The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-01-27

Of extending the Hempheld railroad has
been indefinitely suspended. Mr.. Garrett
has been seized with one Of his chronic
fs Of penny wise economy. 1t is said
that his health is again failing and We pre-
sanQ that his mental faculties are failing
along with it to such an extent as to pro-
ducc yaciIlation aud indecision. The
pRtence that the hitch in neGotia-
tons at Wheeling has necessitated this
Eoppage Of operations is bosh. The real
trouble is incapacity in the management
Of the Baltimore < Ohio road. Ayear ago,
when he was in Europe, he wrote to Mr..
Keyser to proclaim the good tidings to all
whom it might concern that the long de-
layed aud much postponed extension
Of the lempiGld road was final
ly to be pushed rapidly to the
coke regions Accordingly sfr Xeyser
came here and met a called meeting Of
business men, and read to them Mr.. Gar.
re!ts lelter-lrOm Nice, we believe,-and
stated that at last the great mans mind
was made up ogo forward. This was a
year ago, and the way it has gone forward
has been just about on a par with its aver
age progress for the last ten years. Two or
three carts have been at work clearing up
the debris around the mouth OF halt-dug
tunnel under Brady's hill, cast Of Washing
ton-abOut enough to secure an oc-
clsiOnal free gratis right Of way from
some old farmer along the line. The
work has been pushed pretty much after
the old five cent fashion. After such a
vigorous campaign an indefinite rest is Of
course in order, like that which followed
the suspension Of work in 1874. Probably
when Nj. Garrett returns to Nice in the
spring, and recOvers his digestion some
what, he will send another letter, ordering
another forward movement. And this sort
citriiling will probably be kept up during
his life time Meanwhile, his losses by de.
lay, in the shape Of freights on IN i'm.
mense possible coke business, will probably
cQaalthC whole cost Of the extension.
So far as this policy on the part Of the b.
30. Company may be designed to affect
the difficulty here at Wheeling in the mat
ter Of right Of way, it was altogether nu.
necessary. There is no prevalent disposi.
ton among our citizens to extort unjust
concessions from the company. The anx-
iety simply is to properly protect the inter-
esss OF the city. There may be some
mistaken notions as to what sort OF an
ordinance is necessary to accomplish this
result, but these notions are matters for
discussion and adjustment, and We are
persuaded that the City Council has stood
ready to meet the B. & 0. in practicable
settlement OF all real points Of diff
Guilty. The StOppagc Of work along the line
will not and should not force the city into a
surrender OF any restrictions that are neces-
SaFy 10 conserve her true interests. We
arc not wholly dependent on the Baltimore
* Ohio for our future, important as thu t
road is acknowledged to be to us, There
will be bridge across the Ohio at this
point and a new road to the coke fields be.
lore agreat while, and we can wait on It,
Just as we have had to wait in the past
The surveyors are at Uniontown, coming
this way, and the location Of the bridge
here has sOlready had its preliminary survey.
80 that an outlet to the coke fields will
come IN the sweet bye and bye"
MI Harrett has lost dCsinblc railroad
advantages in the past by his chronic
policy Of rrocrastination and indecision.
We could particularizc two or three very
important Losses Of this kind, One wns tbe
loss Of the Fort Wayne railroad at Pitts.
6urSh, and an otherwas thatof tho Midland
railroad in Virginia. Age misrepresentation.
creased instead Of curing this infirmity.
haa he completed the Hempaald extension
IN lSI+15, he would have had a better and
q Sao7eF outlet from tho coke region thar
the Pennsylvania road, and could hav,
done gigantic coke traffic with all parts q
the West,-worth an untold amount by Mi,
time to his company. But the Penn,
sSiania road, with its superio
enterprise, has carried of the chees,
while Nr. Garrett has been content will
ihs PaFiags in the shape Of forbearane
bonus from that company. He is the vic
am oil tlmidity. He put of the aequisl
uoa oil the Baltimore & Philadelphia roa,
Sna! 1t got to be great prize, and thel
''s' at the critical moment by precipi