The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-04
The River Railroad,

Senator Camden lett this city yesteruay
afternoon for Parkersburg. He has had
considerable to say about the prospects Of
the River railroad during his stay, He
lsays, among other things, that he has the
most unmistalabIe assurances from the
Eastern syndicate Of their readiness, indeed
Of their anxiety, to furnish the money nee
essary to proceed with the enterprise just
as soon as the terms Of their offer in regard
to the right Of way are complied with.
This willingness and anxiety will be duly
and officially manifested to the public in u
very short time in the shape Of formal
declaration on their part Of their readiness
10 furnish the money, on the terms indi'
Gated. They mean business, and have been
anxious to receive the report of Engineer
sickles at as early day as possible, with o
view to taking final action. The Senator
saws that his own filth In the desirability
oithe enterprise has never wavered for u
moment, He believes that It will be q pay
ing road, and source Of great convenience
and value to the people along the line, He
thinks that the present dry spell, supple
mentlng as 1t has last winters long freeze,
has fully convinced tho people Of the ne
cessity for such a road. He says that rail-
road projects Of all sorts are on foot
throughout the country, but there are few
roads that will SO well pay for building as
thisono.
lie does not feel particularly alarmed
about the projected Fond on the other side
Of tho river between Bellairoa and Marietta,
for the reason that he thinks the Pcnnsyl-
yanla road would much prefer the one on
this side, rs 1t will make more desirable
connections at tho mouth Of the Kanawha,
and through these connections reach the
orc fields q tho mountain region, thus OF.
iering inducements in tho way Of
freight that road on the west
side Of tho Ohio can not offer.
However he admits TINT Il the road
should iall through on this side it would
probably result in road on the other side
Of the river. But, so fur us he is concerned,
/, lie does not mean that itshall full through.
He says that he stands pledged to thebuild-
Ing Of this road on the termsproposed, and
he has 1t In his power TO make this pledge
good provided the people along the line
will fully and heartily cooperate with him
in preparing the ground work Of the enter
prise-the right Of way.
There Is one danger tint confronts the
enterprise, viz; a.posslble turn in the
money market He had hoped that mat
tors would have progressed toa point this
last summer where the road could have
boon thunder contract, and he does not
despair that this can yet be done this year
He intends to do his utmost to that end.
IIesays that he feels deep interest in the
success Of this project, and would DO very
Bdryindeed to sec 1t fall through from any
want Of response on the part Of the people
along the line.
The Senator goes TO Washington ina day
or two, and from thence will 80 to New
York rs soon rs Engineer slcklcs is ready
with his report, after which the formal nc
ton alluded to will probably DO taken oil
thepart the Syndicate who propose to
furnish tile money to build the road. In
the meantime he thinks that the people
along the line ought to show TO the syndi-
cate that they arc not passive in the mat
ter, but that they are doing and will dc
everything that Is necessary on their par
10 put the enterprise on It's feet.