Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-05-03
FROM the Monongehala Mirror.

& KAN Road observation-disclosures
The following letter from John Han
ESD State Senator from Mason county
! ealls the attention of our readers to 81 +.
lJect OF great Importance.
=. IS s, .nere suggested that Convention
3 ne neld IN tairmont, in Marion conntr
about the middle Of June, land th.a Io;L
has been agreed upon 1-of the fr;snJs- af
the proposed Railroad, embracins sss ol
tire line fromsthe Pa. Central iRasisssS ~.
Westmoreland. TO the mouth Of sandv :.
Iinclu5ing especially the President aud Df-
rectors of5the last mentione Railroad and
the citizens of Philadelphia,
This suggestion meets the hearty con-
currence ofsthe citizens of this place and
will no doubt he warmly responded toin.
every town and village along the line.
Theimportanceo of this improvements to-
the fertile region through which It viii
pass, and as a means of Securing to Rhil-
adelphia a vast amount of trade from the
South west, can scarcely be over estima-
ted, live areic correctly informed, a Bail
road from Frankfort, Ky, to the mouth
of Sandy, is already located. This was
expected to connect, at this point, with
the CoSington Railroad but the latter is
stopped short, we believe, at the Eastern
base Of the Alleghenies, and may not
reach the Ohio river during the life time
of the present generation. What then is
to prevent the making of Railroad from
the Central Pennsy lyanIa to Ravenswood,
or the mouth of Sandy. on route which
has no mountains to tunnel, aud no large
rivers to bridge? The charter is already
secured to Ravenswood, and will at the
proper time, be extended to the State line
at Sandy.
The contemplated Railroad would cross
the B! & o. r.. r., at Fairmont, and con-
tinue in a Northeast direction, through
the valley at the Western base of the
mountains, ill it reaches the Central r.
r. By this route, having the advantages
of the better grade, and fewer natural OBJ
structions, trains of freight and passenger
cars would reach Philadelpkia in about
the same length of time required to 60 to
Baltimore, via Cumberland tits too well
known to need remark, that for all pur-
poses of trade, Philadelphia is greatly
preferred over the latter city, rs s'st4
There is a host of interest to be com
bined to urge this road to completion,-
In Kentucky, the stockholders of the
Frankford and Sandy Railroad-in Ohio,
the citizens of Meigs, Gallia, and the adj
iacent counties-and in Virginia, the en-
tire population of Mason, jackson, Writ,
Gilmer, Lewis, Harrison, Marion and
Monongalia-to which may be. added
Fayette and Westmoreland, in Peunsyl-
vania@and the citizens OF Philadelphia
most particularly.
This, then, is the important work that
demands our prompt attention. Willthef
editors at Fairmont, Clarksburg, Weston,
and West Columbia, take hold of this
project, and urge the assembling OF a large
Convention Of large minded men, at Fair
mont on Monday the IL of June next p
1t is very desirable TO have large delega-
tions from the several Counties. The CT.
ty Of Philadelphia and the Pa, Central
Railroad will no doubt be represented
and we should convince them thatwe are
in earnest on the subject. $50 als.sje2 I2i.t
WEST COLUMBIA, Mason Co., Val PSF
March, 80, 1854. az2 81
DEAR SIR lit has occurredlto me that
we might do much to secure the making
OF the Monongalia and Ravenswood Rail- J
road, by getting up Railroad ConSen-..'
ton of Delegates from all the counties
along the line of the contemplated Road,
and inviting the Uniontown branch and the
Pennsylvania Central Road as well as the
city of Philadelphia, also to cooperate
VIII U.S. ny hBlIbIlOl. we can IOSe noun
ing but little wind, and think so much
can be said in favor of this road that we
may secure its making. Avery liyelyin- ,
terest is felt by all this end OF the COM
templated work as we'll by the stock hol-"
ders and friends of tho two Kentucky
roads that terminate at the mouth of Sam
dy. 1t is true we only have secured the
right of way to the mouth of the Great
Kanawha, which is fifty miles from the
mouth of Sandy, the terminus of three
roads but they are very much despairing
of the making Of the Covington and Ohio
Railroad, and says they would contri-
butte literally to secure connection eth
er with Philadelphia or Baltimore, with
out being under The necessity Of crossing
ing the Ohio river Suppose you get the
editor of your country paper to suggest
Convention on the subject to be held at
Fairmont about the middle Of June, aud
we will not only second the suggestion,
but we will appoint delegation, and il
the thing takes in the other counties, you
may expect numerous delegation from
the counties of Mason and Jackson on this
side Of the Ohio, and from the counties of
Gallia and Meigs on the other side and
| am told by some Of the most intelligent
citizens in Pomeroy and Gallpolis, that
those counties would subscribe largelytO
the stock, and am sure Mason and jack
son Counties would subscribe to the full
extent OF their ability. and cannot think
of any better mode than this to interest
Philadelphia in the matter.
What say you to the suggestion p.
Please give me your views on the subject