The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-07-07
CAPT. M'LuRE's LETTER.
WHEELING, June G.

CAPT. M'LuRE's LETTER.
WHEELING, June G.
Editors Intelligcncer:
It has often been asked il the T. W. 4
Ky. road can be made paying road
when completed under the proposed ar
rangement made known TO our people
through the newspapers. | believe, as
well NJ othera who are willing TO put
their money into 1t, that it will pay, and
pay we'll. l will cndeavor to give some
OF the reasons for my belief.
In the first place, the short.liRe road
is but q miles long. Il will start from
its passenger and freight station in this
city, which will be not over two blocks
from the business portion OF the city,
and run out OF tho corporation without
hindrance to the crossing OF II street or
alley, and continuing along the river
front OF our county and OF Brooke county
make direct connection at the east end OF
the Steubenville Bridge with the P. c. &
81. l.. L. Il, by means Of which road 1t
will connect with all parts Of the west
and east. 1t will be % miles shorter TO
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New York
than any other line, and will make short.
er time than any rival route. The pres
ent time table by the c. Il p. road from
Bridgeport is 4 hours and 80 minutes to
Pittsburgh. The time allowed from
Wheeling to Bridgeport by street
cars will average from Is 10 80
minutes, making the time from Wheeling
to Pittsburgh by the G. & p. r. X. from
four and three.quarters 10 five hours. By
way Of the new line the time would not
exceed two hours and thirty minutes.
This time allows one hour to the east end
Of the Steubenyille Bridge, o distance Of
81 miles, and one hour and twenty min
utes from there to Pittsburgh, over a
road mostly double.tracEed and having
steel rails, and running three passenger
trains through to Pittsburgh and New
York on quick time, making the time
from the city Of Wheeling 10 Pittsburgh
and the East two hours and thirty min.
ules shorter than by any other route.
By reason Of this advantage this route
will carry all the travel from Wheeling
to Pittsburgh and the East. / will also
say that tins road will draw travel from
the Ohio side for Pittsburgh and the East.
The saving Of time and car expense to
Bridgeport will certainly be sufficient
reason to insure all our own travel. We
may look for travel from the Central
Ohio line. Wheeling will thus become
more OF a point to start from than it is
now.
Again, all the travel that now comes
over the B. & .. road from Grafton,
Clarksburg, Parkersburg and other points
bound for Pittsburgh, and that now
stops mostly at Bellaire, will OF course
come to Wheeling and take this route.
Furthermore, all the travel bound for
steubenyille, Pittsburgh and the East
that comes up the river by our Parkers.
burg and Cincinnati packets will come to
Wheeling and take this short route in.
stead OF stopping OF at Bellaire.
These arc some OF the many reasons
why the p, w. 4 Ky road will do the
large share Of the passenger business
from our city, and hardly think any Of
these can be controyerted.
| As regards freights, there are sufficient
reasons why most Of the freight bound TO
and from the city Of Wheeling from the
East and Northwest should pass over this
road. The fact Of there being a bridge
directly at the end Of this road, connect.
ing 10 closely with The P. O. & ST. L. road,
will enable ireighls to be carried in closer
competition With the B. & o. divisions,
The difference Ia distance is but little and
Ia fully made up In easier grades. We
lbelieye that all iron ore from Cleveland