The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-24


The road is bound to be great stlmu-
lator to the trade and prosperity OF
Waynesburg. Already in its yet poorly
equipped state, with few convenlences
tor handling freight or accommodations
tor passenger travel the traffic Is re-
markable. The receipts have been IN
creaslHg since the start, until now they
average over $50 day, while the run
ming expenses do not exceed S2O.
wHEELING's INTERESTS.
Heretofore Pittsburgh has monopo-
| lized the most OF the trade OF Waynes-
burg and the eastern part OF Greene
county. This was natural, because she
had ready and easy access 10 the trade
via the Monongshels river TO Rlce's
landing, thence ten miles across the
country, which brought the merchandise
into Waynes burg. Pittsburgh knew her
hold ON the trade and prodted thereby
She could ask her own prices, and
Greene county merchants were com
PEELED to pay Them. With the opening
of the narrow gauge u change Is at
once discernabie. The Wheeling
merchants, ever alive tor new fields OF
business, are already sending their drum
mers in this direction, and their close
margins are bringing custom and hold
ing the Pittsburgh people level. The
Waynesburg merchant can now have his
order filled from Wheeling forty eight
hours after he writes it. TINS alone gives
your city the whip-hand over her neigh
DOR. Yet there are other advantages III
her favor. The w. " w. and Hempfeld
depots Join each other, so that no trans
Ter fees are charged. 1T was only yes
terday car load of salt arrived from
Wheeling for q Wsynesburg tirm,
the first probably that has ever
been purchased there. 1t cost
40 cents barrel TO transport
II. Heretofore the cost from Pittsburgh
was 30 cents, clean saving OF l5 cents
per barrel. The company are only
charging at present 10 and 10 cents per
100 pounds on miscellaneous freight
rom Washington TO Waynesburg.
When the road Is formally opened, the
card rates for first class freight will be 70
cents.
ODDS AND ENDS.
A railroad had been hoped for and
talked of so long in Greene, without any
practical results, that the people hac
gwen it up as impossible. Its reallza-
ton has so "worked" them up that they
yet look upon the passing train with as
much curiosity as il it were the car OF
Juggernaut coming.
An old Baptist church, erected proba.
bly, over fifty years ago, stood on the line
of the road, The gables were knocked
out of it, and 1t now torms the best depot
on the line The country folk rs they
ride through 1t look upon the trsnstor-
nation with feeling half awe and halt
regret and wonder what the good old
elders would think provided they were
aware of it, who proclaimed the
gospel therein half century ago to see
the iron horse chew chewing through the
sacred spot.
Waynesburg bears the imprint of an
old town. Its oldest people think they
can date its settling rs far back as 1890
The population will reach closely on to
1000 souls. It's improvement is not
rapid, yet 1t is growing, and the citizens
hrve strong reliance in the great out
come of their new road. They will find,
however. that it is one OF those things
that scatters its benefits about lndlscrlml-
nsLev, and If they are not up and doing
helping themselves, as 1t were-the
railroad will do Washington more
good than it will them. The Green
county people are blilt like the rest OF
humanity wherever you find them, and
they will not be slow to avail themselves
of any any advantages the nelghDorlng
towns NAV offer over Wsynesburg. The
increased facilities of exit will materially
accelerate this disposition, So 1t behooves
the Waynes burg merchants to be up and
stirring and anticipate the new order OF
things brought about by rapid and
cheaper transit.
The town hasn't much room to spread,
vet it will be some time before all Its
building lots are absorbed by editices.
1t was intended to have the railroad
depot at the southern end OF town, but
owing to some combination of the county
and Washington county directors, 1t has
been located half mile north
town, thereby causing great in
convenience to travellers and ship
pers. This action of the outside
directors, has made the Wsynesburg
stockholders so indignant that when u
proposition was made recently bv the
Mayor OF Washington, to the Mayor of
this borough, to decide On day for the
formal opening and celebration OF the
completion of the road, it was indig
nantIy rejected in public meeting.
The Wsynesburg College is revered
bv the citizens. The students compose
both sexes, and you won't fud any one
in this section but believes the cO-educa-
tion of the sexes IS the true plan of in
structon. The college has about $50
students. 1t is uuder the able manage
ment OF DR. \. B. Miller, who, through
all the ups and downs OF its existence Tor
the last twenty years, has ciung to 1t like
mother to an only child. The work
which he and his good wife, during her
lifetime, have done for the institution Is
incalculable lie is now at work
raising means TO erect new
| college building which Is estl-
mated, when completed, will cost S65,-
| NUO. ne CoI4eSe - very PooL auu Ici'SS
extensively on its friends for support.
The cost Of tuition is three dollars ses-
| sion of five months; the matriculstion
/ fee five dollars, making the annual cost
/ but SIC. The college bears a number
one reputation in all respects.
The girls of Greene county require q
passing notice before l close. Ia conver-
sstion with an enthusiastic citizen of
/ Waynes burg, he remarked that no county
IN the Stste had girls that were their
superior in any duty within their sphere
/ He didn't care if he did say 1t himself
he would pit them against our Wheeling
/ girls for IS good and as square a counting
in nights sit, and that was saying q
great deal" 7. B. j.
Scared Senators.
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