Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-02-18
Report of the Baltimore board OF
Trndc.

Trade.
The following is an extract from the
report of the Baltimore Board of Trade,
which was adopted atits late meeting
To cooperate In the most efficient man.
ner possible with the interests Of the
Great West, which are kindred to our
own, the construction Of the important
link Of connection between the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at the mouth of Three
Forks creek, and the town of Parkers-
burg. on the Ohio, is now recognized as
matter of the first Importance. This
viii give to Baltimore road almost in a
direct line with Cincinnati, and the short
est that can be made between the two
points-and very considerably shorter
than any other route from Cincinnati to
an Atlantic port. By TIC Pennsylvania
and Hempfeld roads to Wheeling, and
thence by the Ohio and Central road,
through GAINESVILLE to Cincinnati, the city
of Philadelphia is one hundred and ele-
ven miles further from Cincinnati than
Baltimore is by the Parkersburg road to
the Ohio, Petersburg being ninety-six
miles below Wheeling, on the Ohio, it
is eighty-six miles nearer to Cincinnati,
while its railroad distance from Baltimore
is only some fifteen miles further than
from Baltimore to Wheeling The trade
and travel that should leave the river at
Parkersburg, coming eastwardly by rail
road, could be at Cumberland before they
could reach Wheeling by the river. This
disparity would be further increased du-
sing the stages of low water-since the
distractions above Parkersburg becoming
then more formidable
The work of cooperation between
Parkersburg and Cincinnati. in anticipa-
ton of the completion of the Northwes-
tern road, is already going on with cheer
ing indications sufficient to give the ASST
rance that, by the time our connections
are completed to Parkcrsburg, the whole
line to Cincinnati will be ready for use.
From Cincinnati to Hillsborough, dis
lance of sixty miles on direct route to-
wards Parkersburg, railroad nearly fin
ished. Twenty miles more from Hills
borough, eastwardly, are under contract;
and we learn that surveys of the remain
ing portion of the route to Parkersburg,
ninety -fve miles are now going on under
resolution of the Hillsborough and Gin
cinnati Railroad Company, directing their
engineer "to make the necessary explo-
rations and surveys for the termination
and ultimate location of a line.of railway,
upon the shortest and most practicable
possible route from Hillsborough to Bel
pre-, opposite Petersburg"
But the line of our Western connections,
by successive links of railroads, will not
stop at Cincinnati The Gazette of that
city, of the date Of January 10, 1852,
informs us that the Board of Directors of
the Cincinnati and st. Louis Railway had
formally accepted by a unanimous vote, a
loan of 5000, 900 from the City Of Cincin-
natl and it further adds the gratifying
statement that " the action of the jRlty
Council on the Goth ultimo, and the sub
sequent acceptance of the loan by the
board, remove the last obstacle in the way
of the final perfection of the contract
with H. G. Seymour e. Co., for the bull
ding, furnishing and equipping of the
entire line to st, Louis
Thus we may see the vigorous efforts
Of preparation beyond the Ohio river, en-
tered into and prosecuted in view of CO.
operative efforts on this side, to perfect
me means OF easy ana complete access
from the valley of the Mississippi to the
Atlantic The Northwestern road once
finished to Parkersburg, will form the
conclusive link of the great chain of con-
tinuous railway connecting Baltimore
with St, Louis, and all intermediate points
by the shortest and the most direct and
specdiest route that could be opened for
the trade and travel of the vast regions
traversed by it, A uniform guage pre-
vailing throughout the several portions of
this great aggregate of railway construc-
ton, each several section, whether in
Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, ILL
nos or Missouri, will constitute harmo-
NOUS part of one connected whole,
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