The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-07-14
WheeIing and MansfeId RaiIroad.

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Editors Of the JatelliSoheer. .s-. -ala
Seeing short time since u prospectus
of railroad leading from Wheeling "a
Mansfield or some other point on the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne Il Chicago Road,
thought that could do no harm, and
might be the means OF doing littlegOod
in showing up the benefit the road would
derive by making Mansfield its terminus.
The great want OF the northwest Is
cOal, cheap coal, and competition in trans.
pOrtation is all that will make 1t cheap.
Mansfield, the great railroad center Of
Ohio, wants more coal fields opened for
the use Of her manufactures and citizens,
and the railroads leading from her all
want coal tOsnpply their own wants and
the cities through which they pass. West
on the T. f. W. & G. r, r. there are no
coal fields, and every few miles along its
route there are thriving towns which use
q large amount of coal. West on the A.
& G.. W. the towns and cities must have
coal at any price. North on the s. NJ, X
N. to the lake, coal Is used in abundance
and brings a good price, while the new
road that is being rapidly built, the Mans
field, ColdWater j Lake Michigan, with o
branch from 'Hflln To Toledo, will ron.
sumo along its line and branch all theCoal
that could be shipped over IL. And in
exchange you would receive lumber
and salt from the pine forests and
Salt Springs Of Michigan. Where Is the
place along the line Of the r, IT. W. u
q. road that offers the inducements that
Mansfield does? Here you tap four dit
lerent lines Of railroad, running IN as
many directions through the State, The
three greatest lines in AmeriGa--l'on
vaniR Central, Erie and Baltimore d Ohio,
while Wheeling and Mansfield, that
ought to havedlrect connection, have not,
only by going miles out oil the road, and
making a number Of changes. And now,
the country this road would pass through,
To start from Mansfield, the first town
east, Is Lucas, u thriving village on the
p, Fl. w. Il @, road, where are some of
the finest sand stone quarTies In the
State. On an air line II would pass
between LakeVille and LOudGnyille,
both good, live towns on the same road.
MlllersbuFg, the next town on the 0leve-
land IL Mi, Vernon Railroad, is town
that only needs to be visited by more roads
to make II o thriving city-in the midst
Of unbounded coal fields that crop out
on every hillside, but unmarked for the
reason that they have no place To ship 10.
The road would pass few miles south OF
Cadiz on an DIR line, through o rich farm.
ina, Cornt,y and tnfY,oroI tyoolth ~ nriI1a
port, opposite Wheeling, tho entire length
being 1886 or 1870 miles, through country
that sooner or later must have an outlet,
apeOple that are willing and an xiOus for
1t, and who will subscribe largely
towards building 1t. Look at map
of the State Of Ohio and you will
see the necessity of the road ut u glance,
1t passes through a rich farming country,
tho earth full Of coal and iron that will DO
forever useless without railroad to carry
II 10 market.
Citizens, men, along the line, take hold
of the project, consult ono with another,
and you will be fully convinced Of the
necessity Of tho road. II the route Is not
practicable for wide gauge, (but II b.
make Il a.narrow one, 30 inches, by which
gauge sleeper grades canbe run over, and
a saving Of the cost Of construction and
about One.hall. The road can
be built ifyou only take hold Of 1t. And
as for It's paying, the most skeptical can
see no reason why II should not, Let us
hear good report from the towns and
cities along the route.
Respectfully Yours, ENTERPRIsR.