The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-24
wheeling, Hopedale and Lake shore
Railroad.
HopEDALE, HARRISON Co,

Ohio, Aug. ~, lS'O
Editors of the Register:
At convention held in Hopedale, on
the l7th inst, in the interest Of a rail.
road from Hopedale to Wheeling,
the following named persons were
appointed as Board of Incorporators
for a road to be called the Wheeling,
Hopedale Il Lake Shore Railroad c.
w. B. Allison, J, B. Ford, Of Wheel
ing, w. Va; A. w Moore, Of Piney
Fork; j. B. Baxter and 4 B. Paul, Of
Hopedale, Ohio.
A committee Of three men in each
township, for three miles on each side
of the line, was appointed to secure the
right of way and solicit subscriptions.
Also,
Resolved, That said committee report
to the Standing Committee, at Hope
dale, at the first of every week, from
now until the first OF October .. 81.
The citizens Of Wheeling now have
the opportunity Of securing their long
desired communication with the Lakes
and they must see at once that as soon
as the Eastern division Of this route is
secured to them the connection is made.
The connecting link is already forged
and awaits only the Welding.
Citizens of Wheeling can you not
come up now and give the project your
assistance. Already in less than sixty
days nearly half million of money
has been pledged-S375,0O0 from East,
ern capitalists and a grant from the City
Council of Wheeling that she will petit
ton the Legislature at her next sitting
for the privilege OF taking stock not ex
ceeding $500, 900 in any railroad max
ing its eastern terminus Wheeling
running thence northwesternly to the
Lakes. Fifty miles only will secure
this Connection without any tunnellnG
or heavy grading compared with some
other roads.
We incorporate the first twenty-five
miles, making the Eastern terminus
Wheeling, and almost an air line from
Wheeling, ria New Philadelphia and
Denison, to Toledo, as near as can he
built Through rich agricultural re
gion, and especially rich in coal, mil
lions of bushels Of which lie along the
route proposed Millions OF dollars
! worth of Pine in the Northwest, to be
had in exchange. The productions OF
the Great Northwest will seek this
channel, and eventually the road will
be made one of the best paying roads
in the country. The citizens here are
in earnest and now ask You for aid, not
by words of encouragement alone, but
by your actions, by your liberality in
taking stock. Secure to this county by
your Council or your citizens one-half,
say 100000, for this end, and the
other 100000 to any other company
making its Eastern terminus Hopcdale
and the connecting link is made
We extend to You the hand Of fellow.
ship, will you take it, and with iron
bands connect the Ohio again with the
lakes? The small village of Hopedale
has shown you what she can do with
out any capital. Let Wheeling show
what she can do with hers, and in 80
days from this date, grading can be
commenced on every mile between here
and the river, a preliminary survey will
be Immediately made for the purpose
of securing right Of way. Let every
man then who feels any interest, show
it. Call meetings in every school dis
trict, and in every ward of your city,
show the people what vast benefits it
will confer on the city. Already the
people are saying il must come, sooner
or later; then the sooner the better
A resolution was passed at the conven-
ton authorizing the Standing Commit
tee to again visit Wheeling and show
them the necessity of prompt and
active measures to be taken.
BY order of the Committee.
S. P. BAXTER, Chairman.
4 B. PAUL, Secretary.