Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-01-14
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WEDNESDAY MORN: JANUARY IA. 1887
Tuc PAclrtc RAl1RoAD.-We think DR.. Kid
Wells Report has caused quite fiuttcring
among the advocates of arailroad to the Pacific
coast. Just at this time. The Hon. John r
Hale, VIC are informed, complimented the Dr. so
far as to say to him that the Report had revolu-
tionized his opinions upon the subject; that ne
came to the Senate a strong friend of the meas
ure. but that unless he saw something which
would rebuilt, successfully, the report, he would
vote and use his influence against it.
We notice, in addition to this, that the news
PAPER correspondents at Washington are, one
by one, falling into the opposition line and it is
altogether probable that Congress will ignore
any action this session; so that VIC may look
Tor :. grand crash of the various monopoly
schemes which have been built up in prospect OF
land grants. We cannot but think that it IS
well Tor the country that such a change OF pub
lie opinion is taking place. We should like to
see road at the proper time and constructed
by the proper agents; but not at the cost of the
pick and choice of so many millions of valua-
bic Western land, which every scheme yet has
proposed to donate. 1t seems to us, its detri-
.,ent to the poor classes who go there to get
cheap homestead wonld many times outbalancs
the good which would accrue to us, as people,
from the road, even supposing the said grants
would insure its construction.
But of even that we have no guarantee and
it is more than probable that the terms OF the
proposed grants would result only in individual
aerandiscmcnt We are sick to death of these
lobby, stock .iobbing schemes, which profit only
the lazy, gambling drone5 of society, who have
lust had education enough to give scope to their
sclshness and foster an idea of living upon their
wits. It is the millions whom it is the duty oil
government to look after-the hardy sons of toll
who really deserve, and who would build up and
cultivate these western lands. The Illinois Central
railroad VIC look upon as standing monument
of tie folly OF lasty and indiscriminate dona-
ton. They have now bnilt this road which of
itself pays handsome dividend, and yet there
never was dollar of stock laidin, and moro than
that they yet have millions of acrcsof land now
offered for sale.
As wc said the newspapers are taking hold of
the matter and forming an irresistible current of
public opinion against the grant.
The correspondent of the y. Y, Tribune,
writes that the bill is generally regarded hope
leSSY lost Tor InS ScSSlOn HI MS AcItSE VIC tLSV
find the following sensible remarks:
1t is well known and understood fact among
railroad men that the great source of income to
!, roaI is the Seay travel The hTOpgh travel
nays but small part of the net revenue of a
road and there arc ut this day few roads in the
country, even those connecting our most popu-
louS cities, that have sufficient tht0Ugh travel to
nav the expense Of running the cars. low then
would it be on Pacific Railroad extending q
600 miles through country rs yet uninhabitcd?
1t would cost not less than 81, 900 to run train
of cars from st. Louis t. Sacramento. Its eS-
timated that IL costs 81 per mile to run n heavy
train upon our Eastern roads. 1t would cost
,.OubIe that amount on the Pacific road for it
would not be necessary to run train oftcner
than once or twice n week and it would require
the same force stationed along tao route to keep
the road in order Us though the cars passed and
repassed several times q dag. There is not
road in the world the business OF which could
be done by one or two trains week that is not
q miserable and ruiniouS Investment. The
freight through from one terminus to another
would not amount to enough to pay Tor the OF!
used upon the engine. Some light articles
might be taken across, but all heavy goods
would continue, as now; to so around the Horn.
IT would mike hut about So days difference IN
the time, and no railroad company c"nid carry
freight for the distance of two Thousand miles
without 0ugmenting the price so as to make 1t
IL ruinous business for the tratleSman. Ihc
tra insurance aided to the interest on the money
invested during the difference of time that the
goods were on the way. In case of u scarcity
in the market of any particular article, t!,eir
would be supply ordered by the railroad; but
those cases would be rare as to make hardly
m item in the receipts of the road No; the
idea OF connecting California with the MlSSissli'-
nj Valley before the intermediate country sPar-
italy settled is simply absurd n road codld
he built 10y the Government or by private COM
uauies il the Government would give them sttii-
cicnt laiWlS so that they could realize from them
the amount that it would cost; but the cars
would seldom run over the track unless the
Government pail the expense thcref The
read would nc useful in case oil war, it is true,
but in time nfpeacc it would be tax and = dead
weight OF the Government.
ArnERr SMITm-Albert Smith is coming to
America, and one of the best specimens of the
'jolly- goodfellow" style Of wiring that nc ever
saw, is the following extract from . letter an
mouncing him to n Boston paper:
,'Albert Smith is about IN marry Polly lleeiy
the daughter of the inimitable pair. She lRs
long love- hiui and nursed her affection in her
little brirht hcart-for bright snd kindly little
hun:,le it is. And am ALWAYS glas, there are
so few true women, when hearts are trnmpS,
and n real honest, loving girl finds her reward
in the end Albert is certainly q snOb, as am
sure every sEnSlishman over with you will tell
You, and as have proved in a Journey with him
once t. Mont Blame, and over many alter opera
Kidneys at the Fielding; but he Is nota bal lei
low, and Albert is rich, having made sixty thou-
sand pounds sterling and Polly loves I,i:n, cn'l
50 all will be merry as marriage bell Sulnc
years since, Albert was engaged to ono of the
most lovely girls ever bChcld, who lived nut-
side Of London, on the birmingham railway
route; hut in one of those changes which some
times como over womcn's dreams, she trans
ferred vllatover love she had for Albert, and a
good deal more, to "a bol} soger hoy" with
whom she fled ono morning To Gretna Green.
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