The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-17
GOOD FOR WHEELING.
A Direct Route to the cOnueIIs,
Vile Coke Region.
WHEELING CAPITAL MOVING
In a Matter ofvital Importance One
orthe First Fruits of tho Big
Terminal system-.Tbo
Full Details.

taken 10 incorporate the Wheeling q
ConuOllsville Railroad Company, to
build railroad commencing at or near
the city Of Wheeling; thence by q prac.
ticlb!e routc to the Pennsylvania and
West Virginia line at or near where It is
crossed by Wheeling creek, in Marshall
county, on It's way to the coke fields.
The capital stock of the company is TO
be 81 900, 900, to be divided into shares
Of 500 each. With two exceptions the
incorporatom are active business men Of
Wheeling. Tho exceptions are W. A.
Lynch, OF Canton, and Judge R. H.
Cochran, both OF whom are closely iden.
tilted with the Terminal system, the lat
Ter being Elmost Wheeling man and
deeply interested il Whseling's ad.
ysnccment. The corporators are: w.
A. Lynch, Of Canton, o.; F.J. Hearne,
X, Ii. Cochran, W. A. 1sett, ]. N. Vance,
George Vice, A. ]. Clarke, @. A. Rob.
inson, John g. Hoffman, Henry K. List,
Joseph Spetdel, Anton Reymann, James
b. Tsuev, Il W. 0slebay, John Frew,
W. p. Hubbard.
THE coHrgRGEcE f6UR MONTHS AGO.
The application for charter is the out
growth Of aconference Of Wheeling man.
ullcturers and business men and aome
gentlemen from distance, held in
this city on December II last, a full re-
port OF which, together with an outline
Of the scheme, was printed exclusivelyin
the INTELLIGEScER OF the following
morning. This was the first intimation
the public had that a project so long
and 20 much discussed was at last as.
suming practical shape. The scheme
has in no sense bsen changed since it
was given in the INTELLIdENcRR at that
time. The object was then and is now
to get to the coke fields and ultimately
10 make thie road an essential connect.
ing link between the East and tho West,
the Terminal system now nearing COM
plCtion being an important part Of the
work,
In addition to the direct connection
with the Conuellsville coke fields, il ia
propoeed 10 extend the road by another
branch TO connect in the valley OF the
Cheat or Monongahela river with one Of
the Systems now being extended from
the West Virginia coke and coal regions
toward Pittsburgh. Such a connection |
will at least put Wheeling on an even
footing with Pittsburgh as to access to
the mineral, timber and agricultural
wealth OF the great interior oil West Vir-
g;nia-sn achievement which the most
thoughtful manufacturers OF Wheeling
have long regarded as OF vital import.
ance il Wheeling is to hold her own in
the march al progrcGe,
GETTING TO TIE COKE.
The means OF access to the West vir.
ginia coke regions is not definitely fixed.
1t may be that an Independent line may
prove. most advantageous and direct.
The plan is, however, to get there. De-
tails remain 10 be arranged.
The line to 0onnellsville has, however,
beeL practically located, in general
yay. 1t will take southeasterly direc.
tion from the city, traversiuR Ohio and
Marshall counties, enter Washington
county, Pa, and pass through Greene
county and thence into Fayette, 10 Con.
nellsville.
The importance Of direct, short and
independent railroad line to Connells.
vile can be seen by every citizen OF
Wheeling at a glance. In addition to
tho valuable advantages it will give
Wheeling and neighboring manniactur-
era in cheaper coke, the road will also
traverse a rich and virgin country. The
southern portions Of Washington and
Greene counties, Pa, are entirely de-
void OF railway Connectionswith the out.
eide world. A road from Wheeling
through that section would draw TO this
city the rich trade Of section which |
now reaches Pittsburgh with difficulty.
1t does not require that such project
he dwelt on To make 1t apparent to any
body interested In Wheeling that this is
tue thing she has long sought.
AN IMPORTANT LINK.
The most progressive manufacturers
here have long viewed with uneasiness
the enterprise with which Pittsburgh has
reached out TO monopolize tho coal and
ore and stone and timber OF the Noun.
tain State. That city has long recognized
tho importance OF direct and convenient
acceEB 10 the rich interior Of West Viz.
Rinia. Wheeling, suffering as che does
by the superior facilities enjoyed by
Pittsburgh for reaching the present
source OF the coke supply, has hereto
fore stood idly by and witnessed the ex-
tension Of the means Of communication
with her own State straight toward Pitts
burEh. But now she has aroused from
her lethargic aleep, and proposes instead
OF waiting for the interior 10 come in and
pour her riches into the laps OF the
Wheeling people, TO indulge in the reach.
ing ont process hernelf.
The importance otthe link for through
line; the benefits to the city and to the
Terminal system in whichit is 80 greatly
interested; the increaEe in Importance
Of Wheeling as railway pointi the i'm
pelus TO The commerce with the section
tr1yersed-ai! these are concomitant ad-
vantagps which suggest themselves TO
every thoughtful mind,
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