The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-04
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The Railroad Question.

Weprint this morning an interesting
and in some respects valuable letter on
the railroad question, The writer does
not discuss the proposition for a CoRneC'
ton with the L. 8, Ut. v. road, hut re-
views the ground generally and states the
main considerations that ought TO govern
the action Of our people. He prefers the
project for an independent through line,
thinks the Hopedale route the best pro
posed, and mentions rs one Of the grounds
for giving the through route project tho
preference the probability that when the
road is built the Baltimore s. Ohio Com
pany will seek connection with II so rs
to make 1t q short line from the northwest
to Baltimore. We should think there
could be little doubt tho baltimore Com.
pany would be eager TO mako such u
connection, for line from Toledo
to Wheeling would DO tho most valuable
feeder that road could have, The hardship
seems to us TO consist in the fact, that while
this Is true, the Baltimore Company waits
for Wheeling unaided TO build that feeder.
-Four years ago public meeting in Wash.
ingtOn Hall, impressed with the mutual
value of such a line to tho Baltimore
Company and to Wheeling, sent com.
mittee to visit the authorities of that Com.
pany and present to them the views Of the
meeting on that point These views were
ably and earnestly pressed upon Mr.. GAR.
RETT, but they met with no favor and
now that Company, having one long line
into Northwest Ohio, (UiG New.
ark to sanduskyO Is about TO be.
gin another from Pittsburgh, whereas
a line from this point directly to Toledo,
and the filling of the gap between Wash.
ington and the Connellsvile road, would
give Baltimore the shortest and best line
1t Is possible to make from that city to the
northwest---H line worth both the others
to her, and costing not fourth so much.
OF course, the Baltimore company will be
glad to avail itself Of this road when
somebody else builds H.; but why should
II not aid us in building itH Tho use of
that cOmpanys bridge would bea contrl.
button 10 the road worth million.
What VIC particularly want to know,
and what our correspondent does not fur.
nish, is an authentic statement Of the pro.
gress and prospects of the company that
has been organized to build road over
the route which he prefers. We believe
the people Of this city are in rcsolute
frame of mind on this subject, and arc
ready to subscribe and vote money to
build o road, II they can have assu-
RANGES that their contribution will go
to a live and practicable enterprise-somc-
thing that promises results adequate to
the expenditure and in q reasonable
period. Will not tho immediate friends
Of the Short creek and IIopsdalc route,
who are familiar with the work done by
the "Wheeling & Lake Erie" organization
and with the assurances Of outside aid on
which they base their confidence of sue
cess, give tho facts to the public. II the
advantages Of the several routes arc iully
canvasscd and all the facts and consider.
atlOns in favor Of each explained, our
people will be able fairly to judge where
they had better lend their aid. As yet
we believe they are not advised with SUI
ilcicnt exactness to enable them to choose
with confidence. d. ~.
Let us have the fullest and exactest in.
formation possible all round. st,g