The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-12-22
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From the Toledo Blade-December Ill
wheeling and Toledo.
On Saturday last we were glad to
welcome to this city the President OF
the Wheeling and Toledo railroad, j.
Wood, Esq, in company with F. G..
Lockwood, Esq, ofMilan. Ohio; J. W.
Chapman, ESQ.,. Of Navarro, Stark
county, Ohio, in the interest Of the
Wheeling and Toledo railroad. These
gentlemen visited the Board of Trade,
and called upon many Of our leading
citizens, to enlist their cooperation in
pushing forward thi, new and promising
railroad project. T..
Wheeling is a large. wealthy and
highly prosperous manufacturing city,
the principal city Of West Virgins.
Her occupations, productions and thrift
strikingly resembling those Of Pitts
burgh, which is called the Birmingham
Of the United States. Wheeling man.
ufactures glass, iron, and other things
which the Northwest consumes. For
these she wishes to find a market in
Toledo, and in the northwestern
country to which this city is q gate
way. She desires to build a railway
direct to this city not only to open a
new line OF trade, but also to import al
less cost and with greater facility the
iron ore Of Lake Superior, ofwhich her
best nails are now made. Wheeling
needs not less than twenty thousand
tons per annum, of Lake Superior iron
ore to supply the demand of her
smelling furnaces and manufactures.
The Ohio river towns and cities have
heretofore drawn their pine lumber sup
plies from the Allegheny river by way
of Pittsburgh. The Allegheny river
lumber region is now about exhausted,
and Wheeling stretches out her hands
to the pine forests OF Michigan for a
supply. The Allegheny river, which
twenty years ago was lined with RATS
and logs and sawed lumber at every
freshet, is now almost destitute Of it.
Hence, to secure lumber, iron and
copper ores, as well as to open up new
markets for her manufactures, Wheel
ing seeks to construct direct line Of
railroad to this city.
The route at present proposed is from
Toledo through the northern part Of
Ottawa county to Sandusky, crossing on
the Bay Bridge, now used by the
northern division Of the L. S. and NJ. S.
or by q bridge of its own, if necessary,
and running from Sandusky through
Milan, Norwalk and New London. con-
tinuing thence through Wooster, in
Wayne county to Navarro, in Starke
county, $50 miles from Toledo, where
the road will strike the northern limit
of the coal section of Ohio. From
thence through sixty-five miles of coal
lands, varying from direct line only
where the mountainous character Of
the country makes o a variation
necessary to Martinsville, opposite
Wheeling on the Ohio. 1t is estimated
that there is not less than $4,000 acres
Of coal lands, five miles on each side
of the contemplated road. To those
who rightly estimate the value OF coal
to our city in the future, this considera-
ton will have great weight. ..,
The citizens OF Cleveland, apprecla-
ting the importance Of this coal field,
and ola connection with WheVlisg have
completed arrangements for q railway
connection. Over this road will pass
BY way Of Clevland the supplies Of iron
ore to Wheeling which would 60 by
way of Toledo, were this road com
pleted. This road offers to place
Toledo in an equal footing with Cleve-
land in competition for the Wheeling
trade. II $4,000 per mile of stock
subscription can be secured eastern
capitalists stand ready to take and
operate the road. Already two-thirds
OF the stock has been secured along the
line from Wheeling to Navarro, San
dusky, Milan, New London, and other
points in the northern part Of thus road
are taking hold Of this matter IN earnest
and we bespeak for it . favorable con-
sideration ct the hands of our citizens.
Toledo has q number of public enter.
prises on her hands. but her energy and
sagacity will not allow , project Of the
promise Of this one to pass without the
attention and aid it deserves and re-
quires. ,.-.,.. TrlHrs..-
From the Toledo Commercial, December w.
The wheeling and Lake Erie haii'
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j. Wood. Esq, President. and Thoa.
w. Chapman, Esq, Director OF this
company, with F. G.. Lockwood, Of
Milan, were in the city on Saturday. for
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