Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-09-02
MoNoNGAHELA AND RAvENswooD RAILROAD

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M0NoNGAHELA AND RAVENsWooD RAILROAD.
We publish, today, the Address of the
Committee appointed by the Farmont Con-
vention, to address The people in regard to
the projected Railroad from the Mononsahe.
Ia 10 Raveuswood. Ii is full Of sound argu-
ment, aud abounds in incentives to push
forward the work, Every person should
read it, and ponder the subject well, and
then ACT upon it in a liberal and enlnhten-
ed spirit
I The paramoun, importance Of the workto
lis Of the Mononsahela Valley,-,he great
necessity of public Improvement to our
commercial prosperity, the rich reward that
would repay the development, Of our re-
sources-call upon US to put our shoulders
to the wheel, and take hold Of the matter in
n way to command success. There is not a
man Of business bu, would be advantaged by
the establishment Of this great thoroughtarc.
IT would stimulate trade in every department
foster and encourage our agricultural in
teresls-bring gu, our latent resources Of
mineral wealth, our coal and iron,-aftord
the means Of profitable investment Of CAPT
tai among us:-open up new avenues Of Ia
Dor, and enlarge the demand Tor labor, erect
manufactures in our valleys, whose ample
products conld find convenient markell
all these and other weighty considerations,
call for the " iron horse' 10 be introduced
upon the very track contemplated.
Nor are we Of the Monongahela valley,
along the line Of The proposed railway, alone
interested in this matter. While our resour-
ces would be developed-our products brO't
out in increased propoition-our manufac-
lures stimula,el-,hese' would seek mar
ket and that market isas deeply interested
as We, in the enterprise. The advantages
we would derive, are reciprocal at the ter
minus Of the road. II PHILADELPHIA wants
.apr iron, our coal, our grain, our GAS &c,
LET her aidto construct a road over which it
may be transported, and we will take her
manufactures, her goods, her groceries, in
tchange. The advantages 10 trade being
.eriyed at the terminus, and scattered with
an al ralorum reciprocity along the route,
fwhere theproduct Of the asricul;urist and
manufacturer accumulate, it is Of course
expected that each interest will be repre-
sented in the stock Of the company.
When each interest needing this foster
parent 10 enhance its means Of successful
prosecution, shall be fully aroused to the i'm
l,ortance Of the work, the apathy in which
The erea, improvement is now permitted to
repose, will be cast Of, as unworthy The cap.
,ilaist in this age of steam and progress, and
lonr hills aud valleys will echo back the
whistle Of the "iron hose und blend with
it the hume active life, the din Of busy Ia.
Dor, and our fertile valleys will present a
scene such as is witnessed along every great
railway in our land. But not till that aus
picious era will we see the books filled and
The requisite stock taken.
Looking al tie signs Of the times and the
necessities Of our home trade, we are prone
10 believe that the enterprise advocated with
such ability in the Committees Address, will
ere long commando. degree Of public at,en-
,ion in this quarter commensurate with its
importance. Looking again at the growth
Of our great Eastern cities, their rivalry for
the traffic Of The rich and growing west, the
zeal with which they are reaching forth
their iron arms for its leemipg products. their
energy in widening the field Of their inter-
commercial interests, we must believe that
they will not permit such an enlerprissto be
quit for lack Of their sympathy and asmate.
rial add Philadelphia is vitality interested
in the construction Of the Monongahela and
Rayenswool Railroad as connecting the
Ohio River with the great Central Pennsyl
vania and Ohio raute, for by II she may d.
verge heavy trade from Baltimore, which
else will find route to Baltimore, over the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with its trans
Allegheny arm, penetrating tho Mississippi
Valley, at Wheeling and at Parkersburg.
Such facts and arguments as are contaiEea
in the Address Of the Convention, aud buck.
ed as ], is by the capital and intelligence in
The counties Of Pennsylvania and Virginia,
tllroushiwhich the roul is proposed TO pass;
added TO the entire prueiieatitiiy, il not to say
NECESSITY Of tle improvement, will certain.
'lynol perlni, ii 10 drag its slow length along
III unseenly apathy. but will arouse end
tring to Its aid the requisite capiial and en-.
,rsy to consllmmats work demanded by
every consideration Of present and future
Commercial and industrial prosperity.
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ODD FELLOWS.
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