The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-10-01


pairing favorably with. il not excell-
ing, those of Lake Superior, and
where dense forests, as yet unmeas.
nred, have grown ripefor theaxe and
the locomotive, and which forests
abound with timber the most yalua-
'ble that the markets of the world de-
nand. The road, as is well known,
was organized SEINE three years ago,
and, while it is true that ithas strug-
gled through some adversely, is now
completed to Washington, Pa, u dis.
lance southwark OF, say thirty miles,
with branch fifteen miles long
(ready for the rails. from. a pointlQn
the main line twenty-five miles from
Pittsburgh, called Che Virginia juno,
ton, to Hillsbors. 1t is'this branch
that the Company propose to extend
into West Virginia, as presenting
the shortest and more desirab leroute
rather than constructing from
Washington or by connecting with
the Waynesbufg railroad. When
the iron is laid (Which will be ac-
complished within the next sixty
days, the iron being now deliyefed)
on this branch, the road will be in
operation 81 miles southwark from
Pittsburgh; and only nine miles
northwatd from the Greene county
line. Thence to the State line is
about q miles. The wish Of the
management is to secure. aid TO com
plete this latter section, namely.
From Hillsboro to the State line.
From this latter pointsouthward the
company will, by the municipal aid
that is insured along the route, be
enabled to continue the construction
of the line without making further
drafts upon the Pittsburgh public.
All that is required, therefore, to
place the railway upon such IL footing
as will enable it to enter such n field
of usefulness as this community
should heartily desire, is encourage
ment from those who will be most
nencll.eu anu enae, zoo, 1oa very nm
s y e4tentIaI leasI, so we are ~
formed; In Ihe one Item oi ores alone,
II liG'soureh couio cohtroi pase OF
the Michigan product, the saving
would in one years run of our furna.
ces repay the whole Investments re
quired to construct the road, as above
mentioned, to the State line. Nor
does this take into consideration any
advantage from the transportion in.
to Pittsburgh, to be worked into mer-
chantible Shape, the popular, walnut,
ash, oak and other woods required by
our boat builders, wagon manufact-
ures, cabinetmakers, &C.; nor, indeed,
does it mention the intercourse that
will be opened up witha people who,
up to this time are strangers to our
commerce; nor have we included the
fact that when completed to the Ches-
apeake and Ohio railroad, the Pitts
burgh Southern will afford a con,
ncction for Pittsburgh with another
trans.continental trunk line from
tide water at Richmond to the Ohio
river at Huntington now but within
a short time TO the Pacific ocean--for
it is we'll known that the same con.
trolling influence that has reorganiz.
ed-that rail"ay is pushing tho .-.,ntll.
ern Pacific eastward and rapidly clos
will soon provide the Union Pacific
wit Formidable competitor. Again
G Shs u SNORT GisI ol; south Of Inls
Pittsbpreh sontbern reaches t6a At.
lantic, Mississippi & Ohio road, at
Chambersburg, whence is reached the
entire net work Of the Southern rail
way system. This latter object, so
important was it considered, that the
city of Cincinnati nearly bankrupt-
ed its taxpayers to attain. Pitts
burgh manufactures and business
men need only contribute a trifing
sum, and that contribution. too, un.
questionably secured, to enable them
to reach ont with their trade into the
same regions and with equal facili-
ties for 50 doing. Will they respond
to the request for their aid, with the
unanimity which becomes a public