Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-18
Railway Items.

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TIE G6vington and Lexington Company have
ona7oof Harknesss fine locomotives on their line.
new locomotive is in course of construction in
England, IN a novel principle, not disclosed. A
tIil experiment of one of these engines is said to
..tubliss the principle. Within As minutes after
the FIRE was lighted, there was pressure in the
boilers equal 10 100 pounds to the inch. The pow
eI OF this engine when running at high velocity is
calculated at not less than $50 horses and it Will
attain long sustained speed of 20 miles an hour.
IA Convention orthe friends OF the broad guage
line of railway from this to New York, by way OF
olean and the Erie line, will be held at Masslon,
on Wednesday, the 18th instant. -., ..r..-
"A railways 10 be constructed from Fort Wayne,
Ind. south TO inte1sect the Indiana aud Bellefon-
tame road, at OF near the Ohio State lne There IS
n sb5rp discussion in progress, whether 1t shall
ihteiSecl al Winchester OF Union. At either place.
;E~iii Ecm connection with the Greenviile road
10 layton aid Cincinnati, though for the purpose
UIii5h is on the most direct line. ..s, ,tT..-
HIiltle Miami stock was sold at the Brokers Board
in New York, on Thursday last, at IL per cent.
fFoih rails continue TO arrive for Western roads.
TReCieFelahd Herald notices as in that city, for
tie BeiIiontaihe load, 5000 ions; Junction, 500;
NofFwaiE and Toledo, 5000; Columbus, Piqua aud
IhLiaha, 1000 tons. ~ -,
sSif. De Gan says he is not now and has not
been erbneerned in any contract for constructing
tig Shoit Linc railway to Dayton, and he wishes
the rdhhof contradicted.
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aFThe Winchester virginian, in the course. Of
an article OH the Railroads Of Virginia having said
the roads in progress, Except perhaps, the South
Side" are unexpectedly proftEbIe, the Petersburg
Iniellgencer takes issue and declares that: eI'he
thaSouthlSide road has been Eve or six times as
pEuHtable as its most sauguine friends expected
Afhoush,it is only finished halfway 10 LynchbuIg,
where it will be plheed in connection with the
trade and navel Of the West and although it now
psuetateS the poorest phlt Of the ROUTE its gross
receipts amount 10 per cent on the cost of the
road as far as it's finished. II the editor Of the
"Virginian' will pay a visit, says the lntelli-
eencer he will, by the inspection Of the immense
amount ofpr0duee and goods stored in the South
Side Depot, have evidence abundant to satisfy him
thie the South Side road Is doing WE'LL - Fgei ''
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LTt'Tbers IS a clergyman in Boston," says lie
Christian Inquirer, "who preSches generally three
times ON Sunday, delivers lecture every ThuTsday
evening. superintendsa large Sunday school, which
appears be his great delight attends two evenings
in the week the evening schools, visit the Home tT
Respectable and Aged Females weeklY-besdes
being constantly called upon to visit the pool sick
and distressed in almost every part of the city, be-
cause he is well and generally known for his hene-
violence and charities, having the -at-age
for many years. Yet when this clergyman sinks,
atIepgth, under his burden of toll no ''crowners
guest viii pronounce it ssieide-6ut it '''t!es.
AVG SrssJ, ri a T.ou;s has sned the