Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-10-10
Celebration Of the Opening Of the Cinoin.
maitland Marietta Railroad 70 ohnhoothe'

naGl ana Marietta HailIotsV " SeelAAVVtno'
Our Cincinnati exchanges give flowing ao'
counts Of The eslebalion attending The opening
ofths Cincinnati and Marietta Railroad 10 Chilli
oolhe, and soy that nellhsE the telegraph nor the
editorial pen can give 0h eloquent description ui
the noble and GENEROUS welcome extended ny tue
citizens oflhe Ancient Metropolis to tier guests,
The COluRbiun OfSalutday, anst giving some &C.
count Oflhv celebration, thus speaks Of the puT.
poses and prospects, Of this roads
The Qualification Cincinnati feels Of the pros.
pecl Of being able 10 cultivate an intimate 40.
quaintance wilma far little slsercily, to whom
Shu has had heretofore but a formal Introduction is
certainly responded 10 by ChillcOlhe. The hopes
Of absUeE acquaintance 50 cotalnlly and UniyeG.
sally eXpTtoisJ al the late meeting, had warmth
that no lnele loImRlily could hove assumed. The
A. cvnt metropolis hBs been one Of The most dlh'
cult points Of aOceB3 III the State, AMI indeed ul'
I'll recently, we cOunl reach BuGolOot Chicago IN
about The same time. Possessing asoeisly whose
cultivated Refinement aud weulth has become u
pfovtib, its people fiona process Of reasoning
whose force We fully appreciate sought end tound,
home.plgasIps III their own beautiful city tho!
more than repaid foT tue loss OF lhe Ouslle anu
excitement oil business.
The important road whose ftstlink Is Just open.
ed, oS our readers know, IS now III pngLeSl Of
construction to Marietta nnl Wheeling, wlleIe y
will connect with the Baltimore aud OhlUi aud
| also tile PsnnsylVanih CenWal via the llemnfeld
road. Although the last years financial embar-
TuSsmens have been severe upon all Tallfond lnte'
! Tssts, the President Of this neI inlOims us that
Within Tint time they lave expended no less than
tI0SlUt hundred tkouSund dOlarS in the prosecution
Of The work. Although the present operations on
the road are retarded, They are not discontinued,
aud we ore assured by It's present Ollcels, that II
will positively be completed in from one to two
yenH.
The points whose immediate connexion with
Oincinnaliare most essential are tie vuSl coal
fields Of Vinlon county. Prom Chillicolls to the
co,l mines Is hut lWeniy.fVs OE thirty milts, an
approximation 10 great source Of latent heat
which should Mokvus feel cOnlOrlabvin antlci'
patton. ufaiaH
This will make tie entire disuhce from Gin
cinuaiI tU the coal mines tut I20 l26 miles,
which, under proper management, wOnid insure
US an ample supply Of luel The year through at
nsdrI lie COZ. IL would enable us aI uny Tnts,
10 snap OUT buyers o. that provoking steam, the
Ohio, that when most wanledi IS so Oiien out VI
order. II is estimated that coal can bg put Un
boatd tile caH tlear The mines FIVE Cenls bush,
Iel--tIanSpOTtu' To THIS city Tor lles SUN, ma
king the cost at our depot ten esnIS, aud Of the
houses Of cOnsun5ts, tUpay storage, haullngt etc.,
at perhaps twelve snls.
These items may he Eighty waited but in any
cOse, The TullEOads Running TO the Ohlo Goal ba-
Sun, should aud will preserve US from the enor.
nous prices We have olleu been compelled TO sub.
init iU, iOf This most necessary article, Besides
the coil trade aud the lch mineral region 10 be
run through, The ChiIlieVihe & MaHella Road
will OitI on VI the vsty best and shortest routes
10 tie Eaalei cities. llTunsOn the most direct
Southern line, and so iar, hos been most thur
OuHblV and SubslAutiallY consTuCleL with low
grades, aud view TO the gtvalest economy OF
speed aud motive power. We, IN common with
allOuT oil zsnS, shall watch its REogEeSs with deep
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