The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-01
GhegntelLt9tuesr.
p,ovresS OF the =. w. & NY. Road.
a Pleasant Halliday NJ Middle

Dn sAtuEuAy AH's w -
m the river on the C. Il p. rs far as
s,subeuyilIe, With a view Of ascertAining
AZ near as possible what progress is max.
ioy in the work of getting the track Of
,be P, W. & Ky. road ready Tor the cars.
We crossed the river at steubenville
and we're fortunate in finding our old
friend Mr.. y. Wells, the proprietor Of the
ferry. A, leisure. With him We spent the
afternoon in reconnoi!erinS The track in
tn. vicinity Of his lAnd., and in traver'
ia, the romantic hillside that la. bec ,uIs
sftmyl. pleasure re'nrt fJr the psople
Of s,enbenville.
Weiouod that the work Of trAcklAyins is
progressing vigorously. Operation. in
th.tlins are now fairly under way. The
track il laid from the junction at the ea,I
end Of the bridge to point opposite the
Jefferson Iron Work'-sly two miles and
.half. Over half a mile ef track was
laid on Saturday. Already the people
are becoming familiar with the sight Of a
train Of construction cars moving several
times daily up and doTn the track.
The ties and iron are delivered to the
road at the eas! end Of the bridge, and
from there brought down and distributed
to the track.llyes.
10 ballAsting has A3 yel htea done, but
will be begun at once. The engine and
cara pa.s very smoothly over the tack as
laid, 30 much so that a ride over the rails
/, not at all unpleasant Each train
cin. doSn;wilh about lhres cara Of tisA
ald oaeiot rails. Oa top Of them sit
nameroa, company Of African brethren,
With asmall sprinkling of whites, whose
service. are being utilized 10 the road and
to their families 4. dollar per day per
hell. A. they hove in yiew, coming
down the track, perched on the top OF the
gondoIls, they reminded one Of the old
time spectae!es on the river when big
steamer was coming into port with all
hands and the cook crowded on the fore
castle, singing "IIappy Day"
We boarded one Of these, ,tr ains in CON.
pAny with our friend Wells, and Mr..
Huston, the assistant Engineer Of the
road, and our old friend McClnu, OF
West Virginia legislative memory, who
came so near receiving his quietus by hoy.
ering too near a blast Of rock the other day
Taking perch among the crew we had
fair view Of the sinuOus track over which
Se sped at the rate Of about seven miles
an hour. Over the top Of Us swept the
branches Of sundry trees, and not very
gently either, showing that Ns yet An un.
Obstructed right Of way had not been con,
ceded by the old monarchs Of the soil.
As We neared the end Of the last
rails laid, the African brothers rose to
their feet and proceeded to throw over
board at points where they would slide
down to the county road below the track,
the cargo Of ties. The rails were un.
loaded a. the upper side OF the track and
from thence reloaded on the hand cara
aud showed along to the verge OF civil
ution.
Building railroad Is a very staple
operation if once you have plenty OF ma.
lerial and plenty Of labor. Though sim
pie, it is, nevertheless, as Mr. WEIGH,
one Of the sub.eontractors, ob,erved, a
heavy piece Of business all the way
through, beginning with the raising OF
the money and ending with the driving
Of the last spike. Mr.. Wells think, that
the car Of Jusgernaut was af.er all the
Fellt!pe Of the car OF civilization. Both
crush anddestroy beneath their wheels the
lives Andprcperty OF men without respect
to compensation. This idea reminded
Us that our friend has casus belli
against the P. ". s Ky, or rather had
some time ago, and really he grows elo-
aaent a. he tells You how the original
survey cond,cated his oYn house and all
hs tenant houses in absolute fee to the
railroad for Hsuu that would not pay for
!heIt lumber, saying nothing about the
ground and the cost Of putting up other
house. Why, said he, u would no!
have taken $1,000 Tor the spring house
which they proposed to bury in runs"
Some people may suppose from this that
Ar'Wells achurl, because he would not
like the man in Scripture, give up his
vineyard, but he is nothing Of the kind.
llsi is, however, one OF the veritable sons
o' the 'Ires who know their,rights and
dare maintain them. His grandfather
vas one Of the pioneers who settled on
the banks Of the Oaio about the time the
|'nes came to Wheeling. lie comes there.
lo'eirom Revolutionary stock, and has the
ehA'acieristics of most square and upright
men, bIuu!ness and combatfVeness. lie is,
moreover, a man Ot'resources. When
Ine railroad cut the old approaches to
A' Terry, and threatened to scare of the
country trade to points above and below,
ne '1FaightWay got the county to au,
'hoF''e and contribute to a new road
which he and his neisbbors, under the
con'rActorshiP Of ol.McCanu, are hevinp
ou'oi the mountain side, and carrying
'o'"'Fdto point that tap, the old lines
0' communication with the back coun-
Wy Like Napoleon, having discovered
mat m route over the Alps wa, practica-
o'e' he determined to build a road, and
from what we saw wO have no doubt Of
"'' complete 'ucces',-always providing
that Col. McCann, the contractor, Is not
blown up any more.
The Colonel, by the way, is, a
~'" Of many experience. He
y" one Of the builders Of the