The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-22
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49,. wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
In SS,h,cyIption..B Breakers Ahead

IH Observation-Disclosures Ahead'
70 ne Editor, Of the IntellIgoneer. .,...,.
TONI hsr" been reading the various news
.,no %e atheism reference to the proposed
SPSoiinS & Lake Erie Road, and inc
' " manifested by the Register cirque Y
10 carry the vote Of the cry In lASV' VI
subscription. ,, ,,,,,, ,,hor the
vote viii be taken for q subscription u
tSSOOOO 10 that object, II behooVes US
y Examine the character Of the enter
mise It's originators and the qualifications
Of The parties Contractlngit v.o0,,,u
II i said 10 be 1Gl miles from Mn I,! y
10 sapdusky. Starting at Wheeling II
rms i've to six miles to Deep Kun, along
.iSe the q. ar. r. X; thence enters iLln'
s SSIS e e SiSe cl,ts for tbc next four miles
that hal ii" there cannot possibly be expected
s s trade or travel from the surrounding
co,ntrv: then you'are at Short Greek, ten
n miles lam Wheeling, and two miles from
Portland on the G. y 7. Road. From on
thence U Won cross the triangle made by the
C&P Road and Panhandle Railroad
ra = Hopedale to Bowerstown juno
tion with Panhandle Railroad, a
distance Of about twelve miles, dividing
the business of the triangle lrIh he three
y0a,lJ, from BowerStown you run along
side Of tho Pittsburgh, Cincinnati " b.
Louis railway TOR near eighteen miles,
and little further on, you come TO Aoar;
and from beyond Zoar a short distance,
YOU run thifty.iour miles alongside Of inc
Lake Shore and Tuscarawas Valley road
noO building, wEicA WH b finished to
Urichsyille in October next j.,
This makes of the line OF the proposed
Wheeling s. Lake Eric road seVenty'iour
miles Of road, almost raIueIeSS, as 10 business
Or reynue, out Of the 1Gl miles to be
constructed.
This scheme was devised by q certain
Mr.. PAUL, Of Hopcdale, gentleman Of
no practical railroad experience; but
Cogitatlng in his little dry goods store
concluded his town must have railroad.
After various trips to Wheeling and other
points, he finally found friend OF his
enterprise, in the person Of MIR. Wood, Of
Martinsyille, o man oil no practical rail.
road experience, further than being station
agent Of the Cleveland & Pittsburgh
railroad at Martinsville.
These two gentlemen with Messrs Coch-
ran, Bard & Co., are pressing upon the
citizens the great Importance and advan-
tsgcs Of the proposed road, without
having the least experimental knowledge
OF the trade, financial or commercial.
wants oTthc city, much less the projecting
and building of railroad adapted to the
wants and interests Of the city.
There has been much said about Mr..
Wilson, the contractor. OF his ability no
one questions, and 1t tells him that he is
safe under any contingency. Give him
the $4,000 per mile local stock, and be-
fore the road is done he will have SIS, 900
per mile Of bonds and the $4,000 per
mile Of bis own stock disposed Of to his
European friends at good prices, and
when The cash comes, as ii surely iotlL, he
will not DO liable TO double the amount
Of his stock under the laws Of Ohio, as
the city Of Wheeling will certainly be
in the event Of the failure and foreclosure
Of the road. Asevidence it is only neces.
~ 10 look back at tho HempGcld, Central
Ohio, and Steubenville u Indiana and
many others. IRoN.