The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-11-24

and l. have told MIR. Lincoln so, that
had he frankly and openly entrusted
himself to. the hospitality and selfre
spectof Baltimore, It would have had q
moral power for peace in our commu-
nifty and in the South. But counsels Of
distrust prevailed, and it looked ominous
from that hour" .1s sat 1aJ
b Thetpolitics and the spiritual defcien-
cies of Mr.. Garrett arise from his race
and avocation. Two strong but conser-
Sative and mercantile types NEE; in him,
the Scotch Irish and the Pennsylvania
German His enterprise, assiduity,
large commercial character, and patri-
otism Of locality are the Scotch traits !;
his vigilance, thrift, honesty, and equi
poise are the German traits; between
the two he drives his clear head and
physical vigor. This type of man is
likely to have more impact and live
weight than genius. and the sentimen-
talities and reforming propensities enter
sparingly into his religion. Sagacious,
not sensitive, more vigilant than rehcc-
tive, unknown to melancholy, perpetu-
ally and materially ambitious, he is
what he is, the organizer and ener-
gizer Of highway, the devoted be
liver in his city, the master of his stu
alton. He is the A. 7. Stewart of Bal
tinore, upon more rudy. more gener-
GUS, and more comprehensive scale, but
equally solid, real and cautious. He
has now twelve thousand men. in the
employ of his road. Although com.
PEELED to conduct. an unflincbing rivalry
with the great parallel interests Of
Pennsylvania and New Yosk, Garrett
never stoops to cunning, to corruption,
nor to persecution. He liz a business
adversary, not an enemy, and, above all
men of my observation, is the most
serenely assured that chicanery can
never prevail over conscientious indus
try.
No railroad has been compressed be
tween such heavy fires-the national
lobby at Washington. on the one hand,
and the Pennsylvania intere t, on the
other.
The only national success the latter
has gained is the concession of second
line from Baltimore to WASHINGTON,
which every one will admit to be neces-
sary. This might have been prevented
had Mr.. Garrett relieved the Northern
Central passengers from delay and de-
tention in Baltimore but he always re-
sists, and this is fault in his character.
Some things had better be conceded,
even at present apparent loss. The
new road is several miles longer than
his own, and will be confined to freight
carriage chiefly. His successes over
the Pennsylvania road are all legiti-
mate. and important, The Connellsville
concession was opposed by that com
pany for twenty-three years, to the in
jury of all Western Pennsylvania. The
same road has embarrassed the COM
pletion Of his bridges at Wheeling and
Parkersburg to the annoyance and loss
of the travelling public. I said to Mr..
Garrett some time ago:
"The Pennsylvania Road leased the
road from Columbus to Chicago to cut
You off, did it not?"
"Oh, no" he replied; mr.. Thomp-
son cannot have done me the injustice
to suppose l would lose 81 100000, as
he is doing, to have that road. The
Erie people were a little reckless about
that time, and he supposed that they
might be foolish enough to want it.
do you really anticipate that yon
will have q new road from Pittsburgh TO
ChicagoH'
"Yes, ! do And believe that it
will be built in two wears. We can
build it for $4,000 mile. The people
all along the northern belt are anxious
about it, and are writing letters and
offering to raise money. Well thev
may! Every year the fuel on the New
York Central road is growing scarcer
and dearer, while on the line we pro-
pose coal and wood are almost mex
haustible We shall be able to ses
tickets from Chicago to New York, by
way of the National Capital, over the
direct route by Conncllsville and the
Metropolitan road, for less money than
the other lines. With the completion
of the Metropolitan branch, Washing
ton will become what we could never
make it before, terminus. At present
the freights of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad west are mainly coffee and rail
road iron"
Such as ! have presented above, is
Mr.. Garrett, a merchant Of large ac-
complishments, conscientiously man
aging an important railroad in the in
terests of its proprietors, and Of the
city and State which promoted il. 70
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