The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-24

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TIES per mile lo.....,....,...........,, $50 Q
Iron ..........;,..,...;...., ........... 1850
Bridging, cattle guards aud culvcrts... $50 0
bpllcus and bolts. Observation-Disclosures. 100 9
Splkcs, ,...;....:.s..,,..,.............. ii5
Laying Track and dirt ballast. 30
EtcIgub NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., 100
Hanling g,.....,........,......... .........S..- 100 o.
MISCELLANEOUS expenses s..,,.,...,...... 200
Total per mllc.."................... 4,9O) 0
1! is claimed tha! this much per mill
will make the road ready for the grave
trains, and that then 1t can soon be put il
excellent condition. Considering thai
only Sl25.OOO are necessary to put the
road in this shape, we arc a lit
tie astonished to see that our neigh
bors ate so long raising the amount.
Especially is this the case when VIC
read in the Republican oil the advantages
that the enterprise will confer upon
Greene county. That paper clqims
that ne9rly the whole county is
uuderlsid with vast fields Of the
best bitumInous coal" II also claims
that the county abounds In iron ore that
properly worked will yield over 90
per cent, pure iron" Furthermore the
hills are covered with forests OF as fine
hard timber as can be found on the CON
tinent" In view of these natural re-.
sources It would seem that an outlet for
them wonld literally force itself upon the
attention OF capitalists. Az yet only but
l00OO0-hsve been subscribed. But in.
lllehtial parties are earnestly at work ap-
pe4ling to the people to come forward with
their subscriptions. AS showing the feel.
ing that exists in and around WaynCs.
burg We take the following extract from
the proceedings Of meeting held there
this evening one week ago.
THE meeting was opened by short but
inspiring speech from j. q. NtChie, ESQ,
who said that il the road was success
WaynCsburg must come down with her
$50, ,0O0-only $35 GOO OF which was then
subscribed; and as an earnest Of his faith
he proposed then and there TO double his
ptiOu-making 1t 81 900 instead Of
$l,OO0-whiCh he did There were none
others who demonstrated their willing
ness 10 double their subscriptions, but Mr.
w. W. Sayers announced his willingness
to raise hls $500, bringing it to the lib.
eral sum OF 81 600.
1T this point speeches were called for,
when Hons. Il A. Mcconnell, A. A. Pur.
man, Z. NJ. Ssyers, Esq, and John IL
Campbell responded to the call. They
Hll spoke encOuragingly OF the enterprise
and had hope that the time when Greene
county was to emerge from her Egyptian
darkness was near at hand, il all would
but render that assistance that they were
able to do.
1t was announced here by the Presi-
dent that sixty five shares Of stock had
been taken during the meeting, and it was
proposed to make it 100 before adjourn
mGnt, Tie number was soon run up to
so, when William A, Hook, Esq (whO by
the way deserves praise for the interest
he takes in the road, arose and said
he would be one Of twenty who would
take-in addition to what he had already
taken-onc share more 10 make up the
one hundred shares. Ten OF the twenty
were soon taken, when Justus Temple
Esq, arose and said he would take the re
naming ten shares. This made up the
sum OF s. ,000, the specified amount for the
evening. But the books did not close
yet-Mr. Flenniken making an additional
subscription OF $500 to his $1,000. The
amount now subscribed in Waynesburg
and vicinity is rising Of $4,000. This
sum must be increased to 100000 within
the next two weeks, when the road will
be success, and mainly a Greene county
enterprise.
The meeting grew to be remarkably en-
thusastic before its close, and boys came
forward and subscribed their one and TWO
shares, agreeing 10 work 1t out on the
building OF the road.
The meeting adjourned to meet again
Monday evening OF the first week OF
Court.
A committee was appointed, consisting
OF Henry q, Saycrs, Simon Rinehart, ESQ,
W. \. Hook and James L. SAyers, to 20
from house to house in Waynesburg TO
solicit subscriptions to the road from every
one who has not already subscribed
ladies not excepted
The proceedings of this meeting indi-
cate that our neighbors are bound to sue.
ceed in getting their narrow. gauge road
We are glad TO see them so zealously At
work. Greene county needs TO be opened
up 10 to the outside world. We trust
that the road when built will be extended
south to the Baltimore road at Cameron
and no doubt such will be the case. Al
to the relative advantages Of narrow
gauge road as compared with the usua
gauge, 1t Is not worth while to discuss
them in this connection inasmuch a
among ourneighborsitis is simply question
OF a narrow gauge road or no road at all
But we may remark that there are msny
of these roads built and building in differ
cnt parts Of the country. While ther
has been a falling of in roads OF the regu
lar gsuge it Is said that there hos been al
important increase in narrow gauge build
ing.
A company has been recently organi
zed at Des MoinCs, lows, with cSpita
OF $3OOOOOO, for the purpose Of establish
ing "a narrow gauge railway between tha
place and St. Louis. Subsidies are al
ready pledged all along the line.
A short line has been recently con
structed centering at Edgartown, Mass
the construction and operating expense
otwhich are said to be comparatiVel,