Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-12

Iut dEhGISOtES O'NIfft'l says.
'The County Commissioners of Ohio
county adopted a resolution last Mon
day not to pay the 100000 voted to the
Ohio River Railroad until further or
delS. The reason for this peculiar ac-
ton Is not given by the board, nor eN-
pressed i'm the resolution which passed.
"FOr some unexplained reason
Wheeling has never exhibited much
friendship for this enterprise. During
the first year or two of its existence
whenever the matter was referred to
the hfCNjgCRcCr would turn up
its aIistOcratic nose and sneer-
ingiy allude to the road as a
good thing tor = Senatorial
candidate to elecliOueer with. Later,
when the building of the road was as
sured, the capitalists of that city with
held their means and even declined
encouragement to the enterprise.
Wheeling was asked to vote $4,000 to
be used in the purchase of right of way,
and making surveys, and conditioned
that the money would not be asked for
till the road vas under contract. Now
the road is under contract and more
than half of it graded, and the Com
miSsiOners say they will not pay the
money IT'LL further orders"
Parkersburg enterprise and Parkers-
lurg capital are building the Ohio
River Railroad, and if Ohio county
wants to play baby business for the
S-0,O00, it won't break up and inter
fere with the railroad. Since the road
was firSt agitated the people up that
way have always acted as if they would
prefer TO see the project s failure. They
never had a kind wOrl for il, nor 4
wish for its success. Is Wheeling en-
vIOUs of Parkersburg"'
The Sentinel is a little too sweeping
il its conclusions. AZ the people up
this way have not been iuimical to the
building of this road. The REGISTER
has given this enterprise, As it did the
Wheeling and Lake Erie, the Tusca-
rawas Valley, and everY other road
which made q bona tide move toward
coming to Wheeling, u cordial, earnest
and steady support. At the time the
HatcEigeaccr was fighting, with what
ever power it could command. the
Wheeling and Lake Erie project, the
REGISTER aided the people in carrying
a subscription to both the road and the
Union Bridge, which, had il been made
effective, would ere this have brought
into this city not only that road but
at least two additional roads. Had the
bridge been built both the e. ( p. and
Tuscarawas Valley roads would have
been glad to avail themselves of it to
come into the city and to the doors of
Our manufacturing establishments.
The building of the bridge would
have doubtless hurried the construction
of q thorough line to the East, either by
an extention Of the Lake Erie road or
the completion long ago Of the Penn
sylvania Southern Railroad.
It's to the River road, THE REGISTER
has considered it, and still considers it,
one of the most valuable outlets that
Wheeling can have; aud it has said so
on every proper occasion aud in every
proper way. THE REGISTER ~rejoiceS
in the fact that the construction Of the
road is going right along with consider
cradle vigOr with the prospect that the
cans will be running upon the steel rails
of It's track within the next hal
year; and the REGISTER heartily com,
mends the spirit shown by our Parkers.
burg friends, to whose enterprise and
capital Wheeling will be indebted FOL
this most valuable aid TO her prosperity,
We call upon the Sentinel to note;
That when the people of Wheeling snd
Ohio county had an opportunity to ex'
press themselves on this road, they did
so in a most favorable and practical
way. They have no lot in the late
action of some of the commissioners,
were not consulted about it, and were
not informed as to the causes which
led 10 that action,