Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-11-29
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Our Drople. of course, desire To io"att
th, route at the smallest cost consistent
with a practicable location.
The CAPITALISTS, of course, want to Io'
,Yte The. route with Il view To the lowest
u,r--iblc cost OF construction.
II will, therefore, lie seen that there l.
a chance here for = very wide difference
OF opinion, which may seriously affect
an early settlement Of the location, anu
that, indeed, without mutual conclla-
tiuuS, may entirely defeat the enterprise.
II i. i'm fact, the most serious obstacle
now i'm the way OF a speedy prosecution
Of the enterprise.
Were either party, the home people or
IN, capitalists, allowed full liberty u To-
rnJ, the route il would not, perhaps re-
-ult i'm making the distance, or length at
the road, mile longer or shorter, hc-
,au-, i'm either ease il follows the river.
But il J., the narrow and valuable land
ofthc river bottom that makes In" bone
ufcuntCnliou.
Tin were permitted To select thu route
along this bottom without rricr"nr" IN
tine di>arraugemCn of the farms, =
location ruuld be- made that wnutd uakc
tn,. c,~t OF construction exceptionally
,.nyap Ia tlic capitalists, but. on The 9TH
an hand. excessively costly - the inhh
owners or th,. company whlrn FURNISHES
the right Ut way.
Ii Enr instance, the route should fol-
low clu~,' upon the bank OF the RIVER II
,y,,rlII damage the farms hut littlr and
the right of Way could h. procured al Il
very small cost: or il il should follow the
rough land or range OF hills bounding
tu,.,r bottoms on tnc east, the right OF
NAV would, i'm most cases, ne granted
free OF cost by the owners.
But in the former ca~" II would re-
uuirr an increased cost uf construction
Lv reason of the bank OF the river nav
inw To be- walled i'm many places WITH
stone, and the road hcin" ntcrcrcd
with hy Hoods Nnd in the latter ease,
the glgidm" alou" the hills would III"
extensive, the route requiring to b. cut
ami filled alternately its entire length
Now. - Il choice between tn" two
3 routes, the ON" along the river bank aud
IIr other at the foot oil the hills, "" b"-
lirvr line first Engineer, Mr.. PETERSON,
selected the. latter, locating II - nearly
the rough land ~ could be don" 70
make the grading inexpensive, ami at
. the same time taking a. litIi" al the
farm iund a. pn~-iblr
Now. however. th%t the permanent
lnrltiun OF the rnUt" j. being ina'i', nj
least 80 thi~ end of the lime, another
engineer i running the line, ~ We I'M
rlcr.tau1, abou the center of th"bptt"m,
up,u ,h,. first I.rnrh ortrTare back from
the river bank. that furnishing IN" most
am form yr5,d,, and the least expensive
bed for ihr construction nt the road. NJ
tine same time, - We have pointed out,
10 i the most expensive rutIt" u iAr
p land owners ur those who furnish the
right of way.
If this route through thcrHntIr of The
bottom j. selected, the cost ~ the right
of wav will almost, or quite. equal the
ru>l of construction, iua~muCh ~ II Srri-
,u~lv affects. IL Hut entirely destroys,
th,. value of the bottom for farming
uuruu-,~. Ii divides the farms into mar
row strips: makes one strip almost mae
,,a-SihIr To the other; ami :" lntericrr~
with Th, arrangement ami convenience"
eft the iaru~ that many owners would
consider il u practical destruction of their
farms, and would not he satisfied with
les damages than the market price ot
their whole land.
New what j. 10 he done" Has the
home company the right to determine"
the location OF the route, or have the
,auitali~ts who furnish the money to
build il. that right"
We take il fur granted that the home
company ha> not only au equal interest
hut paramount authority in the prem
!,,~. Thvv have an equal interest in
making the cost oi construction ~ >m1l
} a. pc~-lble. and still greater interest III
making the cost OF the right "t Way ~
small ~ po~Sibl,, a-thcv bear the entire
. burden OF the latter.
The home company i under ohIiga-
tiuu> io furui-h---not the most costly
+ ruut,.---hut 4 good, practicable route;
} the best route that can bo obtained con-
>i>lyur with the gr1~~ cost.
They are under no obligations to fur
u~h u right "t way that will cost more
/ than the enterprise can afford. They
. can present To thr>yndicatv such route
~. i'm the Judgment OF the company,
. they are Justified i'm paying for, and the
syndicate can accept or decline 1t Just ~
i'm their judgment il will pay or not pay
/ To build u road over il.
The home company i 10 make the
offer and the syndicate has the option to
: accept ordclincit; andwhilr the interests
/ arrmutual in the cost ufthr right of way,
I WE think il i the exclusive province of
; the home company To determine the
! location ~ it j. certainly their obligation,
/ entirely, To pay for il and to get 1t at Il
reasonable c,~t.
/ There i always room for mutual con.
cr-SiOnS in matters Of this character,
We have no sympathy whatever with
that class Of land owners VIII" show no
appreciation of the benefits to he derived
from the construction of = railroad
through their possessions, and who want
iu yet everything and give nothing;
g. pUJtiug price ou their land more than
1t would bring in the market; AMI in Il
hundred ways throwing oh-JruCtlOn~ i'll
the way of enterprises OF which tn ", in
fact, arr, the observation-disclosures; nor have
We, cu tht. other hand. any encourage
mrut for capitalists who are seeking
their ends Irrespective of the Interests ot
the land owner.
In the present instance wcC1n furnish
a right ct way for q cheap and easily
constructed railway between this city
and Charleston or Point Pleasant, at a
very fair cost. without much damage To
prrductivr land, and it i the duty
uf the land owners along the route,
- il j. their privilege, To advance the
enterprise 10y such concessions ~ they
can afford 10 make; hut the capitalists
mus, not ask cvcrythin" and conccdc
nothing. The interests of both are t.
b., considered, and the sooner it Is uC-
drulrr>tood that there i Il mutuality Of
interest between Ihr land owner, AMI
the capitalist, the sooner will this I'M
purtant matter of a right ut way he
settled.
FOLGER'S FINANCVALS CHEMEN.
Ii may hr good policy 10 change
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