The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-28
Senator 81. u. Davis Little Railroad AS
SuInIRE Importance

1t IL not generally known thGt the Sen
ior Senator from thi1 State 10 quito a rail-
road man, In fact both our Senst0rs are
railroad mon. Senator Camden ia, how
eye;, better known in this respect than
Senator Davis. Mr. Davis formed Q
syndicate sometime ago, consisting in part
Of himself and his. HUn in'lRw, ex Con
gresham EIkins, for the purchase Of very
valuable coal lands on the North BraLCh
Of the Potomac, sOuth Of Piedmont. These
coal lands are very valuRble-sOme Of
them containing a fourteen foot vein-Rpd
have been made more valuable still by the
building Of what has been known ss the
PotomaC& Piedmont railway, which Is now
opened q distance Of twelve miles from
Piedmont. This little road, originally
projected Us a private enterprise and 90 q
coal road simply, has assumed importance
a. a link In a long chain oil projected
road. It seems that the Pittsburgh
Southern people are about 10 make
q connection with this line with q view Of
reaching the ore, coal and lumber fields Of
Virginia and West Virginia, To further
this project, and also with a view Of push.
ing Senator Davis present line on south.
ward toward the valley Of the James
river, Il meeting was held in Baltimore on
Saturday last. At this meeting were Sec.
rotary Blaine, Senators BaYard, Of Della.
ware; A. P. Gorham, Of Maryland; II. G.
Davis and j. N. Camden, Of West Virginia;
William Pinknsy White, Of Maryland
Augustus schell, Of New York, r. Z.
siCkles, OF New York, and others inter.
ested In the extension Of the Potomac and
Piedmont Coal aud Railway Company.
Thoy decided to extend the road, under
the name OF the
WHIST VIRGINIA CENTRAL N PITTSBURGH
Railway Company, from It's present teimi.
nus at Elk Garden, West Virginia, into
the coal fields up the North Branch Of the
Potomac, through Mineral and Grant
counties and thence to the southern
boundary Of West Virginia. The main
line, when completed, will connect with
the Baltimore 4 OhiO, the Chesapeake &
Ohio, the Richmond 4 Allegheny and the
Pittsburgh Southern Railways. The cap.
ital stock Of tho company is 5000, 600, all
OF which has been taken. The most
PRaMISEST STOCKHOLDERS,
in addition TO the persona mentioned, are
WIN. Window, Secretary Of the Treasury,
r. Chafee, X. q. Kerens and us Grant,
Jr., Of New York, W. r. Poole, Of The
Camden Consolidated Oil Company, and
others.
The Board OF Directors " ,~sorgsnizgd as
follows: President, II. u. Davis, Of " Test
Virginia: Vice President, =. u. ELkine, Of
New York; Secretary and Treasury, q. NJ.
Hoult; Directors, Alexander Shaw, Of
Baltimore, Augustus Schell, Of New York,
James g. Blaine, Of Maine, W. II. Bar.
mum, OF Connecticut, j. N. Camden, Of
West Virginia, william Keyser, Vice
President Of the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail.
road Company, +. 4. SiCkles, OF New
York, and others.
The enterprise is Que OF the most i'm.
poFtant that has been undertaken In rail
road circles In any Of tho Southern States
for yeats. The Board decided 10 begin
work at once. It's value to Pittsburgh is
equally understood. II will add materially
to its Importance as a railway and indus.
trial centre to have this complete Connec.
ton with the Southern sea6oatd by way
Of one Of the greatest mineral regions In
the country.
HISTORY or THE COMPANY,
This company was formerly known a.
the Potomac and Piedmont Uoaland Rail.
way Company, owned and controlled BY
Messts. Il. g. Davis 4 Co., Of West VII.
giniS, and Mssats. shaw Bros, Baltimore.
BY an sCt Of The West Virginia Legisls.
ture at lie last session, tho name was
changed to that Of the West Virginia Cen.
tfal and Pittsburgh Railway Company.
The road is Of the standard Ratpe ard
connects with the Baltimore 4 Ohio Rail.
road At a point near Piedmont, about 200
miles west Of Baltimore, and ia Nboul
completed to Elk Garden, a distance Of u
miles,
RICH COAL LANDS,
Here the company ewns a large body Of
coal lands, containing what is known "a
the great or l4'toot vein, and II IL now
opening mines and connecting them with
the main road by Incline planes, and by
the frSt Of September they will be ready
to place this coal upon tho market. The
hrst fifty miles Of the line runs without
break through Goa. and timber lands, after
which y reaches the great iron deposit Of
West Virginia and Virginia.
Mr.. T,E slckles, formerly chief engi:
neSt os sIe Wn, .na,rss U."T Nal.,oad, and
Of the works, and the road will he pushed
In A aaPlV a nnmnlation A bnaaihlS