Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-11-23
waAfwEsT vIaGTxIA Is DOING IN
RAILROAD MArrERS.

West Virginia isshowingmore activity
and Is accomplishing more at this time
in the matter of railroad construction
than In any other period of her history
A little reflection will show that near
" every railroad that has been pro
jected in the State within the past five
years Is either under contract, with ae
tive work being done, or the prepare
tons for work are being satisfactorily
matured, and active operations will
probably begin in the Spring.
Take the roads projected into this
city, and We find that the preliminarie:
to letting the Wheeling, Parkersburg
and Charleston road are so nearly con-
cluded that there is scarcely doubt but
the work of construction will be begun
within short time, and be completed
as rapidly as men and money can push
it forward. In the meantime a large
force ofwOrkmen are engaged in ex-
tending the P. w. & KY. line to Ben
wood, and the cars will be running be-
tween these two points, perhaps, before
Spring.
On the east of the city we are seri-
ously threatened with two through
lines, upon one of which the work OF
construction is going forward. Thepur-
chase of the Pittsburgh Southern by
the B. & o. Company is an earnest OF
their intention of making the Hemp
field practically a new road, giving
Wheeling a direct route Eastward, and
q short line to the coke fields. The
other line in this direction is being sur
veyed and located in a manner that has
established the conviction in well in
formed circles, that the projectors mean
business.
On the West side OF us the Wheeling
K Lake Erie Road is making rapid
strides toward the Ohio river-promis-
ing when it reaches this point that the
river shall be bridged, and thus let all
the lines on that side directly into the
city. So far, therefore, as Wheeling is
concerned, we have as many railroads
already built and building as the reas-
enable demands of the city could wish
for, or that our necessities will require
in the next fifty years.
Down the Ohio and over the southern
end of the State perfect net work Iof
railroads is being built. The bridge at
Point Pleasant will be completed in a
few months and two of the most im-
pOrtant lines of railroad that connect
the East and West will cross our terri
tory.
In the interior of the State the same
degree of activity is noticed on a smaller
scale. The short line between Weston
and Buckhannon is being built and will
soon be open for traffic. The same may
be said of the Grafton and Greenbrier
road.
The West Virginia Central is pushing
into the mountains and into the vast
timber and coal region of the State,
and as it goes forward is developing
business of vast proportions, the extent
of which, in the near future, can scarce
ly be calculated.
The Iron Valley railroad projected
from the head of slack water at Nor
gantown through Preston county to
Grafton, is already located, and suffl-
cient amount ofcapital back of it to war
rant commencing operations in the
Spring. Monongalia county will also
vote on subscription next month to
the road projected up the river through
Marion county to Clarksburg, with the
probabilities in favor of its passage. If
so, there will then be $3.50, 900 as q basis
or an assurance upon which it is
thought private subscriptions can be Oh
tanned together with the aid of the PENN
sylvania Company, sufficient TO build
the road There are quite number of
influential men in the three counties
through which the road will pass who
are very active and tenacious in their
purpose to build it. 1t is one OF the
most important railroads projected in
the State.
1t will thus be seen, by this brief re-
view, that West Virginia is likely to
add more to her railroad mileage next
year than in any other year of her ex-
istence as q State. We have entered
upon an epoch when it may be expected
that the State will bound forward more
rapidly than we now conceive, and
when We will not only add immensely
to our population, but our natural re-
sources will find market and add won.
derfully to our wealth and progress in
every direction.
splendidIy Executed.
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