Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-10


Pittsburgh, Columbus and Cincinnati steuben.
vile Line, and Cleveland and Pittsburgh, Ny
ers & Furniss' Patent They have r0Omy, broad,
cushion beds, and are neat and desirable in all
respects, whether as day or night cars.
The damages by the recent big food to the
River division of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh
Road have been repaired, and the entire line is
in good running order. The Ohio has already
dropped down to low stage, and the marks of
the food in the destruction of property are seen
all along the banks. 1t was a sudden and un-
expected rise, and the damages arc unusually
great The River division of lhe c. d P Road
transports most of the passengers and freight
between Pittsburgh and Wheeling, the time
being but four hours by rail, and from nine to
ten by boat. The fare for passengers and freight
the same. Like our Lake Shore Roads, the
River Line cuts up the steamboat business
badly, and especially so when, as now, only the
smaller class of boats wake the echoes of the
HILLS just putting en- the emerald robes of
Spring.
Wheeling is scidly prosperous Her iron,
nail, glass, DC, manufactures are in full blast,
and cloud the city with smoke by day and
pillar of fire by night. Her population is busy
and thriving, and the city exhibits evidence of
steady growth and substantial prosperity. a
double track Supension Bridge will soon take
take the place of the temporary single track
which has spanned the Ohio since the destruc-
ton of the first magnificent work BY the gale of
1855. The immense wire cables for the sup
port of the permanent structure are up. The
old bridge cost 100000 The towers and
abutuents, enduring and costly, do not have to
be rebuilt, and the expense of the new Suspen-
sion span will be but S50.OOO. It is a great
work, next to the Niagara Suspension Bridge
A. Wheeling some three hundred Excursion
istr, fair proportion Ladies, filled the train Of
beautiful cars provided by the liberal officers of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railway. The loco
motive, one of the most powerful of noun
tain giants, was decorated with banners and
wreaths OF flowers, and gayeT and happier
throng never rushed onward to the thunder of
his mighty tramp. The swart citizens of the
machine shops and great iron works of South
Wheeling sent up cheer upon cheer as the true
Representatives sOfAmericanEnterprize Progress
and Power, with slow and majestic tread ,emer-
ged from the busy city TO the lovely country,
the hills and the valley of the Ohio smiling in
the sunlight Of blessed Spring morning.
After following the valley of the Ohio few
! L.. Ill
mountain march. JOurneying onward and up
ward, new views and scenes attract and interest
at every point. The train winds through the
valleys Of streams born of the hills, and scales
the barriers of rock along their sources through
deep cuts that excite marvel and admiration
Higher and higher rises the iron track, wilder
and more rugged the way, until hills become
: mountains, their crests penetrated by tunnels,
stupendOus achievements of industry and art
Of the many immense tunnels for which the
Baltimore and Ohio Railway is celebrated
KiHgwOod is the crowning work. 1t is 4,lOO
feet, nearly mile, in length. About 1000
cubic yards of earth and rock were removed in
building this subterranean passage, which cost
million Of dollars in its present finished and
perfect condition. Its portals are splendid
? specimens of masonry, and it is enduringy
/ arehed with brick throughout. The ride
through is dark but safe one. But the boldest
widest, and grandest view of all where every
, mile Of q days journey strikes the behOdel
I with objects of special admiration, lies along
| InLo,e krrn ofv,e
rise on either side to great height, and almost
perpendiculary. The railway leads midway
along the side, gradually ascending unit! the
summit is reached. Hundreds of feet below
: great gorge presents q mountain landscape
near and distant, of subIimity and beauty un-
surpassed 10 theAlaghenies. The soil masonry
and the towering iron trestlework over fright
ful chssms, exhibit engineering and architeetu'
raj skill that would meet and overcome every
possible barrier the Rocky Mountains present
to Pacific Railway. The cars along Cheal
River run over rayines and streams upon
trestlsing from two hundred and twenty to two
hundred and seventy feet high, the work 80
substantial and safe that no dangeris appre'
/ hsndsd though the head swims to look down
from the giddy height
Pushing onward, the painting giant labors "
to AltsmOnt, mountain top $500 feet above
the level Of the sea. The scenery here is grand
ly beautiful. 1t is the highest summit of the
iron mountain way, and the untiring and Obe'
dent steam horse is 'put in breeching" for The
down hiil run to Piedmont, distance of II
miles, covering grade of II6 feet TO the mile
Piedmont is a station at the eastern base of the
first prominent mountain, and thence to Cum
berland, 2OI miles from Wheeling the scenery ia
still mountainous, but more subdued. The val
, ley Of the Potomac is entered, yet narrow
: rocky, and requiring labor Herculesn to sub
ject it to railway enterprise.
. The mountain atmosphere has been warn
!, but bland and most agreeable, the route of al
t most solid rolid Iock free from dust Nothing
is spared by Master of Transportation, W. p
Smith, perfect locomotive of Railway conduc'
: toErhiP, to make the whole ''press-gang" and
. their ''bettsr halves" iocund and happy. Al
the principal points of interest the train Wsi
stopped, the party ahghted, and Mr.. s., with
stoniorian voice elOquently explained the pic