The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-30
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We presume that IL wOulu De eHJlEelS
useless in us to assure our "conserva-
tive" cotemporary of the Parkersburg
Gazette, that when the other day we
alluded to his grand project for build
ing up Parkersburg by stopping mer,
chandise in transituat that point, and
putting expense upon it, we were
actuated by no "feeling of ill-will,
hatred and jealousy" whatever toward
Parkersburg. Our cotemporary says
that we are. Furthermore, he says that
the INTELLIeENoER is the organ of the
anti-Parkersburg party here. This is
great nonsense, if we might use SO un-
courteous an expression toward our
cotemporary. We have no such party
here. The eISTELILeENcER consequent
ly is not its organ. We have very sell
dom had a word to say about our very
respectable sister town of Parkersburg
that was not perfectly unexcePtionable
to even those down there who consider
it not only the centre of all the oil re-
gions but the very hub of the State
itself. Our cotemporary should know
that we feel up this way no occasion
whatever for jealousy of Parkersbnrg.
Wheeling is not depending on com
merce" to build her up, as is Parkers-
burg, according to our contemporary,
and is therefore not in competition.
She is depending on her numerous and
increasing factories, large ana small
broken here in transitu, merely to
give business to drays and steve
dores. We had our day of. such
infatuation and it cost us great deal
of fmoney. Now we know better. We
have learned that commerce shuns all
stoppageS-all breakage in bulk-and
that where such delays and landings
are put upon it, the line of transPorta-
ton itself must suffer n decrease .oi
business. The Baltimore & Ohio road
is at this very time preparing to cut OIL
all re-handling at ParkerSburg, by
building n bridge there and running
cars through the place without any
STOP whatever. In other words goods
are to 90 through Parkersburg precise
ly as they go through Cumberland at
this time, a circumstance that our CO.
temporary pointed out as one 10 De
dreaded and avoided. AT Bellatr, four
miles below here, the same company is
building another bridge to avoid break
age in bulk at that place. And so 1t is
everywhere on all the roads. The time
is near at hand when all such notions
as interior towns being built up at the
expense of general commerce will be
effectually exploded. Cities and towns
that would thrive must cultivate pro-
duction-in other words, the art oi
putting values by means of labor on
raw materials. This is the way we are
doing up here, and we commend our
old and dear bought experience to our
contemporary. People are putting their
surplus capital and their earnings in all
sorts of machinery. Come up and see
our new enterprises, Mr.. Gazette. You
will be astonished to see what wealth
is daily being revealed here, and whal
sure foundations for an increasing
population are being laid. We have
nothing fictitious at all here-nothIng
less solid and substantial than coal and
iron. We are not in the oil business
except in the way of refining it, an6
and making lamps and wicks and such
things for those who are sinking mon
ey in sinking wells. We have grea
deal of smoke, IL great deal of fire, ant
a great deal of. all that is useful anC
permanent hereabouts. Again we say
as YOU have never been up, come anc
visit us, and see for yourself, how little
cause we have to feel envious or jealous
of Parkersburg.