The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-07-16
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Meeting OE Ihs Beard OF Directors -
P~aFEeFshuFE On IhuIsday.

PaFheFzburE On IhuEsday.
OFFICE W., P. d o. r. r. Co., |
PARKERaiuRs, July "A, 1881. ]
At the regular meeting Of the Board o
Directors, held at their Office, there Vsr'
present G. ". Thompson, ". N. Chan
cellor and q. H. shAttuek, Of Wood coun
ty; Captain John Mcclure and W. F. Petel
son, Of Ohio county Vim. woodward, o.
Roans county; ]. q. Riley, Of jackson
county.
D. R. Neal, Egg, the president, being
absent on account Of sickness, G. W,
Thompson, Esq, vice president, called
the meeting to order. After the reading
Of the t~reasurer'S exhibit and an inspec-
ton OF the proales, and surveys Of the
engineering corps the following report Of
the chief engineer was received and or
dsrsd to be filed:
PARKERsHURa, W, Va, July Il.
10 NE Praidsnt and DrectOr, Of Ne w., P. 4
@ R. R.:
GENTLHMES:-I beg leave to report that
the suTveys and profles Of the W., P, 4
o. R, r, have been substantially com,
pleted and ell the engineering corps have
been or will be relieved to-day from duty,
except z. N. Mcdonnell, who 10 running
some experimental lines for general infor.
nation on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers,
which will be completed in . week or ten
days, and his corps will also then bs re-
lieVed.
The surveys and proaIes from Mounds.
vile to Bull creek, aud from Bull creek via
river TO ParkeEsbuTg, and from Ball creek
via Warrington creek to ParkeraburR
have been completed aud are ready for in.
spection.
The surveys and profles from PSrkers.
burg to Ripley via Limestone, and from
P%ArkenbuTg ts Ripley via river and Raw.
enswood, and from RavensWood and Rip,
ley 10 Charleston have been completed
and are ready for inspection.
The survey Of the route through Roane
county has Just been completed and the
profile will be ON file and ready for In.
spection within q day or two.
E.A. Mcconnell will report within Q week
or ten days the information desired upon
the experimental lines being run by him,
when oil the information deemed necess.
airy by noe In a~scertAining the best and most
practicable route from Wheeling TO Char
lesion will have been submitted 10 your
board, Very respectfully,
ALSERT q. CAMPBELL,
Chief Engineer.
Senator ], N. Camden, being present,
favored the board with some remarks
upon the iStetring prospects Of the road,
urging upon the directors the great usces.
sity Of personal and united effort to secure
the right oil way, assuring the board upon
the accomplishment OF this most import.
ant part Of oil their laborB the money
would be furnished at once for the build.
ing Of the road. He also stated that not
later than the Let Of next month Engineer
SlckleB, Of New York, who 10 the consult.
ing engineer OF the bankers who will
furnish the money to build the road, will
be here TO 60 over the lines In order to
make his report ut depends, therefore,
upon your efforts and the willingness
Of the people along the line to provide for
the right oil way whether this report will
be favorable or not. The fate OF the en-.
terprise 10 In your hands" Mr.. @. closed
his eloquent and forCibIe remarks BY
submitting the following communication,
which was received and ordered 10 DO pub.
lished:
PARKER'BuRa, July 14th, 1881.
Prsttdent and DirEctor' Of he W, Poo
r. R.:
GENTLEMEN have been requested TO
say to your company that 90 soon 90 the
right Of way for your road shall bS In sat.
isfactory shape, responsible parties will be
ready to send q consulting engineer 10 OK.
anime the survey and report upon the
came, and that the parties will also be
ready TO enter into negotiations with
your company to furnish the means to
build the road. Very respectfully,
IN. CAMDEN.
So impressed were the directors with
the great importance OF the building Of
this road, not only to the people through
whose lands II may pass, but to the PEG.
pie OF the whole State, and the necessity
Of immediate action, that they unani.
mously
Reaofted, That every citizen Of the State
along the line Of the road should be ap.
pealed to personally by the directors,
asking for their earnest efforts and hearty
cooperation to eCure the right Of way
without delay and further
RS0ived, II this road 10 not built each
director should be required 10 leave the
State.
On motion they then adjourned.