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

unsound." freely submit that method
to the Judgment of any statistician,
mathematician or other intelligent per-
son, not interested in making special
plea for a client. II We take his other,
the Harrisville route, we have that
town the first on the route some Is or
25 miles from here, with a population
OF 25S (not 500 as claimed.) This town
twenty years ago had population OF 800
precisely, or AZ more than it now has.
1t is you see growing small and, not
beautifully, less. Next we have George
town which twenty years ago had a
population Of lj3 mot 400) As the
whole township has less population
now than it had twenty years ago, and
as Georgetown now has no place in the
census Of 1870, We might infer that its
fine water power" on that branch OF
Short creek has washed its inhabitants
further down the creek where they
may be now doing well on, and sub
scribing to the Hopedale route. But
if Georgetown, near the head Of one
branch, has such fine ater.power,"
how much more hugely immense must
that power be on the Hopedale route,
where that and all the other branches
OF Short creek do congregate The fact
is that Harrison county has now a pop
ulation 2234 less than she had twenty
years ago, and that while the townships
in that county on the Wheeling creek
route to Freeport have lost 353 OF pop
ulation in twenty years, the township
in the same county on the Hopedale
route have gained 33S. 1t is further
fact worthy OF notice that while Bel.
mont county in twenty years has had
gain in population Of ll,OS7, the three
townships in that county mot including
Pease) on the Wheeling creek route
have lost 525. Another mistake OF Mr..
S. is in putting the population Of Madi-
son Che means Massilon) at 10000,
when, in fact the census OF 1890 now
before me shows but 5lS5. The Hope
dale road crosses all the other roads
mentioned in that article at less dis.
tauce from here, than does the Wheel
ing creek road, and whatever is true OF
the advantage of these crossings TO his
road, is truer still OF the lIopeiale road
Whatever is true OF the unsatisfactory
experiment OF contracting with railroad
companies. applies as well to his road up
Wheeling creek, OF which he is or was
a proposed charter member, as to
any other road He admits that the
Harrisville and Cadiz route Shows
heavier grades and larger tunnel than
either OF the others, and | now admit
that | made mistake in my last arti-
Gle in not aiding to his road tunnel
OF 1900 feet at Tippecanoe as mentioned
by Mr. Blickensderfer. Iostend SAofR1
5400 feet OF tunnel on his road it should
have been 5000 feet, now put this and
that together, that is, Mr.. Blickensner-
fer's report OF one route TO Dennison
and Mr. Stanton's admission as TO the
other, or Harrisville route, and where
20, tell us where" could a weary
traveller get his breath, because Of heav.
ier grades" and Longer tunnels" be-
tween here and the Saltwater, west OF
Cadiz ? Tunnels and bridges may be
avoided by little sharper curves and
slight increase in the distance" says
Governor Stanton. AT these places,
points from the opposite eide Of the
valley, interIock in such manner that
no line with curves admissible on rail-
ways can be obtained without cutting
through them, and deep cuts or short
tunnels will be necessary under any
circumstances and q final location only
can decide which would be most prop
err" says Mr.. Blickensderfer Mr. B.
estimates the cost by the easiest route at
81 l,2Sl, 723 So, OF which we must give
more than one-half in order to give to
the Wheeling stock the control Of the
road" according to the plan Of Mr..
Stanton. And yet he purposes selling
or consolidating to or with the Lake
Shore road before or go soon as the
road is finished. This is deusive
argument in any OF its aspects, be-
cause the laws Of the State OF Ohio
require that all officers and majority Of
the directors of any railroad company or
qanizsd under The LaUS Of that STATE shall
Be residents Of the same. Because, again,
il we could control it until built, he
then proposes to hand it over TO the
tender mercies OF our rivals; because it
presupposes Wheeling investment Of
near or more than 100000 tmore than
we can give for one road), when we can
get better road, without "entangling
alliances" more direct TO the north
west, by giving TO the Wheeling and
Lake Erie 100000 or 100000, who
are as much (or more) "our friends and
neighbors whose interests are identical
with our own" as any other persons
outside Of Wheeling Because, again,
we now have and will keep the Wheel.
ing creek trade, while we have not, but
will get the Short creek and Connotten
valley trade, which is a much more
wealthy, populous and growing country
than the former. Mr. S. does not
believe that the stock books OF the
wheeling and Lake Erie) company
have 100000 bona tf< stock on them,
and thinks he Understands this mat
ter" Well, this thing Of no belief
disproves no fact, while it has been
the ruin Of many a poor fellow;
and yet his 'unbeiisf' is the most no.
ausw erable feature OF bis whole argu-
ment From papers and data now 10
my possession l believe that 100000
are now subscribed, that near two
thirds OF million more is satisfactorily
pledged, that the right Of way has been
mostly secured, that there are not fifteen
men in any ward in Ssndusky Who
oppose the raising Of 5000 there.
that Milan will give at least $4,000
and doubtless more, Norwalk 800, 900,
New London $4,000, West Salem $40
600, Congress $4,000. Wooster $780,
900, Navarro neighborhood $4,000,
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