The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-14

road, every man wants II lOcateu through
Or near his farm. Our Buckhnnnon
friends were for several years deeply I'M
pressed with the belief that their village
possessed kind Of magnetic attraction
that would cause all the railroads as well
rs the seat Of government 10 gravitate to
that point I believe they havG kind Of
rid themselves Of that hRllucination, or
else they despair Of making any converts
to their opinion.
Now, I nm rather inclined to believe
that Barnes is right about The railroad.
This railroad II constructed should be
built right up the West Fork Of the
SIon0ng2hCla River by Clarksburg, and
thence pursuing Southerly course pass
near Weston and continue In u slight
6outhwesterly direction, passing through
the Eastern portion of GilnCr county
and tho Western part Of Braxton
into Clay, until 1t reaches Elk
River, and thence down said river to
Charleston. This, from an examination
of the map, appears to DO the most prac:
ticable route for the proposed railroad l
have not Travelled over either Of the pro-
posed routes, but when l examine tue
map | find that Col. YOungs proposed
route Is considerably dotted with those
distractions which arc called mountains;
but on DR.. Barnes's route | find no noun
tains, and neither do l find hills Of sui'
ficient importance TO receive place on q
map, and It does appear tint road can
be constructed on the Barnes route ut
much less expense than on 1oungS.
Again, Charleston US u point Of intcrsec.
ton Is much nearer than tho point would
be on Youngs proposed route.
deem that newspaper communications
written by parties interested in tho roads
running through their counties, will make
but little impression on the capitalists who
will build tho road. Men who own capital
are usually practical men, and invest
their money where II will yield tho
the greatest dividend They will not be
apt 10 be led 10 invest their means In
utopian enterprises by Colonel YOungs
beautiful talk about "thc romantic Tygarts
Valley River" knowing as they do that
after the road has pursued It's serpentine
course up this river to its source, 1t Will
then have TO be constructed sub terra in
order 10 reach tho opposite side OF the
mountains. ..,
Colonel Young in his communication
finds much fault with DR.. Barnes for say
Ing that part of his (Young's) route is
through u '"Jarren Sahara descrt," and
endcavors to meet this by referring to the
popu!0W q counties through which his
route passes, mentioning Randolph with
It's 5000 inhabitants, with its broad rich
valleys, table and mountain lands" Tho
table and mountain lands orc there, but
its rich valleys arc very narrow; as an
evidence of this Randolph county is as
large as the State Of Delaware, md llas
been settled Il hundred years, and has
vet but $500 inhabitants, and PocahOntNs
Is about us large as Randolph and as
sparsely populated. .....y..
lam, like Barnes and Young, an inter
ested party, and want tho road to run
near my ''iocal hGbitAtion," but do not
expect 10 get It, simply because l want 1t.
But l desire those who expect to aid in
tho construction of tho road, 10 examine
the proposed route well. If they do this,
am satisfied that both DR., Barnes and
myself will Cllecrfully accept the result,
and TINT tho iron horse will not soon dis
turb,' tho rcpOse Of tho deer and bears
that intcst the wilds Of Col. YOungs
pOpul0S county Of Pocahontas.
AGRESTIs.