The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-05-13

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You correspondent III" compliments
YOU upon your editorial structures upon
the past policy Of the Baltimore Il Ohio
Railroad Company. In this fully agree
with him.
He also denies any intention to continue
the strife which has existed between that
corporation and the city OF Wheeling, and
by way OF proving his COnCiliatory spirit,
refers 10 the "rascality' OF the company
and states further, to prove that he has no
desire to arouse our prejudices against inc
Baltimore Company, that "thc city OF
Wheeling has been, since 1893, the slaves
and serls Of the Baltimore " ONO nHlI'
road Company" al" however, gives
us the pleasing information that We cGn
be delivered from this degrading c0ndi'
ton OF slavery and seridOm in which we
have remained for so many years without
knowing it, until enlightened by III,
and his remedy Is 10 construct switch
10 connect us with the Pan Handle road
near Steubenville, and glrs a mortgage
mon il. This, he thinks, will act Us u
grand regulator, and will compel the
| Baltimore II Ohio and the Pennsylvania
Central to reduce their tariff Of rates i'm.
mediately. have too high an opinion
OF the shrewdness and intelligence Of my
friend al" to suppose that he believes
any such nonsense, Making this switch
will have no manner Of influence upon
the policy of either Of these powerful cor.
p0Fations.
III" must not infer any intention on
my part 10 decry any Of the advantages
which will accrue to our people by the
construction Of his switch. With his
PERMISSION | will undertake to enumerate
these advantages, to obtain which We are
called upon to give away the sum of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
1t will enable the gentlemen OF the le-
ral profession, for whom | have the high
est respect, III" included, to attend
Court nj the enterprising town of Wells.
burg, without mourning the trouble and
expense of crossing the river, and using
the railroad already constructed twill
give some OF our ladies the opportunity oil
making an occasional visit to Wellsburg
and Pittsburgh, in order to ascertain how
the prices of goods will compare with
Wheeling prices; and furthermore, Il will
afford my friend al" increased facilities
for visiting and examining "thG ineXhaus.
tible coal fields Of Brooke which may be
made available and be required by the
stable factories OF Wheeling in q hun.
dred years or more. And still further
iuducement for the construction of the
switch Is, that II It proves to be success,
the net revenue, It lrugally administered,
may be sufficient topay the wages ola con
duCtor, engineer, and two or three fire.
men, thereby giving employment to
a few industrious and worthy people,
and thus accomplishing great good.
Messrs Editors, let me state briefly my
objections to the construction OF this I'm.
increment: there Is no probability that the
county will ever realise dollar from their
investment; their money will go "wherc
the woudbine twneth." will undertake
with h moderate sized tiat.boat to bring
to Wheeling all the additional freight
which may be offered, Neither do be.
lioye that this switch will pay Its current
, expenses. In order to prove the correct.
ness of this impression Of minG-look Mt
the Hcmpfeld railroad, travcrsing rich
and populous country, with no competing
road or river, with considerable local trade
: to sustain It, md yet yielding revenue
!, barely sufficient TO pay Its daily expenses.
object to this bogus improvement be-
causc Il Is Il scheme concOCled IN Wells.
burg to enable the people Of that enter.
! prisIng village to obtain railroad by our
assistance, which however convenient to
. them 1t may be In their isolated condition
will be OF no manner OF use to us.
| object to this project Of an because
!, II hears fraud upon the face Of 1t, in
!. calling It the pittsburgh, Wheeling 4
Kentucky Railroad m" knows that
' there Is about as little probability Of this
+ switch being extended TO Kentucky as Of
s It's being extended to the moon; and my
n last objection to this scheme Of which
a al" is the patron, is, that the load OF in
debtcdness and taxation under which We
: arc laboring, is ample, without embarkinf
y in any such silly improvement rs that nd
/. vOcalCd by al"
- We already have two railroads con
u structed to Pittsburgh in addition to rivel
l. connection and we arc shortly to have
/. short line through Baltimore by way o
1. Washington and the COnnCllsville road
. much shorter md more direct than tn
v proposed route through Pittsburgh.
IS In conclusion Of this article let INC rs
d sure al" that I am not rs he intimates Al
q. agent of tho Baltimore IL Ohio Railroad
nor an employee of that company, nor II
= any way connected with 1t, neither am III
II attorney nor the fortunate owner OF rea
d estate in Brooke, worth fourteen thou
:, sand dollars
" close my remarks by expressing tn
W hope and belief that the people Of Ohit
l. county will on the Goth instant sec tina
70 their votes are recorded against the bogu
If Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky
:. RailrOnd project A CITIZEN.