The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-27

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wheelaur and Lake Erie Hallway
Letter ffom Mr.. Wfilson!pS
Mr.. Wilson, the contractor TOT build
ing the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail.
road, having been invited by J.yRoss
Alexander, ESQ, to visit Bridgeport,
with view Of making someEe6ort to
reconcile the conflicting railroad inter.
ests of the neighborhood, has addressed
to Mr.. Alexander the. following letter,
which we have been permitted to copy :
GRANT HOUSE, wheeling, W.'v2n.,1
May %, 1872. ~
r. j. Alerandsr, Esp, Bridgeport, Ohio:
DEAR SIR: / find it impossible to
pay you the promised visit, to-day, ow'
ing to the many engagements made for
me to meet gentlemen desirous OF OBJ
tanning information respecting the pro.
posed bridge and railway undertakings.
1t is with regret that find myself un-
able to use my good offices TO effect a
compromise OF railway interests on any
common or equitable basis, owing to
the factious course pursued by the In
tsl!igencsr, whose unceasing efforts are
directed to stirring up discord, instead
OF pouring oil on the troubled waters: "
| find very large Number Of infiuen-
tial gentlemen go exasperated with that
journal that they will, at present, listen
TO no overtures from me. to act as me-
diator. d..
This state Of feeling, on a great and
momentous public question, which
ought to be settled on cool and deliber-
ate business principles. is all wrong,
and is calculated TO destroy the conf
dence Of foreign capitalists in Wheel
ing enterprises.
The IntsYigeneer, of Wednesday or
Thursday, has created an erroneous i'm
preston about my power, under my
contract with the Wheeling d Lake
Erie Railroad Company to determine
the route of the line.g The company
alone has power to designate the gem
eral route, and the contractors powers
in respect to the particular line ofloca-
ton are confined to narrow limits, and
REQUIRE, in all cases where they are
exercised, the approval OF the com
pany's engineer. Inever informed the
editor of that journal that was look
ing for a better route" What l did
say was that the engineer Mr.. A. K.
Robinson, had stated to me that he
could, on a final location materially
improve the line at several points, and
especially in relation to the tunnels,
which he expected to shorten or avoid
in some instances.
l know, from many conversations /
have had with the President and leading
Directors of the w. 4 l.. E. r. r. Co.,
on subject of so much Importance as
the selection Of route, that they are
wholly governed by a desire to select
the one best calculated to promote the
success of the undertaking, and that
the subject will undergo an exhaustive
investigation before the work is com.
menced. These are questions for engin-
GERS and capitalists to determine, and no
more unsafe counsellors can be con-
suited than anonymous newspaper corr
respondents, who are generally moved
by petty, personal interests
! would say 10 the people OF Wheel
ing, and the thriving villages on both
sides Of the river, build both the con-
templated lines aud the bridges, if you
desire to rival Pittsburg. If the city Of
Wheeling should vote 100000 to each
5000 1000 to the three undertakings
it will insure the success of all, aud
lead to a cash outlay in carrying them
into effect Of twice that amount, to cay
nothing OF car>shops. which / propose
to have established here; and at least
one million three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars of this large sum will
lie spent in Wheeling and its immedi-
ate vicinity. After the railways and
bridge are completed the city will be
relieved Of all taxation for interest on
its bonds, issued in aid Of these, great
public works, by the dividends il will re:
ceive on its railway and bridge stock.
These advantages will be immediate
and visible; but of no less advantage
will be the stimulus given to alr.kinds
OF industry. The labofers and capital.
list, the merchant and landed proprie.
tor, will each and all find present and
permanent advantage grow out OF these
well conceived projects .<o., 's
This is, in my judgment, the true
way to reconcile conflicting, interests ;
AMI as a railway finsncier, / shall be
glad to aid one and all of these im-
portant enterprises, whether,I am con-
nected with them or not, as lar as
can, with quarter OF centurys ex-
perience, acquired in the american and
European money markets.
care nothing for the unhandsome
and uumerited attacks OF the IatsM.
gsncer, which at first approved my
plans Of finance, when put forth in the
shape o. suggestions. but which now
seeks, by every artifce in its power, to
drive away the capital have been most
arduously and successfully organizing
to carry out Wheeling projects. The
United States is full OF railway enter,
prizes, and numerous undertakings are
pressed, almost daily, on my attention
and which, like the Wheeling lines,
seek me, instead of my seeking them.
The Wheeling newspapers should find
more feasible and honorable occupation
than attacking and misrepresenting
strangers who are. inYitedhere to aid