The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-15
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RAILROADS AND BRIDGE.
..o,Acr Letter from "NOrthwcSL"

nod been about three pdTIIeS cuHASeu III
10. aa' vs,y IAborious undertaking OF reply
t ", hv an effort TO rldicule, (which never
, .aysnces any cause) rather than by facts
and arguments. n.n,, coO,.
mi,tee and the paid attorneys make tue
editorial trio, letit be So ,o,,..,,.,
II il only necessary TO their first denial
y, expending 100000 to build a short
,ipe TO the eastern cities ioE the benefit OF
S,ndusky, to say, ii makes no difference
wbetber thre. sertnthS are for the road and
S,lT.SevenNJ for the bridge. i is still a
Iebl against the city oil $700pOO; tor
wbich she will never get dollar OF divi-
land from the road, and much less from
the bridge, II 1t has but one road to
cf0Ss It, a..
freight and passengers were not con.
,rOIIed by distance on competing lines,
sSo evident 10 all shippers and travellers
haiti needs no comment The 3. u 0.
r R. and the Wheeling 8 Lake Erie r,
Il starting from Sandusky, rates will be
The same on both routes regardless Of dis
lance, both to Wheeling and the East
Any freight or passengers the Wheeling
l. Lake Erie may have for the east Of
Wheeling the B. & O. will fix her own
r.,es for. II the railroad companies are
SHORTENING their lines, as they say, they do
not carry any cheaper than their compel
itor. ~,
csrawss Valley Railway don't seem to be
yqry particular where it begins or where
/, snds Now let US see: The Wheeling
Committee, composed Of some OF our
most substantial citizens, made report
sqttlpr forth clearly Wheeling at It's east
ern terminus, and Dennison Its western;
There to conenct and become part Of
one great through line Of roads to the
east northeast, west and southwest from
tho city Of Wheeling, making line
entirely independent Of the Baltimore &
Ohio and Pennsylvania Central to all
competing points. There Is vast differ
euce between the Wheeling & Tuscarawas
Valley and the Wheeling & Lake Erie as
10 connections with those Str roads.
The Wheeling & Tuscarawas Valley
with the Lake Shore Il Tuscarawas Val
ley Railway, by its contracts with the
Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Rail.
road and the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern Railroad, have exclusive posses.
sion Of all freight and passengers destined
to Wheeling from those lines. The Cleve.
Isnd, Mount Vernon d Delaware, form.
.rly the Akron branch Of the Cleveland
Pithburgh,) the Fort WaYne& Chica-
70, the TuscaraWas branch Of the Cleve-
land l. Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh,
Cincinnati & St. Louis Railways;sare ali
controlled by the Pennsylvania Company;
and any freight emanating on these lines
OF controlled by them will be forwarded
TO Wheeling by the Cleveland s Pitts.
burgh road. Then we have Loft the
Atlantic & Great Western only as
line from which, the Wheeling and
Lake Erie may expect any support, as to
receiving Wheeling freight and passengers;
and that will be in competition with the
Lake Shore and TusCarawas Valley, and
the Wheeling & TusCarawas Valley. So
you see gentlemen, that you have but one
peg" TO hang your hopes on, from init
mate railroad connections between Wheel
ing and SSndusky.
The Register asserts, that Mr.. McCul.
.ough has actually stated in writing that
he is willing to assist in building a bridge
al this point" We all know Mr.. McCul-
Tough to be thoroughly practical rail
road man who understands and no doubt
means what he says, but when you pre-
sent to him your crude project OF building
A5ridgs, without having any definite loca.
lion made, or at whose expense the tunnel
$40 be made through the hill back ofthe
cIyaS well as the expense oil the road back
Olihe bill into the city again; also the cost
Of depot grounds; and where they arc 10
Relocated; or II located through tho city
on this side Of thehill, the same expenses;
am mistaken in the gentleman if he will
give one dollar, even il | am mistaken in
my former assertion, which I claim l am
not II you have Mr. McCollough'slet-
Ter agreeing to assist in the bridge enter
Prise, why don't yel publish il in lull,
aad let the people know just what that
proposition Is. l ask 1t. = ...
ASio tho "pensiye andmelancholy air"
9uy statements in my last communica.
uon, as reported by the trio, in which I
Sisted that the editor made the Wheeling
&IscaFawas Valley kind Of sideshow
t9he great and important IKheeling &c.
LAKE Ere and Bridge project, and that II
The bridge was built on the site proposed,
The Wheeling g.. TuscarawasD Valley
road could notuse it; 1t issonly necessa.
y to say that the parties in the
interest Of that road, are working with an
eye single 10 the interest of the road and
70 The city. While they feel anxious 10
build the road to Wheeling, they do not
propose to give $4000 900 TO the bridge to
get $500 900 from the city for tho road.
Ihty cant %e such transactions a financial
M T to the party giving four for three
"nen all this Is done the tale will not be
aaIt told as 10 the expenses the city will
nave 10 incur in making line through or
around the hill into the city, in order that
The bridge may be made available for
'alIroad purposes. 49,,
The Register comedies the distance TO
sandusky TO be more than 1850 miles; thew
say lVl miles. This only IS miles less than
W the Lake Shore & I'uscarawas Valley
Iosa, and when they get through, il will
wy w 10 Ten less 10 say nothing about the
Inference in grades. They saytte trade
o. sandusky is Of very considerable i'm.
pGflance especially in lumber and fish,
This is all true, but what Is trade of
We Place, like sanduskY, or Wheeling, 10
AfaIlFoad II 1t has not many others Of
equal or greater Importance Let us con.
tderil. $50 W."
Il all the lumber used in Wheeling
Mnually came from Sandusky saw ten
billions, at 5000 feet to the car load il
would make $50 cars Of lumber, all told
SaICh would be about equal to tho aver.
lse Of the number Of loaded cars Of al,
Kinds Of freight on the Cleveland Il Pitts
Susgh road IN three days. We will
throw in one day for fish; this makes foul
DAYS work annually Tor this road. Blu
lley say "the Wheeling s Lake Erie doe
aCt expect 10 stop at Sandusky, nor vii
TSoe dependent on that city for It's trade
~ charter contemplate an extension