The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-27

AnotI,eT Letter from Capt, John hcIhTr
M the Great Advantages Of the Fro
pOsrd Line.
WuEEIISU, December -.
Ed.tn, lni,lgructt
l, il with regret that feel compelled
once more to call the attention Of our ciIi'
,ens to tho importance oil the Coniem.
plated railroad enterprise between Wheel.
inc and PafkCrsburg. There does not
seem to he that response on the part OF
our PEOPLE that its projec tors anticipated
when they initiated the movement, anal !
nm therefore led to suppose thGt many
persons have not informed Themselves as
to the probable Advantages aud profits Of
this road in case Il is built, and thar come
of them are holding back until they can
examine It's claims OH their attention. In
view Of the fact that the small subscfp.
ton asked Tor from our people AZ the
leans Of making u survey Of the ruutc
sens to Drugs long on the hands Of the
,licitor feel bound in charity to assume
Snt some OF them need to have Their at.
tention called aircsh to the advantages Of
the road.
Let me ray at the outset that | would
look upon the collapse OF the present
movement 10 build this road us a calamity
to our community, in common with the
communities along its route and ut its
Parkefsburg terminus. It seems to me
matter Of seli-intereBt that every per.
son In Wheeling should take live inter
est IN the survey for which We are now
soliciting stock. Some OF my reasons for
90 feeling are Us t1IlOws:
First-l;ccauac, as ! said in prior COM
munration, the route Of the proposed
road IS through the best unOccupie,l ter
rilOry anywhere to be found in this region
fora railroad. There is no uuOCcupied 10
mile stretch Of country 10 compare with
the rich valley between here and Parkrrs-
burg. Bear in mind that the road will
supply want lclt on both sides If the
river, and that for at least one third Of
each year, on al average, will have u
practical monopoly Of the river traffic.
This river traffic is an immense and very
profitable traffic. as witness the numerous
boats that ply in the various trades be-
tween here and PaIkersburg For
two thirds OF the year this railroad will be
the active competitor Of the boats
for their present trade md travel.
Nine tenthJ OF the travel will
leave the river and take 10 the cars, be-.
cause It will he just rs cheap TO do 50, aud
will DOtr0nsume half the time. And Ns
for freight, the road having small expenses
can carry freight az cheap ms the boats, ms
witness the actual facts between here and
Pittsburgh ut this present time. As any
shipper knows, 1t will be easier 10 load
freight on the cars along the road than on
the boats, and easier to deliver tin the
city or to connecting lines at Wheeling,
MOuudsville, Benwood or parkershurg
As for market stuff, especially pCrishubtc
products, all Of it will naturally seek the
road in preference to the river.
Second. The road will have great al.
vRniagcs in the way OF connections. Al
MouudsvillP, coming north, it will con.
meet with the Baltimore 4 Ohio road for
the Est. At this point transhipments
OF passengers and frcights for all points
on that road will easily be made, IA both
roads will lay along side OF the Baltimore
4 Ohio depot. At BGnwoOd CONNECTIONS
for the West, both passengers and irciyhts.
will be made. At the city Of Wheeling
connections will he made with the Penn.
Eylvania system Of roads for the East and
West, and also with the Lake Shore and
New York Central lines via the Tus.
caravans Valley * Wheeling road,
now nearly completed to Bridgeport.
Also with the llrmpfeld line, Which Is
soon to be completed through to Councils.
vile aud the interior Ui PENNSYLVANIA,
thur securing short line east. II Par.
kersburg the line will connect with the
Marietta and Cincinnati road and also
with the Marietta and Cleveland, and
the whole rich Muskingum Valley. 4,
Marietta and llnmar there Is pOpula.
ton OF 10000, and at the city Of l'atEers.
burg and surroundings 10000 more. At
the latter point an extensive bushes,
from the Little HanRwhN and Ohio riycrs
concentrates. Thcrci is alison railroad pro.
juCted from POmGrOy to a point on tho
N. & 9. railroad that will be feeder 10
the line, while. more than ALL there ia the
prospective Charleston line, connecting
with the Chesapeake and Ohio road. east
and west, and through ii with the iron
ore fields Of the New River country of
Virginia and West Virgins.
Tbird-Ihe shortest line iron Wheeling
to Cincinnati and st. Louis will be by Ills
rOad, The distance from Parkerh1rr 10
Cincinnati is I0i miles and the time seven
hours and ahali. The time between here
md ParkcHhUrg by the new line should
not exceed three hours and Il hall, which
would make only eleven hours between
Wheeling and Cincinnati. a distance Of
25i miles Thus We would have from
here u competing line to the Southwest for
both freight and passengers. This nd.
vantage alone should stimulate Our mann.
iactInng interest to lively interest In
this road.
There il no aspect in which this road
can be viewed that 1t does not promise 10
be- r line Of public and private profit. |
consider its inducements uneQuAled Rs n
railroad project, and | confess that am
only Surprised that there should be- the
slightest hesitation on the part Of our
business people in coming up 10 its sup.
port ~ this critical time in It's history.
This is critical time, aud may as well
speak plaiEly and say that il The survey
now on foot IL not made for want VI the
QUOTAS OF the different counties, amount.
ing in all to only 3, 100, and only l,UOO to
the county Of Ohio, the project will he
dropped, and in my judgment il will be
many years, ii ever, before il is again
revived, Those, therefore, who feel an
interest In the enterprise must now make
up their miuds 10 lend n helping hand hy
tREIug a share or two OF It's stock, so that
in ;hr next lew days the 10 per cent pay.
able thereon can be made available for
survey u the route early In the new year.
The books Of subscription are NJ the office
OF Mr., W. T. Peterson, next door to the
Exchange Bank, aud Ii is hoped that all
who have not taken share or two Of
stock will call IN and put down their
names without further delay.
ions MCIrgE,