Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-22

TIE wheeling lnteLtigeaeer, after mature
u thinking the thing over, has come to
the conclusion 70 throw cold water on the
projected Improvement Of the Ohio river,
being, We believe, the only paper in the
Ohio Valley that is not fsYoFabIy disposed.
Hatred of anything in the shape Of an i'm.
Proyement that looks toward a point north
ward from Wheeling, is a hereditary fail
ing at that village, that we thought was
pretty we'll worked out by railroad expert
enee, but it appears disposed 70 show itself
there WeILsbUEg Herald, 20th.
We submit in ALI caudor to the Herald
that there is q species OF littlsness of spirit
in the above remarks altogether unworthy
of its general course as newspaper. Our
contemporary tribes with the subject in
thus degrading 1t from topic involving
considerations Of most essential eharao-
ter to millions of people, into supposed
petty jealousy on the part of Wheeling
towards some other or all other points on
the river. II the projected improvements
are good for Weilsbnrg, and for Pittsburg,
and other places. why, in the name of COM.
mon. sense, would they not. and must they
not, be good for Wheeliug7 Our ueigbbor.
would have his readers suppose thatpsopIe
here are SO stupid as TO believe that what.
ever vnnld inpFo1e the Ohio aud make It
amoreeertain and cheaper bighyay,wouId
not enure to their beasit, bat, On de soa-
trary, would dos them. harm. !. There Al, 4
ProvincIaIISm about such q view f66f 8
silly In the extreme. q
The HsrGIddoes not see proper to put be-
fOreits readers the questions that were sd.
dressed to the proposed Louisville .Conyen-
tiOu through our paper. Those questions
struck other people with force. Mr.. Copley,
of Pittsburg, tie Conspicuous champion Of
slack-water navigation, who has studied
the question long and thoroughly, pro.
nounced them both pertinent and impor.
taut, and made them the text for an ex-
tended review of the whole project. The
Herald, on the contrary, with its superior
diseerumeut, aippaDtly disposes Of thsmS i a.
above quoted, and sees nothing in them
beyond some desire of Wheeling to con.
tract all the great interests csntsrsd in si1
hundred miles of the Ohio river into pitt
ful question of local trade.
1t may be of service to the Herald, and
to some Others to reproduce those cues.
lions, aud We hope our eotemporary will
in his next issue give them to his readers
and also sincerely and soberly tell. them
what he thinks of the points embraced in
them. They are as follows:
lst. Would slack water nayi0ation, .,
the Chic river be an improvements
Sd. Would not the pools freeze sooner
and remain frozen l0uger2
Sd. Could We ever have freight as cheap
~ We now do when the river is in GOOD
stage :. eNNf-
9Th. If not, would it bean I'm provsm;ssnt
to tax the heavy shipments in the sprioe.
In order to secure less rates ON the li0hter
shipments of the summer5
9th. how about accidents in or To thu
locks 10 the active business season.
2 9Th. Would RATS aud fat yboats Do As
we'll accommodated as at present. 10 The
spring rush would they be locked or I'd
over the dRmsl
7th. Would the water be as good for
family use to the cities and towns on the