The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-21

Qulle, tlfee hours. Only the comparatively
short distance from the Pittsburgh Division
below Connellsville to Washington, III.
will have to be laid with rails to complete
the new route, rs the b. 4 Q. has already n
line from Wheeling to Washington-ihe
lie1nplield Division. ~.
ATTACKING a STRONGHOLD. =
While several attempts have been made
from time to time to dislodye the Pennsyl.
vanla Company from its apparently i'm.
rregnabe position in controliu. the great
traffic west.bound from Pittsburgh, they
have all failed, or so nearly SO as to make
little or no impression. The Pittsburgh 4
Lake Erie, it is true, is, in connection with
the Vanderbilt lines from Cleveland, a
connection to the Pennsylvania for Chicago
business, but it figures 10 no yery great ey.
tent rs such. All the business Of the B. 4
0. from Pittsburgh west.bound has been
given 10 these roa,ls, the bulk OF it TO tie
PENNSYLVANIA road. 1t is not much ut the
best under the existing state OF affairs, but
its possibilities Of growth have evidently
been closely studied by the b. & 0. man.
:ge'nenl, and now it is plain that The great
iron metropolis is to be made the seat Of
operations which cannot but cnuse tho
PENNSYLVANIA road considerable concern.
NEAT STRATEGY.
Some time s'ncea paragraph appeared in
the public prints TO the effect that the
Pittsburgh Southern railroad had been
purchased by the Baltimore 4 Ohio. but as
to just What was meant by this transaction
there appeared to be = limit OF knowledge.
The Pennsylvania doubtless appreciated
something Of its importance, and Wander
blt unaaestionably smelt soodsized
mouse. 10 the latter it possibly explained
the anxiety OF the Pittsburgh Southern 10
gain his consent to crossing his lines TO the
coke regions, though had he the slightest
suspicion that this crossing meant Tho
letting into Pittsburgh OF the y. 80. by a
new line, it is quite possible thai lie would
have vigorously resisted. So, too, the Penn
sylvania, rs TO the exigc1lcy that might
arise relative to passing over its tracks
while the property holder who obligingly
parted with fifteen miles right OF way on
reasonable terms would very likely had
higher bidders from rival lines had
il been suspected that the b. 40.
was the moving spirit III all these interest.
ing details. Tie iact Of the matter is, tho
Baltimore 4 Ohio was the 'mnt|ispnted
owner Of the Pittsburgh Southern Railroad
nearly tive weeks prior to any outside
knowledge OF the purchase, and all the
prellmil,aries to making the availability OF
The new line certain were accomplished
before Vanderbilt, the PENNSYLVANIA or
any one else but the inside few knew any.
thing Of the transfer OF the property,
Third. Vice.preu!aent Spencer, with lis
associates in the transaction, John k.
Cowen, counsel ftle company, and Suppr.
intendent King. Of the pittsburs Division,
were tho trio Of the baltimore 4 Ohio
officials who accomplished the whole bust. |
ness, and they did It with great noatpesG,
thoroughness, tact and secrecy. T''l
a COMPETITOR OF TIE PENNSYLVANIA
With the Pittsburgh Southern and Balti.
more 4 Ohio will speedily open active
work az direct and unpurehasahe com.
petitor Of the Pennsylvania for not onIy
the enormous traffic originating in Pitts.
burgh, and ditlusing throughout tho West.
but that Of the West in the shape OF cereal
products, which SO largely centre in lbot
city. The Pittsburgh Southern il q narrow
guagc. tnirty.siS miie9 in length, and a..
tending from Pittsburgh TO Washington.
Pa, and when built it was mostly graded
for the standard gauge. The 3. 4 b, will
not use the line into Pittsburgh direct, but
has Tor upward Of a month had very
ne sen sfe eG e %sn Ssx 1t nys y0s %h SaPFtsafP sap
from Fineysvillc, on the Pittsburgh South.
ern, con meets with the Pittsburgh Division
OF the Baltimore & Ohio at Glenwood.
from VI, which point The there is a double track
into Pittsburgh. These matters Wcsa .a,;a
b the aH'Cs9Epse!nenfs HCs9E perfected by Sfessrs
Spencer, Cowen and King before'theworll
came to know Of their doings. Tho con:
tfactor isunder ,0ol bonds 10 hsye tne
fifteen lnileS completed by april l5."llehuc.
time, tho gauge Sis being cllangcd to thc
standard, and by the tine The spring trSlo
opens up well In Pittsburgh the Baltimore
4 Ohio will be SO strong In the territory
that has so long been absolutely controlled
diSle9, GSl siS fiSFR.ylyanin as e make i'se1 C.
5Pt THE WESTERN CONNECTIONS. i.5f
The BIZ Q. line will be Via The Pitts.
burgh Southern to Washington, Pa., thence
oyer theprsseppt Icmphell Division, 10
Wheeling, thence to 'thicspo OYER OYER .tbic
Trans. Ohio divisions. While d lille longer
than the Pennsylvania line, the Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne and 0hicauo, i! vii, noi ~
tuouph-less than tifiv m,,sE "a ~