The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-12
THE BRIDGE ENTERPRISES
AGAIN.

AGAIN.
another Letter from "SpectatOr."
10 the Editors Of the IntclIiscnccr:
thank YOU for your suggestive com.
mrnts on my former communication on
ne bridge question, in your issue of the
Nh, though | think some Of your conclu
..ms were rather sharply drawn, and
were scarcely warranted, in all their
rycrily, by the premises from which they
were deducted. lad given. summary
o.my views in the shape OF logical con.
Illusions, they would have been these: e,
Neither road can be built TO the riyer
without aid from the city or her people.
Neither can, Us the case now stands, re.
ccyc the aid Of the city, rs Il corporation,
unless It comes across the river.
Neither can receive private aid from
the people of the city upon the condition
Tint it shall come across the river, Us the
construction olthe necessary bridge would
aJ'orb all their (thcpeoplc's) spare capital
and leave nothing for the road proper.
Therefore the CiLyas u corporation can't
uiScrbc nor can the people subscribe TO
'hrroad il they build the bridge, the
roads can't be built and nothing can be
Lonc
Iespec!ing the city in her corporate
opacity, the case does indeed look as il
hrhad locked herself in from the rest Of
Arworld and then lost the key. lpur,
rscIy ignored the TACT that the city is by
r.isAtion forbidden TO subscribe L
either road unless upon n guarantee that
The company" will bring its road to the
est side Of the east channel of the river,
hr Two reasons. First, because in what
wrote | had reference mainly to the PEG.
prot Wheeling in their private capacity
HctzcnS; and, second, because the re.
,r.CtivC action OF the city Council in re.
using aid 10 The roads, except upon the
condition before mentioned, is by no
means generally regarded as final for all
time to come.
And granting, for the sake oil the
lHNmcnr, that the "dCad lock- in
'Ir way Of city subscription exists
nsoaS regards private subscriptions by
larCily Of Wheeling as private citizens, I
AoIl that the building of n bridge across
m, ,hc Mowrr with wGicI ~ ~ -" %rnsi, ~, Jv
lock would only bea hugo bolt barring
mr. dOors0gainst the much desired trade
1MI traffic which all admit the roads in
,puull our ncon,c IncL IN iho;r s,,rrims
means in a r0sIIy bridre thc road enter.
n,.rs mMs t'I o'aoST ho e%e rSau sntei
upisb ond I;o Ior T'o ISci, Of I'm ,ood
thus inconsidcrotcw :" cav tho lcoSt
withheld from thrm W. '"' ' ''
But il the civ Inns hv hor own action
shut herself IN 10 The lrni,Iess tack NJ
srckinr an outIrt IN ,hn nnr,h TSS 'S ,,no y,
mpraclicnblG conditions hrr N nr E IN
citizens as such 'nre M, n~s LotnT an
10 the investment oI ,hrir canitaI
VI the hcstowment or their Tavoro InoN
terms and under conditions not If tGcir
own choosing. believe the hmsinesa
men of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mcrcb"m,S
manufacturers, mechanics ,Ec orc
aOnnlantIy able in their individuo, "a
acity TO take cnouch stock in ono or t%o
other Of the protected roads n rcnJor ito
construction 10 Ills citv cnr,oin NJ ne
very distant dav Vet n9hoGv Snn% nv no
thai the bridge can bc built MI cvrn nMo
ofIhC roads ellcctnoIlv oiIci olso LU ,%o
most energetic md comhinnd cti%r, wh ;"I
ulr ritiyensare conahlc nj m"l,;n~ ,%n"o D,
reinforced by a liberal citw smHSc ,;S :,
IolAc bridge '"'' ''''"
but righ, here wo encounter ,v,c oh;oc
lion alluded 10 in nv iGrmcr ar,;c,o H.,
We should NOT conIrihn,o o,r n,onn, 't' ~
mld railroads in md for 0h;n =, ~, Nc
briefly examine tbis obiccIin" ~ CO" !, ~ !,
sa valid one ' w 's' " "
ForncarIy fifteen vcora wh.o,;rr ,,os
enjoyed ADVANTAGES which %or Hoo MIa
would scarcely bSp,cr for INV mnno rIfr rpn,
mOhio rair6wi~tLc TI.~"i, r,'TT ~ p 5i".,'
mrsh-hoIl and oMrroirI nm,;rs,S on I've ", =
wsI side of tho riyrr nnJ h.y,n" Wv ~
terminus moi even nNn1s;,a III" n;,n IT,, mS
several miles below AMI NovnM W." Nr N.Y. ~, Hu'
Its, where mona Of ,r" oyOr, Nv" ,,s,, ,i
attaching 10 n rSI,rosS jsr'n;"Ss ' c ST"" ~:
cme tONs This ROAD Who",inr ' Hn,n Nv,
Nbuid and if sbe hSd soon inn VA, no nI"a,
toIcnin her interest therein ~ ,%SS r nroS
rnl time or even hni n shorI I'm" I Id InvS
than She dil We would now hov" M ,o 80 ~
aio cmn,i wv W To ~" inv % sU T Urea re-"
unproiimbIr o NJ, Wv ''' N'''>"' "'''''
10 ISL hc co NIT, s,oc,, Of ,ho q & r
tOal was 81 SSI 0G0 ' Thio r,os ir y.
lmm time 10 limo iS stock ' S;Sidrni s an'
by Tie c"nvcrs I S,T'N , N'eu III "i /;
$50, ,hc can;tal s,ncls N ,m""n,o,
e abon, =, SdG ,t Sno S' ti , M',"un.e NJ,
S,ns,ar,,ioT, "' SoSjU,. H a 'Sis. NO!
nl in the mcon,im n' hS S%Si locIa vDSon !;