Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-10

others. a general attendance is request
ed.
The MonongaheIa and Raveuswood
. .. Railroad.
When we first announced the passage
of the charter for this road, we express
sed doubts of its construction, at least for
the present, without the city of Philadel-
phia and the Pennsylvania Central Rail-
road would take the matter in hand
These doubts have been almost entirely
removed by the interest and enthusiasm
which is being manifested in its favor
along the line of the proposed road. and
in some of the contiguous counties of Ohio
together with the assurance given by the
Board of Trade of Philadelphia, that that
city would furnish material aid to the
project.
In view of these facts, the prospects
for the speedy construction of this road,
are considered decidedly favorable, and
a convention of all the friends of the road
has been called at Fairmont on the 18th
day ofJune next. We published call
last week for the 18th, but the time is
now fixed for the 18th, by general con-
sent. We have since been requested by
a number of our most respectable citizens
to publish call for meeting to be held
at the Court House, on next Monday the
18th instant County Court day, for
the purpose of appointing delegates to
the Fairmont Convention. AS many
of our best men are taking an interest in
this matter, we confidently expect that
the meeting will be we'll attended and a
number Of active delegates appointed,
The advantages to be derived from this
road are numerous, and will occur to all
upon a moments reflection while we
have heard but a single objection to it
raised on the part of our citizens, and
that is this: that if the Monongahela and
Ravenswood road is made, this place
will be deprived of the benefit of the
trade from the counties adjoining us on
the South. This is to great extent true;
but the loss Of that trade would not
amount to as much, probably, as many
imagine; while the business which would
naturally arise from the junction Of this
road with the North Western road at this
place, would more than compensate for
tho loec IF tho 1ooo1 onJ r,,ooor troJo -
There are many advantages to be derived
from the opening of the proposed new rail-
road. A rich and fertile section of the
country would be opened up, which has
heretofore been almost entirely shut out
from the rest Of the world. This region
besides possessing soil of great prOduc-
tiveness, an unusual salubrity of climate,
abounds in ores and minerals, and con-
tains many excellent water privileges
In all the hills on this end of the road an
inexhaustible supply of coal can be found,
and many others contain iron ore in abuu.
dance. There is nothing wanting to
make this a manufacturing country, at
least so far as iron is concerned, but the
means Of getting to and from market
But not the least benefit our citizens
would derive from the construction of the
and Ravenswood Railroad,
would be the check it would exercise up
on the monopolizing tendency ofthe Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad. We are now
at that company's mercy,
which is meted out to US in the same pro-
portion the wolf gave the lamb, aud I'M
less some wholesome restraints can be i'm
posed upon it, we shall be as effectually
devoured. We are informed, however,
that that company is in favor Of the new
road. We are glad to hear it-glad that
its friends can point to one redeeming act
in its history.
We publish in another column, by re-
quest, the proceedings of large and en-
thusiastic meeting held in Jackson coun-
ty on the 18th ult., to appoint delegates
to the Fairmont Convention. Similar
meetings have been held in Monongalia
county, at which 141 delegates were ap-
pointed in Marion, at which 1875 were
appointed, and in many other Counties
In several other counties, including Lew
is. calls for meetings have been issued,
and the prospects are that they will not
be behind their neighbors in their zeal to
press this enterprise to successful ter
mination.
In the midst of this general enthusiasm,
what will old Harrison do? On the whole
line of the road she is the largest, most
and richest in the resources to
be developed BY its opening, of any other