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

counties, six in West Virginia and three
In Ohio; also, slIirting the river there are
thlrty.seyen townships, twenty.one In
West Virginia and sixteen in Ohio, with
twenty-five cities and towns, six Of which
are county seats, directly on the river
shore.
In relation 10 the population along the
said line he said: We know the popula.
ton OF Wheeling by actual census, In
July, this year, 70 be 2S,42s, Take the
rate Of increase Of Patkersburg between
1850 and 1870 (which was l22 per cent
by the Federal census as basis, and she
should now have q population OF IL $40,
say 10000. The rate OF increase In this
Congressional district for the decade end.
Ing 1870 was by that census over ID per
cent Rating the population Of the said
townships outside Of the cities named,
they should now have population oil 49,
100, making total population on onr side
Of the river, on the immediate line Of the
road, Of 57,2lS, BY the census OF 1870 the
population Of cities, towns and townships
on the Ohio side OF the river was Al oil.
Bellaire, since then, has had an increase Of
nearly, or quite, topper cent, but sup pose
the average increase TO have been Is per
cent, which Is low estimate, Us the
largest ratio OF increase along the river,
and they should now have q population OF
1913 in the thirtySeven townships on
the river, through the very centres OF
which the road viii run.
He devoted considerable time In argu.
ing the advantages Of building narrow.
gauge in preference 10 broad.guage. The
narFow.gauge, he said, would d0all the
hauling necessary for any territory; 1t was
sale for the conveyance Of passengers, and
taking into consideration its Cheapness, 1t
was being universally adopted.
GER, was invited forward, and spoke at
considerable length in advocacy Of the
road. He said there belongs to every line
OF railroad a certain kind OF argument
suitable to itself. To present the claims
Of this road properly one would have to
ascertain the amount Of shipping done
from this point, and so on along
the length OF the proposed line. He
spoke OF the exorbitant freight tariff com.
planned oil by the residents Of Marshall
county las year over the Baltimore and
Ohio road, and showed that had competi.
ton been brought to bear upon the Balti,
more and Ohio road such state Of affairs
would have been aVerted, and the people
OF Marshall would not have had 10 pay
more for carrying freight from Mounds.
Vile TO Baltimore than shippers from
Chicago to the seaboard. He said while
the new schedule was more in conformity
with Justice and equity than the old one
the people did not know how long 1t
would remain so, and the only true saliva,
ton a community had in matters OF rail.
roads Is for the people to have two strings
to their bow. Here was golden OPP
portunity for Marshall county to avert
any complaint similar to the one made
last year,
Mr.. Campbell spoke Of the immense
business done by the various lines Of
steamboats,, aud argued that the railroad
would, at no distant day, reap the benefits
now enjoyed by the boats. II the i'm.
mense amounto capital invested in steam
boats would pay dividends, he saw no rea
son, II economy and honesty was exer
cised in the management OF the railroad,
why II would not pay for itself in O few
years. A great deal Of complaint CANT
from parties on account Of supposed in
creased taxation. 1t was true that the
ratio Of taxation increased as the value o.
property increased through any improve
ments that might be made upon it, but Il
was an increase that would produce gooG
results in the future, and instead OF beiAl
drain upon the tax payers, the revenues
OF the road would flow in and relieve then
in a greater degree than it had burdenet
them.
Ex-state Senator Price followed, but al
his remarks rapidly became personal ant
drew Mr.. G. S. McFadden into IN argu
ment entirely foreign to the subject, w
will not produce them.
Messrs. Mcconnell, Hammer and other
spoke in sympathy with the enterprise
and the meeting adjourned, all feeling tina
the smouldering embers Of the river roaC
had been famed into blaze that woulG
eventually light Marshall county unto tina
high road to prosperity which she so justly
deserves.