The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-11-14
THE RIVER RAILROAD.
HeiiaiFs Urged TO Hurry mp and Head on
the wheeling Project.

-'S'A"he oFAeu 70 hurry mp and Head on
the wheeling Project.
BsllAIrs Tribune.
We again call the attention of people
et Bellaire and those livihgalonir the riyer
on the Ohio side to the importance Of
prompt, determined action in relation to
the construction of a railroad from this
place along the river TO Marietta. Active
steps are being taken for the construction
OF a road down the Virginia side Of the
river, and we have no doubt but road
will be e9nstrncted at an early day an one
side OF tie othsS. Can Beilsire aff6rd h
remain inactive while this Question Ia he.
ing disposed Of? While The prodnc,s and
trade OF the Ohio Valley find market by
me present means Of transportation, Bel
laife WIZ receive, as she does, q fair pro-
portion Of the, trade, because as a river
LoEn, 10Y ,s1e has equal advantages with
Whselmg, bu.ff a railroads. cor nstrncteti
on tue virginia side OF the river and this
trade Is diverted from its present channel.
then Bellatre will lose even what she il
now getting. "' '"' 20
Hemmed in as Bellaire is by rival
towns and cities, and her local sources Of
supply and trade thus circumscribed she
cannot afford to allow any Of these 10 be
diverted by other channels 10 different
markets. Its her true interest TO see
that these sources Of supply and trade ara
increased rather than Diminished a. har
Manufacturing population increases and
eni1fges her demands for farm products.
ls there any way by which this can be so
certainly and SO cheaply done as BY the
construction OF this River Railroad :?
With this road terminating at Bellaire.
the abundant supplies OF the rich bottom
lands OF the Ohio Valley between this
point and Marietta would naturally find
their way 70 this market, and with them
wo9Id come as g matter OF course the
trade and Business Of all That populous
territory, If there was sufficient enterprise
and business neEgy to- deserTe it, -
beiIalre isanot the only pakts, however.
that'is tnterestedinthis mater. sThe iner.
chants and business men of Powbattan.
Clarington, Baresyille, Matamoras, Grand.
view, and other towns on the north side
o. the Ohio river, as well as the coal men,
farmers; and In short every other class
hying along the river are equally interest.
ed IN this matter. A railroad will be con.
structed along this valley within a very
short perled-that one thing Is as certain
as iate. Its construction on the south side
ot the river will be very serious disaster
TO every business and pecuniary interest
on the north side OF the river. The yery
moment the construction Of thisfoad On
the Virginia side Is fixed fact, there will
be mari ked change in the order of deyel-
opment along the river. New business
enterprises and new towns will spril1r nm
along its course, and the produce and trade
OF the north side will naturally ifld its wav
across the river because of the advantages Of
more reliable and more speedy communi.
Gated with the business markets of Tfhe
country 1tyou want any evidence upon
ms point Just look at the country between
thus and Pittsburgh. The North side Of
tue [lyer, because of the construction OF
the Cleveland and Pittsburgh road has de.
veloped into an almost unbroken contin.
uance OF towns, villages and manutactur.
ing centres while the South side remains
almost stationary. So it will be between
here and Marietta. The side that has the
enterprise TO secure the construction Of
this railroad will make such rapid deyel-
ocpments as will surprise the most sapeu-
inc, and reapa reward thatwill soon repay
the cost OF Its construction,
we say to the people here and at all
points on the Ohio side between here and
Marietta 60 TO work at once and work up
thia matter. The sooner the better. ~,
what the Martins Ferry .sNeus- has 10
Say on the Same Subject. 81
,Weare satisfied that a railroad connee.
ton between Wheeling and Petersburg
Gan Pc made on thus side OF the river for
abott one:half of this amount in co,se-
quence oil the difference in distance and
the work already performed between Ma
rletta and Bellatre on road protested
several years since. In addition to this is
the TACT that large portion of the trade
and travel from which dividends are to be
realized would come from this side Of the
riyerf but -tt.our citizens choose to sit "a.
pinely and let this opportunity 10 largely
increase the value Of their possessions pass
BY, or be gObbled up by their more enter
prising neiRhbors, we shall regret Il, as we
know they will when 1t ia TOO late; be.
cause one Of these roads is all that the
present generation will see,
live are not to have road from Wheel.
ing 70 Marietta, where the improvement
would undoubtedly pay large returns,
then let us have the next best thing, a road
from Wheeling to Parkersbarg. -
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