The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-03-01
THE BRIDGE.

From the GalIipOliB Jonrna

Structure, and other Matters.
from the Gallipolis Journal.l
The Journal young man has been
watching for week for the appear
ance Of the bridge men to learn if
they could Tell the readers Of this pa
per any news. We found, first, Mr..
J. LIE Duke, of Berea, o. This gen.
tleman is one Of the firm Of contract
ors who win build the bridge. This
firm will be known as ]. S. Caseman
d Co, SO put it down when you deal
with them. The following persons
compose the firm: ]. S. Caseman, Of
Painsyille, o., J. C. Mcdonald, Of Ell.
yria, o., J. LIE Duke, Of Berea, o., and
T. II. Kelly, of Portsmouth, o.
This firm must not be COMPOUNDED
with the Bridge Co. There are only
five persons composing this company
They are Gen. Tomas, Columbus, o.,
c. s. Brice, New York, Allen DENIM.
son, Columbus, Col. A. o. Beebe, New
York, and Col. G. N. Lamison, of Ii.
ma, o. The capital is 100000,
and the FIVE owners constitute the
five Directors Of the company. In
connection here we explain the
status Of this company. Our infor-
nation is from Col. Lamison and
may be relied upon as being correct.
The laws Of Ohio do not admit of a
bridge company of this character and
the hwso West Virginia only allow
p chefter for so years, consequently
lii was necessary to build a bridge un.
der q railroad charter. The Pomer-
oy and Ohio River Road was charter
ed, 1t runs from Pomeroy to the
center Of the bridge and the track
from that place to the bridge will be
used by the Ohio Central Road. The
Point Pleasant and Ohio River R. r..
was organized on the other side of
the Ohio and is very short. The two
short railroads will be owned by the
five gentlemen mentioned above.
\ s,re -.f|I LIE BhlDGE.
The bridge will have from six to
seven stone piers. These piers will
be built 100 feet above low water
mark, and finished off at the top ten
feet square. The road.bed OF the
structure will accommodate two
tracks, though only one track will be
built at present. The Ohio end will
grade SO as 10 strike the present rail
road track, the rails forking to ac-
commodate trains each way. The
line of the bridge cuts q small por-
tion of the land Of John w. Bryan
and runs then only through the lands
of Mrs. Mary Crooks. The West Vir.
ginia end will strike Seventh street
in Point Pleasant and reach the hill
before the grade is found. The Point.
ers will have to raise their eyes 40
feet to see the trains.
THE BUILDING OF THE STRUCTURE.
The contractors are live men and
have at their head, Gen. Joe Case.
man, who helped to build the Union
Pacific road, who, by the way, has
been offered 500 miles of the North
ern Pacific and we learn, has accept
ed it.
An attempt will be made to finish
the work this season, and in conse.
quence the contractors want all the
skilled labor they can find. They
will use at the two ends ofthe bridge
about25O workmen, at the quarries
great many more than this.
THE STONE.
| One quarry can not supply the
stone for this work, so between four
and five quarries will be opened.
The Hooking Valley and the Kama.
wha Valley will probably furnish
this material. Our quarries had not
been examined up to the time of this
interview, so we may expect some of
our material to go into the structure.
THE OFFICIALS.
|
Col. Seymour is the Chief Engineer
of the enterprise. Col. Patton, late
of the University at Lexington, KY,
will be the resident engineer.
THE CONNECTIONS.
The rails after leaving the bridge
on the w. Va. side will pass through
the lands Of Henry Fisher and strike
the McCuiloch farm, for which Col.
Lamison recently laid down 100000.
This farm has Kanawha river front
Of 1880 feet. Col. Lamison says it
was high, but they had to have it.
Passing on, the rails go to Hawks
Nest, the line Of which has been
building under the name of the At.
lantic 4 Northwestern R. r. The
Ohio Central has consolidated with
this. So henceforth from Hawks
Nest to Toledo the road will be known