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

bllCkenHderiera report OF one route Ia
DennisOn and Mr.. Stanton'a admission as
TO the other or HauiAEille route, and
where 10, tell us where could q weary
traveller get his breath, because OF dheayier
grades and longer tunnels" between here
and the saltwater west OF Cadi2p
"Tunnels and bridges may DO avoided
by little sharper curves and a slight in.
crease in the distance" says Gov. s. "At
these places, points from the opposite side
Of the valley interlock in such a manner
that NO line with curves admissible on
railways can be obtained with out cutting
through them, and deep cuts or short tun.
nels will be necessary under any ciTcum.
stances and final location only can de-
eide which would be most proper" says
MIR. BliCkensderler. Mr.. b. estimates the
cost by the easiest route at 81, 29l, 723 Is,
OF which We must give more than one
half in order TO give TO the Wheeling
stock the control Of the road" accord.
ing to the plan of Mr.. s. And yet he pur-
poses handing 1t over to the L. 5. g. T. V.
before or so soon as the road Is finished.
This Is delusive argument in any Of
its aspects, because the laws Of Ohio re-.
quirG that all officers and a majority Of The
directors Of any railroad company organ.
led HHCier Tie lars Of that StdtO GhdR be
residents Of The same, because, again, if
we could control It until built, he then
proposes to hand it over to the tender
merCies OF our rivals; because it presup.
poses Wheeling investment Of near or
more than 800, 900, more than we can Of.
ford to give for one rOHd) when we can get
a better load, without entanglng alli.
anCes," more direct to the northwest, by
giving to the W. & L. Il. 100000, who
arc as much tour friends and neghbOrs,
whose interests arc identical with ours"
as any other persons outside OF Wheeling,
Because, again, we now have and will
keep tho Wheeling Creek trade, while We
have not but will get the Short Greek
and Connotten Valley trade, which Is
much more wealthy, pOpulous and grow
ing country than the other. Mr.. s. "dOes
not believe that tho stock books of the
Nv. IL l.. Ell Company have 100000
bona .tiCi6 stock on them" and thinks he
understands this matter" Well, this
thing of unbelei disproves no fact, while
II has been the ruin Of many poor iel-
low, and yet his "anJeliJ" Is the most
unanswerable feature of his whole Argyll
ment. .F
From papers and data now IN my pos.
session, i believe that 10000 are now sub
sCribed; that near twO-thirds of million
more Is satisfactorily pledged; that the
right of way has been mostly secured;
that there are not fifteen men in any ward
of Sandusky who oppose tho raising
there Of $2O00OO that Milan will give ut
least $50, 900, and doubtless more; Nor.
walk 100000, New London $4,000,
West Salem $4,000, Congress $4,000,
Wooster $3.50, 900, Navarro neighborhOod
$4,000, Connotten valley $4,000, Hope
dale and Piney Fork $50 900, Zoar $l5, 900,
Martins Ferry $4,000, between Wooster
and Navarro $4,000; and that while
some of these places ought TO and will
still do better, there are others not named
that will do their share. 1 believe u con-
tract can be closed with responsible CAPT.
talisls any day tho officers OF the road may
elect, and that too with subscription Of
$4,000 per mile; and that II will be made
soon If Wheeling does Il Sdre-and not
much later, whether Wheeling does any
thing or not. Any unparalleled gentle.
man, who Is sincere enquirer after the
truth, Can see these papers In my pos.
session. If this DO true, the W. q y +.
road hns Substantial and noticeable
backing" and the laws of Ohio
now do, and the interests Of
other roads will giveit organized Conncc.
ton" and thus Is overcome "the cOnclu.
sivG objection u the lIopGdale route" rs
named by Mr.. Stanton. A few OF the
many conclusive objections to his road
arc, that II Is not yet Chartered-has not "a
dollar subscribed and not foot Of track
or tunnel right Of way secured. All he
says about coming to tho Island, depots,
transfers, &c, Is rs true Of one road as the
other. But he has said nothing about the
great excess OF imports, exports, ship.
mGnts of grain, lumber, NC, Of Sandusky
and Toledo, which seem 80 conclusive IN
their favor and our interests. Nor has he
told our people that Cleveland has many
more rolling mills than we, and dry
goods and grocery stores. The local trade
on the route Is, Of course, an item OF much
Importance to our merchants, and think
have shown that the Short Creek route
Is much more desirable for their trade;
but after all, our great dependence is our
manufactures. Our manufacturing in.
terests must be fOstere1, encouraged and
extended. They arc the chief sources Of
our prosperity, and they look to thenorth-
west for u now and iuttlro market. We
make enough glass In week to "bOttle
up" and enough nails n day TO fence In
and roof over, the one or two little decay.
ing towns from hero 10 DennisOn, and
when ut Freeport we make our
politest bow 10 Cleveland, and bid
her occupy the balance Of the field. For
Masslon on tho one road, VIC have WOOs.
ter with a greater population on the
other, with many new, large and growing
towns and rich country between there
and Sandusky not touched by any road
from coal region We cannot reach
them by the L. s. Il T. v. road, and we
must get to the North West by q shorter
and other than Cleveland road. If by
doing our part such road can be built,
what need we care where the balance Of
of the money comes from9 If VIC must
spend 100000 or 100000, we can secure
tie Hopedale road, and the up river road
and a bridge, at much less cost to us than
the Wheeling Creek road on Governor
Stanton's proposition. One word more.
Il has been set anoat, by whom and for
what motives l do not know, that l am
hired to write these articles. 1t Is not
true In any sense. What l have done and
now do are without reward or the prom.
isc or hope thereof, except only that as o
citizen Of Wheeling | expect TO share in
the general prosperity which ! believe
must result To US from the building of
this road, and these arc my mites in aid Of
tho same, II. Ii. G.