The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-19
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To EnterflnioS Reorganization OF
the b. q Q .Railrond.
Tie l.l!l; CnEsAP'EAk s; ! ( ! OHIO

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Waterway Will be Sold, tie siRtc OF Nary.
inn,l Parting win, Al! it,Risht and lilo
81 it-;it5 l,ns Cost that Sotnn,enwenlii,
$40, ,ooo, 90 ., OF Witch sam not a Cent
5isExpeeted 10 be Recovered hy8 lhe Tax.
payers e. Was Originally Prof .ot.d to
,yhe.ilng-l.ons I.,en Coveted by Rival
Organization. 10 Bnilil!ng Competing
Llae Of Railway. .on It's Tow Path. II q RE
BALTIMORE. Nd, Nov: ls.-The
board otpubllc works to-day decided to
sell all the interest OF the state OF
Maryland in the fdmous Chesapeake &
Ohio canal. This interest has cost the
state In one way or anotheH about s25.-
100000, but its presenttyalue.is indeter-
inmate, as 1t is now In the hands OF re-
ceiyers. It is understood that to-day's
action was taken fol-; the purpose of en-
abllng the Baltimore & Ohio rcorganl-
zatlon managers to obtain q title to the
property and use It in connection with
the present system. ~ :issii s3ssis
The sale Will include all the states
interest in the canal and all that per-
tains 10 the public work, contingent,
equitable or otherwise, and Is intended
to divest the state OF Maryland entirely
OF any and every interest that 1t may
have In 1t. IS Z sy9
! The Chesapeake & Ohio canal ex-
tends from Georgetown, d. c., along the
Potomac river to Cumberland In Allie
gheny county, and is the Oldest OF the
great interior. artificial waterways plan-
ned in this country In the early. part OF
the century. It;was originally intended
that 1t would extend to the Ohio river,
at Wheeling, ". Va. and the Surveys
were made to that point, but the in
vention OF steam railways and the
building Of the Baltimore & Ohio line to
that point. put a stop to It.. when It was
completed as far as Cumberland.
The canal was for over a. half century
the main public work of Maryland and
built almost entirely blythe state. 1t
was controlled by board OF directors
appointed By, the board of public works,
and politics played a large part In It's
management from its very beginning
up to the time 1t wentllDto the hands OF
receivers a few years ago.: Although It
has cost the state over s25,000.oo0 It Is
probable that this vast sum will prove
almost a total loss to the taxpayers.
54 It is believed that the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad company will. through
this proposed sale, acquire the, full and
clear title to the property, and that It
Will be improved and made a. part OF
the Baltimore & Ohio system when the
reorganization Of that corporation q Is
completed. In fact, 1t Is generally un-
derstood that the sale at the present
tstiinei s made iirthe til erestSof sthe =Ba1=
timore & Ohio anlzation scheme,
ANIL as Ia part of a plan8t have the
railway corporation gain full control OF
the canal so that 1t can never again
become a competitor for the coal trade
Of the western Maryland mines.
For the past twenty years rival cor.
porations have been trying to get con-
troll of the canal. SO as to build a com.
peting line Of railway on its tow path
and every legislature slncei1s74th has had
the question before II. rs T.. 2. Y