The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-01

Our readers will remember that we PUT
l;Sbed some weeks ago tho certificate Of
incorporation OF tho Baltimore, Cincinnati
and Western Railroad Company, in which
were SGT forth the objects, route, terminal
points aud general outline Of the proposed
road. This certificate Of incorporation
was obtained by Dir. Edward D. McConky,
Of Baltimore, a gentleman who has been
actively interested In the project from iii
ineep,ion, and.who has contributed very
largely to It's success 80 far.
To an Ix1ELLloEScEs reporter Mr.. Nc
Conky stated that he had been at work IN
the States OF Ohio, Virginia and West
virginia for some time, pushing the pre-,
liminnries to the beginning OF me IoGu
building IS fast as possible, 10 Virgins
he hpd encountered much opposition
from Mr.. Mckenzie, OF the Washington
and Ohio, ard from NJ. HuntinHton' Q
fbs Cbesspeake and Ohio roads, both O.
whom had interposed every obstacle
available 10 tho granting oil q charter BY
the virginia Legislature, but all thee bad
bean overcome, and tue road was now an
assured enterprise.
H,aonEcy Baid Il wou.d begin 1t Balti
11n,s mad lake q westerly C0uIEe through
Sis,y,oY,d. iniersgctipE theB. 4 o. X. X. a
Wellington junction, then again Of Cat
srsburg in Montgomery county, and enteI
VhvinIa al LeeabuTg, passing through
tbe ropntIes OF Loudoun, Clarke and
STedericc 10 the West Nirsints State
line and entering this state In
ibe southeastern corner Of Hamp'
Sbi,s county, proceeding southwest
Gbro,,,h Hardy and Peudleton counties
thoncs west between PocAhontas and
Randolph countless through HIaktonr
Webster, Clay, Kanawha and Oapeli coun'
tics into Kentucky, thence TO . point oP'
posite IrontoD, o., whence II WIZ eros
into Ohio and thence to Cincinnati:
This route Mr.. McConkey considers
very advantageous one, as from Cincinnati
n Moorefleld Il will be q river road, and the
coat Of construction will be very cheap
that Il he means as compared with the
trsmendous outlay necessary TO the CON
stTnction OF the Pennsylvania or u; 4 O.
n oE sven :he Erie or n. \. Central Rail
+oSds "For instance" said Mr.. McConky,
itbe r. & @. from Baltimore TO CinCin'
natl cost SOOOOO,O00; the Pennsylvania,
ths same distance, Sl27, 900, 0OOi SAnl9 from
PSiISdoiphia. sd, 900 600; from Cincin'
natl IN Nav York, 500, 600 900; the New
York Central Sl90,OOO.0O0i the Erie
$3.50 600 600; while We expect to
comptete ours al an outlay Of
Trom SIS 1000 to S8O,0OO000. The
rosds I nave named were built in days
chen II cost money 10 build, and when
engineering akill was not reduced TO the
system that ct present charaGteFiEes IN
the construction Of roads, and We expect
to profit by this system. After To reach
Mooreheld, going East, We will encounter
two hills where tunnels will be necessary,
ono Of which will DO 1000 ieet' and the
other 1900 feet long.
Our grades will not at any place exceed
20 feet 10 the mile. Another point Of Eu.
periority over the 3 & o., whose grades
are llG, and the T. X, r. liz feet to The
In regard TO the country we shall de.
velop, think we are very fortunate, as no
road can pass through better country for
ali purposes. From Baltimore 10 Moore
Held We pass through section Of Hgricul'
rural country that Is unsurpassed Tor rich
nats and fertility, and although the b. II
q. touches this section II does not begin to
aerye Il. From Cincinnati TO Charleston
We have region similar In many res.
pects. From Charleston 10 Highland
county, Virginia. We have q camel
and sIlint Goa! region AS vet undeVeloped;
coal the finest in tho Union, oreA and
other minerals. Indeed. our engineers
saw that tho resources Of this section are
ME fairy tale. From Highland county
h; Moore6eld we develop one Of the rich.
al steel orc fields in the world. Along
these valleys too, stock raising 10 a source
OF immense wealth, and the nisers hnd
great difficulty in shipping to baltimore
and the East, having TO ship aud reship,
while by our route they viii have
direct communication with these
points. Indeed, teNnk ~ 9nu
Sat S,oieeted, The money part OF the
SS.iF has already been arranged, and ]
tbInk within the next sixty days that en-
,IiveerS will DO at work all along the line
SiN Three hundred and twenty-five
mijeV OF il have already been surveyed 10
detail. Governor Tom Young, OF Ohio,
viii be tho President, and those interested
in It's construction are all live, wideawakc
men"
Mr. McConkCy talkS with an enthusiasm
thai indicates his faith and confidence In
thiS or iect, and II hiA planl and idea9 are
carried ont over the State bids fair to have
a road thGt will develop the inPXhauShole
riches buried In the mountains Of the cen
sYAl and eastern counties.