The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-06
IIR TOLEtU L EETEEy.
JEdgs Cochran Es,rrns from His Irspee
ton Trip.

SNose SStalh1 LStIIhs tFcu Ills lkfpec~
ton Trip.
Jadze 2. Il. Cochran, P.e;dea. .oi
the Bridge and Terminal Company, re-
!rrrsd 70 The city yet.e.dsy. Judge
Cochran did not know 0. The risi. OF
the wheeling d Lake Erie officials
until he saT the meeting With them
ehronieied in in Jessertsy's IsrEtu.
oExcZE. He would not s2y ruch 10,
publication concerning the ,sgues. made
By Mr. G,eeDougb Saturday.
On The Enbieet o! ise Toledo 4 West
EN- project, 10 the Interests Of which be
had been 10 Toledo and over the line,
the Judge was more free 10 talk.
latter !eaTirg TOLEDO" Eaid be, @Ee
took in the northern townships in Ohio
on a line striking Syl5znis. Metamorz
and Lyons, differing TO the south 70
reach Payeite, Lyons, Pioneer and
Columbia. Angels was The frs. Indiana
town on the line, and from there We
vent 10 Lagrange and Goshen. We
were surprised At the fertility OF the
country along the line. II includes a
belt between the two lines OF the Lake
Shore railroad, and We we're amazed q.
the resonlces OF the country. The
bel. Is at one point f~o,ty.ssven miles
vide and the people OF this dis.r;cl
are entirely dependent upon the Lake
Shore for railroad facilities. All OF the
points NAMED are wiihou. Eaa. and
West railroad connections, and the resi-.
dents are positively hungry for a rail.
road. The people in come OF the town.
Ehios have voted a . per cent tax "a q
donation for the railroad, and the entire
sum 50 subscribed is estimated at So.
co.,. The company 10 which they have
Yoted this aid is an Indiana corporation,
and this company Ia prepared to turn
over Is franchise TO our company.
There will be no trouble between gu,
company and the Indiana Organization.
There are other ~toTnships on the line
that will vote similar aid To the railroad
enterprise. a: the meetings held a. the
different towns there was the creates.
enthusiasm manifested"
The promising outlook Of this road il
Of interest 10 Wheeling people. In an
interview with him which The Toledo
Be- Of Saturday prints, Judge Cochran
throws out this hint:
ut ia not difficult to zee tina. when the
line upon which millions OF dollars have
been expended between Harrisburg, Pa,
and Wheeling, ". Va, has been CON.
pletej, aud ns it will be in the logic OF
events, and this line is finished through
TO Chicago. It will make e line from New
York TO Chicago l75 miles shorter than
the Lake Shore. and from % 10 100 miles
shorter than the Pennsylvania. This
will put the people at Toledo and all
along the line on e new trunk line"
Judge Cochran said further: ~ am
advised from gou1ces that l entirely
credit that sufficient capital stands ready
10 build the line from Toledo to Chicago
on an independent basis; that engineers
are 10 be put in the field a. once, the
beet line asce,tained. with care in The
settlement Of preiiminaries. all OF this
will NECESSARILY require some time. |
understand further that the line will be
built as speedily az possible, the parties
interested desiring to have 1t finished
and completely equipped and in running
order bolore the Worlds Fair shall be
held in the creates. city in the world,
Chicago"