The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-05
RIVAL RAILROADS..
Ths Proposed Line. Along the aInnonEa
hC.n-A Voice From MDrrnntnWn

Fhs Proposed Line. Along the lIononga
hcin-A Voice From Morgantown.
To he Editor q The Inieligepcer. g~1
SIR-Much ha, been said and writer
upon the respective merits OF the two pro
poaed railroads running from Uniontowr
10 Fairmont by way Of this plsce. An
unusual amount Of demagogueism has
been INDUCED in. A few gentlemen in
and about Fairmont and Clarksburg, who
are largely Interested in coal options, have
been iaborips very indus,rioasty for the
past two montbs to prejudice the minds Of
the people against the T., NJ. 4 p. Co., ior
tho reason that its stock will be held by
the friends ol the B. x O. Co., and that will
be operated in connection with this b. 4 0.
This sentiment is attempted to be manu-.
lsc,ured in the face Of the fact that the F.,
N. x T. has not asked any person to cub.
scribe or donate one cent toward the con.
struction Of Its road. It pays q lair price in
cash Tor everything it aske; it takes no
options and lt5 promotersare not interested
in any coal lands. 1t asks nothing ii the
people except their friendship uud good
will. 1t merely proposes in buslnees
way, and as 3 simple bueiness matter, to
build q railroad md pay the cash ~ it
goes. It does not propose 10 interfere with
any other road. Surely such An enterprise
can dv no harm.
TIE OPPOSITION.
This furore raised by these coal-option
gentlemen does but little credit to their
intelligence and lees 10 their sense OF fair
meas. When tho road shall have been ccm-
pleted, ii the people 10 not Gad it proG,s.
BILE to patronizs ii, there is no law re-.
quiring them to do 80. They will at least
De benefited while the road ia being con-
slructed. There will bp no trouble at eli
in getting good location for both rcaLs
There are only few difficult poins, and
already the representatives Of the f., N.
u ?. have propoeed that the engineers OF
both roads 80 to these points and lay oif
the two roads 1T the best grade and les,,
cost possib!e. There is no place along the
route v here it is not perfectly practicable
for both roads TO pass.
HOME COMPANIES.
The West Virginia and Pennsylvania
people delight TO call themselves the
Home Company Now, the fact is that
neither is home. company. The F., NJ. &
I. is part and parcel Of the b. & 0. Com
pany. The W. Va. Il Pa, il it ever amounts
10 any,hing more than paper railroad
(which is not q. all probabls) will be part
and parcel Of the Pennsylvania Central
Railroad Company. The W. Va. 4 Pa.
Company will haye an existence ''home
company" just long enough to -pasI over
S250,O0O Of monty raised from the tax.
payers Of Marion and Harrison counties to
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Com:
psny, and then coed bye "home com
pany." Tho Pennsylvania Central. we arc
told, is about entering our State. 1t ccmes
as tho friend Of the people. It comes
10 make us nll rich, and behold, before
itpssses through three counties it gets $780,
OOD Of the peoples money and rights OF way
and frauchlses worth rs much more. We
refer to these facts only for the purpose OF
showing how bliud those people are who
have their eyes filled with coal dust.
These people may continue to malign, pri.
vately and publicly, the citizens OF this and
adjoining COMMITTEES who are connected with
the F., NJ. 4 P. Company, but they may
rest assured that the F NJ. & T. will 60 right
along and build its road aud pay the cash
for it, and that it will have its ,rAins run.
ming from Fairmont to Uniontown by the
time their coal options expire. TX,
Ji0rydnto,Un, February2, 1854. '