The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-12-13
Abont a New Railroad.

HAVAtAh3 h4S9bNASI WI At5A4sU S+4S ~ A''Fsf
some action to bring TO head the project
Tor railroaaIfromR RtidgepOrtto IUrlchS-
vile, on the &c. s St. L. Road. An in
terest IN this project hos manifested itself
among our citizens 7spch asi iusiaesj the
Council in taking tho matter into consid'
eratioit Tbe primary difficulty in cases
ofthis kind is ,ip finding starting point.
Concert Of action is wanted, and some
body needsto be invested with bficIal.or
delegated authority. A starting point
might be made by holding q citizens
meeting and appointing 9 working CON,
fmittec, and we are not sure but that would
be the hest mode Of procedure. But it
has been suggested that Council might
instruct their Railroad Committee to take
such steps in the premises as that body
should, upon due Consideration a9tg the
subject, ,'sseifitstO directs ~
1t cannotbc necessary 70 enlarge on the
advantages that would accrue to Wheel
Ing FROM such'a lihe OF railway as THAT
proposed. T Gus intelligent 2 readers all
khSwSahat they.wdpldbe. aE need 6aly
be said, in general terms, that the As or5O
miles Of country to be traversed, is as rich
and pQpulous as any region Of like pr less
extent within hundred miles Of Wheel
ing, in anydirection. lit Is now totally
destitute Of railroad facilities and a road
built as proposed, would drain q thousand
square miles of rich and productive terri
tory and make it4nearly all tributary to
this city. 1t would do much more than
this; fol connecting bya short route with
the railway system of Northern and
Northwestern Ohio, 1t would enable
Wheeling to compete herewith Pitts
burgh, and would open o field for Wheel
ing wares that could be enlarged to al.
most any extent that the energy Of our
manufacturers might choose.
1t has been proposed,Swc understand,
by the Lake Shore Company (whO will
run o lind from Berei, the Lake Shore
road. Z Nw miles west of Cleveland,
southwark by New Philadelphia) that If
Il line from their terminus to the Ohio Of
81 Gneaanr9 ttiis point IS graded, they VIII lldy
down track and equip it This is the
proposition, ,ye. hear, made 70 the gegp1t gentle
men who arc moving for q line TO start
from u point on the Central Ohio, some
five miles west Of .Bellairc. Whether the
olEerr Of tho Lake Shore Company is limited
to that particular project or would bc
awarded 10 the one that offered the great
est advantages. it,would be the business
of q committee to ascertain. If the re.
suit i,ol this Enquiry should prove tSvora.
BILE, the next thing would be to push
ior an .immetli9te survey Of the
Bridgeport rbutc.' IA portion Of The
funds needed t6lSayatOr asatVey has been
raiscd.g / iIlelbalancereq is notlaFge.
As everybody in the city who pays taxes
wouldybe benefited by the enterprise con-
tempiated, there would be no injustice in
making small appropriation out Of the
city treasury, though the amount could
doubtless soon be raised bya soliciting
committee. Under any circumstances,
the survey ought TO be made, by COM
petent engineer, so that it may be def;
nitelF Known whether there is pr, il, not o
God r65uteadt a,faiIroad mRhat direction.
II the fact be ascertained in the afllrma-
i've We believe the, people Of this city un- un
detstand their interests too well to rest
content till Q road j. bull, ,ppe, in whose
management they shall have at least par
tial control. VI t,1Hr. ra,,yg-T I
Il Mr.. Garrett could see the interest o.
the Baltimore & Ohio Company as many
intelligent gentlemen, here think they see
1.-THE proposed road would make q link y in
the most direct line he can possibly find
rnoha BsltimoreI to2Chicago.J LetIhim
take hold OF the Hempaeld and finish it
through 70 the Connelsvillc. road. This
viii shorten the distance from Wheeling
toCumbcrland actually as we arc informed,
40 miles, andpractically (allowing for eds.
Ter grades 90 miles, Then continuation
from Wheeling to Toledo would give Mr..
Garrett lar the shortest line in ex-
istence from Chicago to Baltimore,
from Chicago to tide water anywhere.
Then tho completion Of the Metroppl-
itan Road, from Point Of Rocks to, Wash
ington, would make this the great through
route, because the short and direct one)
from the Northwest and Far West to the
National Capital We don't know that It
Would be- worth While to again invoke
Mr.. GARRETTs assistance. This was done
unsucceslully two years ago; but y is
possible circumstances have, somewhat
modified his views since that time. The
ditlcutiesof getting a short line to Chi
cago ,Via iPlttsbnFgh7 may have proved
greater than then anticipated !; and The
prospect of the carly possession of'the
HemPfeld, pafhs near completion oEthe
Bcllaire bridge, may have altered the sit
uation as 1t then appeared. ,.,.,.,
2IitRll bei vsI tiRt s3lses wAa the
Lake Shore Company, will do, and i IN
successful in that quarter, VIC might! try
another mission to Baltimore; but with
reference to either, . . survey IS ilndlspte4nsa' pte4