The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-03
RHA7 IHB DRAL MEANS.
The Latest Acquisition by the
B. & o. Company.
IMPORTANT LINK COMPLETE
And Will be opened for Traffic in
NIarch...Auother Line Through
TO St. Lonis-..How Wheeling
VIII be Affected bylIt

NEW YoRK, Feb. 2.-To understand
thoroughly what the B. & o. has gotten
by the Pittsburgh & Western it is only
necessary to glance at the railway map
The line OF the Baltimore & Ohio from
Chicago reaches Chicago Junction about
200 miles east Of Chicago, whence 1t di.
verges southwark toward Wheeling. A
continuation in a straight line westward
from Chicago Junction to Akron, q dis
lance Of only seventy miles, would en-.
able 1t TO reach the Pittsburgh & West
ern system,
Parties in its interest have been quietly
completing this link during the pas
year, aud It is to be opened for traffic in
March. Another line from the West
which will have important connections
10 St. Louis, Is also approaching compile
zion, aud this also connects with the
Pittsburgh & Western system at Akron.
The Baltimore & Ohio was, therefore,
owner OF the line from the seaboard to
Pittsburgh aud from Chicago to Akron,
Ohio.
The Pittsburg & Western, extending
from Pittsburgh to Akron and consti-
tuting a funnel over which all through
trains OF the Baltimore & Ohio were com.
PEELED TO pass, was not theirs. In addi.
tion to this the Pittsburgh & Western
line extended to the fine harbor OF Fair.
port on Lake Erie, which gave 1t control
Of an enormous lake tonnage, the ship
ments for this year from Fairport having
almost reached those Of Cleveland. All
this now becomes part Of the Baltimore
4 Ohio system.
The new line from Chicago to Pitts
burgh over the Pittsburgh & Western is
aaid To be superior to the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago, the distance be-
ing practically the same. Upon the com.
pletion OF the line from Akron to Chi
cago junction, sixty days hence, the Bal
timore & Ohio will be in position to
divide the entire traffic between Pitts.
burgh and Chicsgo with the Pennsyl
yAnia line, and become in every respect
! competitor upon EQUAL terms for the
Western through traffic to the seaboard
There is another factor in this impor
tant step which may pass without the
notice it deserves. The control of the
..and Western has been OBJ.
tanned, not through purchase, but by ex.
cnange for Baltimore and OHIO stock ol
the stock held by the leading msnufac.
tuFeYs OF Pittsburgh in the Pittsburgh
and Western, who constructed this road
10 order to prevent Pittsburgh from be.
ing unjustly Disseminated against in
the matter Of freight rates. These par
lies control the traffic OF the district, and
heir alliance with the Baltimore and
Ohio as holders OF It's stock may be re.
,arded 90 equally important as the
through route itself, which has been SO |
Iufetly acquired.
The principal firms in Pittsburgh in. |
END to hold their shares and do their
opst to promote the interests'of the Bal.
.imore & Ohio line. As the nlanufac.
.urers of Pittsburgh had no desire to en-.
gage in railway management beyond
he extent necessary to secure this, they
we're perfectly willing to surrender con.
.rol and management Of the property TO |
he Baltimore & Ohio.
The Importance OF Pittsburgh as arail- |
way center is little appreciated; its rail.
way tonnage is enormous, and Is said to
xceed that OF New York and PhilGdel.
,hia combined. During the last year
more than six millions OF tons Of coke
alone were shipped by rail from the
Jonnellsville region, almost all Of which
s manufactured by the new shareholders
of the Baltimore & Ohio. Certainly no
line in the country can boast Of list Of
as freight producers equal
TO those which have just allied them
selves with the Baltimore & 0hio-the
through traffic OF which, now going a
route by way OF Wheeling, is
at once to be passed over the Pittsburgh
& Western line, saving nearly 100 miles
1, nnlnnn