The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-23

| enterprise was lnCOIpOLatCu ~ Su. 49,
1t Is True had something to say about It
| | was not at home when the organization
was actually elected, however, and did
moi know Tor some time had been asso'
ciatcd with il; but it pleased my fellow
citizens To make me one Of the directors
and interested as am in everything that
promotes the welfare OF the country in
which live, feltan interest particularly
In this, | thought saw It would be Of
grand interest to us. We went TO work
and had an arrangement made with the
former President Of tho Panhandle Rail
road to cooperate with US in max ing the
road down TO Wellsburg simply, We had
II in our minds MOTTO be so presumptuous
as TO suggest TO Wheeling she was inter
ested in It, though we thought she was
We thought we would do so much tC
take care Of ourselves. But that President
was depOsed. Another President was put
in his place; and when we renewed negO
tiations with him, after we had raised the
subscription required to make the road tC
Wellsburg, and were about 10 enter or
the business Of making It, We had TO renew
the negotiations with new President, and
he had rather wider views and was dis
posed TO embrace Wheeling in the matter
and insisted We should 81 conduct the fu
ture management Of the enterprise as u
enlist the city Of Wheeling In it. And
| can assure you President Scott
is desirious the road should be made &c
Wheeling, and there Is no fear that he
will feel inclined to take a technical ad
vantage OF the ninety day promise in his
proposition. Not any. lie wants the
road made and desires 10 cooperate on
the terms he has proposed for making It
So We had to begin anew. That Is the
reason VIC had 70 talk with the people Of
this county and ask them TO take an inter
est in the subject, and that Is the reason
the road Is not made 10 Wellsburg to-day
We are hanging on your action, and al
though we have the cheerful but indefinite
intimation held out to the hope that Y
this should ultimately fail, we may fall
back upon the original proposition, we
have no definite proposition, Tor Scott Is
not man Of that sort 10 have two
things agreed on at the same time that
may interfere with each other.
We feel, therefore, deeply interested to
get the road through, not only because II
may determine the question whether we
shall have road TO Wellsburg at all or
not, but because VIC want Il through.
The people Of our county desire TO have
the road come to Wheeling, desire to
make the trade of the county tributary,
SO far as II would be tributary TO any
neighboring city, to the city Of Wheeling,
But II the road should be made 10 tcrml.
nate at Wcllsburg, Of course the whole
business of our county would be directed
10 Pittsburgh. Butitis much farther, and
besides the natural tendency of trade Is
here.
This Is the way in which we come appar.
emily TO DO the organization that Is start.
Ing this enterprise. We have no desire Of
course to occupy tho position which we
do al present Of having controlling In.
lluenCc In the directory Of the road,
but on the contrary II Is our
desire that Wheeling shall take the lead
in this matter, she would be entitled TO II
she would make the subscription.
This road deserves your subscription
because Of the effect II will have In
developing the resources Of the
country along the river We have
certainly a large mineral wealth
there. It ought 10 be developed. We
hive an agricultural fertility that ought
10 be developed 10 It's fullest extent. We
have along these two counties probably
not lcss than two thousand aCres Of coal
land lying under tho Ohio river, which
may be called q State domain, that
could DO utilized II this road were made.
We have a large mineral wealth that Is
now worthless lying under thcse fertile
hills that could DO called out. You have
iron manufactures In this city that need
that coal. We will have furnaces along
the road that will consume II. This will
develop population, attract capital, ID.
crease all varieties OF business, and will
enlarge the population Of this city. On
these accounts, It Is small consideration
which We ask Of you, simply request, as
l have shown you, TINT you will use your
credit for the construction Of this road II
few years, because the stock will return
you the subscription. With these con.
siderations VIC are here asking you 10 CO.
operate in this matter.
Now, again, I see this city has evidently
felt that II Is largely benefited by one rail.
road. At any rate, sec that this city, In
the wisdom Of It's fathers, has thought the
Baltimore s. Ohio road deserves great
favOrs OF their hands. l sec that for the
small consideration OF q hundred thou.
sand dollars expended In this city they
are willing 10 exempt that road from tax.
alton. Now, consider for moment, will
you, the bearing upon this city In that
direction, Of expanding money In II, tho
construction Of this road will have. The
part the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
proposes 10 beat In the obstruction Of this
road IL this: We grade the road
for the ties and bridge 1t. They
furnish the ties, lay them, put on
the iron and build the depots, build the
sldings and have the road thoroughly
equipped for running and then they run
Il, at Of course charge FOR the running.
They put into tho cost Of the construction
OF this road dollar for dollar on q fair cal.
culatlOn what we put into II. Now, If
this $225,0OO which you subscribe, and
the $4,000 we subscribe, Is put into this
road, you will perceive these two counties
will have put into 1t $4,000. The Penn.
sylvania Railroad Company will expend
that much more. There will 10 called
out then, you perceive, from the two
counties and from the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company and expended In the course
perhaps Of Is months, along distance Of
% miles, nearly 100000, the outlay Of
which will In the main come into this
city. Directly or indirectly you get the
benefit Of II. You think II a great advan.
tage In this city 10 expend 100000 to
build machine shops by the Baltimore s.
Ohio railroad. Here in one year will be
100000 spent along the line Of this river,
nearly every dollar Of which, one way and
another, will be tributary TO the COM
merCe Of this city.
Then again, will not that railroad per
force construct machine shops hereS Will