West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-04-27
WEST VIRGINIA RAILROADS.

! rect idea of the unusual impetus in
I railroad enterprises in our State,
we group together below, some ex-
tracts from our State exchanges re-
ferring to projected roads that are
being pushed forward with an ener-
gy promising early success:
IRON VALLEY AND MoRGANToWN R. r..
The County Court made an order
on last Friday, ordering vote Of
the people of Lyon and Valley dis
tricts to be taken on the 18th Of
May, upon the question ofsubscrlb-
ing to the capital stock Of the Iron
Valley & Morgantown Railroad.
The amount of Lyons subscription
is to be $4,000, and that Of Valley
81, 900. 1t requires an affirmative
vote Of three-fifths Of those voting
in each district to carry the propo-
sition in that district. The sub
scription is to be made in 6par cent.
bonds, running thirty years.-Pfcs-
ton Coumty J0urnai.
The journal has this also;
Mr.. Field, a civil engineer, Of
Philadelphia accompanied by Mr..
Eugene Lanham, Of Irondale, was
in town on Monday. They were
out looking over the route for the
Iron Valley and Morgantown r. r.
and came down to town to get notes
from the profile of the survey made
by Mr.. Dalrymple, several years
ago. The survey will follow as
soon as the weather permits this
tourof observation"
About a railroad from the Penn
sylvania line via Fairmont to
Clarksburg, the Clarksburg Tele-
gram says:
"The Harrison County Court this
week made an order submitting to
the voters Of the county whether
the county wouldsubscribe $4,000
stock in the Company lately organ
lied to build and operate railroad
from the Pennsylvania line via
Fairmont to Clarksburg The vo-
tiers Of Marion will also vote as to
whether that county shall subscribe
100000 The vote in both coun-
ties is to be taken the day the
school election is held, in May
trt-Nur,-rrnN mo ,t,1,o1r,rrr r-y
The Huntington AdreHiser says
&c. p. Huntington gave orders
last week to have the survey Of the
railroad from this city to Maysville
made at once, and we under
stand surveying parties, if not al
ready in the field, will be in a few
days. Mr. Huntington means bu-
sinesS."
Besides these and other short
lines that will be pressed forward
to early completion, we have the
PITTsBURG SOUTHERN R. R.,
plunging straight down through
the timber, coal and iron mountains
of our State, with a momentum of
energy and enthusiasm that will
allow Of no stops or delays short of
completion.
But first of all and above all
The Wheeling, Parkersbouy & Charles
ton r. r.
has become 50 feasible and 50 much
Of a necessity, that longer delay
cannot and will not be thought of.
The people are taking hold Of it as
one man, and when the people de-
eide the work is done.
There is now every prospect that
the Wheeling, Parkersburg and
Charleston railroad project will be
Immediately pushed through. The
counties of Ohio, Marshall, Wetzel,
Tyler, and Peasants, are all eager
to do their share towards accom-
plishing this desirable object.-Pan
Handle Ne,cs
The Neao Dominion says, and no
doubt truly:
The Clarksburg and Weston Mar
row Guage Railroad, although in OPP
Grafton only about eighteen months,
is now paying good dividend on
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