Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-05-14
BurLEn Co., Ohio, May I'd, 1868.

days ago, remained over day or two at your
town, and assure you was much pleased. II
delighted TO witness your prosperity, and none
the less because happened to know that it was
the result Of your own enterprise, and noble de-
fence of your rights and interests. Your Bridge
spanning the Ohio is great work of art, and does
Infinite honor 10 the far seeing character, liber.
atty, and enterprise of the people of Wheeling.
That your neightors of Pittsburgh should desire
TO destroy il, is strange-paSSing strange. 1t is
hard to tell whether such feeling proceeds most
from meanneSS, or that barbarous spirit, which is
always at war with whatever proceeds from the
efforts and labors of generous art. Your defence
of this great work, before the Supreme Court and
Congress of the nation, is worthy of all praise.
Yet tits not worth while to conceal that your sue
cess-as to the shame of human nature it often
does, has aroused much envy, and an envious,
jealous spirit which would gladly precpitate your
blilse and town to the bottom OF the river, if it
could.
While in your town, examined as my habit is,
your various manufacturing establishments. was
surprised tosee their number and extent and before
had no idea of the advantages of Wheeling as
manufacturing place. When Isaw this, and the ex-
tent and every day greatly increasing extent of your
burgh had perhaps more reasons for her war upon
your blilge and upon your town, than she chooses
to avow. know her feelings and her views and l
know that Pittsburgh refused to take hold of the
Indiana and Steubenville Rail Road, till your
Hempheld road started into existence, then, and
then Tor the frs. time, she took hold of the Indiana
road, and the scheme of pressing it through the
Cove in Brooke. opposite Steubenville. In this
,.l,.t In
adelph:a-knowing it could not be made without
the aid OF this latter city, and TO kill off Wheeling
at Richmond, by arousi"g the people of Brooke
and Hancock to the Cove interest, and making
them believe Wheeling had better be in the ri yer,
than that the Cove scheme should be defeated.
witnessed when among you, nothing with more
surprise, than the number of fine manufactug sites
your place possesses. A stranger passing hastily
through your town. apt to suppose you have no
room. On the south of Wheeling Creek, where
year or two ago, there seemed not to be room for
common road, see fine street opening for
long distance on which may be greeted long line
OF factories with coal and wafer in abundance at
theirdcors. Already towards the head of this new
avenue, notice the buildings and machinery for
aRolling Mill Of the largest class, where but yes
terday, it was supposed common smith shop
would not be placed. When looked at this i'm
mense mill and long line of sites for other works
OF the kind, hewn out as it were from solid rocks
and the Herculean labor it required to accomplish
il, almost fancied the tabled Cylops and his sin
gleeyel giants had been here at work. But my
surprise was, confess, removed when was told
that the generous ami puolic-spirited E. w. Ste
vens was here, backed by Hartman, whose pushing
go-ahead enterprise is proverbia, and all sustain
ed by the capital and counses of John w. Gill,
whose liberal patronage of labor and mechanic
arts is we'll known. Your town has great advan-
tages, though other places may have greater ones
yet, if you true to your own interests, you
need not fear success. Already have great Rail-
roads tern minated among you and others are looking
to you. Be united, and while liberal TO others, as
you ever have been, maintain your own interests
and inn rovements by union and zeal and you have
nothing 10 fear. Yours, &C., B.
Our correspondent very truthfully alludes to the
prosperity our city and its causes, and to the
continued and unremitted efforts of Pittsburgh to
thwart every effort of Wheeling to advance and
sustain he! prosperity. Everywhere in our city
seen the striking manifestations of the contin
ned etiortso of Wheeling to secure important bust
ness connections, and to maintain and perfect her
Union.
The tramp of prosperity is heard in our streets,
therng of the anvil the roll Of our FORCES and the
smoke of our furnaces speak in striking terms of
our success thus far. All portions of our popua-
tion are jointly interested and proted by this pros
porous condition of our city. The ,pork1ng men
are as much interested as the owners ofour works
They are profted in the same ratio precisely. The
prosperity of the is The prosperity of the other
Break doUa the bosses and you break don the ,rork-
n12n. He is thrown out of employment. his wages
must come down, his means of support are taken
from him and he must look elsewhere for employ
ment- These are plain facts and should be borne
in mind by oil our citizens. The present occasion
IS one that should bring this matter home to us,
and make us reflect seriously as to our proper
course in Il e future. Pittsburgh is ever active,
and loses no means to PROSTATE our trade, our
commerce and our manufactures. Already does
she perceive the nroad made into her trade by the
completion of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
already does she perceive the merchants and tie
trsdesmen of the South coming here to make their
heavy purchases rather than go elsewhere, and
hence Pittsburgh is pressing her efforts TO put us
down, todeStroy our works and our improvements
Pittsburgh is pressing the Pittsburgh and Steuben-
willie Road yet.
The wellsburg Herald has made the issue in the
present Senatorial contest between Pittsburgh and
Wheeling. One the candidates is proposed by
that paper the especial allocate of the steuben
vile Road. while the other is represented as oppO.
sed to thatroad. Hence the necessity of cautious
action by all portions of citizens. They should
one and all look to the interests of our city and
county. to the millions of property invested here,
to our improvements and our present prosperity
and see whether they are prepared to place volun-
lsriIy in The hands of Pittsburgh the means of
breaking our heads and prostrating our prosperity
Ia IL.