Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-06
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traT,erslnS the coal regions, 40 miles Making a
total OF s22 miles. The heaviest permanent
grade per mile is ll6 feet; the heaviest tempo.
rary grade, worked with locomotive, .52Os feet
per mlte; longest continuous grade from Pied
mont mont TO Altamont, lTimiles; greatest altitude
y. Eoao ABOVE TIDE water, 1920 feet; weight
OF iall per Ineal yard on main and second track
90 TO 30 pounds; number of locomotive engine
houses and shops, 81; aggregate number of;
Stalls for locomotives, $50; number of machine.
~ and car repairing stations, 312 repair shops.
%, er5stations on the main stem, rs; on.the
washington branch, 4; Northwestern Yir..
g'n'a road, 10; telegraph stations, 80, and two
INES OF wires; number of tunnels between Bal
tlinore and Wheeling, ID; total length of tun-
ne!tng, 1884 feet; number of bridges between
oaitlmore and Wheeling, 1SG; total length of
bridging, JOSS feet. Freightin 1851, S95. .40l
tons. The number of officers and enulovees
now engaged on this road is about 1900 persons.
gnt present vonr readers withsnumerous
other detailed statistics, which would prove in.
terestlng, and perhaps useful, especially to ner.
sons engaged in railroad matters, but these
tnaStsutfice. s.s'e
FOR long series Of years, in consequences of
SO so extraordinary an outlay to build it. the road
ula lS not pay any dividend or make any return
whatever to the Stockholders The nor v,IIo
of the stock is one hundred dollars nsr sbara
1t now commands about $5G TrccolIect many
years ago, when it could be had at S29. to $40
Mne'l the road was first opened through IN
Mheellng, 1t rose for day or two TO S0Sn$lOO
out afterwards gradually fell. backs to S65aS70
and $50. Since then there have been ynrious
fluctuations, as circumstances occurred to do
press or elevate the stock 1t is now Suhston
tally worth more than $50, the current rate nc
regular semi-annual dividends of 8 Der cent ,ra
declared. My own impression is that the time
Is coming when, under the admirable ,nanope
ment OF Mr. Garrett, its President, the stock of
thlS company must assume much more stabl,
basis, aud reach decidedly higher point
There is no reason why such should not be the
case. = t''s
The annual gross income of the road, ingood
times, when business throughout our country
vas ttourShing, has been nearly or onite fiTe
millions OF dollars. 1t is now about three and
hall to four miliions with hopeful prospects
oil steady increase. The pressure of 1857
and oS operated adversely to this as to all other
railways, and caused the necessity of a rigid
economy, which is still being observed with
Salutary effect A year or two hence, with
trade increasing, as it promises to do, aud the
vast resources, necessarily tributary to this gi
gantic work, both in passenger travel and
freight, its friends sanguinelv3and I think
JnStiy-look forward in anticipation Of a most
healthful and satisfactory iSsnp. 1t is andfeyer
must be the only economical, expeditions aud
most commanding route or channel between the
North and West As the laws of trade are
lmmutable, accommodating themselves to chcnp.
ness, economy, expedition aud convenience, and
this work meets all these prerequisites, defiant
oi competition, the period must come wien it
VIII command business Commensurate with
whatever capacity there may exist to meet
existing wants