The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-22

rived On Friday evening from Bssdu
having ptsyiously iisitSa Milan; Nor.
line. -
,Thes. s.ntl.ln.n 81 stpesst Of tn. l parojec,
with much encouragement in respect
to both its intrinsic merits and the favor
It Il meeting on the line and at the
East. The entire feasibility of the en-.
terprise. geographically considered, ia
regarded as placed beyond dispute by
careful surveys; while the strength al.
ready developed leaves little to be done
to give assurance Of success. A
already stated, the route is from Wheel.
ing to Martinsville, Hopedale, Fairyiew,
New Market, Aar.insville, Bowerstop,
Lsesburgh. Sherodsyille, Cumberland,
zosr,, Bolivar, Navarro, West Lebanon,
Apple Greek, Wooster; or q straight
line from Navarro, northwest, would
pass through Dalton, Orville, SmithNlle,
to Congress, thence to West Salem, New
London, Eorwalk, Milan, Sandusky
and Toledo. From Wheeling to Ma
varre, the line is definitely fixed. This
side that point, it's location remains
subject to future typographical and
financial Developments. aa ~--t
The distance from Wheeling to TOE.
do will be about 100 miles, to be varied
by the ronte finally adopted. Good
coal is reached at Navarro. Stark
county, 100 miles from Toledo. At
Zosr. Tuscarawas county. the rich
Blackband iron ore 10 found, which,
combined with Lake Superior: ore,
makes quality of iron not excelled /;
while the Eastern division. covering .
distance OF sixty miles, hes below a
strata of superior coal. Besides these
unsurpassed mineral resources, q large
portion OF the route is through q rich
agricultural region. 1t 10 stated that
the population along the line Of this
road 10 greater by 10000 than that on
the entire length Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway.
Such sthe strength ofthis enterprise,
that, with a local subscription OF $l0,.
900 per mile, Eastern capitalists are
ready to advance the means to build
the road From the energy and success
thus far attending the work. much con.
fidence is felt by its friends. We are
informed that considerable effort has
been made to divert the proposed road
from Bowerston, on the Panhandle. sia,
Canton and Akron to Cleveland-a mat
ter OF deep concern to Toledo. 5.i
We see by the Wheeling Intelli1s.os
that conference Of citizens and officey
of the Lake Shore and Tuecaraw'-
railway, (now building from Elyris
Dennison, on the Panhandle) was hen
in that city on the 7th, at which thot
present voted in favor Of accepting .e
proposition OF that company to connect
its read with Wheeling by an extension,
and committee was appointed to perfect
the necessary organization. This action
is understood to have been based on
the apprehension that the preferable
enterprise of an independent Toledo
road could not command the means
requisite to its success; but such, we
have reason to believe, is not the
general sentiment Of the Wheeling
people, as shown by the fact that the
City Council but a few days since
passed a resolution asking legislation
authorizing the city TO take 100000
stock in the Toledo road. Thus the
action of the few citizens on Thursday
evening, cannot safely be taken as re-
presenting the will Of the people, who
must want something more than 9
branch from the main line Of a road
running TO Marietta. Tho length
of time to elapse before the mat
ter can be definitely settled, will
afford ample opportunity for the citi-
liens Of Wheeling to investigate the
relative merits of the two projects. Ia
the meantime, We venture to say, the
Wheeling and Toledo proposition will
lose nothing, but steadily increase in
strength. There i, one dependence on
which its friends may rely, and that is
the municipal aid which they will be
permitted to extend to the enterprise
under the State Constitution - it will
undoubtedly be amended within the
coming year. This is a consideration
which the doubling citisens Of Wheel.
ing may wisely regard. To show how
readily the $1,900,000 necessary to Sc.
cure the 100 miles Of road might thus
be secured, we give the taxable valua-
ton of the Ohio counties through which
the line will probably pass, emitting
Jefferson and Stark counties, which
are crossed by the route, to-wit: +