Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-10-18
central Ohio Rail Road Proposition.

while much discussion has Oeen eLcleu OH tue
question. We have 80 fully expressed our views
on the subject that we hardly know how TO resume
1t and should let the question rest so far ns we are
concerned, were It not for the daily calls made
upon US for tue further examination AMI advocacy
Of the settlement. What is proposed on each side3
lst The Central Rail Road Company o6andons
at once and forever its connection with the Balti-
NOR. and Ohio Rail Road at Benwooj.
End. Itugrees not To connect with that road out-
side the corporate limits of the city Of Wheeling.
Sid. 1t agrees to connect with that road, and all
other Eastern roads terminating in tue city of
Wheeling, in The corporate limits Of the cits If
'VherEaq alone.
4th. 1t a. rses to extend. forth~ith, their road
from BsIIe-Air 10 KiIkwood, opposite the city OF
Wheeling. &
What does the city agree to lo3
LIST. To procure subscriptions to the amount Of
$4,000, to the stock Of the Road, to be expended
IN this extension.
2nd. one-half of this 70 be paid in money and
ore.hslfin the paper of the Company, TO BE- pur-
chased by the city, and delivered up to the Com
lnny when the cars are running to Kirkwool.
3rl. To aud in procuring bridge chatter for
bridge for that company such point betw cen the
upper eni Of Zane's Island and the lower end of
3rggs' Island as the Company may select, proyi-
led that il the selection be made OF a point Of
cr'ssg outside the city limits, then the SAID road
shall moi form any eastern connection outside the
city limits, nor permit any road from the East TO
use the said bridge.
4th. The city agrees that the boat of the COM
punY may land al EofrS landing, and at tue city
wharf.
1t is agreed that cattle aRd live stock may be
'anlrd anywhere. anil that. penling the cons,tuc-
ton OF the road to Kirkwooj, the Company may,
'unug law wa el OF ice, land height and pa sen.
gers as they please. The roa:l is expected to lie
completed by LIST January, 1856.
There aTsbut two objections of apparent weight
raised against this proposition:
Ist, The bridge proposition on side tho city linn
lis, and
Cd The money proposition.
Is the first an objection II is not. II this
bUdg= is built it will be put whrre the demands of
trale aud travel require ii, and the Boanl will not
look to Bosss' Island if Zlne's Island or ClId-
wells Run be better. and if they are not better
tLey should not be selected ard why! Because
in any event the tIsnshipment of freight uni the
transfer Of passengers must, by the contract. be
made exclusively rVkin the corporate limits of The
city Of HherliRg. This is what we want. These
are the practical benefits" and what need We
care whether the bridge is in or out OF the corpo-
rate limits We have no room above the creek
for this bridge if located elsewhere than ON the
present site, aud few Of our Citizens ould ike TO
see Moaroe or Quincy streets closed up by such
nuisance.
But further. This bridge will costsI 900 600 at
The least, and when eau this Company, uuaidet,
fard 10 invsS st such sum for tins purpose. It
viii be long before such proiec; is undertaken,
and when undertaken it will be made only by
mbinaton between all the railroad companies
con-cenienng at Wheeling aud the city heIsell -
Then Ihst arrangement will be made which bss,
suLsc:ves tie great interests Of trade and travel
nI is best suited to the financial ability OF the
parties attempting the construction. These ATE
tie elements which must build this bridge, ami II
the pFeyeat site be available, it has decided SUI
perlority in the fact that much OF the heavy cost
al construction will be saved by adopting il, End
the meantime, in low water and in ice, trude
Nd travel fIom the ens, to the est Co. must pass
guer!the present bridge.
TIE city IS asked to subscribe $780, 900, and ii is
objected that our debt is already oppressive. THIS
rue. But must remember that unless me
hing oil this kind done, that unless the '.pracu
cal benefts'' Of these railroads be secuted To Us
( lose mol only what we have already expended
ut we must retrogade. That is, we cannot ad.
vance while others do. and thus fall benin! by
sonding silt. Will not this proposition secure
the PRACTICAL beneftSi What will, ii 1t does no
Answer these questions. II it will, is not the
$4,000 small puce to pay TOT them. and should
we not pay it eheetfnlly even if we sunk every
dollar of ouLsubscriptlonl
We put the question plainly and fairly.
II is said by our eOuncilmen that tbs rs grave
question. 1t is. But they were elected to act ON
these things. and they must face the music. They
nave grave responsibility, but they must meet 1t
aud act, aud the question will at once present itself
whether that responsibility be more gave which
approp,ia;es $4,000 with the reasonable prospect
OF its making available 81 sos, coo already invest
ed, beside the business interest Of the whole city
or that responsibility which by iiniliiy. ovsrcau-
ton aud delay loses all, and sends 6eyonl our reach
aH-the harvest Of lradeand travel which We have
81 anHiousty expected 10 reap. Let council come
up boldly to tneir duty and act according 10 their
b-s, enlightened judgment They are put there
Tor tat. aud not TO be blown about and shift ed by
every breath of opposition which may be put up
ua them on tue streets. The interests OF the city
re coniisd to their keeping. They ate qualified
10 discharge their duty aeeorjins TO the best Of
tisir skill aud judgment and not according 10 their
beliefs Of what this that man. these men or
those men, this ward OF that ward may desire
They are not put there to do what may be asked
Of them by the. people or part of the people, but
they are putthere to discharge therr duty to the
city, according to the best Of tLsir own skill and
ttsir own Judgment The people Of Wheeling
desire TO see this vexed question settled, lnd tie
bes, Interests of the city impstauveIy demand that
it should be settled speedily and satisfactorily.
UA conductor on the Hudson River Railroad,
Stated out br Albany one day last week on hunt