The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-10

be the rule on the Wheeling and Tus-
caravans Valley road we are, Of course
quite unable to say; they may disregard
distance in fixing the rates Of freight
or passage on that line for it don't seem
to be very particular a. to wkers it begins
or ends; but upon ordinary railroads
it is certainly well known fact that
distance is regarded in fixing
rates and that the shorter the line
the lower the rate. The distance be-
tween Sandusky and Baltimore by the
present route is about 600 miles; by the
proposed route it will be less than 500.
Goods will either be carried cheaper
over the new route than over the pres
ent one or else greater profits wiH be made,
profits in which the city Of Wheeling
as stakeholder will share. In either
case, there is advantage in building the
road.
And now another extract. This
time it lie an old and familiar story.
1T is said that the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh road pays $4,000 per year
for transportation Of freights 10 and
from this side of the river. To obviate
this, is the great reason why Messrs.
Scott & Co., are assisting to build the
Wheeling and Kentucky road; by this
road they will bring all eastern freight
and all northwestern freight via Cleve-
land and Pittsburgh, over the Steuben-
vile bridge, (Which they now own
by that road into the city. If | am
correct in my views then Mr.. McCul.
Tough will not put in t,oo or three hun
dred thousand dollars to finish the matter
at once"
He is talking about the bridge now.
Whatever may have been his motive
for so doing, the fact remains that Mr..
MCCULLOUGH has actually stated in
writing that he was willing to assist in
building railroad bridge at this point,
and the survey for and estimate of the
cost OF the bridge were made by an en-
gineer in Mr.. McCULLoUGH's employ
and at his expense. Possibly our
friend Northwest" may understand
this matter better than Mr.. MCCU1-
LoUGH does himself, and may have q
deeper i sight into that gentleman's
plans. If 80, he might impress upon
the managers ofthe Pennsylvania Com
papy that well known fact in railroad
ing" to which allusion has been made
above. 1t might save them any further
expense in efforts to shorten their lines.
But, joking aside, the bridge can be
built without any subscription from Mr..
McCULLoUGH, though he has already
expressed his willingness to aid.
And then see with what pensive
and melancholy air the next paragraph
comes in:
The editor makes the Wheeling and
Tuscarawas Valley road kind Of side
show to the great and important
Wheeling and Lake Erie and bridge
project This may be good policy, or it
may not. If the bridge is built on the
site proposed, the Wheeling and Tus.
carawas Valley road cannot use it. 1t
would cost almost almost all that
Wheeling is asked to subscribe to this
road to get from Bridgeport to the
bridge.
This city is asked to subscribe $780,
900 to the Wheeling and Tuscarawas
Valley railroad. The distance from
Bridgeport to the site of the proposed
bridge is less than one mile. We don't
know exactly how long the Wheeling
and Tuscarawas Valley railroad is or
proposes to be, and we don't know Of
ANYBODY who does, but if it is to cost at
the rate of 100000 per mile as admit
ted by its champion, its counsellor and
friend, it will probably be rather too
expensive a luxury for our people at
this time, Notwithstanding may build
splendid depot on the Island, increase
the travel on the Suspension bridge,
and afford good salary to very
worthy legal firm in this city.
Three Hundred Thousand per mile is
a little too steep for even inestimable
blessings like these.
We come now to the reckless and
spiteful portion of the article in ques'
ton. 1t declares:
First-It is more than $50 miles to
Sandusky; when you getthsre, she has
no trade to put on the road this is
clearly shown by the small amount of
business she gives the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad to and from that point.
She owns no vessels, has no Lake
Superior ore bank or lumber regions of
any importance. The capitalists of
Cleveland, Toledo, Buffalo, Detroit and
Chicago own them and will control
them in the interest of these cities,
without stopping at such way stations
as Sandusky city.
We have never stated that it was
exactly $50 miles to Sandusky, and we
learn from the engineers report that it
is BY actual survey, 16l. This much
we concede. But the trade Of Sandusky