The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-22
The u. n q. Il. X. CO...A Dis
passionate View Of the COntrO-

The u. n u. Il. X. CO.-.A Dis
passionate View Of the COntrO-
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TO the Editors OF tho lntelligencer.
There Is evidently much excitement
among our people on the subject Of the
action Of this Company, In relation to
the My0ugh lines. May not this agitation,
as agitation, be n little too soon and made
much too violent, Should there not be a
clear understanding from the proper
sources OF the whole ground Of action
taken or contemplated by this Company
before we commit ourselves to violence
Of passion or to imprudent action. Rail
roads must be expected to look to their
interests. This Is the very ground on
wuiCl they are constructed; II Is the rca'
son nl their existence II they did not
promote the interests Of the projectors
there would be none built; il they did
not continue N do so there would be none
maintained These remarks arc made
simply W show that any question touch.
ing ii &c Companies, that any movements
made by them Is, in the first place, purely
a question Of interest, and Is always one
to b. determined by the courts Of law,
whln here is Rny controversy and the
parties themselves fail Of an adjustment
ANY question which arises, then, is only
n dry question of law as to rights, or for
IN amiCable adjustment Ofthese Interests.
In either CasC there Is no proprlety in.
passion, nor room for violence II II is a
question Of adjustment 0T interests, this
Is best accomplished in good, sensible,
and manly iirmness, and without hot
temper and public sensation The only
consequence Of the latter can he the irri.
tation of both parties, and make that
which was n question Of law or a matter
for adjustment an issue Of passion and
contest Of violence, In which each Will
strive to do the other the most Injury.
That the Baltimore Company will make
the most direct route through connections
of freight and travel between the East
and West, Is what Is to be expected. i
il the natural law Of its existence. VIZ
may have heretofore lost some Of our lGgaI
rights in this respect but possibly that
may have been by their sharper diploma
cy, or It may have been by the pecullai
positions OF a majority Of the judges oftht
| Court Of Appeals of Virginia, OF from bOtf
causes. But that they will make the mos
direct and speedy connections possible, i
Is fair To suppose. 1t is the law Of indi
viduhl action, and II is more peculiarly
the law of corporations, whose rule Of nc
tinn IL the interest oi the corporation body
III we occupy a position TO control tht
Company ii is that Of purely legal right
and that can he enforced after all Othel
means have failed, as well as before any
means are tried for adjustment, and wher
all such means may he frustrated or madt
too embarrassing.
This Company is now the owner of the
Ilcmpticld Road. ! take 1t for granteC
that that purchase was made for one o
two purposes. either to let II lie as deat
| stock, and so exclude all connection be
twrcnWheclingand the East over thisline
or tn improve It and make 1t tributary Il
| It's Connelsvillc road, and thus build VI
! Baltimore, and thus throw freight ant
travel on to ils main stem east Of Cum
Iherand. The former supposition ls pos
sible, but IL not likely, and the evidence
of interest taken in the Hemptield con
0lradicts IT, |, therefore, take Il for grant
| cd that the latter suppOsition is the cor
rect one, and that the Hempheld will b.
made A h0ugA line. This will shorter
The road between Wheeling and Balll
more some sixty miles, rs | am informed
and perhaps more in the equivalent o
grades and curves. If this should be tn
, true state Of facts, the great argumen
which addresses itself TO corporations o
this kind, and TO cities whose factors anl
agents they arc, Is in favor Of the Hemp
field route. This being so, il s only
question Of time, and that time is onll
until the completion ot the Hcmpfeld