Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-02
PLENTY OF FEATHERS.
MOkGANTOWN MEN
Express the Opinion That the New Rail-
road Will ia No Way IDJure WheeIinEs
Business in Central West Virginia.
S,sc,at TsLeordzl 10 the RsJtsEs-.

Express the Opinion That the New kat'-
road Will ia No Way IDJure WheelinE's
business IN Central West Virginia.
srecas 7eLeoranl 10 the Rs5tsEs-
More ANTowN, w. VA, April In
an interview with Morgantown bust
ness man, he said: "Ihe completion OF
the railroad to Pttsburg will have only
a little of the influence predicted so
confidently by ex-Gov. Fleming and
others at Pittsburg Monday evening.
How will the closing OF the railroad gap
increase the trade OF the wholesale
merchants OF the Smoky City in this
town? Haven't we had slack water for
years? Is il not conceded that goods
can be shipped by water cheaper than
by rail? How is it that Pittsburg is
closer to Clarksburg and Weston now by
rail than those points have been, and
still are, to Wheeling. Wheeling
wholesalers will not lose ANYTHING
by the new arrangement, in fact,
they will be substantial gamers. They
will hold the most OF their present
trade-Pittsburg drummers have been
visiting the whole territory for years
and get their due percentage of the
trade resultant upon the bright era OF
great business development promised
so early. That PttSburg will control
the trade Of the Upper MonOngahela
Valley is poppycOCk, banquet gush. IL
is sentiment sprung from strained
conception OF the thanks due for cour-
tesies shown. The idea that Wheeling
will not be ''in il" longer would be ridi-
culous, IL it were not simple. The
rational view TO take is that the COM
pletion of the railroad will help both
cities" The above is the view OF one
of our solid business men on the effect
the Fairmont, Morgantown and
Plttsburg railroad will have on the bus
mess relations existing between Nor
ganIown and Wheeling. Another gem
teman said: Everyone seems to have
lost sight of the part the difference in
the distance between Fairmont and
Pittsburg, and FairmOnt and Wheeling,
will play in the matter Of freights now
that the metropolis OF our State has a
rival in Pittsburg. 1t is only II miles
from Wheeling 20 Eairmont, but IL is.
by the new road, 12S mills from Pitts
burg to Fairmont, q difference Of 81
miles in Wheeling's favor, not only 10
Fairmont, but 10 Grafton. Clarks6urg,
Weston and of course, ali points in cen
trail West Virginia, and it is hardly pro-
.bable that PittSburg prices can be low
cred below Wheeling to the extent OF
making up the difference in freight, or,
making il an object for West Virginians
10 deal with her.
THE b. & O. has for years been In
control of line from Wheeling 60
Pittsburg, via Washington, which is 60
miles long; add TO this u miles and you
are in Fairmont, by a route only nine
miles longer than the new road. Now,
why didn't the B. g. o. long ago put on
through trains if that was the only
thing necessary to secure the gigantic
trade from Pittsburg? The connecting
link was made between Morgantown
and Uniontown, Pa, not to secure the
freights on imports from Pittsburg, but
because the owners Of coal land in Fay
cite county, Pa, and the upper Monon-
gahela Valley were clamorne for it, In
order that they might open mines and
secure transportation. Morgantown
business men will continue to stick TO
Wheeling, which is only one mile fur
ther by rail than Pittsburg."