The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-21

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PITTSBURGH, VA. & CHARLES.
TON RAILROAD.
A meeting of the Directors Ortlic Pitts
burgh, Virginia Is Charleston Railroad
Company, was held in Pittsburgh Tues
day. The Gasctto says 1t:
There was u full attendance, every Direc'
tor being present, and the meeting wa
one Of the most harmonious ever held
The meeting hCgan at ilinc in the morning
and continued, with but short intcrmis'
sion for dinner ut noon, until lall-past five
In the evening. The time was occupied II
hearing tho reports from the various com
mittccs and officers OF the company, mt
IN arranging the details for M carly com
mCnccnGnt Of work. Committees vert
appointed 10 procure the right OF way
along tho proposed route, engineers ap
pointed 10 layout the work and III 9thCl
matters satisfactorily adjusted, s6S thRt
ground might be broken within two Oh
three weeks ut the fnrthGst, from the pres
Cnt time. Tho financial affairs OftlG com
pany also occupied some time in their ar
rangcment, but everything in this respect
was placed on q firm basis and mel
with the approval Of the Board.
From the reports received, the company
is now in more ilOuriShing condition
than ever. The financial outlook is OftlC
most satisfactory and cheering character
and the legislative md other encourage
mcnt received gives evidence Of the favor
with which the road is regarded. Work
Is 10 bc commenced in few weeks, when
It will bC pushed forward rapidly to com
pletiOn. The Directors expect 10 have the
track finished within year MS fur rs Mo
nOngahela City coming toward Pittsburgh
when a1inc Of steamers will BE- establish,
81 between that pOintand here. g q.
This means we suppose from hesitate
line to MonOngHhelA City.-ED.
The following was among the doCl,
mcnls submitted to the meeting:
TIE WEST VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
The undersigned having been appoint.
cd by convention held ut FairmOnt,
West VirginiN, February, 1870, 10 confer
with tho Board Of Directors Of the Pitts
mrgh Virginia AMI Charleston Railroad
Company, and the Board OrTrade Of tue
city of Pittsburgh. and report officially 10
the people Of West Virginia his and their
action in the premises, most respectfully
bcgs leave to submit the following state
mGnts and suggestions, requesting them
only such consideration as facts and fAir
deductions warrant the hope they viii re-
CcivG:
H'rst-YOur road, in reaching south
ward and connecting with the NirginiH
and Tennessee Railroad, say, al Christian
burg, would pass through the following
counties, lying south Of the Pennsylvania
State line NIOnongahelia, Marion, Taylor,
Barbour, Randolph, .Pncahnnlas, Green
briar, Monroe, Craig, and Montgomery
having mn area Of four thousand square
miles, embracing all that portion OF the
Valley of the NTOnnngalIrla above the State
liue " tho.hcad Of tic Valley river, and
Clen passing through u low gap To the
head waters Of Clover Lick and down the
same TO Grccnbriar river, and with the
general course Of said river 10 point near
tho White Sulphur Springs from thence
10 ClristianbuFg, Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad ;lup 1hCkalIoc creek, crossing
to waters Of Dmnl2p'S creek, near Red
Sweet Springs; thencG through low
gap in Peters mountain, or Potts
creek, nml up Potts. creek, lEIssins
through II low zap to Johns creek; down
Johns creek to Craig creek; up Crlig 10
near It's head; cross 10 North Fork of
the Roanoke river; thence down the same
to Montgomery White Sulphur Springs,
and thence six milrS To ClIriStianShug
II railroad is made from the Springs
10 ChristiansMrG). Or should IL he
found preferable 10 reach the. Vir-
gInin and Tennessee Railroad by Il more
sOuthcnstCrIy route, so from the Green
briar White Sulphur Springs to COvinS-
ton, rid CalahRu's stNtiOm thence down
.Jacllsoh's river 10 Clifton Forge: and
from Clifton down the James lin Allcghc'
ny county, TO the South Of Catawba
creek, in BOtcOurt. county; and said
creek to FincNstle, nntl crossing the COlIn-
try by light grades 10 BOnsACk's depot,
Virginia anil Tennessee Railroad. Or II
more southwestern terminus than Chris
tianslmrg, say Central station or Dublin
tlepOt up Potts creek 10 It's head, and
crossing divide to head If Little Stony
creek, md down it to New river, and UP
said river to Dublin depot or Central sta
ton. ...n.. Ava.
lScond-Thc amount Of stock in the
several counties 10y cstimatC) is as follows,
viz: Subscriptions paid in money from all
sources, 81 100000 (ono million dollars;)
from lands donated md put In rs stock,
$3.50 900, three hundred and fifty Thousand
acres, worth ut present prices, one million
tilly thousand dollars t$l,O50,OO0,l in
grants Of mineral lands and rights Of way,
present value, five hundred thousand dol.
lars, land by the nero location Of your
road, would DO qnadruplGd in value, and
by its construction reach AN equal to the
entire cost Of building the ro1d.)
TAini-Rights on sevGn.tCnths of the
distance for the road could lie obtained
gratis, and for tho remainder ut n mere
nominal cost CTIiC grading from the
State line to GrGenbriar White Sulphur
Springs will be light, and from there TO
tic Virginia and Tennessee Railroad some
heavy work will bO rCQUirGd)
NVFtlI-ThO country, for agricultural
Mlrpnscs, is about tho same, II improved,
rs Western Pennsylvania, hut yet the
greater quantity Of tho land Is unimprOv.
ed, covered with dense forests (cXcCpLing
tho counties Of Marion and MOnongNlia)
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