The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-15
The Pittsburgh, Wheeling & KEN
lucky Railroad

The Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Ken
lucky Railroad.
In conversation yesterday, with one 9
the engineers Of the P. We K. Railroad
we learned thSEiEIBtKe eKpeCEati0ho tth'
company to have thSir part Of the WCrh
completed along, the whole length Of tn
line within i've weeks. Several sections
are finished and others rapidly approach
ing completion. This gentleman lniormi
US that the injury to the work resulting
from the delays that have occurred ID mol
nearly 90 greatRs has been represented
The slides in aide. cuts do not result from
delay. They always occur directly aIteI
the cut Is made. Tho banks on the rive
have washed q good deal in some places,
Part Of the damage done in this way re
suited from delay, and part was inevita-
ble. he thinks q thousand dollars will
cover the loss from washing within the
CITY limits. Part Of this bank will have
to be rlprsppedi but this will DO deferred
till tho track Is laid, as the material can
then be brought TO the ground much more
cheaply.. In all such cases as this the
longer the completion Of the road Is de-
layed the greater thelOaS. Something has
actually been gained, however, by these
delays in the greater sOlidity ofthe road
bed, which has had time to settle as the
work progressed. Ten per cent Of the
whole cost Is tho usual estimate for going
over a roadbed and leVeling up the de-
pressions caused by settling. lnthe pres
ent case the final leveling will be much
less than usual.
We heard it said day or two ago thai
the delay in finishing the road.bed was
likely 10 embarrass the company In re-
spect to It's contracts with property own
ers who had given the right oil way, 1t be-
ing alleged that the grant was made on
condition that the work should be COM
pleted within Q limited time, which was
about to expire. We have taken the
pains to examine one Of the right-of'wsy
deeds Obey are ali alike) and we find that
no such condition was made. The grant
Is unlimited and unreserved except that II
the grounds ever ceases TO be used for the
purpose Of It's donation 1t is to revert TO
the grantor.
We regretto learn that some Of the peo:
pie living near the line in this county are
much incensed against the Company be-
cause the cuttings for the road have in
terfered with the wagon road along the
river, rendering 1t in some places nearly
impossible; the Inconvenience being ag-
gravated by the delay in the completion
Of the woiE, and that many out Of this
feeling against the Company will vote
against subscribing the 81, 900 to complete
the work. tits to be regretted that any
intelligent men should be influenced to do
themselves an injury by such a feeling.
Voting down the subscription will not
mend matters. The cutting has been
done Tho remedy Is to get the road fin:
ished as soon as possible. 1t will only
make matters worse, to delay the compile.
ton Of the work by voting down this sub
scriptioD, TOR then these people will have
neitheRWagOn road nor railr DAD. When the
railroad Is completed and trains running
with stations at convenient points along
the river, the people living adjacent there
to wilpflnd they have much better way
of reaching the city for themselves OF
their produce than they possessed In the
old wagon road. It Is these people, pc
culiarly, ofan others in the county, who
will be enriched BY this line Of road. Ev-
cry acreofland IN is nelghborhood win
be worth double, the day the first train
runs over II what that acre was worth'be-
fore the road was begun. That thCy, Of
all Others, should be willing to defeat its
completion and sacrifice the quarter Of a
million that this county has put into the
work, and, what concerns them more d.
rectIy,y miss tho enhancement Of their
own property, from mere feeling Of
spitefulness towards those who have the
work In charge ,,seems Incredible. : z
Tho vote on tho question Of subscribing
the additional $4,000 yet needed to com
plete tho road.bed will DO taken next
Tuesday 2 n ogcannot suppose there d
any danger that the subscription win be
defeated. Such a thing could only occur
through default. The whole question in
volved seems to reduce itself TO this
that whether there have been any erForf
Of management or not thus far the road
must be completed. 1t will DO an ex-
ceedingly valuable line TO the city. In
deed since the HempAeld is yet unfn-
ished, the Baltimore road only switch
to BenRoOd and the Cleveland s. Pitts.
burgh on the other side Of the river,
this will DO the onlyroad with q terminus
in the city toput Wheeling in direct com;
munication with the outside world. o.
course the; sooner the work Is finished
the more chsaply il can be done. What
can bed6he now Tor $4,000, year hence
may cost $4,000. OF course nobody
thinks Of throwing away tho advantages
which this road promises or the money
already invested in 1t, and the only ra-
tiehSl thing to do Is 70 vote The balance
needed ana then lot tho Commissioner
AGA that II IL PROMPTLY and iudiciopslv an.