The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-06

Track Talk Of L.ucaI IHIsEeSt And In


P0FiApGS'
Gen. A. j. Warner has been elected
President OF the proposed railroad along
the Ohio river from Cincinnati to Bellaire,
The mother OF conductor Sam selIzsr
died recently in Columbus, in the 70 year
Of her age.
About % men are employed on the Bel
laire, Beaver Valley & Shawnee railroad,
between Hartford and Point Pleasant.
They talk OIL lAyingths track to seneCaVille
in 80 days.
The Wellington Enterprise Of last week
saws: Two hundred and lilly carloads oil
steel rails aud other materials have been
unloaded at Wellington for the W., x L
Z, K. K. The contract for building IN
iron drawbridgs over the Maumee river 81
Toledo has already been let, and It will be
finished for the rails by December let. II
will have the largest draw span Of any
bridge IN the State. The contractors are
employing all tine men they can get, and
have an sgsnt at Castle Garden, New
York City, engaging emigrants for worh
on the road"
Tbs engineers Of the W. 4 L. Z, R. R
arrived IN Bowerstown On Monday morn
ing. They took breakfast at the Penn
pulled off their coats, rolled up theiI
sleeves, and commenced the final survey
Of the road from Leesyille 10 Martini
Ferry. Mr., Joel Wood 10 at the iorms
place, and 10 closing up the rights oil way
as fast as possible, between here and tn
river. The wind work Of this thorough
fare has about ceased, and the real woTL
begun. Our readers can now rest Rssur
ed that the W. L L. Z. lisa settled fact
thanks To the indomitable pluck aIL
energy OF its managers. The right Of way
has heen secured between BowerstoWI
and Zoar, except two farms. SiK hundred
hands will be employed between these
two points In the next three weeks Bow
erGOwn Banner.
A proposition has been preached by
the press along the line OF the W. 4 l., Z,
railroad 10 have Father Drennen, Of the
Ohio Valley News, at Martins Ferry,
drive the last spike In the track. Mr..
bremen has taken a lively aud unabating
interest In the project, and the proposal
is only a fit recognition Of II. Wehope 1t
will be doue 30.
A meeting Of the President and direc
tors OF the West Virginia Central & Pitts
buTgh Railroad Company was held OF
Baltimore last Thursday. Among those
present was James q. Blaine. The meet
Ing authorized a contract for the compile
ton OF the road from its present terminus
at Elk Garden, for q distance Of fifty miles
through the timber and CJal lands Of the
company, Ia addition 10 the preliminary
surveys being made for the extension oil
the road TO the southwest boundary OF the
State, looking to q connection with one
or the other Of the roads leading to Rich
mond. The President announced that the
road will bs ready Tor the shipment oil
coal by the the Let OF October, at the rate
OF 900 tons per day, from the 10 loot vein
near Elk Garden.
A railroad meeting was held Thursday
afternoon at SIeubenville by prominent
railroad officials OF Pittsburgh, New York
and Chicago. Gen. s. II. hChwenk, oil
New York; + l.. RiChsy, Of Philadelphia,
and Jeremiah Counsellor, Of Newark, N.
j., and others were present. These gen
tlemen present from a distance are inte'
rested In the N. T. & O. line from New
York to the WOst. The line has already
been located be ween Milton, Pa, and
Huntington, Ind, and workmen are Al
work near New LiSbon, aud It iS intended
to have the road opened by January lst.
1883. These gentlemen were looking after
the Steubsnvllle, Canton 4 Cleveland road,
about ten miles Of which has been graded,
1t resolved to put the road In operation al
once from Browns Island, above Steuben.
vile, to Minerva. Another meeting will
be held al Pittsburgh shortly, when fur.
ther action will be taken.