The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-18
a1CANNON$ BALL LINE
WANTS q FAlR, SHOW. AZ. .rAIs Enc
Soms Pertinent Suggestions ConesralsE tho Roais
and Plan Of the Proposed Road, By An Ohio
Man who |, Evidsn.iy Familiar with the
U Situation Other Railroad Nsu.

A communication was yesterday received
by tho city authorities from President Jones,
OF Mt Vernon, Ohio, asking that The NJ v,
O. & ". railroad might DO taken into consi'.
GRAFTON In any action In reference to the rail-.
road facilities hero. 2,9--
A correspondent OF the Martins Ferry
Ntps yesterday, In an article concerning this
railroad, makes the following pertinent sug.
gestionG a a.
"Tbat the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie does
not intend TO build the connecting link to
Bower .,own. at least for the present, Is posi-
bly, well s.ttled. That the Wheeling K Har.
risharg Will not be bulk 10 Wheeling, the
bridge and connecting link 10 Bowerstown
completed by Vanderbilt unless no also Be.
cures tho Wheeling Il Lake Eris from Bow.
erstown 10 Toledo, Is also reasonably certain
Tie question then comes, when will this oc.
cur? Must our people wait upon Mr.. CARR.
sos? II 30, how long? As these things now
look, the building oil these roads and the
bridge depend either up'n one OF the eccen.
trio notions OF Garrison, or upon Ills DEATH
In the meantime our people suffer for want
OF transportation. Is 1t not time We were
turning onr attention TO other Inter.
Gals? Harrison county stands pledged 10
give any railros coming from tie northwest
through that county to Wheeling. $3.50 600
Tho Mt Vernon, Coshsc.on 4 Wheeling Rail.
road. Is seeking access to our CITY. In our
Judgment II Is much better for that road TO
come by way Of Cadix, from Short Creek by
way OF Long Run 10 Little Short Greek, run.
ming within 4 mile or 50 Of Mt. Pleasant,
thence to the head waters Of Gloas Run,
down thatrun TO Buckeye, up Buckeye To d
point ives. OF the school house on the Elocher
farm, thence by tunnel 10 the Newland or
sheet,s farm In this city. This indeed would
ba cannon bali line and from seven 10 ten
| miles shorter than tina boosted Wheeling j.
Like Erie, besides striking good towns and
rich communities, long seeking an inlet TO
our city. This route would take no more
tunneling all combined than would possibly
I be found at Portland. In addition to'this It
would avoid the noted and s.upendous slip
uear Raineys coal works, which will BE- an
endless and enormous expense TO any road.
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh would gladly
have this slip taken of their hands. When
we arrive at Portland, we are no nearer to the
mouth OF Plnty Fork than at Martins Ferry,
and yet We have tlayersed distance Of pcss:.
bly, nine miles with very little population
along the line and one road monopolizing
| WuhL llttlt puslueed kuey nnSo " give LVtu
II this )ad to Bowerstown should be bnili
by Vanderbilt, the roads in that vicinity
seeking an inlet here, will more than mono
polza the track facilities. The Tuscaravas
Valley, or Cleveland, LorGin & Wheeling, Is
fast becoming coal road, and the facilities
over Its track for another road will certainly
b, very much hampered, besides necesaitat
Ing the building OF u track to Martins Fer
~ In order 10 reach our shipping prOduc.
tons and bring their interchanges OF lumber,
etc. I.sesms to me these, and many other
reasons make an independent track neces-
sary. AIoad running In the line above indt-
Gated would make THE most popular OF all
rcads on this side OF the river. We hope
our Mount Vernon friends will see this, will
cut loose from the contingencies which seem
to hang with s1eh fatality around all these
other roads, will 60 to work and build like
business men. and thst our people will or.
Enthusiastically and materially, aid them. II
they do this, the Cannon Ball Lirn' will be
the favorite oiall, and the one around which
| our people Will rally.n l,r4