The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-26

a Projected ship.taiI~ay to Join Pitt
bu,gh With the 0cean.

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FIFTbuRGH, Dec -o'-4ue t0mme'Gs"'
Go:,t!s says: Ia 1872 II. Clay Frick, the
yealthyco manufacturer, and Dr.. Frark
rowo, ;ha so;sn,;st a,d ,,sva,e- ,s;,h
S1"' '"o -, >,
others' par rIalIy oFgau'"su Tue liana'
Allegheny Canal Company. The scheme
was abandoned as much on account Of its
iimpract!clbility as OF the financial depres'
sion OF 1873. Mr.. Paloi S. Morrow, OF
UniOntown, now suggests the construc-
ton of a trans-Alleghsny ship railway.
His plan, OF course, 10 not original, being
that of Captain Eeds transferred trcm
Tehuantepec to Eastern America.
The routa proposed begins near the
Great Falls Of thu Potomac above the city
Of Washington, ruos up the river near tho
town of Oakland, in Garrett county. Md.
and there enters tho valley OF III. river
Youohiocheny. Folio EinGthe west bsnk
OF said rsam several miles into Penn rsyl.
yania. IL leaves the river, ruus nearly
thirty miles through u narrow vap ~,
over the low rnouRtainB Il UniontoTn,
thence down Rsdstone creek 10 B.ogns'
vile on the Monons hela, aud then down
the east bank cf the last named river 10
Pittsburgh. Wherever railroad rpns
already On one side Of a slfsam, the ship
railSay takes the other, The estimated
cost according 10 Mr.. Morrow, Including
rolling stock. would be- ABOUT $500 600 per
mile or nearly ninety million dollars.
FROM THE OCEAN To PITTSBURGH.
The route from the Atlantic ocean up
the Potomac, over the ALLEGHENY noun
81. nd H., .ha voroh;o.l,o.,, o.l
Jams anu wv . suVseN! "u
the MonongahelA 70 the head Of the Quo
has been highwsy for ages. Nature her.
calf ma.ked Il ous. The red man wande,.
~. ~ ,' :. ,,,,har - Iii 80 mi.
Gu o'ef AH VI Nu'N'o, y. ""u .is' Ane
"hites, therefore, had little difficulty in
following +, notpby Washington in 1853.
when he visited the French fort up tle
Allegheny. ln 1854 Gen. BraddocG cut
military road for his iIl.starred expedition
much OF the way along one Of these
ancient trails, part OF which is still main
tdlHtu ANU ua'u' tHo f"'Isi VI H'S
TSou1y %i.I he eG m;,b,v w Vs. atfeseemS xa"n
mended tbe construction Of canal over
these mountains. In 1888 the Yoush.
iio8heny was declared na'igabls By
ls" .rhasoront ha@ ds,s. @ snn,onsia,;oSs %ets
were yoteI for it's Improvement. From
about 1916 to about 1890 the great
National flke, from Baltimore westward,
a,c was and tos tIa @ tbroo o Senes
!Tu !Tu@, ani ~ t.sI ~, ,ha ooa,;n"nt was
1926 the Federal Government, looking to
natural advantages for communiestion IA
we'll as for manufacturing iaciIitjeE. con-
templsted the erection Of an armory at
Ohio. Pyle Fails. and Pepnsylysnis
cpded a cite. In 1927 the Baltimore 4
Ohio railroad was chartered by MARYLAND.
and in ISoS permitted 10 extend ia lines
into Penpsylyania. Because Of the deter.
mined onnysition OF MANY of the residents
NJ the iafter State. the. road was bnilt
thronoh VIRGINIA. In 1897 the Pittsburgh
4 ConnellsviiIa railroad Taaincorpora,ed.
in 1874 hnilt IN ConneIlsyille. and abont
1869 completed to Cumberland.
80, ,.s,,,r MI, or ,rc,, ur,xo
VAST AASULrS VI sUSh as, IuiNc'
Mr.. Morrow says: "Ihe plan is very
practicable. No other northern route is
so fsssib,a. pittsbnrvh vould b.come one
~ r'- it" -. ";,;e. -, 49, aan,;..S. -.
Oh inc foremost ci''eS On 'no continent 'of
wealth, population and Commercial! i'm
portancs. II capitalists can be induced to
hel;eve that the construction Of 40 vast an
De"e.s ,..,i- 80 vi ~, aan 49, rso,,, -, Ill.
undertaking VIII PAy 'ne money can easily
be secured. II certainly will bring profit
able returns when all advantages are con-
sidered.
"'No other river than the Mississippi
says a late writer, has such vast drain
age basin; from Maryland and the Allan
twesn S aS that and Idaho and the Pacific
slope-s spread OF iorty.ave degrees Of