The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-11-04
The New Railroad from Baltimore to
1ncinnati-Charters and SURVEYS.

G6IS ctuu surveys.
In special from Wheeling, W. Va, to Tie
Ameracan, published Wednesday, mention was
made of the incorporation in that city of the
Baltimore, Cincinnati and Western Railroad,
with capital of $5000,000 with three well
known BaltInoreans named as incorporators
Allen Bowie Davis, TeIfair Marriott and
Edward d. McConkey. In connection with
these gentlemen four from Cincinnati are
named and these make up the total of seven.
The latter are Messrs. John A. Shank, w. IL.
Schoenberger, Thomas l.. Young and Charles
e. Ertz Already the company has secured
charters from the four States of Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Ohio with special
acts from the legislatures of Maryland, Virgin
Ia and Ohio, granting rights, privileges and
powers to the company which are of great
value The company will be ruled by board
of eleven directors, composed of capitalists of
Baltimore and Cincinnati. Ex-Governor Thos
L. Young, of Ohio will be the president. The
names of the Baltimore directors are for the
present withheld from publication, but they
are all gentlemen wel-known in business cir
cles. The railroad passes through the four
States of Maryland Virginia, West Virginia
and Ohio. 1t will be ST. miles in length and
traverses the following counties: Maryland
Baltimore, Anne Arundel Howard and Mont
gomery; Virginia--Loudoun Clarke and
Frederick; West Virginia-Hampshire Hardy
Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Webster,
Nicholas, Clay, Braxton Kanawha, Putnam,
Winfield. Macon and Cabell; Ohio-Lawrence
Greenup, Scioto, Adams, Brown, Clermont
and Campbell The eastern terminus will be
at Curtis Bay, located on the Baltimore side
opposite Canton, on the suburbs of Baltimore.
The railroad touches the southern boundary
of the city From Baltimore the road will run
to Elkridge, crossing the main stem of the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad near the Relay House,
and in Montgomery county crossing the Metro
politan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road above Rockville, while the Baltimore and
Potomac line is intersected at Bald's Bluff
The road then goes to Leesburg Va, thence
tc Winchester, down the valley to Moorfied,
Hardy county, W. Va. From Baltimore to
this point-the eastern division, some ninety
miles-the road traverses fine farming and a
great cattle raising country, and passes through
sections OF three States which have no railroad
facilities whatever, and especially is this true
in West Virginia. From Moorfield to Charles
ton the road runs through about one hundred
miles of most valuable coal and iron land. AT
ter geological survey, made by Prof M. F.
Maury he made the following report in regard
to this part of the road: This one hundred
miles along your road will have 6 400 million
tons of coal. There are $4,000 acres of coal
ten feet thick on the line, and an acre of
coal ten feet thick will give of marketable
coal about 10000 TONS" From Professor
Maurys figures the company value the ayala-
BILE coal along the line of the road at S4267,-
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t M ~ iron anu cGal ol over So,ooo,ooovoo.
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n'''l ino Mes'oin uislalon' iAo .ne eas'eih,
passes through country iicn ih agrlcul.uIal
products, anu nearly oeVolu Oh iahd OF water