The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-01-11
me baltimore and ohio Road---The
Late speech of Mr.. Garrett.

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Late .sPeeehof Mr.. Garrett.
The Philadelphia Ledger of Monday
last indulges in the following remarks
"At the recent annual meeting OF the
Directors of the Baltimore and Ohio,
Railroad, John W. sGarrett ESD, the
President. made an fiaidress In response
10 q notice OF his Reelection TO the
Presidency. A copy of his speech
made on that occasion puts us IN pos
session OF facts OF material interest To-
Philadelphia at this time. OF the pres
sent condition OF the Company he
speaks only in general terms, indicat-
ing that its affairs are in a prosperous
state. That they are 50, amer the great
and constant disasters TO the road dur
ing the reb ellion, tells i strong story in
favor OF the energy and the ability and
fidelity with which its affairs have
been managed. Another admirable
feature In the address Is the thorough
Of the road with the In
terests of the city of Baltimore. We
long for the day when a similar spirit
shall be shown by the Pennsylvania
Central with reference to our own city,
and the fiourishing city of Pittsburgh,
its western terminus. And here we
reach the point which Is of the greatest
interest 10 MS In Mr.. CARROTS address.
lishment by the Baltimore and Ohio
Company OF great through line from
Baltimore and Washington to Pitts
bnrgh and Cleveland are correct. A
route from Washington to Point of
Rocks, on the Baltimore road, has been
located, which reduces the distance Der
tween those two points from ninety
to forty-fiye miles. AT Point OF ROCKS
the Washington and Baltimore stems
unite. and the route to Pittsburgh then
takes the present road as far as Cum
berlaud. Thence the Baltimore compR-
nv proposes to build the nfinished part
of the az ConnellsYille road Us lar as
Connellsville, and thence over the I'm
ishei part of the Connellsville road to
Pittsbnrph. From Pittsburgh It is pro-
nosed 10 complete the road (now partly
CONSTRUCTED. from that city, via
YOUNGSTOWN to Cleveland. This
ia the programme as SEE 1orkn
in Mr.. CARROTS speech. fora rail-
road from Cleveland and Ptttsburg
TO Baltimore and washington, eignty-
four miles shorter than any existing
rival line: He says the Baltimore and
Ohio company are ready to complete
the foregoing plan, and that Sir Morton
PetO's party have agreed TO furnish the
capital "prOmptly,n but the most stTt-
king, and, to PhiIadelphians the most
mortifying, feature of this development,
tons OF great and profitable business
to the city of baltimore over this line
upon the hearty cooperation of the
people in the western part of our own
state. That business, which should
be attracted to Philadelphia by the en-
ergy and enterprise fourcttiz
the sJj0ifey of the Pennsylynpia Cen
tr,lpcoFnbaIiy, is to. be diverted to Bal
timore because, as Mr.. Garrett says,
"the merchants, the manufacturers, the
capitalists and the people OF That CITY
(Pittsburgh) and of Western Pennsyl-
Yania demand the construction OF this
road US one man." Why Is II that the
feelings of the people of Pittsburgh and
Western Pennsylvania are thus aliena-
ted from PhilaH 'lphia, hatthey should
t1as one man. ueDlaHd a new outlet to
the seaboard that will give Philadelphia
the go by? Why is II so? These are
questions that the merchants, capital
lists, manufacturers and people OF Phiia-
lelphin should demand answers to-.
The consideration of the reason for so
extraordinary and even unnatural q
condition of affairs Will soon be forced
upon them, and they may as well begin
to face Il at once. sli
1--WE are indulging in no petty .jeal-
ousy of the city OF Baltimore. Il is an
enterprisIng and pluclky little city, and
we'll deserves every business encour-
aeement bestowed upon it. Neither is
il our design to find fault with its great
railroad company. II is thoroughly
Baltimorean in its policy, as it should
be. But what we wish to impress on
the people Of Philadelphia is, that our
railroad policy has tNyyled Pittsburgh,
and Western PennsylvaniR array from
Philadelphia, whilst that of the Balti-
more company is attracting them to
that city. The only way of correcting
this. is to insist that the policy of the