The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-01
PROSPECTIVE ROADS.
IN THIS STATE AND sLsfwAsAE.
Mr.. A.. b.. Paul has somethisF Further 10 Say
About the Ut. Y. G.. 4 ". Iuad-Nhst the
Two Rival Roads In MopongAliAl
County Arc Doing, &c.

To The Editor Of The h4eiiigniser
Sin: Wh!lc sonio statements made about
this new line may have appeared to your
readers as e%xsravagant, allow ne to say in
explanation tina! tho Chicago & Atlantic Is d
new road finished from Chicago to Marion,
Ohio, q distance Of two hundred aud seventy.
five miles, connecting with The New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio. Tho Wheeling & Lake
Erie 10 finished from Toledo 10 X)ar Bta.ion,
one hundred and lity.fiye miles; tho Valley
Railway Is also finished from Cleveland to
Hoar Slation, a distance OF ssventy.tiye miles;
tho nafrow gnugp from Cleveland 10 aberods.
Vile, where 1t strikes tho Wheeling Il Lake
Erie, is about ono hundred and fifteen uileu
In length. The Cleveland, youngstown 4
Pittsburgh road Is built from q point on The
MGhoning + Pittsburgh road at Phaland
10 Nebo, IN Jefferson county, Ohio, one hun.
drea miles. The Niles h New Lisbon road Ia
built from Niles to New Linbon, about eighty.
i've mt!es In length, from New Lisbon 10
Cleveland. lgf .5 "a ~
Now, from Wheeling to Marion BY
the proposed Cannon Bail Line, Is In
round nnmbers about 100 miles; the
actual surveys will shorten this some. From
tho point on tho Wheeling Il Lake Erie
where the two lines would come together,
viii be abons t~wsnty.three miles northwest
from wheeling. From that point wcat 10
Marion the line would follow the valley OF
tho Clear fork OF Saltwater via Urich.yiIle,
Trenton and Now Comerstown to Boycoe.
The eastern end OF the Walhonding Canal
towing path from there to Mount Vernon win
the Waihonding Valley aud Oil creek, From
Mount Vernon to Marion, the distance from
thu point mentioned that we lpnye the
Whseling& Lake Erie, Is about 1877 mtleo.
with but lew bridges aud no tunnelp, the
Whaslsng II Lake Erie having all the heavy
work on their line-wilh grader In no IT,.
stance exceeding 81 $40 feet per mils and
that only In one place, OF about three miIes,
Ga one other place on OIL creek the grade
may reach 50 ieet PSF mile for one or two
miles. The heavy grade spokea OF will be
on tho western SLOPE OF the divide between
the head waters OF Piney fork aud Saltwater.
The line from tho mouth Of Piney fork via
Cadiz 10 Lacysville will require some heavy
bringing anu tunnelirg, und also Trusting
and some heavy grades: this, however, lie a
matter tho Board OF Directors must deter.
niue, as the two linea are competing.
There are also competing lines South via,
Athens. Freeport, Gllmer, Eewtown, Bridge
vile, Port Boy, Birmingham, &C., all Of
which will be thoroughly examiyed and
such II route selected rs will be for The best
interest Of tho company to adopt. The routa
coming via. Portland, however, Ia the one
that Wheeling IL most Interested in, IS a
limo connecting only with the O., L. K w, at
Freeport will not benefit Wheeling much.
The distsnce, however on all the lines con.
petinv FOL this road will not vary much
from 80 miles, from Coshocton TO Wheeling,
all OF which passes through the centre OF the
Ohio coal field, as well as the famous Black
Band ore region.
Let me summarize the number OF m;lss of
new road built: Chicago& Atlantic 9T5 miles,
Wheeling IL Lake Eris, l55; now building TO
Bowerstown, Coils mils.; Valley railway.
IS mils:; Connotton Valley, N. G., ll5 mile.;
Clevsland, Youngstown u Pittsburgh, 100
miles; Niles e. New Lisbon, 33.5O-s3. In ali,
new road, 97S miles.
There is to bs BULL: Mt. ", @. 4 W. l97
miles; W. Il L. E ,23 miles; @, Y.&P. il
miles. Total ITS miles. Ga the W. 81 L,
line, yet unbuil., there has baen spent from
$4,000 to $4,000. and ons long tunnel Is
completed. ss ~
With the above iacts staring Wheeling
In the face, Is II good business management.
TO allow the roads now here 10 monopol:zs the
territory available to get ut the business Of
the city? l am not arguing the case for the
special benefit OF my OF the r~oAds-except
the one We Gra trying to build. The build
ing OF this one on the line 50 we propose TO
come over you. Wheeling g. Harrisburg
bridge, we think Is tho one Whosling should
lend her aid. Secure this "North Weutern
System aud your road Fest will bs opened
beyond question. Efforts are being
made for this purpose. II the comb;na.
ton iaiis noE', i will be because there is
not interest enough in Wheeling aud Ohio
county to do II. The same combination was
proposed practically ten years ago. The
leading men Of Wheeling de,ea.sd it then.
Will they do 1t sgain? l know what | am
saying and can prove my position, and here
rest cur case with your authorities. We
hsye TO money 10 throw away TO buy irlu-
encp OF pay bic ss,.ries-we simply mean
business. We bel:eys we ara right. We
esme in good faith to your Council thirteen
years ago. We hsd faith then thst the road
and bridge would be buii:--ws still think so.
90 A. B. PAUL.