The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-15

AVhhty NUleENh tue
Meeting.
According to announcement, meeting
in the interest Of the proposed river rail-
road was held at Moundsville on Saturday
afternoon. While It was not as large a
meeting as It might have been, and ought
to have been, still, as in the case Of the
meeting in this city on the 9th, it was to a
certain extent representative meeting
1nasmuch as number Of the leading
people Of the town and country were pres
emit Tall oaks from little acorns grow, and
great railroads and other public improve
ments have their day Of small beginnings,
First there Ia the voice Of one crying in
the wilderness, then there is an echo some.
where, and gradually the grand chorus is
started into life. De Witt Clinton, solitary
and alone, began the agitation Of the
great Erie Canal. ,rhos. H. Benton wat
the pioneer OF the idea Of railroad to the
Pacific ocean, Geo. Stephenson had tc
convince the British parliament, and al
the great men Of his day, by actual expert
ment, that locomotive would stick to {
track OF iron rails, and Fulton built hi
first steamboat amid the jeers Of the null
tltude.
There Is always opposition or apathy
toovercome in every project that promi
ses much for the public. Too often it
inception Is chilled almost to death by TIT
frowns Of those who are content will
things as they are. Once railroad is
proposed. the cutlery commences that il
will involve expense, and perhaps taxa
ton. Many Of these who own land on ii
route make up their minds at once to &c
q big price for the right of way, whit
others are so narrow and blind that they
prefer dnllness and,slowness, aud all thu
old and expensive methods ofmarketinl
what they raise, to seeing foot Of the
soil they own converted to the publ,
use.
This is not surprising when we remem
Der that it took more than generation to
change the ulnt.lock muskets Oh our army
INTO percussion rifles lime ana TINT
again the educated officers oil the serVicf
pronounced In favor Of the- nlnt'locKs
Nothing but the memorable exigencies o
experience IN the last !naian wars Deior'
the rebellion, could modify their opinions,
ana even al the outoreaS Oh tne feoelllor
there were still those who advocated thu
hintlocSs'
so IS 1t with al socn pfoIeCts as inc pro
posed railroad down tne RIVER, .nfougn INT
counties Of Marshall wetzei' lyler' fleas
ants and Wood. Because 'he ROAD canno
go TO Farkersoure Dytwo OF three olneten
routes there are those VINO say that Il
shall not 20 at all, as iar as their voice
are concerned. ms too' hotwlthstana
ing the experiences OF last WINTER anc
the past summer ana tali, whereby, ont
would suppose al opposition 70 fallroa'
would ne forever husheG' anu ,.s coming
welcomed as dellVeref from soliluue' $50
lation ana all manner Oh GePriVation'
however 1t LOOK ten plaques 70 MAKE
the Egyptlsns willins 70 ies Tue 4sFaelites
90, ana II may Tor ought we know, take
Ten saca seasons as last winter ana thi'
lali 70 secure such uhanlnnty Oh sentl
ment uown tne river as wiz nhally tesu.
In proper ala 70 the proposed tallroaa
AS long ago as 1885, lar seeing cltlzen o.
olncinnan hiteo up MS voice III 'syof OF
railroad taat Woulu connect ohcin
nati with tue Southern seaooard: 1t mas
taken iorty;three years 70 accomplish wha'
that one man thus early dlscernea as
geographlcai necessity 10 oincinnan' 10
aay MS name Is neia IN mgn nonor py
the people oil tnat city, haa ne peer
properly seconded IN MS Jay by the PEG
pie along tne hne' IN inc etates OF Ken
lucky ana tennessee nus proposed rail
road would nave PAID ior itsell a dozer
Tunes over, IN Inc shape Oh ui[eCt anu In
direct PFohS ana aaVan'ages. Inc country
would nave oeen better developed and th'
people woaia nave naa pet1er markets iol
all their products While O'ncinnau woule
nave mad one'thifd more people within its
limits than 1t has to-day. 10 know an op
poftun'ty ana embrace II was one o. TIT
grand naxtms o. Tue seven wise men o
ually or collectively, know when to TAXI
advantage Of that tide in their affairs
which, as Shakespeare has said taken q
the flood leads on to tortune," but
omitted binds I'm shadows all thei
future efforts.
There Is TIDE now IN the affairs OF thu
people along the route between here ant
Parkersburg' IL those concerned can only