The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-06
4 CORRESPONDENCE VIEWS
or the Advantages OF Railroads, aud the
htlz Clty's Proper Course, - zIIf5

VI the Advantages OF Railroads, mud the
f5l Clty's Proper Course. slii
To the Editor OF tho 1ntelligencer. {. q. N
Sin: For the amount Of money expended
by her in assisting TO build railroads, Wheel
ing has less 10 show than any city In The
United States. ;i Y. AZ Is
Ono million and hall Of dollars expended
10 secure Eastern outlets has resulted in GU,
having switch to Benwood, 4 miles long
one 10 sIeubenyille, % miles long; and i
third to Washington, 50 miles long. ,tt
1t Is true that the steubenyllle and Ben.
wood switches connect our city with III,
Pennsylvania and Il. & o. railway systems
but Wheeling ought to have more direct
outlets to the east than they are, for the
amount OF money expended by her. She
should be on n through east and west route,
aud then Tue travel from one sidc Of on,
country 10 the other would, In bart, pas,
MrDugh sud not BY Der. Ii4Ml 1t,.lei f..rg
The Inconvenience OF tho required changes
at Benwood and Stsubenvillei and the Ire.
quent delays ut those points, have been long
regarded by Our people az u most intdleratie
II uisance, but 20 far there. has been no way
presented Of any relief from them being oh
taincd. The building OF the EVA Ky. road
was the first step taken to relieve our CITY
from the eIaCti0na Of q great corporation
which until that time had Ind no rival here
and while It's In part u success, yet It Is moi
so much one rs 10 relieve II from being
itself measurably a, nuisance In some OF It.
practical workings. II has. however, demons
trated to our people the immense benefit II
Slwaysls 10 a manufacturing city 10 have
NO or more railroads competing for It's trade,
The u. Il 0. Co. was, for years, our only
dependence for shipments by rail, and Will.
her manner OF doing business seemed TO be
very tyranical md unjust, simple justice
compe!s The statement that her course was
probably tho satite which auy. other great
corporation would have pursued In n city
where there was no opposition. Her
course here was the same as that OF
the Pennsylvsni ia Central at Pittsburgh. o'
Wheeling feels that the b. 4 U. Company
hts acted very unfairly towards lier In the
past, and there is but little doubt that the B.
4 q. Company thinks that Wheeling has been
uDjus aud ungratelul toward her for more
than thirty years. i.-'., yt7l0! tf}'9l . s5-flt
Es this AZ It may, nothing Is to be gained
now by quarrelng oyer the past. better Lex
"the dealt past bury It's dead" and let the
present generation be up and doing while
the opportunity is presented OF relnedyiny
The B. Il q. Company is engaged In chang.
ing the gauge OF the Pittsburgh Southern
from narrow gauge to u standard one, aud
intends TO make the road from Pittsburgh to
Washington and the Hemplield from Wash.
ington 10 this city an outlet from Pittsburgh
through here TO Cincinnati, st. Louis and the
southwest. From some point on this road 1t
Is said that branch will be built TO connect
With the Connelspille Division OF the B. i @.
This will be substitute for the often prom.
ised Hemptield extension, and while il
will not be as short route TO the coke fields
By twenty-five orr thirty, miles rs the old
route would have been had It been built, yet
II will be twelve or fifteen shorter than the
present Pennsylvania line from the Coke
fields to Pittsburgh, md from there by tie
Pittsburgh, Wheeling & kentucky.to Wheel.
ing. Whether this difference in the length
Of the haul vi j be m Offset for the Pennsyl.
Yania Company, having the control OF nine.
tenths oil the present coke ovens III tie Con.
nelsyille district, Is o matter for the future
10 determine. The baltimore Il Ohio has a
branch road to Mount Pleasant, on which
she hauls large quantity OF coke, which
she turns oyer 10 the Southwestern Pennsyl.
yania to be:taken to pittsburg. She has also a
branch in the southern.end OF the coke re-
gion running to uniontown. No one can
tell, at preseilt, vhethar this new lIempGeld
road, which will join the Connelsyille road
some distance north OF both the above
branches, and so near to Pittsburgh that
there will only be fifteen miles difference in
the distance by the Baltimore & OHIO and
Pennsylvania from the coke fields 10 this
city, will be Of such immense benefit as
some Of Its friends cleis, L Will b. VIZ
or one thing our people may rest fully az.
sured The B. & 0. Company will do every.
thing In her power to secure the buslness OF
our city. Her present outlay in the Pitts
burgh southern is one proof Of this. 1t IS
sincerely hoped that when she applies to our
Council for additional privileges In our CITY,
to enable her to be OF that immense benefit 10
our citizens, which she cap be and which she
says sac Tlshes 10 be, that sns viii be' met by
Council with T. libeeralityi WHICH viii induce
her to be equally liberal in ler course. Both
sides can, If they choose, be OF great service
10 each other, and nothing but the most in
tense dog.in.tle. manager, spiri. eau prevent
them being so. ~ =; "a y l.l,,.-.lll,,. :,
1t THY t;E:e Council can show It's feeling
towards The y. &c. Company by promptiS
granting petition OF that company asking
a remission OF taxes on ground owned by It
In East Wheeling. It's true the company Is
receiving rent for the ground, buttb glnouut
In CONTROVERSY is So sfnals.--tYenty' dollars
that this city with It's vast iucoue will mt
mics it. and the B. 4 O. Company cannot az
ford to. pay It. Z. s.s. I..sTt'E .I sG5.-,,
Wheeling has realized the advantage in
having a competing road to the East since the
building Of tile EVA KY, but can she es.
innate the benefits which would flow to her
could she hsye thira road to the last And
more especially nhontd Tint road secure to
her connection with the coke region thirty
five or forty miles shorter than the proposed
Hempfeld extension, and the part Of the
coke fields reached by the road, one which
the Pennsylvania and the B. l. O. Companies
did not reaph. This o4n ~ accomplished. II
Our citizens meet the officers of the proposed
Southern Pennsylvania Company il Il spirit
OF fairness, unA secure for that company an
Opportunity Of realnius our ilctuflps south
Of the creek. This road starts from Harrjs.
burg, Pa, passes by Burnt Cabins, Bedford
and somerse', crosses Chestnut Ridge east Of
Mt. Pleasant, passes south Of Mt. Pleasant
down Jacobs Creek to the Monongahela riy-
er, crossea thatrlverinto Washington county,
and proposes TO cross the Ohio river there or
higher up, If 1t Cannot get fair chance to
compete for the business here. BY crossing
ahoye here, the line between the Fast and
west can pe ghoftened seysral NILS: South
Of Mt Pleasant, Pa, the road eplefS The coke
zelda and passes obliQuely through thenl
until 1t reaches the Monong ahela FLYER. il
will reach the greater part OF the ovens now.
controlled by the Pennsylvania Company.
and far more than are reached by the B. 60
and by lateral branch, which Is now build.
ingi 1t Will also reach q new coke field which
is closed 10 both thase companies. "ThiS road
ous a liz eoss slda ron sIe NJ NJ EG.'t "
present. located Colonel Boyd has been buy.
Ing rights Of why for the b. & Q. Company,in
the eastern part OF Washington county, along.
the line surveyed by the South Pennsylvania,
The object, OF course, is 10 endeayor to turn
TIP Sauth Pennsylvania from this city by
forcing It to take more NORTHERN route.
Which will carry It over the Ohio al Portland:
This will ahoprfto Bit little If Tie South
peansIlly7snt4! Bakess lpItsimlhl tAfpMe
hero. WAile.it ~ mailed 10" lha two saiG
road companies to settle between them,
and not for Wheeling, yet our citizens cannot
help forming, each one for himself, an opin.
ion as to the amount OF common decency
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