The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-02-07
col. Johnson's naiIroad mi Reviewed,

3 Editors Intelllsouser;
! have noted with much interest Tho
; workings Of the Special Railroad Commit
, tee during It's investigation OF tho charges
. against the Baltimore 4 Ohio Co. Of dis
crimination in the matter Of freight ant
: passenger tolls. More recently We had The
work Of the committee summed up in the
majority and.minority reports of The same
presentedto the Legislature and scattered
broad cast among the people through the
press. On reading the reports one is liter.
ally astOnshCd that the citizens OF the
State aud patrons Of The road have so long
patiently submitted TO the gross wronga
which have only been made more glaring
BY the report Of the committee, and It Is
not likely that, with the light now before
them, they will ever again suffer their
business interests 10 be so utterly disre-
garded by any railroad company In the
struggle for the control OF through freights
from the Eastern anil Western termini.
They will cease to. allow themselves to be
ground to powder between the upper and
neither millstones. II
The frankness with which Mr.. Vice
President keyser admits the wrongs which
have been put upon the people Of West
Virginia, and the apparent sincerity with
which he pledges himself to their, correc.
tion, gives promise that q great change
has come over the spirit Of the manage.
ment Of the B. & o. r. r., and that the
aim OF the company will hereafter be 10
completely identify itself with the inter.
ests OF the people OF this State, and 10
cherish aud foster tho development Of
those industries for which the State pos.
sesses such abundance Of raw material.
Coneedlng this to be the design OF the
B. 4 y. Company, ii is clear that Il should
be met in the same spirit OF concliation;
and all legislation should look TO securing
to the people Of the State the full benefit
OF the more liberal policy which the com.
pany seems disposed to adopt.
The bill introduced by Senator Dan.
johnson seems In our estimation, and we
believe in that Of the people generally, to
be hastily and inconsiderately tnatured,
and contrOnts the people OF West Virginia
with the danger OF losing golden oppor.
tunity to secure the great benefit Of in.
valuable concessions given freely by the
company without the stress OF litigation.
Under the new policy OF the company
every industry would be relieved from an
Onerous tax, and new enterprises would
spring upall along the line Of tho road and
add immensely to the material prosperity
OF theState.
Under Senator Johnson's bill there lies
bitterness and hnstility betwasn tba man. n.
nCers ri thn road AMI tba ,San,,Ia s ot ;t'tt az
State. during the cnnt;nSance m ,sh;eh S '% ",I
the interests that have % iong IaSemishad % I
must remain in their half JsysioneJ ooS.
dition, md nm embar1o nc comnIctc IST and I'm n.
snrmonntahle bs In;d nnon I'll 1S na.s sn az "a. az
prises. The men Of enternr;se '" and S the
voung men ofthc State Viii 90, go @ 70 those ose
States where liloraI ;Ieos anil t;horo,' 'iVsS iaSS
foster the devclonm"nt mont o ~ ,ro,ie AHA. isme En,
iSration will nsss ~ Sn aS " . IsnI .nr"aJ r..a,
With tho hli.bt of m Sll;vj,,oI o,,i i"Se" .,s;,
ous nolicv ~" ''N "''" 'u'"'
Whv does not some ;ntol,ioor, manila,
of the Iegisiatnre move to award tba
nenl;no LiTI so no IN reon;ro ,i,a rnaJ ''o ~
romnlv with that clamsa ~ ;,s 4aM ,.h"s.os W
which nrescrihas Tint % no groo,or NJ 10 nS"soa
shall be made from BSItimnSe ,s %es, SarI Sm - ~
anv sta,inn in Wcs, Viroinio 0"t%"tu Hor tro,o "
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Viroinia ihan ia chsrgcJ fro,n ] oOa ,.;I a. esi
no;St IN ihe n,her an lilo oI"sooo ~ nnaI,
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a,ion Lv onnress;ye and satai;Ntos, So "n
OCtmanfS that Shoull nnnu nv tho oktanIint,
of onr worthy renresen,st;vo. @ "''H' r. tI,a
connanv Las hoeU esEes, lose ~ aEan,;na ~ .he .he
Wiser noIicv NJ of fos,er;no @ "p.g stsr ;ne 5ms
,nonnioctnr;n, intornsts IN tSis SSatas SSss;;Ts
hetter loie than % never Int tha ' nannIo :. 20
have have ,be nrofTarei roIief fron, my "n;,t p9oe H.
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roocI, ""J ,haS vii, In;I,, VIII" Mnn a'.ela
station a large l9cal having CARRYING ah3
nassom.ar ."s = ~ ram" 81 , ~! 's carrying a"o
p'tITr In ;Sa l;nht ~ wroro, o,,e.,.s,, ,,o =.
not wonaer hat vary nISnS S"Jeeu ~ nS. VIZ we Io
"re @ IoTJ in thor on5ramSo " y ~ "T pe"pie
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secure sSni that irienSshfp @ from te" its m. ~
irons which would hove heen 'Sa
irIt q WIZ anu liDGral policy. Still