The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
A Railroad for which Wheeling should
"Look n I.teLtc Oudt."

A few days ago the telegraph announced
the filing al Columbus, Ohio, Of the charter
OF the South Pennsylvania 4 Ohio Railway
CompApy, This Is matter In which this
CITY may have IN Interest, iAvoFAbly or ad'
yefssly, according TO the original or future
purposes oiis probe 9 tors and those who may
control II. u.,pI
IaIre aud Substantially covers the line Of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie lsAilroad 10 Toledo
and the Michigan State line. From this
main line tIrst branch is projected In Green
Township, Harrison County near HopedAle'
70 Tie Indiana stHte line la fully Township,
Van Vert County, passing through the eoun-
lies OF Harrison, TuScAruwAs, Coshocton,
Knox, Morrow, Marion, Hardin, Allen and
A second branch Is projected from Tusea'
rawAs County TO Cleveland through tie
counties traVersed by the Valley Railway.
A third branch Is projected from Lodi, In
Medina County, through Ashland County
70 Chicago Junction on the u. 4 o. RAILROAD,
In Huron County.
A fOurth branch Is from EorwAlk 10 Hu
ron. This covers most Important field, and
may mean one or more OF several Important or
pbhble railroad movements. ConSidRrinB
WheelIngs interests alone the.query arises,
why does this charter touch BellAire and
Chicago Junction II the Baltimore d Ohio has
no interest 10 Il? II has been frequently
asserted, aud without contradiction, that the
wheeling & Lake Erie railway Is % 10 W
miles shorter from Wheeling TO Chicago
Junction than the B. 4 0: via Newark.
Hence by the union OF the B, d o. and the
~ 4 1. i. Al BelIAire and Chicago junction
The d. & o. will shorten Its distance between
BellaIre and Chicago, say IS miles, or II the
B. & o, finishes It's Henpfeld line through
10 n direct connection eAstwArdly with It's Con.
nellSyille line, thus hOrtening some 10 miles
sAsterly, Il means, the two combined, total
shortening Of some 10 or 100 miles. II the u.
q o, is behind the scheme will j finish this
HemptIeld line and Join the W. & L. X. IN
bridging at the head OF the Island or 20 10
BellSIte, cross Its own bridge and thence up
Ihr river through Bridgeport and Martins
Ferry? Or will the b 4 o. abandon Its Eastern
Hempfield extension and content itself With
the SO miles shortening west Of The Ohio river!
In the latter event Wheeling will, as usual,
rel the go-by. The naming Of Bellaire In this
Charter Instead Of Martins Ferry, as III the W.
& L. L. charter, looks significant II not omin'
oRS. r,-
may or may not be significant Of a union with
the Southern fenDhylyhnIA ~ nniuu au's
city feels such an isterest. In this event
thiS new OHIO road, though chartered to
Beilaire, need not 20 farther than Martins
Ferry, and there cross the river and unite
with the Southern PennsylvaniA or the b, 4
o, or both In North or East Wheeling. OF
the Significance OF the branches OF the propos-
ed road II Is not necessary now 10 speak, ex-
cept TO say that they point to Cleveland, iiu.
ROD, Chlcsgo via Chicago Junction and TO
Chicago even more directly by aline from
Hopedale through the region OF Coshoeton,
Marion and ". Wayne. II Is evident that
somebody Is alive TO the important fact that
the only remaining western outlook from the
Ohiofiver In this region Is via Ohio short creek
and PIney Fork OF that stream, and whether
Il will strike the riVerat Portland, Wheeling
or DenwooI Is u question TO which Wheeling
people should address themselves In time 70
Be q power In It's solution. That the Wheel:
ing & Lake Ede or at least the eastern end oil
h line Is destined to be On important factor
in some great railroad combination 10 which
this city will be affected Que Way or the other
Is becoming more manifest every day, and
while ali the world Seems moving Wheeling
cannot afford to staud Htill.