Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-12-12

,o. nf con1neiinq travellers TO make as long So
jouin,as possible in the city anu loI we
of rendering it venient Tor the cotton Pane
or petty trader, to 60 beyond z 70 nsAs
\ town could be advanced by such course. suc ~,
| n 1o1icy would be regardedas an absutdlty IN a't
the Northern States, where wider experience nus
developed juster notions upon such SuoJects' nc
| better sense has recently triumphed' we are gtau
TO say, even in Augusta. The city conncll nas IS
recently given permission for TIE DulIulug =.
bridge over the Savannah river, and the cohhecuoh
of tile two roads by a continuous Track.
We think thu same mistaken notions 70 '" H l.N
we hive aJverted, have eXerted an influence pre-,
iudicia to the best interests OF the Baltimore ana
| Ohio Railroad We know that for years they nave
prevented the Philadelphia w ilmlngtoh anu Di.-
timo.e railroad from building bridge over the ous
nuebanna river They have exerted paramount
| in amsI,ce i6var the management of the B. q U.
road the obiec. beng not to secure 10 " Ihe lals
EST nossibIe amountof business. but TO rendef IL
the most efficient Instrumentin increasing the pu
siness of Baltimore. 1t iSto he expected tneI the
Baltimore merchant should feel some dTSsatisac.
ton in Seeing the cars on ToaG when ne he'is
to build for the purpose of enlaTging his own pu
siness, filled with merchandise purchased IN new
York; and it is very natural for him To suppose thd'
should the railroad discriminate IN favor Q! tnet
chantize purchased in Baltimore, ne could nave
the sale OF the goods purchased in the other cleS.
He thinks therefore, that his interests and those
of his fellows should be protected by diser1m,ng-
ting charges inhiS favor; and we underSlan9 that
such policy is very likely to incorporated t"so
the management of this road. s5
New York is no,p the great commercial CITY OF
the United States. She has been made so chisny
by her unrivnlIed system of public works. 10
portion of the trade enjoyed by this city baitnoIe
claims to have right by virtue OF the superior ao-
vantages of the position secured to her'DY Inc
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. But these claims,
only recently put forth, are not recognized nor is
their validity understood. This can only be lene
by offering them TO public inspectlon'by INDUCING
every Western merchant coming EaSt, 10 lake ihe
route of the Baltimore and Ohio road, to vis thai
city, to examine its facilities for business TO form
acquaintance with its merchants, ETC., etc. rms
kind of acquaintance must precede all business
arrangements. Next to the Erie canal N. Ho!k
owes her commercial greatness more TO the early
completion Of line Of railroad from Albany 70
Buffalo than to any other cause. This line az
once became the route east fOT every western mer-
chant, wherever might be bis business relations.
He was thus brought into immediate contact win
the New York merchant n step Which gradually
led IL new business, and the abandonment OF the
old, till the New York merchants in time found
themselves in possession of atrnde which had pre-
vously shared by the merchants oil all OF our lead
lug Atlantic cities. If the merchant OF Baltimore
would recover trade he has lost, and secure such
additions 10 it, towhich he believes himself enli-
lied, the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad must do Tor
him what the Albany and Buffalo llile diu lor new
York. He must introduce himself toHep CUSTOM
ers. by bringing them TO him. The Baltimore anu
Ohio railroad must be made the cheapest most
comfortable, and most expeditions route between
all the great eastern cities and tile west. In no
other manner can the results predicate OF IT. Doth
in respect to its earnings, and in lis influence III
promoting the prosperity, and advancing the inis-
rests OF the cltyof Baltimore, be renlized Unless
the Toute can lie made what we have described
we fear that this great work will dlsappoint puohc
expectation, and particularly the hopes OF those
who have labored so many years III its construc
ton. rHtg 1919.
There is no doubt that tie interests of every
town CT city, having any claims TO business resuur
ces OH the line of any road, are best promoted by
tie unemGurrGssed and untared movement both OF
persons and property through it. The people OF
| Albany feel that they are as much benefited IN
being able to make the trip 10 N. Y. in four hours,
and at cost Of 81 80, and in having the through
passengers from the west, detained only ten min
uteS OH their way 10 New York, as do the people
of the latter city. BY interpreting obstacles the
free movement of either, all classes would suffer,
even those who might be supposed to profit by
them, such as hotel keepers, porteEs, draymen,
etc.; Tor the reason that the increased movement
more than cOmpenSnttS them Tor what they would
gain by interpoSing delays upon the teto. So well
understood is The value to The towns themselves,
of rapid and uuIestralned movement through thenI
that in the northern states, when railroad cumpa-
mics have not the power, or the means, 10 secure
uninterrupted connections through them, the cities
generally execute the necessary works themselves,
ed at great cost the connection of tie Atlantic and
ST. Lawrence, and the Portland, Saco and Ports
mouth roads, the respective deputs oil which are
Cn opposite sides of the town. new line oil
rairoa, has recently been constructed through the
city of Troy, aud partially. if we mistake not, al
The expense of the city, for tile purpose oil ena-
bling the locomotive, win Its trains, 10 pass tho
it at full speed. 1t was considered necessary tD
the progress and welfare Of that city, that new
road should be built for the purpose Of preventing
| tTolG. NIL heir
channels where no suchimpediments existed. So
of oil the numerous cities between Buffalo and Al
bany. The traveller Is whirled through them all
nently at full speed 1t is this fact that has built
p these Giles and made the Central line the great
est route of tavel i'll The o. States, aud elUies it
10 hold this travel fro rivals having much Shorter
routes. Were passengers at every large tow com
PEELED TO "6reGk buLE, and be tumbIed into dirty
coaches, and joted along from one side OF 1t tn
another, this route would sink into one OF second
rate Importance, aud the cite themselves, would
we really believe, rerograde, instead of advancing
with a raPidIty that exciteS the wonder and adml-
| ration of the whole country.
The people of Baltimore assume their prov unity
TO the western States TO be matter of great i'm
roTtunce in commercial point of view. The
difference III distance, i'll favor Of that city, be-
tween New York and Cincinnati, by way of the
Baltimore and Ohio, Pa.kerSburgh, and Cincinnati
aud Marietta route, over The New York Central is
$50 miles, yet, were that route fully opened ii
would be at distance of ESQ miles the longer,
measuring distance by time. 1t now takes Just
about as long TO 80 from New York 10 Buffalo, a
distance of 444 miles. Here then is 25S miles
guined in the first II or 10 hours! BY the two
routes, Travellers reach Buffalo and baltimore i'll
the evening, arriving at each place at about the
same time, ana cost for transportation AT Buffalo
| the traveller by the northern route has made up
the distance against him aud gained 90 miles in
addition, and is at point from which lie can reach
Cincinnati atleaStgl6 hours quicker Than aper-
son leaving Baltimore at the same time. The
saving effected in cost will be fully equal 10 that
in time. =. u Il as.
Tue advantage of position about which: we
have heard so much, is more than utralized by
the superior energy and the liberal policy of her
more enterprising neishbors.
was the round for withholding authority from the
Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore railroad,
to construct bridge over the Susquehannah river.
Il HRns hnned That the river would Constitute q