The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-27

ton, and had nothing to do with the
anonymous letter referred to.
Mr.. II. B. WILSON, contractor, &C.,
has written letter to citizen OF Bridg.
port, and put it into print, which is de.
voted chiefly to lamentations over the
"actious" course Of the INTELLIaENcER
which means, we suppose, that he has
not found the INTELLIGENCER pliable and
ready to support him in his scheme to get
possession OF few hundred thousand
dollars Of the bonds of the city of Wheel.
ing. Even the tender Of a dictatorship in
the Bridge Company when organized
proved quite Intellectual. The INrELL1.
GENCER has not been willing to accept
this gentleman at the exalted estimate he
puts upon himself as a financier of "a
quarter oil centurY's experience, &c.
Quired in the American and European
money markets." nor take without cvi.
dence his volunteer statements that he is
able 10 command an unlimited amount of
money in the London market on the
bonds oil this city at par; nor TO believe
without hesitation or qualification that he
can and will build railroad and bridge
right through without let or detalcation
just Us soon as Wheeling puts in his
hands her 100000 bonds. Mr.. WILSON
has not impressed us as a man able
to carry out a work that will take
about eight millions of money; nor has he
US, or the Wheeling public, such
evidence on these and other points as en-
titles him to our confidence to the tune of
the 100000 or 100000 asked for. II
this be factiousness we must plead guilty.
AS showing how loose and undctermin.
ed the details Of the RAILROAD project really
were, we mentioned the other morning
the difficulties that had been disclosed or
this end of the route by. the examination
of IN engineer, as stated to us by Mr..
WILSON, and his expression Of q purpose
to see for himself If there might not be a
better route for this end of the line. Con.
corning this, Mr.. WILSON says, in the
letter referred to:
never informed the editor Of that journal [the
lNTELlIgENCERlt that was Hooking for better
route" Whatl did say was that the engineer,
Mr.. A. K. Robinson, had stated 10 me that he
could, on final location. ma terIally improve the
line at several points, and especially In relation
to tho tunnels, which hG expected 10 shorten or
avoid In some instances.
The forcgolngto the contrary notwith.
standing, MIR. WILSON did say to us that
he intended to go over the country him.
self to see If he could not find q better
route than that looked over by their engi.
neer, leaving the river nearer Martins
Ferry and coming out at Cadiz. In chart.
ty to the gentleman, we can suppose that,
as his loose talk was entirely for effect, he
may have had little consciousness OF what
he was saying or recollection Of it after.
wards
MIR. WILSON suggests TO his Bridgeport
friend that the "way to reconcile conflict.
ing interests" is for the city to vote
100000 each to the bridge, the Wheeling
& Lake Erie Road and the Wheeling &
Tuscarwas Valley Road. We take the
liberty of adding The suggestion made the
other morning about "the better way
that We take a fresh start all round and
give each project the 100000 asked for,
obligating the city to deliver her bonds
in each case when the work is fin.
ished, and to pay interest, il that may be
deemed necessary, from the time the
pledge Is given.
We arc not ready to accept the assump.
ton with which Mr.. WILSON concludes
his letter, that to refuse to vote this money
now, with the case as It stands, is neces.
saElly ITO throw away" q "grcat opportu.
nifty" toscGure bridge and railway. If
the people of this city should on the LIST
proxlmo decline 10 invest this 100000 in
this eminent financlcr, and he should be
obliged to return to New York disan.
pointed, the State OF Ohio with iis
numerous excellent railroad routes world
still be there; the river to bc brisaoS
would still be here; the stone and iron io.,
both would still be intact; the money Su
would still be where 1t is now, and even Il
Mr.. WILSON should abandon us 10 our
fate when We resumed operations on a
different basis, we should still not despair
Of finding some other financial genius
VINO could unlock the London Golfers,
and build road, bridge and even car
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