The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-04-23
From the Parkersburg GaZette.l
Internal improvements Of Wesf
Virginia.

Internal improvements OF West
Virginia.
One of the best evidences we have
that the people Of West Virginia are
waking up to the importance of devel-
oping the latent resources of this State,
in order that they may receive the bene-
fits of the vast wealth that nature has
lavished upon her, is given in an almost
universal desire to build railroads and
establish lines of communication be-
tween ourselves and our neighbors,
whereby the productions of the State
NAV be made valuable, not only to our
selves. but to those with whom we may
have dealings
There are number of lines of roads
proposed through the State. Some of
them are practicable and others are i'm
practicable. As matter of interest to
some ofour readers, we will briefly alIude
to some Of them.
The Chesapeake Il Ohio Railroad
the Eastern terminus Of which, by It's
connections, is to be at Norfolk, and the
Western end rest, for the present, on the
Ohio river, near the mouth Of the Big
Sandy, will probably be the first one
finished. This road is already construct
ed and running to White Sulphur
Springs, we believe, and is being pushed
forward to rapid completion through
our State-energetic contractors beng
at work on all parts of the line. 1t Is
expected to finish this line in about -
months. 1t will pass through Green
brier, Monroe, Mercer, Raleigh, Fayette,
Kanawha, Putnam and Cabcll counties
and will open up a very fine mineral,
agricultural and grazing country.
Another important road, from the
tide water of the Atlantic to the great
West, which is being pushed forward
with renewed zeal, is the old Alexandra,
Loudon and Hampshire road, which has
a favorable charter through from Alex
andria, opposite Washington city, to the
Ohio river, which they expect to strike
in the vicinity of Point Pleasant. This
Company expect to make their road the
great line of freight and travel between
the National Capital and the Valley of
the Ohio, and are authorized to change
the name Of the company as soon as
they get through to the Ohie river, to
"The Capital and Ohio Railroad. This
road has been located and partly con
structed from Alexandria as far west as
Moorefeld, Hardy county a corps of
engineers is now engaged on the Western
end of the road making the location
towards the east, to connect with those
operating west from Moorcfield. This
road will pass through the counties OF
Hardy and Grant, upper ends of Tucker
and Barbour, lower ends of Randolph
and Upshur, Lewis, Gilmore, Calhoun,
Roane, Jackson and Mason. The COM
pany is backed by q large amount of
capital and its work is under the charge
Of intelligent practical men, who expect
to complete the road through to the
Ohio river in five years The route of
this road is through a tract of undcvel-
oped country, rich in several minerals,
including iron, and containing fine coal
at number of points, and passes
through the finest and most valuable
timbered lands in the country.
A road which is intended to intersect
the above roads-passing upthe Monon,
gahcla and Valley rivers, through Mo-
nongalia, Marion, TAYLOR Barbour
RandolTn Crossing the \. l.. X II.
road in Barbour or Randolph Poca-
hontas and Greenbricr counties to inter
sect the Chesapeake Il Ohio road at the
White Sulphur Springs, and thence pro-
ceeding, by connecting other roads,
to Charleston, South Carolina, is being
ardently advocated by the citizens of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the peo-
pie of the counties along the line of its
route. This line is natural route and
has long been contemplated. Just be-
fore the war George Hoffman ESQ, q
fine engineer of Clarksburg, who assist
ed to locate the Parkersburg Branch
road, was ordered by the State of Vir-
ginia to make a reconnaissance Of this
route. He had only partially completed
it. when the war broke out and inter
rupted his work. We have been in
formed by intelligent gentlemen that Il
railroad can be made on this route from
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, to the
Chesapeake & Ohio road at the White
Sulphur Springs, with one small tunnel.
1t will open up a finely timbered coun-
try, excellent grazing lands, and a good
agricultural soil, and develope rich mines
Of iron, with some very profitable leads
Of lead There is believed TO be other
valuable ores in that section, but so far
as we are informed, they have not yet
been satisfactorily developed. One great
advantage of this road would be its
opening of a direct line of communica-
ton between the great Northwestern and
the Southern cotton States, and save the
great expense and long time now requir-
ed for the interchange of the products
of the two sections. A railroad on this
route has long been looked upon as one
of the inevitables of the future, and that
future, may be nearer than many persons
imagine.