The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-29

A Suggestive Statement about fhe
Lake Shore & TuscaIaWas Valley
Railroad.
During the memorable fight over the
$4,000 railroad subscription here lasi
Nay, Ii was staple argument with sdvo.
Gates Of the subscription to deride the
Lake Shore s TuscsrswAs Valley railroad
as a one-horse affair, commencing no.
where and ending nowhere, a concern
without any character, or bottom, OF
promise Of success or stability. The fol,
lowing article from the CLereland Pain
dHdlT, showing that the C. C. C. e. L
Railway Company is expanding about q
million dollars TO furnish docks and slips
chiefly to accommodate freights over the
Lake Shore & Tuscasawas Valley road,
suggests different conclusion:
The Cleveland, Columbus Cincinnati
& Indianapolis Railway Company is max.
ing OF that piece Of waste land lying be-
tween Central way and the Cuyahogs
river (ca!ied Central tract on the civ
maps one OF the most valuable pieces Of
laDd on the FtE1, by the improvements
that sre being made and projected there.
on. The piece contains shout forty acres,
and was bought BIZ the company for
$4,000. The intention is 10 expend
$4,000 more in improvements
This land Is almost in the centre OF
the city, and Is only hall q mile from Su-
perlor street, and for the purpose for
which It is TO be used, is one Of the best
places in the city. The property is to be
devoted 10 handling coal, stone, iron ore
and heavy treightS. The main object Is
tot the accommodation oil the Tuscsraw
Valley coal and the transfer Of i. to other
rosds and 10 vessels.
An iron bridge has been built across
Scranton avenue, near the Atlantic &
Great western depot, which is to be con.
nected by raised staging, with 3 new
draw bridge built across the river. On
the other side tracks are 70 be laid 10 all
parts Of the grounds as needed.
4 new slip, 8 thousand feet in length
has been dug from the river through The
middle Of the land, and Is 70 be docked on
both sides. Its depth is the same as the
river, 50 that the largest vessels can pass
into II, 1t is large enough TO accommo-
date six vessels Ut once. Other slips are
TO te made as fast as needed, The whole
Of the rlTer from. is also TO be locked, so
that in all there will be over four thou.
sand teel OF river fronisge.
II Is Intended 10 run the cars OF the Va.
rious roads into these yards for loading
and to make this place the center Of coal
aud iron operations ia this city. Espe-
clally IS the Lake Shore 4 Tuscarawas
Valley road 20 be depended on for the cosl
supply rs these Improvements are all
made for the purpose Of receiving from
that road. In sight OF this the claim that
The above mentioned roAd Is TO be switch
Ell 81 10 Back River is simply nonsense
Il" the T., C., G Il l, Railway company Is
not blind enough to expend million dol
lars III Improvements without knowing
where the return is TO come from.
ILvSe Improvements are being pushed
forward IS rapidly as possible and il i
Intended 'ae cars viii be dischMging thei!
loads Ia few weeks on these docks. A
large number OF men. two pile drivers and
dredge are at work at present. The
Improvement OF this hitherto waste land
Is Al advantage to our city and cannot
fail 10 advance its manufacturing interests
BY furnishing large supply Of good coal
IN place OF easy access lcOm all points o.
the city.