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


organized and It's road let to contract last
July or August. The work was com
menced on the lst of September at Graf
ton, % miles from Cleveland, on thC
Cleveland, Columbus l. Cincinnati road
and it is now completed ana the cars run
ming to Seville, where it connects will
the Atlantic & Great Western road, a dis
lance OF "a miles. DR.. Streator, q
Cleveland, who Is a large capitalist, pes
ident Of the company, man OF larg; T TAU
road experience, is constructing ihAI iInt
now, and he Is one Of the corPoratots IN
company that Is 70 be ipeotPolaveu ~ " !
construct a railroad from Wheellns y 'le
Pan Handle road ard the expectauoh L
that ii is 10 be Constructor uhue' r m's
perintendencc and supervision NANNY
and No he made part Of the other Inc
The /, S Il 4. W which Is thus TO be
Srought TO the city Of Wheeling.
II any gentleman will take the trouble
to look at any Of the coal reports Of the
railroads that have been constructed with
in the last 10 or 20 years and look at the
rates of increase in the lreig hts Of these
roads, they will see to what extent these
railroads, on the leading articles, are de:
yeloping the resources OF the country.
saw NOT long since, and have at my office,
| think, now, copy Of the coal report Of
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Company fol
1887, / think. When that railroad first
started, It's freights in the leading articles
coal, lumber, &c, were triiling and incon,
siderable. They have doubled over until
they are now absolutely enormous. And
all the increase In freights Is simply all in,
diCaiioD OF the increased development OF
the wealth along the line OF the road, eX'
cept the lumber freight; that comes from
greater distance and passes over the en-
tire line. But so far as the transportation
of coal Is concerned, the increased freights
arising from that source have simply
marked the increased development In the
coal interest. The richest coal line, per-
haps, that can be found anywhere Is from
here across TO the Pan Handle road by
either route. They both run through a
region filled with coal the whole distance
above the level Of the road, con
yenient and accessible; and when.
GOO. n ro,J "a npapad u,hirh will
enet r. io'' 80 % OP1 nnoi occosSih,o bv
nn IIs s0S ,, rieS U' ,hs ~hoIe r..
Ialito1u u , sas,on ,,,;,i To "avn,orcJ
It's trade will be increased and we will be
in connection by a rival route competing
with the c. =. Road for the entire trans
pOrtatiOn and travel from the Ohio river
70 Lake Erie ana oil poihs We von li'',.
WIN by CroIYhg lhe t0aus lla' [ sm. Ilons
through the center OF tne saIe Of ono.
Inc people OF Wheeilns arc Just nom
10 very mHfh inc condlIlon OF lhe Doy y, ~
the thunderstorm somelhlng must NC
done. IL thcy dOn I, lhey lose Ilc tr 1S,
mat thay haYe instead OF acquiring auul,
uonal trade we canhot continue 10
manufacture productions OF IRON anu sIass
anu whatever lhey may DC unless VIZ eau
have avenues over winch we can Trans
Po[t l1en 70 WAfketi anu we CaunOt WY
Well aHolG V 70 GepenpenL W. y sins,o
line OF railroad mat can MAKE IclgHS .'
ana raIes OF transportation limited Only
ny Ihelr Owl CuplulIy' Dut VIC mus ~
nave competing llhes 50 Inat VIZ ni1y W ",
aDie 70 go INFO market on 'h G loau 'lia t
VIII give US we DeSt telus. lhaI y tns
essential Val1e OF tHe ptoposgu rai liSaH
through the slate OF ONO Ing utLi el.
ence OF distance DetWeeI eltheI " one 90
oo ,%ot IN" , % Oil So Inr ali nrrnosoS
a'' uo ito. IiUd. AID 10 nonorioi;on viii
~ WY" uiInS ~ Sn go M" n1p ~; ,hou 90
w n4 aI % SnSHP WV WV "
There is,R vast amount of capital in
Wheeling. There 's no city with which
l am acquainted that has as much capital
for its population, that Is able 70 contri.
butte as largely TO building up llnts OF
communication between this and the rest
Of the world, as Wheeling. There are
cities In Ohio with double the population
that have not the amount Of capital
Wheeling has-not halt as much
that have made themselves great
railroad centers simply by the enterprise
of their business men in investing their
capital In such o way as 10 build up their
trde. Now II we had that enterprising
population, willing to invest their earn.
ings and capital In such way as 10 add
TO the prosperity OF the country, We could
build up this city within the next ten
years so as to make a city of 10000 or
10000 inhabitants and double It's bust.
ness.
Mr.. PENDLEToN expressed wish that
If any other gentlemen proposed to speak
they would pTecede what he might have
10 saw Alter some solicitation,
c.pr cocup.u,s spypru
o. - Y 1,"'l"''. = 49, =,
Eapt. Il, n; COCHRAN came came FORWARD ,.
anu salG nc ulu NOT know inat a meeting
81 thls KIND was 70 Pe heIu unl1l ne saw
,ne papers OF 'nl5 morning, ana dld not
KNOW lnat ne would nave Salu anything
9Gt mat j l2LhlnS Shoulu NC salu ny
irlena OF INC lioPeGale roaa II mlgnt looS
IrOLn inc report Oh the mee9lng as II II nad
no iTlenIs lere. lie was l[lend OF inc
np'tne-tiVer ROAD, ana should be glad 10
peg n succeed. lie had doubled we pro;
prey ol Gazing meellng AZ Whlch az
Ihe Talifeads centcrlng al thls cry would
oe uIScuSeeu, WIN view 70 ald lne DulIa'