The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-01-03

The railroad meeting at the Court
House, Monday evening, was an excellent
one, whether considered in point OF mum.
hers, in the character Of the speeches
made, in the earnest and thoughtful at
tcnlon paid to the remarks of the speak.
crs, and in the enthusiastic feeling that
took possession Of all present before the
meeting broke up MICHAEL REL.
LEY was called 10 preside and some
preliminary remarks by Hon. c. d. lIUu.
BARD explaining the circumstances Of
calling the meeting.
SPEECH OF MIR ArPLEGArE.
Hos. LEWIS APPLICABLE, Prcsi.
dent Of the company organized to build
the projected road, (thC Pittsburgh,
Wheeling aud Kcn'ucky) was invited to
speak, and came forward and spoke per.
lnps twenty minutes. lie explained the
origin OF the project and his own COnnCC.
ton with it; how the first design was
simply to build branch down to Wells.
burgh and how when Thos A. Scott came
into the Presidency Of the F. c. Il ST.
l. company, this design was enlarged
into a line to Wheeling, and ultimately
down the West Virginia side of the Ohio
To the Kentucky line. 1t was the ulli.
mate design Of the managers Of the Penn,
syvlnN company To push this line into
Kentucky and secure connections which
would afford II direct line from the ter.
minus Of the projected Southern Pacific,
and bring the great traffic Of that road
over this arm 10 the main line Of the
Pennsylvania Central ut Holidays Cove.
lie adduccd the testimony u Mr.. Me.
CUlluugh, President OF the c. Il i.
company, rs to the superior cheap.
ness both in building and operating
OF lines along river valleys, and he argued
that this road not only between here and
The Panhandle hut clear To the Kentucky
lines offered great advantages in this res.
prct while there WAS no finer timber region
anywhere than that To h2 penetrated hv
it. lie referred 10 the opposition that
was made in his county when the Pan.
handle line was run through it east and
west, whereas to-day the very men who
then opposed it confessed il was inyalUa.
Die 10 them Every acre OF land within
ten miles OF it had been enhanced in value
from live 10 ten dollars an acre and some
much more. Before the rOad was made
some Of the very best farms in the neigh.
borh0od sold Tor so an acre. After it
was opened, the coal under this same land
had been sold 1T prices ranging from 500
I" $50 per acre, leaving the lind to the
owner. These men now confess that their
opposition Ia that road WAS blind and I'M.
reasonable. Those opposing this road
stand in their own light just in the same
way.
The taxable property Of Brooke, the
speaker said, was about So ,S0O,O 600. Yet
Brooke, with only that much tax basis,
had subscribed $lO0OOOtn the projected
i. w. ~ Ky road, while Ohio county
with nearly eight times rs much properly
Was asked 10 subscribe but Il little more
than twice rs much. lie regarded the
proposed road rs Of the first Importance 10
this city. 1t was one Ot the best possible
outlets, and the competition il would Sc.
cure between thCl'CnnSylvania Central and
Baltimore Il Ohio roads would he very
valuable to us. No city could build uN
with single railroad. 1t was only when
competition was secured that it rcapcd
the iull advantages Of railroads. lie nj.
ludcd to the valuable coal all along the
route between here and Holidays Cove,
the tact that the StubCnvilc vein could be
reached on this side rs well rs on the
other, 10 the manufacturing sites that
would he made accessible, to the develop.
mcnt OF manufacturing and mining inter.
csts, the increase Of taxable values, the
growth Of population, that would result
from Il road on this side of the river,
none Of which was possible without one.
lie had no doubt the road would he
paying one. This was the opinion of Mir.
Scott. Some Of that gcntlCman's col.
leagues had advised that it would be bet.
Ter to connect Wheeling with their c. &
j, line by bridge than 10 build another
road. Scott replied that the additional
road could be built for less than the bridge
and that it would develop increased bust.
ness. The G. ~ i. would continue 10
have all it could do, and the new road
would have all it could do. He alluded
in closing to :hC benefits this city would
derive from the mere building Of the roud
Much OF the money would bcspcnt direct.
" here, much more Of it would find its
way here, and every hhorcr and every.
body else would be in some way benefit.
ted. 1t would put that much more money
into circulation and muse new energy
into every business.
SPEECH OF PROF. rEypiEroS
Prof W. X. PENDLETON rns,o,,
cI in nm odmiraLlc snccrh ,i "nu.
vim Interesting mct md nh;,n. s,,,Ncsc
We can sketch only A few IF H. Ir r"SS
inc idcas Railroad facilities hr soij
were the measure On uesc ,im"s
of the prosperity. intelligence wealth ""I
enterprise of Inc pcoplc Thc Tnilri
states had more railroads for their nnnu.
la,ion than any other people on the rlnbr
There are in actual operation in the Uni,
ted States no less than 10000 miles Of