The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
AMPLE FACILITIES
,,on RAPID TRANSPORTATION
-. u,,, and RIysr-DsSIrabls Composition
freight Rates, and Cheap Carriage
h, water to an Unlimited Extent
Promising railroad Projects

Promising railroad Projects
wbsslipp's facilities for reaching the
.,,,sots Of the world with her finished
.aducls and conveying her raw materials
i,om tbe mines and forests are unsur'
" nsssed anywhere, She has ample iacili'
tIes for shipping by rail, and peculiar adj
.'n,soes arise from her position on the
Iva, The Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad
those completion nearly third OF a
oor,urv AGO gave Wheeling an impulse
,n,rarj which she has not lost, gives her
Ii,oct access to the seabosrd, TO Pitts
S",,b. and to the great cities OF the West,
S S communication with the forests
and mines Of West Yirginia's mountains,
viii their wealth Of lumber, The Penn
'sIvanip system, by way Of the Pittsburgh,
u Wbeelipv 4 Kentucky division, built
hy wheeling enterprise and capital, and
oUnorated BY the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati
H. Louis Company, with whose
%@oin lius it connects at Wheeling
t I"Hction and the Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh
J"ison gives her easy access to the me-
H.'''i n the continent, and all the i'm
uUpS,t citles Of the East, North and West,
ESs 'Hi Cleveland, Lorain 4 Wheeling rail-
I i"J connecting with the Lake Shore sys-
to% nlaces her within few hours Of the
S D lakes, and gives here rare facilities
Siarress TO the iron ore regions oil superior
Tia Ohio River Railroad already gives
bar =" cousnapd OF the large and rich section
~ 6I;o and West Virginia lying along
tho ,;vsr. and the extension now ap-
nTooebinp completion places ALMOST at her
G,o,s thG coke, iron ore, lumber and other
",V of tho KanaWha and New river
Yalleys and adds to her competing lines
" transportation the great Chesapeake 4
Ohio system and all It's rsmihcattona OF
rail, This gives her a choice Of materials
now supplied exclusively by the Councils
villa coke region, via the Baltimore \ Ohio
AMI pennsyIysnia railroads. The relations
oI Wheeling to the rest OF tho world by
rail and river are graphically shown in
the ANAL diagram in this Issue,
PROTECTED ROADS.
B,pldeg these many railroad lines and
connections, which already assure reason
pb,s transportation charges, several new
and imTortans lines are projected, and oil
these tbs completion Of vt least q portion
Il assured. The Wheeling Il Lake Erie
road is already completed from Toledo to
point only about fifty miles from Wheel'
inv, The addition Of this important line
ia Wheeling's railroad facilities Is only o
question Of timG. Another which with
ths western connections completed will
make Wheeling au important railroad
centre is tho project variously known as
tho Wheeling Il Harrisburg, the South
Pennsylvania, and the Wheeling 4 State
Line road. This il Just now, though known
10 lew people here, In promising condi'
ton, The Vanderbilt interest, which
now controls it, Is weighing tho outcome
and the outlay. The figures are 30 en-
Couraging that II is not too much to pre-
die. that Wheeling will ere long be the
western terminus Of a railroad giving the
mo3s direct line 10 New York to be &c.
cured.
Continuing this line west Ia the Mt,
Vernon, Coshocton 4 Wheeling road,
ChriBtorod the Cannon Ball line" by the
ISTRLLlOESCER because its route follows
the flight Of cannon ball from Wheeling
to Chicago, shortening the distance sixty
mie8, and with the Vanderbilt road east.
ward, placing ChiCago one hundred miles
nearer New York than by any existing
route. This company has the advantage
Of IL subscription OF $l50,000 from this
county and the grant Of the WalhondinR
canal bed from the State Of Ohio. The
preliminary work is making encouraging
progress. Tho completion OF these lines
will aSure the building Of q railroad bridge
ACROSS the Ohio here. Permission haS
baen granted by the United States Gov.
eminent and charter by this State.
lhO Pennsylvania, West Virginia 4
Ohio road from the ConnellsVillo coke
region to tho Ohio at the mouth Of Short
Geek, aud thence 10 Wheeling; q road
from Phillipsburg, Pa, where tue Pitts.
burgh & Western road crosses the river,
to the West Virginia line, and theme.
along the river through Hancock and
Brooke counties, connecting with the p,
Wa Kyat Wheeling Junction, are other
important projected roads, well backed
aud promising. The Ohio Valley road,
aCOHlinuation Of the Pennsylvania sys.
TEN down the river to Marietta, will bene.
lit Wheeling, as will the extensive local
additions to the B. 4 0. and o., L. & W.
lines just across the river, now In pro-
gresS,
Among tho completed roads are the
St. Olairsyille & Northern and the Bellaire
&St, Oairsyille, both OF which give Wheel.
ingaCCesH TO rich sections, and the Bellaire,
2nesville & Cincinnati, which with itR
connections pays tribute 10 Wheeling
daily Of the rich products Of prosperous
and productive section, not pierced by
any other line.
The Grafton & Greenbrier, the West
Virginia Central & Pittsburgh, the Fair
mont, MUrgantown 4 Pittsburgh, the
IAlkeHbnrg branch, the Clarksburg &
Weston road and others In her own State,
reach Wheeling indirectly, but benefit
her directly.
TIKI HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
This Isl Cursory and merely suggestive
glance at Wheeling's rail facilities. BY
river her facilities Of egress and ingreBE
are even more favorable when compared
with those Of other places. She is prac'
tiCNlly the head Of navigation on the Ohio
through large portion Of the year. When
Pittsburgh Ia hedged in by the Davis IT,
land dam and shut of from CommuniCa
ton with the world by water, large crafts
bring aud take their cargoes OF freight al
this port. Only on tho lowest Gtages Of
tho water arc the large boats unable tc
reach Wheeling. On an ordinary low
stage they cannot got above. Smaller
Steamboats, ply these waters the yea
round except when at rare intervals, Ice