The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-23
The west virginia Rat,roads.


F. on, The Buchanan Jlp.hprr Co.. Adroedse
Young as orr state is, and having
but recently cast of the shackles of
East Virginia, through the agency OF
which the new State has been blessed
with at least one line of railroads,
while yet part of the old State,) viz:
the Baltimore and Ohio, the Legis-
latures of our State, have since
its organization as such, wisely
sought to increase the number of rail-
ways in the State, and have now grant
ed charters for the establishment of
such roads as Will cause this State, in a
not far distant day, TO stand side by
side of Indiana and Ohio.
The most important of the lines, and
which certainly has a fair prospect of
an early construction, Is the West
Virginia Central traversing the State
from North 10 South. beginning at
some point on the Northern end OF this
state, connecting there with the Penn
sylvania Central, and then taking its
course through the counties OF Preston,
Taylor, Barbour, UpShur, BraXton,
Webster and Nicholas, the heart and
centre of the State, 10 the head waters
OF Elk River To its terminus, at Charles
ton. Then the road passes down on
the banks of the Great Kauawha to
Scary Creek, where it leaves the Kama
wha and passes by way of Barbours-
Vile to the Ohio River, and with said
River to the town of Ceredo, where il
will connect with the Kentucky Rail-
road, leading to Cincinnati, Louisville
and - LouiSF in fact this road If once
completed will connect by 4 consider
able shorter route than any now in eI-
istence, the Northern and Eastern
cities, with the Western and Southern
cities. We are glad to learn that the
road is rapidly approaching completion
on the Southwestern section, and
will be completed TO Charleston in the
course of a year.
This road will be to the State of West
Virginia what the Central" is to Penn
sylvania, the great lie artery of COM
merce and trade, and will bring US in
close connection with the Eastern and
Western markets-relieving US by COM
petition from the heavy freight tariff of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and
will enable our merchants and me-
chanics 10 patronize more liberal mar
ketS than Baltimore. But to the centre
of the State is it that this great thor
oughfare will bring its greatest blessing
the vast mineral wealth now hidden
and lying forsaken and abandoned
under our fertile soil for want of out
let, will be developed; our magnificent
forests, abounding in the choicest tim
es by; and vast manufactures and fur
naces will send to the East and West,
South and North, the developed riches
of West Virginia; and the present hide
bound condition OF our young State, the
Inheritance OF aristocrauc old Virginia,
will have forever vanished.
To counterbalance the effect which
the construction of this road must have
on both Northern and Southern traffic,
the Legislature of East Virginia has
consolidated all its roads, terminating
on the Eastern boundaries of our State
into one company, the "COvington and
Ohio Railroad - and our Legislature
has also granted charter for said Com
pany TO construct line of railroad
from Greenbrier county to the Ohio
riyer-paSSiuE along the valley of the
Great kanawha river, thus endeavoring
to secure the trade from the West and
South to Norfolk, East Virginia, via.
Richmond-cutting of the Eastern and
Northern cities by this line. But we
have no fears; the Northern capitalists
will never let such an opportunity as
now is rendered them by the charter of
the West Virginia Central Railway
pass them, and fail to secure to them
the very sources of trade from which
they have hitherto been debarred by
the lack of railro d, such as is now
offered them; and East Virginia, the old
/ ungratsful Step Mother, will be roo ate
TO snatch this precious morseI from the
hands of her young but energetic com
| petitor, in the hope of thus giving
the;;death blow TO all railroad enter
/ prises in the new State, and domi-
neering over US again as of Late. The
"west Virginia Central will and must
| be made; and with il a new era OF life,
/ industry and enterprise, will begin in
! our new State-the immense advan-
tages OF which no mortal mind can
/ now conceive.
Other roads also will follow in the
I work X of these mighty streams of traffic
I such as the Monongahela and Lewis
burg Railroad- connecting with the
tPennsylvania, the COyinEton and Ohio
Railroads, and the kauawha and Shen-
Z audoah Railroad, connecting US with
the Virginia and Tennessee line OF rail
roads, These roads may not be con-
structed Al very early date, but tbs
day will come, and must come when al
/ these railroads shall send their Iror
Horses to traverse our rich and fertile
valleys, bringing and taking with then
the treasures OF this great and glorious
/ Republic, OF which we shall thence
forth form no insignificant part.
( IuHERAN,-This denomination ap
pears to be earnestly engaged in re
iiOioT1S rrsrarious especially in Penn