The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-22

We can get TO SAndusky oy hS, Hsu'
ally known as the Wheeling y Lake Erie
road, 20 miles shorter than by the present
route rid Newark.
There is an excellent feeling among the
friends Of that road, so far as | can learn,
from here to Sandusky. The people in
one county (Wayne) have guaranteed the
grading OF that road through the county
some thirty miles. l now speak more
particularly oil the section Of that county
around Wooster. There is rival route
running north Of Wooster, called the
Ouville route, where they propose TO
grade the same distance and furnish right
OF way. Some Of the most influential
men Of Sandusky offer 10 guarantee $780,
0OO Of stock in that city, and you have
been kept pretty well posted OF subscrip-
tons, pledges and guarantees OF stock at
other points on the road between here
and Sandusky. Efforts are now making
TO procure q survey. Active steps are
now in progress, and / think the route
from here TO Sandusky-or from across
the river to SAndusky-is alive, and that
the road will certainly be built / think
it Is to the interest Of Wheeling 70 see
that she takes part in this, and take
care that she shows such an interest IN this
road as that this end Of this line shall
not be diverted from here and made
tributary TO some other city or road that
will divert the trade that road would
bring 10 the cityol Wheeling. | shall be
glad to hear what Mr.. PendletOn may
have TO say inregard 10 his road, would
like to have heard from Mr.. Woods, the
President Of this Wheeling & Lake Erie
road, who is here this evening, but he is
q man more Of deeds than Of words.
Mr.. WOODS SPEECH.
Calls were made Tor Mr.. JOEL WooDs,
of Martinsvillc, who in obedience thereto
rose and said: / must decline saying any
thing on this occasion. As Capt. COch'
ran has well said, am not speaker at
all, and not being a citizen Of Wheeling
came to listen and hear what you had to-
say. Capt. Cochran has stated very brief
ly some OF the advantages OF our line and
made some Rllusion 10 the progress we
have made In the work. would add,
though, rs have been called upon, this
much, that l have recently passed over
the upper end OF the line-the first visit
which | have made. II has been said
here that our work Is all talk; that We
have done nothing; and therefore passed
over the far end Of the line in order TO In
form myself Of what was being done In
that quarter. We visited Wooster, Orr.
vile, West Salem, Milan, New London
Sandusky and Toledo, and in oil
those places | have found hearty vel.
come, They are In earnest; and although
those pledges have been made in rather
loose way II was because we had not
furnished them tho ground to go UPON,
We had not given them subscription books.
But while we were there, at Milan partlcu.
larry, In "a hours they had pledged $50.
900 and subscribed $4,000, and after"
wards increased their pledge to $4,000.
We were met at Sandusky by q large com.
rflttec Of what was represented to us as
the best men Of the city. They assured
us they would 60 TO work and get up their
subscription Ond would have 1t In some
shape that would answer our purposes BY
the time VIC wanted 1t, Wooster held a
meeting and mHdo the ofior Mr.. Cochran
has spoken Of. You will FIND, that, If you
examine the Wooster papers OF last week,
fully set forth. They pledged the entire
grading and bridging through their county
and said they would do more. On
this end of the line the subscriptions
have been made not in the way Of pledges
but ofactual subscriptions. We have Us
near as | can ascertain now between
$3.50, 900 and $500 900 Of that kind Of as.
slstance, and altogether such pledges as
we have right 10 think we can depend
on, and subscriptions amounting TO be.
tween 5000, 900 and 81 100000 The right
Of way has been secured through nearly
all the route | have represented, and
those places where II has not been done
have pledged us in that way.
Mr.. THOMAS SwEENEY-Please say II
you know, approximately, the cost oil that
road.
Mr.. WooDs-It Is estimated-I have no
estimate only the mere opinion Of en-.
gineere who have passed over the line
there has no careful survey been made
but II Is estimated the construction oil the
road and fair equipment, will cost be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000 per mile.
Propositions have been made TO us 10 take
the contract Tor the whole thing OF $780,.
900 q mile. The length OF the route Is |
l4G miles 10 Sandusky and 40 farther 10 |
Toledo.
Mr.. SYSTEMATICALLY five millions Of
dollars.
Mr.. WooDs-Yes, sir probably five
millions Of dollars. Propositions have
been made on basis of$l0OO0 u mile
local subscriptions by men who VIC have
no doubt will be able 10 carry out their |
agreement, or they will take tho contract
Of $4,000 per mile for full equipment,
the ordinary equipment of roads a. the
beginning, with all the side tracks, dc.
pots, &c. That proposition was not To-
ken. We think we can do probably q
little better
Mr.. STANToN-0nc thing Is fixed
faCt-that there Is 10 be q railroad
made from the Lake Shore Railroad at
Elyria, 25 miles west Of Cleveland, and 80
east Of Sandusky, 10 the Panhandle at
DennisOn. Twenty.fOur miles Of 1t arc
finished and cars running. Tho balance
Is under contract, In the hands Of con.
tractor who will unquestlOnably finish Il
In less than 19 months 30 that you may
regard that road rs q fixed fact. Now II
this road thLt comes 10 the river over the
Hopedalc route can connect with that al
Navarro or anywhere and mako that
through line, | am entirely satisfied. But
that road will be made. This road pro.
poses 10 cross the Panhandle, as l under.
stand II, at Bowerstown, ten miles cast Of
DcnnisOn. II will cross the L. y. g. T. v.
road at n point some twenty miles north
Of there, 80 that the two routes will run
parallel some twenty miles. We don't
want two parallel roads that distance.
| regret exceedingly that there should
be any conflict here between rival lines.
The other end Of road being settled be.
yOnd all manner Of controversy, It has
seemed TO INC II was more desirable for
IVkaa1ina that Nhn,y Shnu1d nYaiI It,a,,, |