Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-03-21
rhs Northwestern Virginia Railroad,

Ihe NoFthWeStern III SAhIo 1NoAAA
We are indebted to friend for an ad=
vance copy Of pamphlet about being
issued BY the Northwestern Virginia Rail
road Company, containing late report
of the Chief Engineer, B. H. Latrobe.
Esq. on the condition and prospects Of.
the work. The advanced state of the
graduation and masonry is well known to
most of our readers, and We understand
the company is provided with funds avail
liable fer the=entire completion of these, as.
well as the payment of interest on their
loans until July, 1856. The iron rails have.
yet to be provided, and We believe the
friends Of the work in Baltimore are relied
on TO aid the credit Of the company in
procuring them. There still remains to
be procured sum sufficient to complete
the bridge superstructures, ballast the
road. erect the station buildings, &c; and
it is thought that those residing in the vi
entity Of the line may be properly appeal
ed TO for aid in procuring it. To them
the pamphlet before us is particularly
addressed. and it invokes their assistance
on the ground that they have been great
ly benefited by the large expenditure
made along the line during the past
two years. The report shows conclusive
", We think, that the stock cannot fail to
be profitable. Mr.. Latrobe, in arriving
at this conclusion, has not been commended
with mere speculation and generalization,
but has founded his argument on the &C
tual operations and receipts Of that part Of
the Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad, extending
from Grafton to Wheeling. and a compari-
sou ofthe statistics obtained by tho last cen
Gus Of the counties tributary to that branch
on the one hand, and our own road, OF
about the same length, on the other
Those Interested may, we understand, in
a lew days obtain from Mr.. B. Despard,
copies Of Mr.. Latrobe's Report, ard to
. these they are referred for many facts and
details which we canHot notice particular
t Iy at present
/ We do not know that we can add any
= thing to the force OF the arguments pre-
sented by Mr.. Latrobe, bu. &c 1ey incli
ned to press the matter upon. the allrn-
ton Of our readers and particularly those
whose means are ample for the purpose.
The construction OF SO magnificent work
as the North Western Railroad, never
would have been undertaken, had it not
been supposed that all who are to be more
or less directly benefited by its compile
ton and operation would cordially and
theoretically unite in the effort. Yet this
has not been done by those now appealed
10 butte very limited extent. Ofthe stock
which has supplied )ut one sixth Of the
means already provided. only one third
has been subscribed in the vicinity Of the
line, and about fou,Effths of this in Par
ksrsbprg and Wood county alone, and we
trust the citizena Of the other counties in
terested, and particularly, our own, will
feel called on by "a sense Of justice, as
well as by an enlightened regard for their
own interests, to respond literally 10 The
call now made upon them. They have
realized the benefits Of an improved cash
market, at their own doorS, for the pro.
duction Of their farms, while the road has
been in process of construction. and this, or
its equivalent in the facility they will en-
JOY for sending GEer commodities to the
best eastern markets, will be perpetuGtcd
from the moment the road is in operation.
1t is for them TO consider if through their
supineness the opening Of the road is de-
layed, and work upon it after the grading
and masonry is finished, is suspended,
how disastrous it will be to their particu-
lar interests, and how injurious to the
now rapidly advancing prosperity of the
whole region Of country travsrsed BY this
great work ...-.
The County Cour: Of this county has by
its order, directed vote 10 be taken OF
the freeholders of this county, on the pro,
priety of subscribing on behalf of the
county. S5O.OOO, to the capital stock Of
the said company to her paid in ten an
nual instruments, copy Of which order
will be found in our columns. And we
understand that several public individuals
have undertaken to visit our citizens at
their residences for the purpose of obtain
ing their Eubscri ptions.
We most earnestly invoke our citizens
to take this subject in hand, and give it
their most careful and favorable considera-
tion-and would suggest that it will be
found, that such subscription will not on
" prove prc6tabl" investment in Pc