The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-16
SOUTH RAILROAD
CONNECTIONS.
Projects Of the Pennsylvania Rail
rond COmpnny-Circumve the
baltimore md Ohio Railroad.

Projects of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company-C ircumyenting the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
From the Philadelphia North Americana
We see from our Maryland exchanges
that the work that is being accomplish
ed by the Pennsylvania Railway Com
psny in that State is attracting consid
cradle attention. The statements are
that the Company have lately formed q
connection with the Cumberland Valley
road, that terminates at Hagerstown
with the Franklin road, running from
Hagerstown to the Potomac, and the
Potomac aud. Martinsburg road, run
ming from the river to the latter
place. Other charters, it is said, will
be employed beyond Msrtinsburg, by
which the Pennsylvania road will be
enabled To continue up the Valley, in
opposition to the Baltimore and Ohio,
and constitute through line between
the Southern States and Harrisburg and
Philadelphia, leaving Baltimore full
degree of longitude TO the East. Work
is being pushed rapidly to cOmplste the
connections, and another project is re-
ported in good progress more to the
ness now led to Baltimore.
We have always believed and often
stated that in our opinion one of the
greatest necessities for eur railway sys.
tenn was a projection enthusiastically
in suoh direction that Nashville, Ten
nessee, would constitute the full OBJ
jective. Such q road would drain
Western Virginia, and bring. Eastern
Kentucky and Tennessee, with all Of
their own and much of their tributary
business, to our doors. An effort some
what in this direction is made in the
current plan for q road from Pittsburgh
via Fairmont, to Christianburg, where
a connection is made with the Virgins
and Tennessee road. The under
taking will, when completed, meet
the general end of close connec,
tion with these SoRthern States that
are strictly southwest to us, only
for Pittsburgh. Nor, so far as we see,
is the end brought directly to hand by
the alleged effort of the Pennsylvania
Central. Assuming the Philadelphia,
Wilmington, Baltimore and Washing.
ton roads as the base and straight line
between the extremes, the projected
AOuOO W buO OGOudC Ith
from Harrisburg, will describe semi
circle on those extremes that is incom-
plete only for the few miles from Wea-
vertown to Washington. 1t will be of
value to the southern central business
of the State, and will naturally increase
the business over the Central.
The announcement that we have seen
is very imperfect. 1t refers TO a pro.
ject further south, in continuation OF
this undertaking. What that is may
remain undisclosed to the proper time.
It is to be hoped that it has, or may soon
have, reference to bringing eastern Ken
tucky and Tennessee more close to us
and that we may be furnished with
reader access to the great railway GEN.
tre of the South that is being
rapidly built up at Chattanooga
The DETECTION of the road
from the Potomac to Martins.
burg is simply running parallel with
the Baltimore and Ohio, while we
should prefer TO advance through Win.
chester. The facts may be subject to
some correcting. We give them as re-
ceived, and shall be glad to find that our
trade is in Any way being enabled to
reach and drain region of immense
value, that has never been accessible to
us.