The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-07-21
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Editorsof ths Resistsr. y
As this MORNINGS issle 81 your Ysper
viii close ali disnussiou upon tie sub
scrintion to4he RSW. &>KySR. 81, we
can only say, the friends of this road have
given our citizens their candid reasons
in favor of this road, with such argu-'
ments in its favor, that no reasonable
iperson has as yet, fairly controverted
Is advantage to our. city. And We propose
now to leave our peopleto choose whether
thew will have valuable short compel
ing line of railroad out of this city or
not. - q - = -
We have also stated to You the bust
ness advantages we ubelieve this road
will have. az CO r. ...... ....
In order to let our friend Whiting, of
the Ohio transportation Company, and
G. p. Railroad right, l state from the
information have received from one of
the principal officers of the 2. {. y 5. l..
Railroad Company, that the intention
has been, and still will be, for this road
and the p. w. l. KY. road to be
competing roads for all freights bound
north. west and south from this point.
This line of road from Wheeling
via Steubenvilie, Columbus and Logans-
port To Chicago, is 49l miles long, which is
i6 miles shorter than the b. il o. and Lake
Shore roads. The p, G. & st. l.. Railway
Company controls this whole line from
SteubenviIle to Chicago; and We can say
to Mr.. Whitney and his transportation
company, as far as eastern and western
bound freights are concerned, that it Is
not proposed, after the completion Of this
road, to pay his company one dollar per
ton any longer. while this cheap freight
can be delivered upon the track of the
p. G. Il st. l.. r. r. CO., distance of "A
miles, by the p, w. Il Ky. road, for
less than $500 per car load, while it
will cost by the Whitney and {. u 7.
road Sl4.5O to Mingo Junction or Steu-
benville.
As for crossing bridges, | suppose the
p, G. Il st. l.. K. Il. Go. and the b. u o.
X. Il. Go. stand in about the same man
ner rs regards cost.
Now, with all these facts placed
fairly before the people of this
county and city, we would ask why
they should not come out and vote
for this subscription. We say t" you rs
fellow citizens, if this road should not be
completed, we honestly believe the city
of Wheeling will sustain loss she will
never again be able to repair. Not alone
in the value of this road to our citizens
AS competing line, but in her manutac-
! turing Interests. Lose this road and you
| at once shut out the manufacturing sites
and coal advantages along and above
| this city, which we may say Is all the
, place we now have. We would ask any
! candid man if another rolling mill should
want to be built in this city, we would
ask where could it be built for cOnven-
! fence to coal and railroad facilities?
Point it ont, II go" please. We cant find
it, The result will be that the Ohio side
of the river will be the chosen point to
! drop our capital and taxes, which has
proved itself already, and we honestly
| believe that if this road should fail to b"
! finished that hereafter all glass and iron
manufactures will seek the Ohio side for
! location.
In answer to the articles in your paper
! and ItCiiiqcnccr of yesterday morning, |
| can OnlN say lidl we u'Il u'HII' w pay
any more attention To anonymous articles.
/ In the instance of one Mr.. a. Lally, Il
! person Of whom We cannot learn much
| aS his name does not appear uS II
citizen in tn" Wheeling directory, but
learn he Is IN employee of the b. u q.
! K. X. Co. These writers may all be EN-
/ pluvcd in the interest of this road and
! the Whitney Transportation Company
| for aught We know. We, ~ citizens and
large tax payers do contend that it is the
| duty of our citizens, where 50 important
II subject as the subscribing by our county
! of 100000 for any purpose whatever.
1t would look much better for all per-
sons to be outspokcn, and be not ashamed
in backing up what they say by sub
/ scribing their names. You cannot tell
! where they belong. We do know the
! Ohio Transportation agent is dOingall he
can to defeat this subscription. His in
tcrcst is dependant great deal upon lis
! defeat. The b. n o r. f., ring is doing
what they can to defeat it also. 50 We
place these newspaper writers, rs We
believe, where they belong. With this
valedictorv we subscribe, yours most
respectfully. JNo. Mcclure.