Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-01-31
RAILWAY YaMATTERS,
pennsylvania, and the HillsbOrO'
~ and PaIEKersburg Railroad.

N. and Parkersburg Railroad.
AsThs Cincinnati Sun, n,receRlly contained an
able editorial, showing that the Erie trouble
has chiefly growa oui Of The desire ofihe
sh.e Of Pennsylvania and The city Of Phil.
adelphiaq o,compee shefreigh, and travel Of
tl,egwesttolpass over Pehnsy lvana roads,
instead Of taking lhe northern route 10 New
York, or The southern route 10 Baltimore;
and that, with the same view, Pennsy ylvania
and philadelphia have been actively engaged
III nendeavoing to deiea. the Hillsboro, and
PafkefsbuFg tpittoad, olaccoonf of is len.
dshcy 10 diyerl business from their roads,
Afiers clearly shpwiag the superior advanla-
: ges Of thef grea. Through Line from Gin
cinnati 10 Baltimore, Of which our road is ,c
form The last connecting link, tho article
proceeds: y,orib,er,g
~. is clearly, then, part Of the policy oil
Pennsylvania 10 prevent this communication
and TO give commerce more northern di.
recllon, so as TO divert II TO Pennsylvania
This she is doing by using every possible
effort 10 have the Cincinnati and Marie,la
road substituted for.,he Cincinnati and Par
kersburg road. Let The reader move hi;
thread on The map so as 10 pass from Gin
cinHai 10 Philadelphia, instead of Baltimore
and he will see that the line passes dIecH,
through Marietta. Is this sufficien, to show
the reader what are the designs Of PennsyI
Vamaa If II is not, will The fact that iht
Pennsylvania Central Railroad owns $3.50.
900 Of the Cincinnati and Marietta slcck
aid towards convincing him? If he is sill
IN doubt, ,le, him refec, upon all The mean
secret, dishonorable means lhut have beer
used 10 break down the best and mos, direc
line, and substitute for it consolidated line
running 10 Maretla. We say "mean ant
dishonorable," for those who will promol,
riot in Erie, will not hesitate 10 resort Il
n1eanness and Wickery in Cincinnati, il the,
think il will forward their designs. As
proof that mean and dshonorabls conduc
has been resored TO, we need bul refer 10 III,
recent letter Of Col Morris. la,e engineer o
the road; in which that gentleman cooIy de
nounces the very road he had before rec
ommendedt and declared in this city, unde
oath, 10 be the best that could be chosen.-
And what makes the matter still worse, ,ha
letter was published TO prevent stock being
saken on The line, and in this city, nj imt
when the board Of directors had agreed I,
give the friends OF The road cerlain sp8c,
os limeto procure such stock.
y Lei The reader also remember that in lhi
consolidated Marietta arrangement, Cincn
na,i is no. only TO be cheated Out of the mos
direcl communication with lhe spnboard, bu
also out OF the advantage OF receiving III
fine, cheap coal of Jackson county. Th
HilIsborough road passes through tho cenlr
OF The coal field. The Marieua only skins
on The nouh. Under these circumstances
what aru we 10 think Of the conduct of ou
City Council, in recommending a consoIida
,ion so adverse 10 the interests Of our city
and The West; thus becoming the subser
Went tools OF pennsylvania despo,s?
People Of Cincinnati, look 10 your inter
esis in this matter, and do not submit TO b
the dupes and slaves of The Pennsyvuni
Uligarchy. And those who reside and owl
properly along the line, we would call upo
10 hold on 10, and ,enaciouslv support lhe
good cause, and their triumph over chicant
ry and compulsion is certain.