Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-11-22

luz CGNTRAL Quo kAlLRolD AND TUE NIgt "
VarEL, --We have heard ilsuEeesltd' and We
,slaolined TO believe, that an impression has been
oeated abroad that Wheeling lie hostile TO The
Genital Ohio Railroad. Snd, ries strsd, that The
c,otul Ohio Railroad is hpsllle 10 Wheeling
So,hius could Us more erroneous Wheeling las
-, considered thai this road was designed 10 W,
,,I should be, link 10, and a continuation o
n. utatIine Of trade aud ,IdSel between the Rasl
AMI lLe West projected almost life lime ego,
IA looked forward to It's completion with lively
i,,,r,,. II was this feeling on The part OF tue
,i,i,.n, Of Wheeling witch prompted them, with
,ua,rinily almost unrxOmpled in our history, 10
,o,e. IS theft FIST contribution Of good will and
n,,.tial aid ioWOtis this Toadt a subscription Of
$4,000. TIE only condition annexed TO tbs
,,h,rioliOn was, that Wheeling, Le The natulul
,,I inevitable crossing point OIL tie Ohio river,
,,J. indeed, we may say, the point deItrnineI
no,n al The time The road was projected, should
reeve the practical benefits Of lhSleminas OF a
,,J connecting al this point with the great line
4 nilroads from The ROsI
This Is hs went, aud, we may say, The history
i, nutshell Of all tie Transaction Of the City Of
Wheeling 10 regard 10 tie Genital Ohio RAILROAD,
with, subscription was wIhheld-why any
s,,uoyeHy sptunsup belweenthe Cilyof Wheel.
i,,,pd The 0enlrOl Ohio RAILROAD, AID the Bali.
note and Ohio Railroad, aflet the completion Of
tbs htl,rio Wheeling. II would be tedious and
improbable nowlo say, Perhaps few interested
,pj eOnniying capital SITS VITO desIrgd 10 make
uO6sble speculation on a lew Oores Of land some
miles below Tue city, al The sacrifice Of rights. ion.
mantiss and interests for which The people Of
Wheeling hal fought long and we'll, can explain
he whole subleell, The Satisfaction u any Win
Tsln,he dark. But lvl thll paS-aud we ate
UilIug that ilshouId foteytt be buried among tie
things Of tie past, II those most Interested 10 il
will only prof. BY their unsuccessful policy. We
believe that The CilyOf Wheeling, 10 all lsr.mu.
nicipsl Transactions on this subject hos been tue
10 hsr obligations, tue 10 her hVnOt aud true to
hsrFecple. Ma AHl3A.tNNO9 ID
We ore very much mistaken II there Is now any
hostility between The csplnl Ohio Rpilroad Com.
p,uy proper, aud the CITY II Wheeling, We
know lhrre is no conflict between iIyif intetssIs
-lJr their interests ole idenlieSl htelug Is lhv
only proper and inevitable point Of connection
Uill tue Baltimore and Ohio ami Hempdsld roads,
,ld The great maturity Of 'fuvelefs who have puS
a oyerthg Jyntmt Ohio ro0J since is completion
olhe Ohio River, ate utterly aAlounded tlut any
cher point should ever have been thought Of
We do mol speak unadvselIy when we say that
N,Is views, lOus entertained by tie citizens oi
Wheeling, meet with a cordial concurrence on Tue
pat Of the Genital Ohio Railroad Company
What, then, is our duty and pOlicyl What can il
be but, forgetting oil past differences, 10 30 10
work shonldvrtO shoulder and make tie connec.
ton where II should, aud where II was originally
ialeaded to be, shd under the guidance or tho MOI,
Impartial engineering skill, aud The most lberuI
sLd whole.souIed policy eonsulhmats lie great
work which wss commenced in lie True spirit oil
National Improvement. oiRA