The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-07-28
The Railroad 70 the Northwest.

Report Of tie Railrood Comaauce Se,a by
the citizens Of Hepedale, Harrison
comfy, Ohio, 10 confer wih he leoding
and Influential citizens olorg tie route,
md especially tie citizens and business
men Of tie city Of Wheeling, in project
i,y Railroad from Wheeling 10 Hope
dale, ria Short Greek and Pinncy Fork.
Your committee beg leave to report
that the citizens along the route, so far
as they could he interviewed OH the
subject, expressed themselves entirely
in favor of it,
The commiitc called on 4 number Of
leading and influential business men OF
the elite. of Wheeling and Bridgeport,
and find that for some time the project
of running railroad from Wheeling
40 hwestwardly has been thoroughly
canvassci and las their cutirc approval,
and claim it would lee very beneficial
to the best interests Of the city could
they open up communication with
the Great Northwest.
And your committee, after CANVASS
ing the matter and consulting with
those interested in Bridgeport and
Wheeling, concluded their efforts by
submitting their correspondence with
Eastern capitalists and their offer to
the citizens "l IIopedalc, in which they
agree 70 furnish capital to the amount
of SIj,o00 per mile, provided those d.
rec,lv interested and benefited would
subscribe $1,000 per mile in addition
and give the right Of way for n railroad
from Wheeling to lIOpedalc, their OH
icct being to rcach the great coal fields
OF Eastern Ohio, also, the min
utcs Of !Vur meeting held on
the 10Th inst, with the Railroad
committee Of the City Council of the
city of Wheeling to bring Tia, matter
before them in regular order, and if
deemed advisable to bring the same he
fore the Council OF the city of Wheel
in. aul her citizens through them take
such action a. they may deem hest ia
the PREMISE,
Your committee made the request
that Tie railroad committee OF the
Council of Wheeling report immediate
" what action they take in the matter
to Your committee here as soon as prac-
ticablc, which WAS agreed upon
Your committee would also state that
they were well received by the business
men ot the cities of Wheeling and
Bridgeport, and their mission regarded
with favor And from the Wheeling
press they received kindly notices OF the
enterprise, and lively interest was
manifested on their way home
Also that 50 lar AZ could he asccr-
tanned the right of way would he given.
And that the route is believed to he
perfectly practicable without any heavy
cutting or tunneling.
Your committee has also taken the
responsibility Of ascertaining the feel
ing along the route from this point to
New Philadelphia and other points, Can
ton, Massillon, Berca and Cleveland, to
know if the citizens and railroad cor
porations that arc trying to reach our,
coal fields, feel any interest in the mat.
ter of extending this same communica-
ton via of the Valley of the Conotton,
by which connections can easily he
made hv an air line route to the North
west
Also that copies Of this report be
sent to the Wheeling papers for publ
cation, with the request that the papers
Of Northern Ohio interested copy
). p. BANTER, Chairman,
!. W. WEST
\. =. PAUL, Secretary.
On motion the report was received
and the committee retained.
j. d. WELT, President
\. J.. Pvt. Secretary