The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-20
OHIO COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET.
AGreas Railway System.


James ]. Hill. who is recognized as
one of the chief factors in the great rail-
road deal. by which the Baltimore &
Ohio comes under western control.
which Will be of material advantage In
the way OF vast Improvements to the
system. with the ultimate intention OF
operating a continuous through line
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, will
be one of the greatest railway managers
IN the country. When the purpose is
carried out he will have under his con-
troll as manager more than 5000 miles
of railway. This requires genius, and
hin Is said to possess it.
A statement of the magnitude of the
deal, IL the purpose in view is carried
out, Is demonstrated by the following
table, showing the number of miles em-
braeed by the Great Northern railway
system:
Great Northern Railway. .............5,I2
Eastern Railway OF Minnesota...''... q, g
Montana Central. ..............''s..'''''. - y
urlmar Sioux Falls. i;:.IS: ~
OuluAus WotS4 eN"H-
Total observation-disclosures.
Add TO this the number of miles In
cluded in the Baltimore & Ohio system,
which Will now pass under the control
OF the western capitalists:
Main Stem and branches"........... ISs.S
Philadelphia division: .......s....;...' lS6.0
PittsburEh division. from Cumber-
land TO Pittsburgh, including
Sew eVsHS York division. Arthur XIII =,
Bridge ,s;,ic5 incinJs:
an lines west Of the Ohio river.... V5.H
Total .................................2o9I s5
Making the grand total in round num-
bers, of six and a half thousand miles
The statement referred to embraces the
following, comprising the main line and
branches:
The winchester & Potomac, the Win
chester & StFnsburg and the HARRISBURG
branch, the South branch, the EalTmont,
MorgantOwn d Pittsburgh, the Confluence
& Oakland, the Grafton & Belington. the
Washington County, the baltimore q New
York, the Baltimore Belt uts passenger
business May and June, lsS'l. 49, a..
The Philadelphia division embraces the
Baltimore & Philadelphia 'rnilrohd ana
the Philadelphia branch.
The Pittsburgh division embraces the
following roads; Inc Pitts3 gi i, q S9 On
Hickman Run, the Mount Pleasant &
Broadford, the Fayette County. the Der
lin, the Ohio g. Baltimore Short Lane
eastern dlvisloul,
The Baltimore & Ohio also controls
large amount OF additional mileage, in
GLIDING the Pittsburgh & Western, from
Pittsburgh to Akron. Ohio. 1872 miles;
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern,
from Parkorsburg to ST. Louis. 5s6
miles. ThIs control comprises the Gin
clnnatl & Marietta and the Ohio and
Mississippi.
It may thus be seen what the deal
means in point of mileage, when the
final object ls accomplished. In Its eff
fects and Importance 1t Is the greatest
deal in railroad property that has been
recently made. one OF the results win
be. according to the Baltimore Ameri-
can, from which paper the above tables
are taken, that the Baltimore & Ohio
will be given the benefit OF the "enor-
nous ;raf1c bound east. and nriginnt-
Ing on the Great Northern" II is fair
20 presume, continues the American.
that onto the Baltimore & Ohio tracks
will be dumped the cas,.bound traffic
for export originating on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, Of which
Armour Is a large owner and that It
would also prof. by the freight coming
from the lines in which the western
capitalists now In control OF the Balti-
more & Ohio are heavy stockholdcrs.
This means an enormous increased
traflc on the entire line, which will in
turn mean a necessity for increased IA
cillues. The carrying out OF the pro-
grammc necessarily win also enllven
trade locally along the road between
the West and the East.
A new Sunday paper at Charleston has
made lts appearance. It contains twelve
pages OF matter, well selected, pub
ilshes Saturday night news dispatches.