The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-29
NORTHERN OHIO--WHEAT Cko
WHEELING AND LAKE hhlL
R.ILROAD-IT WILL BE BUILT

Last week We ldNCiSu wv
miles through portion OF the counties
Of Northern Ohio, taking IN our "Trip
Two or three of those which belong to
the celebrated wheat and wool-sroWlng
range known as the backbone IN
the eastern-central portion of the State
In the lay of the country, the SOIL the
farm improvements, the thriving VIII
lagos, the spirit and enterprise OF the
people, the good roads, and many other
things we saw much to admire.
One thing we paid especial attention
10. and that was the condition OF the
growing wheat crop. The counties OF
Stark, Wayne, Ashland and Column
biana through which we passed, were
once widely celebrated for their great
crops of wheat. That was before the
DAYS OF weevil. This pest drove out
the wheat and brought in sheep. Two
or three years ago the foot-rot and low
prices of wool drove out the sheep and,
the weevil having disappeared, restored
wheat as kiHg. The farmers OF that
important region sowed a large breadth
OF wheat last fall, and, except in q few
cases where from drouth at seeding time
the plant did not get we'll set
the crop now looks rich and luxurlant.
1t could not look better; and, unless 1t
is attacked by some enemy hereafter,
this crop will much resemble the mag.
nifcent crops for which this region was
formerly so famous; and it will make
the generous hearts OF those solid Penn
sylvania Dutch and wide.awakc
Yankee farmers beat with JOY.
As the line OF the proposed Wheeling
and Lake Erie railroad passes through
this section of country, and these peo-
pie are soon to become our neishhors
and patrons, some further account OF
what we saw may not he wholly with
ont interest.
In the first place, we SAW AT Sandusky
City, at Milan, at Norwalk, at Orrville'
at Smithville, at Dalton, and all along
the line of this Wheeling railroad, SO
far as we travelled over it, a great many
very substantial people. We spent
much time in conversing with these
people and in hearing them talk. We
attended four or five public meetings,
which meetings it was clear were
composed of the solid men
of the respective coummunl.
ties in which they were held. We
heard all that the friends and the
enemies OF this enterprise had to say
With these opportunities we believe we
gathered pretty accurately the condition
of public sentiment on the northwestern
half Of this line or the subject of sub
scribiug TO the capital stock of, and
building, the Wheeling and Lake Erie
railroad.
Sandusky City is place with q bet
ter harbor aud greater natural advan
tages than Cleveland, but it has allowed
the latter city to greatly outstrip it in
population, wealth and commercial i'm.
portance because Of its enterprise in
building railroads to tap the coal fields
in the shortest distance, whereby its
substantial interests have been built up
At this city, with population OF but
$1,000 and with less than 100000 OF
property on her tax duplicate, we found
there exists almost entire unanimity in
favor Of subscription by the corpora
ton of 100000 to this road. That
this subscription will be made
there appears no reason to doubt.
The nearest coal 10 Sandusky now is
Isl miles away. They know their
prosperity depends upon finding it at q