Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-10-10
The baltimore como RaIIroaa.

Be pot in operstioa, and VII Be repaired A
once, and that the gOrernment has gasF-
anteed to tbs Conpauy projections 70 The
road- We publish this morning Al article
from the Baltimore AEeioan in relation 70
the sane matter. or At least urging that The
road shall Be pat in order At once
Hisneediess 70 say that the reOPenipg Of
ibis road Is an inportan: natier % al
concerned To The people Of SorthEestern
Virginia, whose natural outlet 1t Is, it, i'm
porsanee can hardly Be over estimated--
The Baltimore 1 Ohio railroad is 50 init
nately connected With the prosperity Of
this pant or The State, that when it suffers
oUr people safer, and Ehea II PrOsPers
they derive the bsoe6t Of il property
wien It vns destroyed between Cunbes-
lind and HarPeT's FerTy, and Al COMM
nisAHoa Sith the East Tas cur Of, direct
bIor vas struck AZ our Interests, hardly
less than Al The interests of Maryland and
BaltnOre.
HE rsopeniBg OF the road. IT appears TO
Us nuIt Be A inPortant matter 70 the
goTernDen4- As roais for freight
there is Dose in the country its superior
vhea in good eoaditiOa. IL has more than
tgo thOasand freight ears and two hun
( dred locomotives SOW idle, not 70 speak Of
the namber destroyed along The PotomAe.
aud Il again repaired aud sure Of
protection wosld pat Ou traek an
anoani OF rolling EtOek that would make
ii, as it once uas, one Of the most Efficient
roads in The eountry.
The transportation Of freigbts required
By the Government At this time is immense.
We have perhaps $50. 900 men in camp
along the Potomac. and the great bulk Of
provisions for them must come from States
west Of PennsylTHnia. These ireights
nov have 70 go over the northern railroads
through Pennsylvania and New York
The result Is. these roads are go crowded
IS to seriously retard transportation
Over these roads. 100. all our troops NOV
ing from vert 70 east and ries rzsa have 70
be seat. Its roundabout way for ship
ments to WasbiDgton At beet, and the in
ability Of the roads 70 meet the eztraordi-
nary demands Of the Government is some
times a eanse Of serious embarrassment.
The means Of transportation are not sufi-
Gent. M0re roads are wanted. Under
these eireumstanees, IL the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad can be put in operation,
/ it would be highly beneficial 70 the
GOrerument. II is the shortest and
most diree. ronts from the Great
West to the Capital, ard that is the route
needed jest now more than All Others.
The result Of the monopoly OF northern
lines Of railroad has been 10 make freights
high. II the 8. O. Road could be pat
10 work with its great capacities IT would
occasion = bealthful competition that
would bring down prices to proper me-
dium and would thus save the Govern
ment money As well as embaITassment.
! But the greatest yalae of railroads in
time OF war is for the transportation Of
troops; and there Is not road in the
eoantry that could be more advantageous
IL employed for that purpose that this one,
for the reason that it lies along the border
in the direction in which troops may need
70 be shipped, east or west. II Is said that
Roseerans has telegraPhed 70 the War
Department for help. There are probably
thoTSands that could be spared from the
army Of the Potomac, bat they cannot be
sent because It is too far around under
present arrangements. There is good
reason to believe that Beauregard is shift
ing a part Of his army into the west to
overpower Roseerans, and yet the great
army Of Mcclellan stands before wash
ington unable to make q like movement
for the want Of direct railroad. For the
lack Of the Bpltinore L Ohio Railroad
Mcclellan can do nothing to eheckmate
such move, and the War Department is
Obliged TO call upon Ohio for more men,
while the grand army of the POtomae
stands Idly looking ou and she seat Of war
Is being shifted west of the Alleghanies.
The rebels, from the 6rst, appreciated
the great value OF this road TO the govern
uent, aud they struck an early blow to
disable il. Whether IL has been in the
power OF the Government TO protect the
road altogether, we cannot say, but pre-
sumo it was not Nor do We know Wheth-
er it could have Afforded sufficient protec-
ton since to allow Of repairs and the run
ming through Of trains. The Baltimore
Amerieaa, In the article alluded to, thinks
It could, and intimates that it was not done,
lin order TO favor Northern companies Be
this as Il may-though We attach no Inn
pOrtanee to this intimation-it appears
that there is no force Of the enemy along
the line Of the road now to prevent mod
crate force from fully protecting the work
men engaged ia repairs. and the road, after