The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-26
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MoRGANTowN, w. VA,
Nov. ~, 1877. !
Correspondence OF the Register.
Pursuant 10 the Call OF the Chairman
of Committee of Ways and Means sp-
pointed at former meeting, the citizens
of Monongala county assembled at the
court house today, at one o'clock for the
purpose OF hearing the. merits OF the
Castle Shannon Narrow Gauge railroad
discussed. The weather was not propi-
tious. There was damp drizzlng rain
all day and the roads leading to 1t from
Morgantown were suplertstiveIy bad.
However, the court house was we'll nlied
with substantial farmers and business
luen of the county.
Hon. w. S. Wiley, as Chairman Of
the sCommittee referred to, called the
meeting to order and presided over It's
deliberations. After stating briefly the
object of the meeting the chair
man introduced Mr.. Hayes OF
Pittsburgh MI officer OF the Pittsburgh,
Castle Shannon and Washington rail-
roads who made extensive remarks as to
the proposed method of extending their
road by way OF Bea.yille, Carmichael's
and Mi. Morris to Morgantown, and
thence further south. Mr.. Hayes Is plain,
practical man, sn earnest advocate OF the
narrow gauge road and well posted as 10
their advantages. He answered promptly
and satisfactorily great many questions
which were propOunded by MS auditors.
He gave history OF the origin OF his
road, their original attentions, the
obstacles which have heretofore been in
terposed to retsrd their progress and
their present intention of pushing their
road to the south In order to draw the
.rade of our rich valley and the south
generally into the city Of Pittsburgh. He
spoke OF the cost of building narrow
guage roads and especially of their cheap
ness as compared with broad guage roads
he cost of u narrow gauge being from
So 600 TO $1,000 per mile, while that OF n
broad gauge Is from $4,000 TO $4,000
Der mile. He claims that the narrow
gauge road can do all the business that a
broad gauge can, and consequently the
narrow gauge always pays while the
broad gauge almost always fails. Mr..
Hayes shows the ability as well as the
willingness of his company to iron and
stock this road in accordance with their
proposition when the people along the
route shall "grsde, bridge and tie" 1t or
shall furnish them the money for that
purpose ut the rate of $4,000 per mile.
The speaker was listened to with great
attention and interest by our people.
At the close OF Mr.. Hayes speech Prof.
). q. W bite, of the University, was called
upon to explain the character OF the
locality through which TINS road will
pass. Prof White is young man OF much
more than ordinary ability. He
IS graduate of our Univer-
slty and native of our county
since his graduation he has been engaged
with Dr. Stevenson on tho geological
survey of the State OF Pennsy .vanIa,
aud has had rare opportunities for ac-
curing geological acquaintance with
the counties OF Greene and Fayette III
Pennsylvania as well AS of Monungalia,
adjoining them in West Virginia. AT
the last meeting OF the Uni ersily re-
gents Professor White WAS selected for
tae chsir OF Astronomy and Physics.
which chair had tor some time previous
been vacant. The Professor Is n close
student, profound thinker, AID a logl-
cal reasoner He is scholar, of
which the University, as well as
M,nongalia county, may be proud, and
is dong good work in the cause of edu-
cation.
Pro essor White exhibited a map or
chart et his own execution, showing the
structure and mineral constitution of
the earth along the line of the proposed
railroad, and demonstrated what an I'M
mense field OF wealth would be devel-
oped. |. appears, according to our rec.
objection, that about twenty-sIX feet
CT bltuminous coal crops out sloug the
line OF the road in MouongaIia county,
besides other VEINS which may be reached
by shatting. One vein of limestone, one
hundred feet in thickness, has its out
crop on Deaken's Creek, in this county,
and on the proposed route, which Is equal,
in whiteness, to Louisville lime.
In addition to this, camel Goa, iron
u
ties. All these immense resources of
wealth TO our county, which lie hidden
away in the south end, are utterly useless
for want of facilities for transportation.
When the miserable financial policy OF
the Republican party, which has for SO
long impoverished the South and West,
shall have given wSy 10 n more equits-
ole one, then labor and capital will COM
biue to develop all our incaIculsble
wealth, and West Virgins will become
one OF the richest and most prosperous
States in the Union. All this mineral
wealth viii then come INTO the market.
Do dream or do ] prophesy? when l
see MOnonga!ia county developed sS 10
her resources. The snort of the iron
horse rover oersting along the bar Ks of the
Monongshela river as he thInders up and
down the valley. A like reverberation
from hilltop To hilltop, and from noun
tain to dale, gwskens our senses rs the
locomotive comes crashing over South
west Pennsylvania. Majestic steam
boats innumerable skim upon the surface
ul our beautiful river, now utilized and
become substantial blessing by being
everlastingly damn d AMI lss if or-
sooth least the shni whistle OF the mar
row gauge "dInkie' engine makes the
weikln ring rs !: phys the way direct
from the grca: smoky city to Morgan
town, and thence away up The valley
land perhaps down the Green brier river
and on TO tue Sunny South. Thousands
OF workingmen tearing up the earth and
bringing forth the treasures that Tor so
many ages have been hidden away in her
dark recesses, and SCOT, and smoke, and
dirt, and dust, and noise everywhere
prevalent are little deplo.ed In the gen.
orai rot herinC nf waaltb