West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20
II heeling, i'arker>burg and
Charleston Railway.
and

pany Office in Parkersburg on
Thursday, July l4th There we're
present Messrs. John Mcclure and
W. f. Peterson, of Ohio county.
John H Riley. of Jackson. VIM
woodward, of Roane, r. II.
Browse, of Peasants and C. II.
Shattuck, Geo. W. Thompson and
w. n. Chancellor, of Wood.
After the transaction of general
routine business, the report of the
Chlet Engineer was received which,
condensed, is as follows:
PARKERSBURG. July II.
The President and Directors ofhe
the Wheeling, Parkers5,ug and
Charleston Rail Road.
GENTLEMEN:
| beg to report that the surveys
and profIles of the W. p. 4 c. II.
K. have been substantially compile
ted and all the engineering corps
have been or will be relieved to-day
from duty except L. NJ. Neon
nell who is running some expert
ment lines for general informa-
ton on the kanawha and Ohio
rivers which will be completed in
a week or ten days and his corps
will also then be relieved.
The surveys and profiles from
Moundsville to Bull Creek, and
from Bull Creek uia river to Par
kersburg, from Bull Creek ca
Worthington Creek to Parkers-
burg have been completed and
ready for inspection.
The surveys and profles from
Parkersburg to Ripley Ella Lime
Stone, and from Parkersburg to
Ripley Uia river and Ravenswood,
and from Rayenswood and Ripley
to Charleston have been completed
and are ready for inspection
TIL survey Of the route through
Roane county has just been com
/ pleted and the profile will be on
file and ready for inspection with
in a day or two. E. a. Neon
nell will report within a week or
ten days, the information derived
upon the experimental lines being
run by him, when all the informa-
/ ton deemed necessary BY me in
ascertaining the best aud most
practicable route from Wheeling
to Charleston will have have been
submitted to your Board
Very respectfully,
A. II. CAMPBELL, Chief Eng
The following communication
was also received from Senator
Camden:
PARKERsBUBG, July a.
President and Uuector$ Of the w.
p. & C. R. H.
GENTLEMEN:
| have been requested to say to
your Company that so soon as the
right of way for your road shall be
in satisfactory shape, responsible
parties will be ready to send u
Consulting Engineer to examine
the survey and report upon the
same, and that the parties will also
be ready to enter into negotiations
with your Company to furnish the
means to bu Id the road.
Very respectfully,
J. n. CAMDEN.
Upon consideration Of the En-
/ gineer's report and Senator Cam
denis communication the following
resolution was unanimously adop-
ted
Reso1yed, That, the Board be-
ing assured that the sur
veys are now substantially
completed, and as it only remains
with the Company and the citizens
of the country through which the
road is reported to pass, that the
right of way should be procured, in
order that there may be no doubt
in the assurances we have that this
road will be built, it behooves this
| Company and every citizen in ter
ested in it to use every effort to
procure the right Of way without
delay. 1t should be accomplished
by the first of August if possible,as
we learn Engineer Sickles, who is
now on the line of the We t Vir-
| GINA Central will probably be on
this line early in August, for the