The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-03-13
Rnilrond from ScarY.

1t is important to the kanawha
Valley, that q Railroad should be
CONSTRUCTED from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad, at Scary Creek, down
the Kanawha river to the banks OF
the Ohio.
A Narrow Gauge Railroad can be
constructed at n cost Of about $4,000,
per mile, VEL if5
The Coal River Railroad Charter
contains the right TO construct a
Railroad from st. Adams to the Ohio
river-through Putnam and Mason
counties. Under this Charter, a
Railroad can also be constructed up
Coal river, by way of Boone Z. H., to
the State line, not far distant from
the Virginia and.Tcnnessee Railroad.
This is n very direct and short Rail
road route, whereby Gallipolis, in
Ohio, can be connected with the sea,
board cities Of Wilmington, n. c.,
and Charleston, S. O.
Let Mason, Putnam, kanawha,
Lincoln and Boone counties, move
in this matter, and the Railroad can
be constructed. Capitalists owning
coal lands on Coal river, will cooper.
ate with the Counties in construct.
ing this road. These five Counties
can together subscribe $500, 10000,
towards this Railroad-and if so, the
land owners in New York, Philadcl.
phia and elsewhere, will also sub.
scribe S300,0O000-which amount
(s600,0OO00) will be sufficient to
construct and equip the road from
Boone C. H., to the Ohio river in
Mason county-with branch road
up to Pcytona. " '."
Such road would create a heavy
traffic in lumber, black band iron
ore, camel coal, &C., on Coal river to
the Ohio river-Couritr.
II, r. Howard, Esq, Of Pt. Pleas,
aut, called to see us yesterday, and to
give us an account Of the "hopes and
fears" Of the inhabitants Of Mason,
There are two questions agitating
tho people of that county at present,
he informs us, one as to who will be
their next County Clerk, and the
other, how to secure railroad connec.
ton with the outside world.
In regard TO their railroad pros,
poets, they hope tosecure u connec.
| tion with the Chesapeake and Ohio
at the mouth of Scary, some thirty.
eight miles above N. Pleasant on
the Kanawha, if tho now corpora,
ton into whose hands this road will
fall after the sale next month has the
ability TO aid them. If they succeed
in making that connection, they
then hope to be able to build a line
up the bank Of the Ohio river to n
opposite Pomeroy, and there connect,
by ferry with u road which will be
built from that city up into the
Shawnee coal field in Perry County,
southwest of GAINESVILLE. This puts
them in close connection with the
railroad system Of Ohio Wheeling
Register Gu.
In a private note from Miss NJ, NJ,
Gray, Codlvillo, bohemian Crib she
writes us that while in Pomeroy, on
Saturday, Feb. %, she lost number
of valuable papers, and about one
hundred and eight dollars in money,
wrapped up in u blue silk handker,
Ichief, somewhere between the wharf.
boat and Eiselstein's store, The pa
pors are Of no value to any one but
their owner, who will pay literally
for their return. They may have
been stolen while on the wharlboat
Any person finding the package, OF
knowing of its whereabouts, will
please Ieave word at this Office, OF
notify Miss Gray, at Coolyillc,-
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