The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-14
HEMPFIELD RAILROAD.

The Washington Pa, Reuie~ ana
Examiner Of this week has tbs follow
ing in relation to a matter in which the
people OF Wheeling feel very decide
interest below we give the bill We
alluded to last week, the purpose OF
which is clearly to embarrass,if not stop
the building Of the Hemp6eld railroad
east of this place. As will be seem
the bill is q most extraordinary one
a. ii appears to contemplate not only
the stoppage Of the Hempfeld, but also
any other road, except one crossing the
Mouongahels river at certain point
We can scarcely think such an outrage
can he perpetrsted, yet the capacity OF
the Pennsylvania Legislature in that
direction is beyond calculation. 1t is
but fair to all parties to state this pro-
posed piece of precious. rascality was
sent to Harrisburg in the hand writing
Of Hon. Geo. w. Lawrence. This
shows that our guess last week was not
far from the mark. The bill is as fol-
lows:
Supplement to the Act Incorporating the
Hempfsld Railroad Company approved
hel5h day of May A. D. 1850.
Bet enacted dc, That the time for
the completion of said railroad men.
toned in the Act to which this is a sup
plement, shall be extended five years
from the passage Of this Act and the
said company or any other company
having the franchises OF the original
company, by purchase or otherwise, or
sny company organized under this Act,
shall be required in their construction
or extension OF said railroad to any
eastern termination from the borough
of Washington, in the county OF WASH
ipgton TO follow the original location as
near as practicable, crossing tbeMonon>
sahels river not more than two miles
from Monongahela City, in Washing
ton county, and connecting east Of
that place with any other railroad now
in operation by the nearest and moot
practicable route: and Act or parts OF
Acts, which couflct with the provisions
Of this supplement, or would prevent
the construction OF said railroad on the
line mentioned, or would authorize the
construction of any other railroad east o.
WASHINGTON, connecting NTH heHsznpheld
railroad before the completion OF the
line OF road as provided for by this Act
be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Since the above WAS in type. we
find in the Monongahela Republican,
q letter from Mr.. Lawrence strongly
urging the Monongahels route, but de-
nying any disposition to join in a
movement to stop the building OF the
road. We hope this is true, but new
ertheless we have the authority OFT a
partisan of Mr.. L g for the statement
that be drew the bill. This fact and
the denial do not appear to fit.
A CORRESPONDENT OF The Baltimore Sun
writing on the prevalence OF dishonesty
in the country, accounts of which fill
the newspapers, remarks that if it is
mot arrested, it must result in the
decentralization OF all society. Private
men will think they can do what those
in high official station do every day,
or will protect them in doing. When
vice is not directly proved against some
officials. they protect and encourage
others; whether from incompetence or
want of moral principle, it makes no
difference. 1t has been carried 90 far
that crime in all its varieties is rampant
over the country, and laughs to scorn
the efforts OF honest men. The country
is becoming a paudemonium."