The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-05
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,,a,u. Lrurr-CHll Tor : H0'''-'
GtIhIS city
q, li,ec. attention today to the yer!
,.,,,, letter published in anoths
~rn '1n from Senator Camden in reGAFf
@ ,,oposed Wheeling, ParEsrsburs
',,,.,ou % railroad, and to Capt Nc
,.,,lI for a meeting at this city CT
-,,,, - next, the 18th inst, to take action
:, ,r..,ion thereto
r,jI, bsseen that Mr, Camden is carry.
,,., in ,,od faith, and with a great deal
,,I..,nina,ion, ~ his promise to endeaV0'
'',,,.,.,, E,s.ern capital in the building
',,ri. road. He has apparently succeeded
,.,,io, assurances that are entirely sat-
,,,,,,o,y 10 hin, aud to such q point has
:, ,,,,.a negotiations that it seems as II
.,.t,o, now ia wanting save a re-
,,,i,o movement on the part oil our
ssupeople'
n .ocpre this response Capt. Mcclure
,,,i.,ptd lis call for a meeting here on
m.lsb, and /, islo this call that we wish
n,.L tbe earnest attention Of the people
,,oDs the proposed line Of road
yov +, our time to secure the Consum'
nation oil this much discussed and aIl'im'
,,,,,ut enterprise. Tho condition ot the
n,rsy market in the East is such at this
tm. that We can secure the aid that we
bv, loug sought in vain for this project
live do not rouse ourselves 10 the I'M
,ot,ucs OIL this golden opportunity the
orob,biIIty is that all interest in the mat
p,ElII die out, asOapt. MCLure we'll says,
b,,p indefinite time to come. None Of
uu,y ever live to soc II revived again.
"TO know an opportunity" was one ol
N. seven wise maxima Of antiquity, and
sllte,peare has told us that
"lhubitIlC in 'he atlInol men,
Which, IIVH the ll,ol, leads on to iOrtunei
Ont ~, all the Voyagcr Il lhtIr lie
llumid In ihAiloW aud In mIScrleS.'
And din view Of the present golden oppor'
Iuuly to secure the building Of this ell.
important line Of railway along the river,
ne may still further cay with the same
great anthor
'Oamh GialIsG are vO now aa'At;
ksl It must take tho current when Il serves,
O.OFOuf venture
Nothing could be more expressive than
this quotation as applied to the present
opportunity 10 secure a great boon to the
people Of the counties between this city
and Chmle.ton. It is just such an oppor.
t1aIy as we ,.ow enjoy that the great
Shakespeare had III mind when he wrote
thsimmotsnl lines We hNvo quoted. 1--WE
must take the current when i. serves" or
p''chance, "lo1e our venture" for all time
orome.
Shall We take the CURRENT now, or
will we permit the tide to Cbb und pass
l'ly TO return no more forever?
The present condition Of the money
al'Eet Exceptionally and e1traordinari.
Eelsy' Twas never more 80 in the his.
hy Of our country. A few months may
ea'IieIy change the situation. A failure
0IEe C'Ops would alter the financial con.
u''lon oI the country radically. Capital.
laEoaId not then think Of engaging in
thi' enterprise.
a"w Of the fact that so little-so very
"Ae-I' asked Of the people along the
Ila'-nerely enough to make the survey
lnd secure the right Of vHy-there should
Os'most cordial and enthusiastic response
OaIhe part Of the counties Interested 10
The call iasued today by Capt. Mcclure for
'meo'ins in this city on the l2.h.
We say to the people OF Marshall, Wet.
''' IyleF' PIeasautB and Wood, and 10
'a' people between ratkersburs and
Vn''Ie''on, that now is their great oppor.
UNITY to secure a railroad at the srnallest
P"'lbIe pecnniaty outlay on their own
P"' 1t Is for them to make known
whether they aFein earnest in desiring this
iotl to be bNil,