The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-24
Tho Peoples Freight Railway
COmpany.-Iecting ut Bethany,
WA, ON Last saturday.


Conpany.-Mecting ut Bethany,
Viva, ON Last saturday.
Quite a large, number Of Brooke county
gentlemen assembled in Bethany on Sat
urday last Tor the purpose OF hearing Mr..
McConaughy, Chief Engineer Of the
above named railway company, set forth
the object and designOf this great through
line Of double track railway which is to
reach from New York to Chicago and the
Mississippi river. That gentleman dis
appointed them, as he informed them by
letter by reason Of an unforeseen and
urgent necessity for his being in Union
town on the day appointed for the Beth
any meeting. As but little is known in
West Virginia about the newly projected
narrow gauge railway, the Bethany meet
ing, SO far as gaining any practical in
formation on the subject, was failure.
AS an evidence Of the interest on the part
Of the people in procuring an outlet for
the undsyeloped wealth Of their county,
inc meeting was bucCeSs'
Cheap transportation of the products
Of the farm and the factory has come to
be the necessity Of the times; hence the
persistence Of the people and the politi-
clans for tho adoption Of some policy OF
control by the Federal Government
which shall regulate freight tariffs upon
oil the railroads Of the country, In
looking over the pamphlet recently is
sued by this Peoples Freight Railway
Company we find that the scheme is
founded upon the theory that tho Gov
ernment can not provide the means Of
cheap transportation without exercising
the right Of eminent domain within the
Jurisdiction Of organized States-a right
Of doubtful ConstitutiOnality, one which
It neyer has exercised, and on assumption
which would tend to u dangerous cCn-
traliaation Of power in the General Gov
eminent.
The company claim that railroad
built for ready cash and It's stock protect
cd from the watering process which has
characterized the stocks Of many Of the
present leading roads Of the country, cs.
pecially II II is u three feet gauge road,
coming In competition withsuch roads us
the New York Central and Pennsylvania
will have to earn dividends OH an ANA.
zingIy reduced capital stock. The wear
and tear and broakagc of freight trains
moving at a uniform speed of ton miles
per hour Is infinitely les than that Of
trains moving twenty or thirty miles an
hour. The average actual time Of n fast
freight line between Chicago and New
York Is eight miles an hour, and to nc
complish this II Unnecessary much Of the
time to run at tho rate Of thirty miles an
hour because Of the long delays on side
tracks to keep out Of the way Of passen-
ger trains. The route selected for this
new road is butaslight deviation from an
air line, and Is favorable for obtaining
low grades at slight cost, also for throw.
ing out branches over routes admitting Of
cheap construction and light grades to all
the principal centcrS East ana West, rem
dering Il easy TO attract full business for
tho road. The estimated cost OF q great
double track trunk line, three feet gange,
from New York to the MlSsisSipptisS 4O,'
100000.
An absolute guaranty oil the road in
tho Interest OF cheap transportation can
be effected by providing that the owners
Of one-halt the stock Of tho Company