The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-21
Tho Railroad Meeting Last Eve mig

not only in numbers, but In the interes
manifested, the meeting was very salts
factory one. Gov, STANTON, by request
of President PENDLETON, opened the dis
cussiOn, speaking briefly and addressing
himself chiefly to the advantages offered
by the projected llne from this city tC
connect with the /. g. & 7. V. Road at
Dennison, AT the same time he was ia
favor of the projected road from this city
to Holidays Cove, as he was of all rail-
roads which the city could afford to build
Capt COCHRAN spoke brieayin reference
To the proposed line from this city
to Sandusky, and Of the advanta-
ges II offered Wheeling AT the
same time he was d friend Of the
proposed road up the river and would be
glad TO see II succeed. After the Captains
remarks had been concluded, JOEL
WOODS, Of Martinsvillc, President Of
the Wheeling & Lake Erie Company, was
called on and made bIief statement re-
specting the present status Of that enter
prise. He had recently passed over the
western end Of the line and acquainted
himself with tue progress made in that
direction. At Milan $4,000 had been
subscribed and ga, 900 pledged, At San
dusky they were met by committee Of
the best men oi the city who assured
them their subscription would DO in shape
by tho time the company wAs ready.
Wooster held . meeting and pledged the
entire grading and bridging through the
county and city and would do more.
lie said there was now on this
end of tho line, Rs nearly As he
could ascertain, between $25O,0OO and
100000 Of actual subscriptions. AL.
together, the subscriptions and such
pledges as they felt they could rely on
amounted to between 5000, 900 and 81
100000, not including any subscription by
Wheeling. The rightof way he said bad
been secured on nearly the whole route,
and the rest Of it was pledged. In an.
swer TO questions Mr., WOODS added that
II was estimated by engineers, without a
careful survey, that the complete road,
with fair and usual equipment would
cost from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile
Propositions from responsible parties had
been made to contract for the whole line
at $4,000 per mile. Tho propositions
had not been accepted. They thought
they could do better The line would be
14G mlles'long, which at $4,000 per mile
would be a, $50, 900 as the entire cost.
Mr.. WOODS added that his company
was now in position to say that, with
proper subscription from Wheeling, they
could make a contract to.day Of The price
hehad named to complete the whole
road 10 eighteen months
President Pendleton then took the
stand and delivered the principal speech
Of the evening, making strong and care.
ful presentation Of the reasons that ought
to induce Wheeling and Ohio county to
embrace the opportunity now afforded to
secure the building Of the proposed road
to Holidays Cove. We have full notes
Of the Professors remarks, and shall, As
soon as time permits the writing out, lay
them before our readers in full We
must content ourselves al present with
noticing q single statement made by him
at the close, In answer to an inquiry by
Mr.. A. ]. SWEENEY. Mr.. SWEENEY said
the exact terms offered by Col. SCOTT, OF
the Pennsylvania Central, were not TN.
derStood by many oI Our citizens. II he
understood the proposition, II was that
the Pennsylvania company, TO take a
mortgage on the road when completed Tor
the amount furnished by that company
in putting down track, building depots
and putting on rolling stock If this was
not the proposition, he thought Is desira.
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