Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-04-19
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PASSAGE or THE ALLEGHANIE>


nr Wheeling, added IT, l.1uGies
than trumphs. Misfortune has attended II since
dawnng Of the LAY which Ia have witnessed tho
consnaon Of its ahoIs and their overflow nq reward
THE unos; energy al an able and devoted directory snt
welt selected contractors succeeded in preparing Tie :"
tou. SUI incomplete for formal opening on III" IL %
instead OF the lat oi January 1858:
pcn!i:uc ri money and steam p"wrr Juhies
DRAGGED through from ut 10 the ono ~ urty eight aous
RI: ulr passenger trains immediately put on 'hGuC!
they had Ia hc carried ton" 'nnnr b. sort ot ti
der AMI had gauntlet 81 !tIin2 Earth and roct
through another while land slides !ruui the hi- PEI
petualy covering the mack elsewhere" ana the oer potion
OF The road was knocked 10 pieces the attempt ni
such speed 10 the trains would compete with that tho
Pennsylvania road. All "bsncirS were man!u,y t5ctG.
every word u IsgiStng sled; and earl! lar wc'h
was announced that the last serious difficulty had been
moved, by lile opening Boatd-irrc tunnel But no
mail wh.ch brought ,ns bore tlings rtas
lophc perpetual aay 10 The recurrence oi winch
| lay .! millions cannot remove.
President SwASS in his Wheeling speech made the ga.
-nsr ol the Al'rsiancs subject o IoEr. Audna Il no
OF The Pcuune hill aud thr sII sleeper
had been !"r nc overcome by locomotive power ~ thc
tnnwoJd tunnel hr said fie had seriously thought 81
-entlnp VI! LATRuss hCcoidins {" ibGrmarion 10 n
CLAUDE CRUGEy, who boring peacefully s"ly
ueksh ip belongs the credit having sugees eli
PrII!hunc cOnvaucr; and he l. therefore The eai
ur having made the company u The useless oi
tunnels after having shown mat the could sGt a =
without! them He greeted with cheers ana laughter
Mr. l. who was present may have Joined IN the sughe'.
out il he did say h, very me!anchc!
sme His kecner glance turned from that scene OF teht
mrh 10 hard reality and the future lie Knew that clIms"h
tears might follow yet Had he spoken has lni lie would
have damped the Fun around hl ani brought the Ptsitr
pulup by announcing that he would have tire.
many tunnels II thereby lie could have avoided
mol tie five hundred nor the Ih'.c hunifef hu-ie orc
hundred etlea He muHId have tod them that though
very picturesque thne going over bz
top OF hI at midnight ha creature Of iron was not b;
any fowl ." The air and was much al home IL
the Jw!y vale Than "wnere IL scfsam hrnts with that oi
tie eagle That II cin elmo is up novelty II DO ha
the Baltimore aud ONO road yodng, OF
;- small machines hat day mounted the p!an,- Par
rig- repeatedly "iih tram; notwithstanding wHch 10"
,.l.,
po>st!e very jilcrCnt niGg from what s r-rcca5c
tiaWHys aud teir ac.Uc? have o course been improved
cf invrutlpr; ht means nave yet bG.n t=
covered passrngcrS agt s11d= safely c@carr
oHl swl!ty r0un sho'i cur" % ~ steep irne "
hl work uphill "urE on railway a. "eii ~ eise"hr
and 1iIfGys rjU BE-. the length "t ntiEas T:iIi ~
ways have 10 measured by number 81 ect
,icay less liaa py Tie number "i ss II es'cns hon
.nrniIv So estimated the Baltimore ari Oh.o railway Is
and with any admissible must acag rl9" eSpcr
-vc work. inefficient, and dangerous we have SAID ihe
in substance before The late accident makes u Uuu
now than then, but !, will make II more APP 10 n
press persons l,e accustomed 10 consider the SUBJECT
sar with obectthe great Object We have a"sya
pursued and with To walton disposition 10 tam mIsot-
! tune 10 the injury Ui the Baltimore company.
/ From the western Laurel Hill IN P;rimDu tho
ga .,cn too, the Allegheny, distance 81 sAiy
Il. uiis. whereof about hy nr the heaviest grades
known on nuy railway in the Cnnnry being mostly over
hundred feet 10 the mil" This ascent Is met t"i'a
gong vel! as one summit ltlhe between IS
n Valley River and Cheat and the other between Ch,At
and North Branch OF Potomac On 1s these in'itr
auxiliary power will constantly be needed Il needed nos
though much gheT ilan tiep VIII DC ~ III
ure and track IL In better condition ui The eerl
which must 5r produced on The supet.urtrc by Inc Dc
srent u heavy train, the reader Judge by that wh!ct
follow. the locking OF wagon. wheels on common road
The wheel Of The vehicle e converted mt" p"neislirr
Nov fancy the tremendous strain thIriyon locomotive.
with eight behind u an brlntS GJita yet sGHk
twenty miles hour, must cause ur"n trhi"e
- iron bars laid loosely end 10 end and fastened by sna
Snikcs On straight line III. would be- bad enough
but greatly curve sEch a. ihit "hcit 'e
ae accident A. The heavy grade and the cHt,"
on were enough are told that AT that particular p1n
chesnut instead OF OAK had been laid down. oah
timber having been conveniently prpcaa3c llc C"
many will doubtless change the sis but it cannot chang,
the grade; and cicctualy Increase caution In d
scendna whOu, decreasing speed which Is the las lht
II afford 10 think ci.
I'm contrast 10 these drawbacks from
y published report Of Mr.. l.odtr, President Of tie Ne"
York and Erie Rail Road, the following paragraph dr7ci
i've Of that great competitor for Western trade:
Tie main line from Permont 10 Dnnkltk j. 20 nile IA
.ny,h exclusive Of the Newhurg branch IS miles IN cnst
ina has grades exceeding 90 feet 10 the mile and cse "
25 miles is III, aggregate OF such grades More ian a
o, its entire length in the direction :" IT. heaviest on"sr
il practically level the grades mol rAc.ch'n2 'er !" III"
mile II has one line OF liU ni!ics, golGg 1s
with grades not exceeding icc 10 the mile and going
west not exceeding 10 70 the mile also one c"n.
nuous Inc OF 90 miles OF level " slightly descending grade
going east with no grades exceeding i5ee' 10 the mn" -
ing west The remaining grades vary from 10 10 bv Ier
and bul miles between 10 and 81 ect to ne mile II mas "
cuycs OF less 900 feet except one nj about cVu ''t
'rhe Southern and immediate rival Of the Erie road, She
pcppsy ivanan Central has two Advantages thJUGh a."
nui 10 the same extent regards connection by way
Gl the llcnpicd branch between Phaierhh hnh
Wheeling only nineteen miles longer tilln from bh'i
mon, 10 Wheeling. It Is mol yei cnl"eiy tnIshed 'od
j. runpcled 10 The old inclined planes, belong
ing 10 the State The AiIecianr tunnel! however, "'
be sable very shortly the excavation having been csr
through months since IN rs ntrS'hi sth'i "A' ).
crip- .; the nr from Columbia 10 fnsbnrg some ~
nile. are near double those "I Tie Baltimore ana ono r''G
f. attracts aui,a lrgc share Of travel - the West ln
ton via Z ,ltjngs: passenger. travelling tory n,!"
eastward over q branch snd main stem % IN. Baltimore
and Ohio road rather in 20 dtc Owe! Nr western par -
the same line
West Of Three Fuks the point ~ junction with To- Pa
scr,burs railroad the route ,"aaliveY e'ei ne en"'
numerous and sometimes to"rahy heavy not beng 1'"t
hn oi the A.ehany crossing ~ above me NAHUM
o: other works The question ''i,n sfi-' "h'ti 5"ut
nail, tb.n the present b. found by turGh2 90.
n,s ana south pn point inrt"d II northeast
the region IL. wacr Of the Mononsahsli and the
"A nj m. \ Branch or the " Fork Of The South BarcE
nj Potomac /. une oi the least known III any Of n" oi
States Bat II is certain that The main ridge OF thc 3ic-
nv R the little higher not indeed lo"er 'han where phss
ed by ths present taoid that he plateau OF liz summit =
n m could desired and lha, The large water courses
On both sid would be struck al level several hun'te1
lee, above that adopted h the Baltimore engineers We
sre aware that The country rcOnnocred 5y those lr
enrn hu: they had the interests c Maryland 10 cosa
bv carving the road through the centre OF hef great ana
nIy western county Virginia engineers haze nor yet m
much ns'.k'n, examined II tor h'lr"'h l"ls.
o, IN. Mann--ns Company did not believe, pass tue
valley the South Branch Their report y" have not -'r
iervrGty hope that the present season WIZ nov ne -
lowed 10 pass without fell survey ." he region hdc''ci
In no other State would have been postponed ~! n'~
Every nxamna ton lessons the imagined 1'iHt"Il'' "
the way OF the air line from 'e 10 tht ot' nh - "
OLD Northwestern Territory which ought 10 be- ahdls fafnG
b. nature 10 bc a. y SUBJECT ad tributary 10 virginia
carrc.cay p0lci!y mere are to scc'
,ions o the Baltimore OHIO Kali Road IN Shlcn are cc
ceno;ed ol the great difficulties which cripple it-bc wcs
Harnrse Fer; and city and oci*ccH ficdmont and IN: e
rcIsbur. iuncon wc heretofore shca that inc ioc
m hnso .s 'rc'cj m ic purpose u i"cf;ir@ rae
49,, j.. ,,ra MARKET uUnI;u1i en-" AMI :hn' TON
;m. much money has been sunk il ;hs -dtr ate" p; .
MAKO s ,ood an 70 the one. as one million VIII nc"
n make to the other. Facts "hch every day l. iui
vinr contribute place the latter in similar catc."
Vhiu our own IOmsn "ae:s oil tbs aud ." ~
aat rr. mos, nearly approach. Or =o:i ,s ia
ha nam between them Over most oi ha p4 he u, q
y i work has done By neighoors; but he hnt
mad. II more and lengthy iis o"shs
II uselvcs All have 10 do Is ln cancel th- +. on
divergence II lie duty not more 10 oufsn"- 'Hli
L, those whose locality forces eithtr 10 assl.E "r :"
tt,ir prosperity How long snail We 5e ite and GrIrl.
Twelve ocean steamships, exclusive Of Ls Eccscr u
aggregate tonnage of % 800 tons are 10" Sp!6nc
: Nv York.
| DEATH OF Ex- GovEaxos IReoELL-"e regret u iesi
h.t EyGovernor lrcdeIi died in Etcnton "eddesda
st Of eryspeas. His health had been FILLING f"f 7'"
s years He va. IS years OF age
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