The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-08

in The charter iorbidding, and there is
law expressly authorizing tho adoption
NJ any gauge, so that it is uniform from
end to end. The action OF the Board Is
very important as affecting the
FUTURE OF THE COMPANY,
and perhaps the railway system Of Ohio
md other States. OF the past and pres.
emit OF the W. 4 L. E. road, and OF the
narrow.gauge now adopted, the following
Common labor may be now had 80
per cent and skilled labor 20 per cent
less than years ago. =.
o Any railroad can be built 80 10 40
per cent cheaper now than then.
8. Not 10 per cent Of existing railroads
are paying dividends on stock.
4. This argues that there are too many
railroads in the country, or that they are
constructed on false principles.
8. A narrow.gauge can DO constructed,
including the rail, 20 to 25 pes cent
cheaper than standard.
q. 1t can be equipped IL to 20 per cent
cheaper.
Z. 1t can be operated 20 10 % per cent
cheaper, and the wear and tear will be u
LARGE PER CENT LESS.
s. The same motive power will haul 25
per cent more OF paying freight.
0. Two hundred tons freight on
standard trains require 20 cars OF 10 tons
each, making total weight OF train 400
tons. A narrow.gaugc car weighs A tons
and will carry 8 tons, or, in other words,
% cars, weighing 100 tons, will carry 200
tons freight, making total weight 800
tons-a saving Of % per cent in total
weight Of train, or so per cent in car
weight.
from ono to another gauge for not ex'
ceeding % cents car. This has been
proven in tho operation Of the gainesville
Il Youngstown road.
II. A business that pays 7 per cent TO
n standard will pay 20 per cent to n mar
row.gauge.
This gives large dividend and leaves
wide margin for successful COMPETE
ton.
12. Tho people can build and own n
narrOw.gauge and be no poorer, while
the other has been losing investment to
It's builders.
Is. The narrow.gauge can do the busi-
ness Of the country cheaper to the shipper
and more profitable to the carrier, and
this meets the law OF supply and demand.
II. By proper management and prompt
cooperation The W. & L. L. Co., can now
build Gnarrow.gauge from here TO Toledo
and may become an important part oil a
trunk line from Lakes Erie and Michigan
and the northwest and west, to Underwater
and the east and southeast.
10. Every neighborhood or section Of
country with means, pluck and railroad
fever will be better able TO build feeder
to orr narrow gauge line than to a stand
ard gauge.
lG. An effort to build standard gauge
may sink all our means and prove abor'
tive; while il we build the other
WE HAVE A GOOD ROAD.
It will develop business, and, if the future
demands, We can make double track
lay third rail, change.to standard gauge
or do other things which wisdom or our
strength may Justify. We already have
A PROPOSITION TO CONSTRUCT AND EouIr
the whole line for $4,000 cash, $4,000
bonds and Sll 900 stock per mile.
The gainesville L. Youngstown road i
built across valleys, over very rough
country with numerous cuts and fills
Most Of the work was done when prices
we're high, and the road Us equipped cos
S22.45O per mile, $4,000 cash balance il
stock and bonds.
PROBABLE COST OF W. & L. E. It. R.
II is thought the following figures rep
resent limit within which our road may
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