The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-27
GheGnteltiqetreer.
The TuscarawaS and Wheeling
IsnilrOnu.

Thc TuscaraWRS and wheeling
ISlilrOnd.
Va notice by the last issue Of the Tua.
c,r,Vm Advocate that several cSses in
volyipg damages for the right Of way for
,bsu,enSion Of the TuScarawaS & Wheel.
IN, railroad between UriChsville and this
city, have been passed upon by the Pro.
b,ts Court Of Tuscarawas county, and
that the aggregate award to the claim
aDt.i, :iOO less than they were original.
" offered by Mr.. BagyS, OfBridgepOrt, on
behalf Of the railroad company, before any
litigation was resorIed 10. 1t il stated
in the Adrocaie that the spirit oil fairness
in which Mr.. Bagss, and aho Mr.. Gard,
the Superintendent, have dealt with
claimants along the line, in the matter OF
damages, has gained for them hosts Of
iriendI, and enabled them 10 procure the
right Of way by contract through Tns.
cuasa. nnd Iisrriaon counties irom all
owncrs Of land and town lots, with only
four exceptions" These iour exceptions
are the parties who received from the
court lCss by $500, in the aggregate, than
they could have obtained from MesSrs.
BAgg, and Card without litigation.
From conversation with Mr.. BAsgs
We learn that operations are being push
ell pncrgeticalIy all along thcline between
Bridgeport and UrichsviIlc The com
piny are not conGoing thCmseISe- il the
way Of expenditures to the subscriptions
collected along the line, hutnre using the
net earnings Of the road between Urirhs-
villa and Cleveland to push forward the
work. Fortunately the bu,ine.s on The
road Is very good this season (the largest
ever done on the road) and the ne. earn.
ingl have been such as to enable the cent
puny to spend money pretty freely out
side Of their subscriptions. There are
now about 500 men and 400 teams Mt
work, and at the present rate oi progress
the road will be completed by the first OF
July next.
The Flushing tunnel is the principal
obstacle to be encountered. It ia l,4OO
ieet long, and is being worked from both
ends. The contract time for its compile.
ton the lst Of July 1878, by which time
i! Is expected that the construction
trains, working from both ends of the
line, will meet at the tunnel and lay the
last rails.
Work is being done very cheap. From
l9i to Is cents per cubic yard is
paid for earth work, 25 cents for
e1cavuting soft stone and so cents
for rock. The bridge masonry is done
atsi per cubic yard, the same work that
Mr. Hosie Zone Of the sub.contractors)
tells us he used 10 get sll lor. Nothing
il paid for filling where the contractor
can use his excavations from a cut. Mr..
Whisper has ten miles al this end, Mr..
Rating five miles just ives! OF him, the
company is doing the next ten miles,
DErah, of Painesville, has the tunnel, and
hestuuley Bros. Of Cleveland have the
balance Of the line. The latter are push.
ing their work very energetically, and the
fall weather has been improved 10 the
uttermost. Work all along the line is
now ahead Of expectations, and Mr.. Baggs
is confident that the cars will come
through to Bridgeport by the lst Of July.
He passes over the line every few days
and is the company's general agent on
the extension. Mr.. Card, the superin-
Iendent, also passes over the road every
two weeks. All expenses are kept well
paid up and the crcdi! Of the company:,s
excellent.
In the course Of conversation about the
gratifying increase Of business this year
on the finished portion OF the line, and
the handsome net earnings resulting, we
asked Mr.. Baggs whether he really be-
lieved that the road would be dividend
paying. n have not the least doubt OF
i',"Said he. ~ feel perfectly persuaded
that it will pay dividends" It is
being built cheap, passes through
agoOd country and will have a large
natural traffic. It will certainly be a
great road for Wheeling. 1t will bring
cheap ore to our furnaces and mills, and
all that is needed is the completion Of the
HempGeld 10 the ConnellsvilIe coke
ovens 10 make us invuInerable as great
Iron centre. With the Hempfeld com.
pletcd no city in the Union will have
superior trananOrtatinn f,ciIitin, hoIb nv