The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-27
virginia and west virginia IpternaI


The Richmond Dispatch, of Monday,
has an editorial in regard to the yir-
GINA Central and Covington and Ohio
railroads. The editor has been in
formed by Mr.. James G. Paxton, who
was here during the late session OF our
Legislature, that the-sentimeuts of the
members, the people and the public
press were altogether liberal and IA
vorabIe" to the system of internal i'm
Provements in which both States are so
deeply interested. The Board of Di-
rectors ofthe Central Railroad Company
have determined to issue three mil
lions Of dollars of preferred stock,
secured upon a mortgage of the Com
Pany's property, wherewith TO put
the Central in complete order, and
also TO commence the work of
constructing the Covington and Ohio
road. This issue, however, is not
to BE- made until offered by the stock
holders in general meeting, which
meeting Is to be called for the I'D of
May. The movement of the company,
/ it is anticipated, will be seconded by
subscriptions in Richmond, and also by
/ liberal subscriptions in the Kanswha
I Valley. The object" says the Dis
I patch, ''is TO apply the first means in
hand to the putting OF the Central road
in order, and doing as much as possible
/ upon the CovingtOn and Ohio railroad.
\ IL would, for instance, be great thing
/ for the roads, and a great public accom-
mediation, to complete the line in a
[ short time to the White Sulphur
| Springs, in Greenbrisr.
The West Virginia legislators and
the people, says the Dspateh, appreci-
ate the superiority of this route for its
shsrtuess and is easy grades over all
others, and are ready to afford every
facility for the construction of both rail-
road and canal. The people are taking
hold Ofthe kanawha i'm proyemeut with
I spirit, and there is reason 10 hope that
by locking and damming, the Kama
VIVA will be, ere long, improved up TO
I New river; and that the work will be
continued up that river and Greenbri-
Greenbrier, the gap between that point
and the end OF the canal on this side
ths Allegheny will be very narrow; for
should the steps now projected TO put
in progress the Covington and Ohio
\ railroad be successful, the James River
t-AL VIII
ately have inducemsnt and credit to
extend their work TO Covington, which
will be neither expensive nor difficult.
From Coyington 10 Greenbrier river is
only thirty miles; an exceedingly short
link in the great water line from the
Chesapeake to the Ohio; and one which
would be necessarily soon completed y
These topics are exceedingly inter-
esting to our people, and we trust they
will be more than ever attentive and
vigilant with regard to them. A new
period is about to open upon US, and
our future depends very much upon
our own energy and sagacity. Com
plete the latitudinous lines of commu-
nication running from the Chesapeake
to the Ohio and Mississippi, and we
compact and fortify the interests-po-
itical and commercial-of the middle
States. Nothing can SO strengthen the
means and power of the two Nirginias
as the contamination of these great
works; and they will be.alike benefi-
cent TO the people of the Ohio and Cen
trail Mississippi valleys"