OF the ian
/ portance oi placing our county on the line OF
the great central railroad route, our people roll
led up 800 majority Tor so 900 subscription
to the Coium Us and Aenla Railroad, indeed
/ there was not single vote against the adj
ditional corporation subscription in Aenia.
GAINESVILLE from its situation by connecting
with Newark aud Columbus on the west, and
Wheeling on the east will be point, from
which lateral branches may deverge into the
regions north dnd south OF il. 1t may become
depot Tor traHshlpment; and the Baltimore
company by fixing the terminus OF their rall-
road a Wheeling, acted wisely III striking
neat the central point OF the. state, instead OF
higher up or lower down the river, here
junction road through Ohio could have passed
through the centre oil this great state. Mus
kingun Is rlt her county than Greene, and
ought 10 subscribe NOR; to this great cen
E tral route. but The subscription proposed, if
voted, Will give assurance 10 capita lists that
the road viii b. made; they then would sub
scribe literally The railroad AK in our coun-
ty is so trihing that it is not felt, and on the
: completion OF our link to Columbus, We hope
{ TO make dividend, that viii b. ultimately
, profitable TO the county. Ii the towns along
the natural central route do not act promptly
on the subject, those above or below them will
run round them with ruilr lats, either VIA
Chlilcothe or Cochocion and Steubanville.
+ Whal effect do your Lanesyiye capitalists
think this viii have on the value OF their town
property? Let them 80 To lebanon Tor an ans
wer.