Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-11-13

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4 IorisylLLE ASH the UsIoN LiNE-Ihe LOUIS
.,s Journal has the following article in relation
:, the approaching " Union Line" of steamers be-
zen this city and Louisville. With the section
Il ,aimosiiies heretofore existing between Gin
-;,,,ti and Louisville, we have nothing TO do.
,.;senoueh for us to know that the gradual but
~. nrogress of the great Railroad enterprises OF
.be West has forced that recognition of The i'm
,,,,,nce OF both Wheeling and Louisville which
les selfish course the part of their rivals, and
s,,eriors in wealth and power, would long since
have graiuitously conceded. .s-... .-e-+-.s.
We regard the voluntary abandonment of the
Pittsburgh opposition line of boats to Louisville,
az IN; one OF the indications that our neighbors
nm cream have at last concluded that it is best TO
allow US all the reasonable opportunities extended
10 honorable competitors in fair race. - ~
ne rights and mmunites of the injured party
have been indicated, there is substantial basis
q, cordial and amicable relations. Such, we trust
!, now our position in regard to our neighbors.
Tar Trade OF LoUIsvILLE.-It cannot have es-
e.ped the attention of the superficial observer
even, that the completion of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad TO Wheeling, and the establishment
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steam packets between Wheeling and Louisville.
must at once give animpetus TO the trade of Lou
isyil!e that will soon place her equal footing
with the first commercial emporium in the West.
Tha, this new channel of communication will
meet with determined opposition from sources
whose interests will be affected by it, admits of
doubt But that it must never theless succeed and
receive the wannest cooperation Of our citizens is
fixed fact 81 eLsIazt. r.F.-a s-as-...7z
Louisville has for years been compelled to sue
eumb to the impostions of Cincinnati. The
course OF the latter has been to throw all possible
obstacles in the way of Louisville. 1t is well
known that daily line of packets has been and is
still in existence between Pittsburgh and Cincin-
natl This line has been of incalculable benefit
to Cincinnati, while it has steadily tended to iu
10 cite the difference in the charges of freghts
between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and Pittsburgh
and Louisville. 1t is well known that shipments
from Pittsburgh can generally be made from rs 10
30 per cent. lower to Cincinnati than to Louis
vile, and uee versa. shipments from Cincinnati to
Pittsburgh in the same ratio. This has not been
brought about mainly by the Pittsburgh and Gin
ennati packet line, but it has been aided very
considerably by making it an inducement 10 boats
Independent of this line, on their arrival at Gin
ennati, TO reship their cargoes other boats for
the sake OF preventing direct communication be-
tween Pittsburgh and Louisville.
The Wheeling line, supported by the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, can easily withstand
any opposition that may be brought to act against
it. The company is fully aware of the impor-
lance Of this line. 1t is its main artery for secu-
mig both the navel and the transportation OF the
products of the West and South. 1t may be ar
gued that many rival lines connecting the West
with East now in progress, but we believe
none of them will be able to compete with the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the Wheeling
and Louisville packet line. Iii by far the most
pleasant and convenient route to the traveller to
reach the Atlantic seaports, and the cheapest for
the transportation of merchandise. To the city of
Baltimore it is of vital Importance. 1t will open
the first direct avenue 10 her, not only for recev
ing the produce Of the West and Southwest, but |
also direct the attention of the merchant to obtain
his supplies there, instead OF res orng to her |
neighboring cities. 1t will open to her direct |
trade between this State, Tennessee and North ALI
ALBANIA, both by river and railroads which are now
in progress The Louisville and Nashville railroad
will penetrate the most extensive tobacco regions
in Kentucky and Tennessee, and there will finally
be continuous railroad communication with New
Orleans from this. ss.st B. i
To Louisville, this communication is no less i'm
portance than 10 Baltimore. We have inserted in
another column the circuler of Messrs. Webb, |
Rowland & Co., which shows the advantages this
city has for the purchase and shipments of cotton,
tobacco and provisions. l-tE.L /
Baltimore aud Louisville, as well as St. Louis, |
Memphis and Nashville are already closely allied
together, geographically well as otherwise, and
the new link will have tendency to perpetuate |
this alliance. s-a |
We might enumerate many more reasons to
show the advantages which these channels
open to city, but they are so evident to every
rejecting mind that we do not cite thr m. We can
assure our friends beyond the Aueghenies that
they may depend on the warnest cooperation OF
our city, of our State, and of the Southwest in
this new enterprise. ~ - :, .,y. y ~ :.
SINKING OF THE DAN CoNvEKs.--We learn from
private telegraphic dispatch, that the steamer
Dan Convers, on her regular trip from Pittsburgh TO
GAINESVILLE, on Thursday evening at the foot Of
Bruno's Island, against a sunken coax boat,
and sank i'll about six feet of water. She was
heavily laden and had large number of passen-
gers. Persons who passed her yesterday state that
her bow was onlthe beach, and the water some
two feet over the lower deck of her stern. Il
The Dan Convers has been running but a few
months, and. is owned by some Of the most enter