The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-14
acknowledgement
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..,r,rLp y WHEELING n. r.

ny,rlGLO \ WHEELING r. II
..,o,s.auce on tho Route-
M'T from one of the Corpora
RrpI "Sd Of the Engineer'y 7 ~
'o', T,n,aeId rIuFnId) ~
'''' T,S.rtrlO, o., October q 1872.
r,.a.J .urnfeM' I'D
!, ~ ~ Unaware that We have scyej
Ne ~, %S s1t leading railroads dIvcrginI
T'a'0 ',, I City 10 seven Of tho points OF III
imai oa' NIX Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne !
G,1 ,S r,,t Rnl west; Lake Eric Diyis
lS,E mo i Il 0. road, north and south
% 4, ,,, ,D Il Great Western, northeas
% A ,-n,bwc.t, and the Mansfield, Cold
-. !, ,'[ A. Lake Michigan road, to thl
N,M ,nrSSt With a direct line to Toledo.
1I"s NTH the enterprise OF some 0
c,.Daj, lave given Us wholesale
.'' VI. , ' viii vic with that OF any interi
", ,5, w., ii tic State, aud is very muCl
W, =, ',bqn my in proportion 10 our pop
', ,,6o ", asgrciating $3,OOO0OO annually
!, .,bInmeats Of products Of agriculture
5a00OO while our manufactures Arl
E, Ss66S000 and our population bu
' Tbc.e facts show that the road which i
49,, important to the CiIy-that which
.,,'i mo-, increase our population, ant
isp Of real estate by manufactures, u
ma be made-a road to I'LL tic othel
IN, Of The Compass-thc southeast
TbEh will furnish US coal nj the lowesI
.IIlc price-as low rs in any other city
The State.
To that end, and in accordance with the
isir of our citizens generally, a charter
| 1, secured, during the last summer, FOL
S'tayansRcld and Wheeling Railroad
,orrh lIchlNnd, Ashland, Holmes, Co
rr5p, Iascarawas, and Belmont Coun
.. DrpOra,Ors, W. S. lliCkOX, j. II
| ok il. II, Sturgcs, II. Z. Hedges, and
\ Wharton. 1t was not thought prop,
,,m take any action upon this road until
iIe line of The NJ. Q. IL l.. NJ. road was
mp,c,cl and the laying Of iron actively
lmmenccd.
TB, having been done, ut the request
!, die coTOalors, the undersigned, nc.
nmncdb BY Mr.. Z. l.. Grimes, n thor.
bl,ianl competent engineer, left Mans.
1 4 on the 18th ult., TO make u thorough
Preliminary examination OF the route, on
sAch We spcnt Il week OF earnest labor
b,gecn this city and NewComcrstown,
fag1awas county, 60 miles.
leave the details Of the route to tho
pod and elaborate map Of the engineer,
bis rmalkiug TINT have made several
ilrIim.naIy examinations for roads now
llli, through billy countries, and | re.
4tllhis Us not only practicable, but cmi.
entity favorable, beyond my most san
VHc hops lnsOmc parts Ofthc route we
S streams but lind, in all cases, either
tS apsOr very short cuts. lfwcll man.
grl the whole cost OF preparing the
b.! ior the rail- from this city to IL miles
yOnd NewCOmGrstOwu, (as Tar us we
5enO will not reach $1,000 per mile, or
pli $jGO0O0 Tor the 50 miles we exam.
cl Being prepared Tor The rail, on
itAarOAl rs this, there will be no dill.
llY in procuring the iron anl all rolling
tESon mortgage, from private parties,
tl preserving the road in the hands Of
Lee interested in developing the country
b securing the best interests OF the citi.
sG' in cheap coal and iron.
IN leaving Mansfield our route passed
Fim The depot, through Vosbinder's and
down Slater's Run to New
Pile, without cut or bridge, few curves,
R.lat9lect grade 10 the mile. This is a
Fdyillagc, cmnmaniinga rich scope Of
'lniry for trade. The citizens manifest
/ u aud ability to extend material aid to
BIZ road.
Ftom MELVILLE, we pass down the
.t1T Fork to its junction with Black
'ofk and Lake Fork, forming the Mo.
Ltin, Darling's Mills form good cen.
b oIrolds, q miles beyond MELVILLE,
d! Black Fork bridge another centre.
! The mouth Of Lake Fork, w0 leave tho
i,hICan, which bends directly south,
H' passing up IL run thrcc.l ourths of a
l.IC, with light grade, we reach David
l,ATs farm, % miles from Mansfield
'lGte We first strike coal. Crossing q
'al Of Clear Fork, in the Darling settle.
lgal, would reduce this distance half a
bile. :"
IIcIe il IS proper to remark that We
.!'IIcd LondonvilIe, on the T., TT. W. IL
thd, ind hail conversations with some
IrT most intelligent citizens, and on
Ut return passed over u practicable
,!ie via Nashville, n town of considcra.
.c population and trade, though five
4'yS from n railroad. The route through
'0IionVllIe and Nashville presents no
i'ioNs obstacles. The arguments for
al against this are briefly these: Lou.
.AVl'c Inns population Of about l 200,
more than average wealth, business
on intelligence. Its shipments of stock,
'nNSc, Nc, during the past three months
'Nr Dsen lGO car loads. 1t may, and
''oaOly will, soon become the centre for
norm and south road, from which we
IOl4 derive considerable hrsinpss,
'ILcl We slonld not from tho p, TT. w.
u Told' The leading citizens express
!, 3'I IIVor inr this road, anil q belief that
WV would he contributed toward its
Instruction by u township vote, and
IVY BY Nashville or Washington
,"liShilE also n valuable business that
,, ,3 Oe regularly increasing. Neither
~. 'iTe facts alone would justify n divOrg.
'tS nom our line, clOngating the distance
MS coal fields about four miles, and to
" :, ,'.Ilmalc points about three; but both
u. ,4en would probably do so. The cost
III ~ IlllIe would be heavier than upon our
". a1avIn route, and the grades u little in.
~, ! suggest these matters Tor fu.
~ r. consideration and negotiation.
lutS,aIns our original route from David
'suIys, south line Of Washington To. We
. !, the run toS. YancGs farm, Cen.
\ VI hnoS tn. where We cross n low