Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-07-26

some great combination with other or
another road has taken place, or that
the conditions of labor and OF capital,
before referred to, has temporarily ar
rested its construction. ~ !.
! Coneurrently with this, we bad ioy--
nj feast Of bread and butter, Inclined
with juices of the rye and crap, over
the second edition OF the bridge rom
Martins Ferry to Wheeling. Has this
enterprise also hit this dangerous wave
Of commotion and confusion between
labor and capital? -.
One thing Is certain, that all works OF
this kind, which were not In such
state of forwardness at the opening OF
the construction season OF 1852, as at
once to- be ready for the investment OF
capital, have been caught on the
fail of the tide, which as
it rose at the beginning OF this
season ofyast railroad enterprises car
ried so many of them forward to their
execution. Nowtake these causes to-
gether. The immense investments OF
last winter and the early spring, the
largest even known in the history OF
railroad construction the strikes among
the wharffingers and handlers OF pro-
duce and manufactured articles that for
a while paralyzed commerce: OF the
miners of all descriptions-of fuels
and ores; -of-the- mill hands,
and more than all, that
Association of all species of labor, ex-
cept the farming interests, which seem.
ed work like an Imperialism governed
by an invisible General, were well CAL
culated to make capitalists cautious, re-
served, and prudent for results.
Somewhat in this state of things the
idea of q railroad from Wheeling to
Parkersburg was projected, as also one
from ParkeFburg to Charleston. Even
taally they grew into one enterprise,
the former being more or less in the
lead. But these were seemingly fixed
termini. When Charleston was brought
into consideration, then new explora--
tons of routes had to be made, and
Charleston had to be consulted as to her
ability to aid in the contamination.
Both of these causes, with other reasons,
and especially the feasibility OF the
river route, and the chances OF inn
portant railroad connections at Point
Pleasant justly determined the judy
ment of prudent, sagacious and enter
prising capitalists in favor Of the latter
point. But all this took time; and 1t
required syndicate of double OF the
capital which would have been suffi-
Gent for a Wheeling and ParkersburS
road.
/ have some reason to know that the
capitol for the Wheeling and Parkers-
burg road could have been raised, would
have been raised-was virtually raised
for this work-if right Of way, &c. had
been ready at the beginning of the sea-
son. In my Judgment it was fortunate
that it was not ready. The road from
Wheeling to Parkersburg is important,
but / have never had sufficient conf
dence in it as good paying investment
to give it any hearty endorsement, and
it is not what Wheeling wants. She
wants connection with the Capital of
the State, but she wants, still far more,
communication with the coke and ore
regions of Southwest Virginia, and she
wants direct commercial communication
with the entire South. With such q
road as the river line from Point Pleas
ant to Wheeling, with it extremely low
grade and straight line, and so of un-
limited tonnage, the coke and ore re-
gions can place Wheeling in the most
advantageous comparison with any
other manufacturing point in the coun-
try.
With these views the delay cannot
but be fortunate for Wheeling, and if so,
none the less for the south part of the
State, and so for all intermediate points.
A fragmentary road from Wheeling to
Parkersburg would only embarrass OPP
erations, create difficulties, and perhaps
produce divisions. A new syndicate
would have to be formed; perhaps
elements would have to be
the connections at both ends
and especially at the southern
end of the road would be more embar-
RAISING, and perhaps dangerously en-
barrassed. With the right of way
through to Point Pleasant; with the
at both ends in acceptable
shape; with the unity Of syndicate,
who will take up the subject as whole
and with an energy common to whole
body connected together in one enter
prise, the road will command its own
or they can be more salts
factory to the whole body. In this way
It will be trunk line, and will largely
contribute not only to make Wheeling
4 pivot of movement, but will tend
largely to develop her manufacturing
capacity and her commercial connec-
lions. W.
No REMEDY except PERUNA does always
,oincide with the ris medicdtrir ndturd.